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Doctor Who: The Runaway

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83%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
83% User Score Based on 136 reviews

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About Doctor Who: The Runaway

Doctor Who: The Runaway is a single player action adventure game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by BBC Media Applications Technologies Ltd and was released on January 20, 2020. It received positive reviews from players.

Step inside the TARDIS with the Doctor in this beautiful, animated, interactive story from the Doctor Who team.

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 136 reviews
story12 positive mentions
gameplay3 negative mentions
  • Excellent voice acting and animation, especially of the Doctor character, creating an immersive Doctor Who atmosphere.
  • Charming art style and sound design that complement the VR experience well, making it accessible and enjoyable even for newcomers to VR.
  • Fun and engaging as a short interactive VR story/demo, providing a satisfying taste of Doctor Who in a concise format that many fans appreciated.
  • Extremely short gameplay duration (~15 minutes) with very limited interactivity and player movement, making it more of an interactive short film than a full game.
  • Technical issues such as crashing, compatibility problems, and occasional sound delays that affected user experience across various VR platforms.
  • Lack of depth and complexity in puzzles and gameplay, leading to some players finding it boring or feeling it was too simplistic and more like a tech demo.

  • story

    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    41% positive mentions, 49% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The story is a short, charming, and quintessentially "Doctor Who" experience that many fans find enjoyable despite its brevity of around 12-15 minutes. While some praise its characterizations, animations, and interactive elements, others note it bends lore and has a somewhat corny or simple narrative. Overall, it's well-received as a fun, high-quality mini-story, especially for dedicated Doctor Who fans.

    • “The story and the look of the game were very nice.”
    • “It may not be long but it is a free and enjoyable short game, with a fun story and interactive bits.”
    • “The details, animation, and voice acting are fantastic, the interactive parts are fun, the story is corny but it works, and it was over before I knew it.”
    • “The writing of this story showed nothing from the lore that I recognized, and it bent canon and science over for a reaming.”
    • “So short I beat it in 12 minutes, so I can't really go into the story much.”
    • “However, this is more of an interactive short story, and the interactions are few.”

  • graphics

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    54% positive mentions, 8% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The game features a charming, simple, and well-shaded art style that suits VR perfectly by avoiding unrealistic photo-realism, resulting in an immersive experience with smooth animations. Its low-poly graphics and small environments ensure good performance, while the overall visuals are praised as cute and fitting, though some find the style bland or limited in scope.

    • “Plus the art style works so well in VR; the developers made the right choice in avoiding photorealism, resulting in a simple, well-shaded style that is immersive and effective.”
    • “Art style was really lovely, complementing the spectacular visuals, nicely done animations, and charming effects.”
    • “The low poly graphics and small environmental space allow the game to perform quite well.”
    • “If there is ever a full Doctor Who game, I wish it not to use this art style; it looks like the Meta Quest avatar style, which is bland, though it has very good animations.”
    • “The low poly graphics and small environmental space limit the visual appeal.”
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  • humor

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor is light and playful, highlighted by a character who delivers amusing, dramatic poses while holding a device. Overall, users found it to be a very funny and entertaining short film.

    • “13 was a little funny; she gives you the sonic at some point, and that made me realize why they all do fun dramatic poses with it. It's the kind of device that makes you want to strike a pose.”
    • “Funny woman, hehe.”
    • “A very funny short film.”

  • gameplay

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The gameplay is limited and brief, offering only short interactive moments amidst mostly cinematic content. While the pointer alignment is off in the in-game menu, it functions accurately during actual gameplay, which is designed primarily for Vive wands.

    • “15 minutes, barely any gameplay, etc.”
    • “It is built for the Vive wands but in-game menu, the alignment of the pointer is off, but during gameplay, the alignment of the pointer is spot on.”
    • “There were even a few moments of gameplay you could actually do, so it's not all just a movie playing around you.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers a very immersive and well-crafted atmosphere, making it particularly appealing as an introduction to VR for newcomers. Users consistently praise its engaging and captivating environment.

    • “Very atmospheric, and would make a nice introduction to VR for people not used to it yet.”
    • “Really good atmosphere”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is well-optimized, running smoothly without performance issues across multiple playthroughs, and features convincing animation that enhances the overall experience.

    • “It's free, has a charming art style, good writing, and I didn't have any performance issues with my three playthroughs of it.”
    • “Dr.'s performance and animation were very convincing.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is appreciated for its quality and complements the well-designed and smoothly animated models, enhancing the overall experience of this short 20-minute game.

    • “The music is nice and all the models are great and well animated, which is particularly impressive considering from what I can tell they are only used in this 20-minute game.”

  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game has significant stability issues, frequently causing the entire computer to freeze upon launch. This makes it unreliable and frustrating to play.

    • “Every time I launch this game it freezes my whole computer.”
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Doctor Who: The Runaway is a action adventure game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Doctor Who: The Runaway include free to play, science, atmospheric and story rich.

Doctor Who: The Runaway is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

Doctor Who: The Runaway was released on January 20, 2020.

Doctor Who: The Runaway was developed by BBC Media Applications Technologies Ltd.

Doctor Who: The Runaway has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Doctor Who: The Runaway for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Doctor Who: The Runaway is a single player game.

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