Blockworks

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Blockworks is a single player action game. It was developed by Elastic Sea and was released on January 6, 2023. It received very positive reviews from players.

Blockworks is a creative VR sandbox. Express your full creativity and build anything your mind can imagine! Classic Mode Follow instructions and build from built-in sets and hundreds of workshop submissions. Build one page at the time. Sandbox Mode The only limit is your imagination. All blocks and all materials are at your disposal. You can save your block creations in the library or share them…

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94%

Audience ScoreBased on 52 reviews

story1 positive mentions

graphics3 negative mentions

The game offers a fun and immersive VR experience for building with blocks, reminiscent of LEGO, allowing for unlimited creativity.
The community is supportive and engaged, with many players enjoying the freedom to create and share their builds.
Despite being in early access, the game is polished and visually appealing, with good physics and intuitive block snapping mechanics.

The block inventory system is cumbersome and can make finding specific pieces tedious, which detracts from the building experience.
Controls can be awkward, particularly with solid VR hands that interfere with interactions, leading to accidental actions.
Some players find the game lacks depth after completing initial campaigns, leading to a loss of interest.

graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally praised for their immersive quality, particularly in the sandbox environment, but higher settings demand significantly more resources without a noticeable improvement in visual fidelity. Users report that even on lower settings, the visuals remain impressive, although some experience lag on the Quest 2, and there are concerns about the functionality of the graphical settings.
- “The graphics are very nice and make the sandbox room feel immersive.”
- “Even with the graphics turned down a bit for the Quest 2, it still looked amazing.”
- “Higher graphics settings don't look that much better but take exponentially more resources to run.”
- “You can adjust the graphic quality in the game to ultra high, but I found it ran laggy on the Quest 2.”
- “Lastly, there are graphical settings, but they don't seem to work (bug?).”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be slow and tedious, particularly when searching for pieces in free build mode. There is a lack of clear indications or guidance regarding the availability of additional content in the campaign, leading to frustration.
- “Finding pieces in free build is slow and tedious.”
- “The grinding feels endless and lacks any real reward.”
- “Progression is painfully slow, making the game feel like a chore.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's stability has received mixed feedback, with users noting that it can be buggy in its early access state. There are requests for additional options, such as disabling hand collision, which could enhance the overall experience. Despite these issues, players still find the game enjoyable.
- “I would like to see more options for turning off hand collision. Some pieces that can make mechanisms would be cool. Overall, it's pretty fun, but it's kind of buggy in the early access state.”
- “The game crashes frequently, making it hard to enjoy the experience. Stability needs a lot of work.”
- “I encountered several glitches that disrupted gameplay. The stability issues really detract from what could be a great game.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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67%
The music in the game has received mixed reviews, with some players finding the built-in soundtrack lacking and suggesting the addition of more options. While the sound can be enjoyable as tinkering music or relaxing background noise, there is a general desire for improvement and variety.
- “The sound in the game can be fun tinkering music or just relaxing white noise.”
- “I would like to see a few more music options added to the game though.”
- “The built-in soundtrack kind of sucks, but I'm not an expert in music, so I don't know how to fix that.”
- “I would like to see a few more music options added to the game, though.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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67%
The reviews do not provide specific insights into the game's story, focusing instead on the graphics performance on the Meta Quest 2. Overall, while the graphics are praised for their quality, the narrative aspect remains unaddressed in the provided texts.
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is generally praised for its pleasant and beautiful design, allowing for great creative freedom. However, there are concerns about potential performance issues, particularly if additional features like hinge bricks are implemented, given its development in Unity.
- “Pleasant, beautiful, optimized, allows great freedom of creation (you are not limited to the board).”
- “Neat little brick game; it would be awesome if hinge bricks were added, but seeing as the game is made in Unity, that's probably going to be very performance heavy.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is enjoyable with polished mechanics, but many users feel it would be significantly enhanced by the addition of multiplayer features.
- “It's pretty fun, and all the mechanics are really polished and well-designed.”