- March 24, 2022
- Historic VR
Guildford Castle VR
96%Game Brain Score
graphics, story
optimization, stability
96% User Score 74 reviews
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About
Guildford Castle is a free roaming, narrative VR experience with light interactivity.










Audience ScoreBased on 74 reviews
graphics9 positive mentions
optimization3 negative mentions
- Guildford Castle VR offers an impressive and immersive historical experience, allowing players to explore both the modern castle and a detailed recreation of medieval Guildford.
- The graphics are highly praised for their photorealistic quality, and the narration provides engaging and informative insights into the history of the castle and its surroundings.
- The game is free to play, making it an accessible option for anyone interested in history and virtual exploration, with many users expressing a desire for more experiences like this.
- Many players experienced performance issues, including frame rate drops, freezing, and audio delays, even on high-end hardware, indicating a need for better optimization.
- Some users found the movement controls to be imprecise and disorienting, which detracted from the overall immersion of the experience.
- The lack of interactive elements and live actors in the historical recreation left some players feeling that the environment was too empty and could benefit from more life and activity.
graphics
18 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe graphics of the game are generally praised for their photorealistic quality and beautiful visuals, particularly in modern settings, with many users noting impressive atmospheric details. However, performance issues such as frame rate drops, texture pop-in, and optimization concerns are common, especially at higher settings, leading some players to recommend lowering graphical options for smoother gameplay. Overall, while the graphics are a highlight, they are marred by inconsistent performance across different hardware configurations.
“The graphics are great and photorealistic in the modern world parts of the game.”
“Beautiful visuals and atmosphere with teleport, full locomotion, smooth turning and click turning, plenty of graphics and audio settings.”
“The graphics are mostly photorealistic, and there is a large area to explore, which you can literally do on foot.”
“There is a noticeable issue with performance: on RX 6800 XT, the game turned into a slideshow on maximum graphical settings.”
“I do, however, recommend lowering the graphical settings once you're in the main menu regardless of your PC's power, as it seems to be rather poorly optimized.”
“Even though there are several graphic settings, I experienced constant frame rate drops and texture pop-in no matter what I selected using an RTX 3080 and i9 processor.”