Highline Volleyball VR is a virtual reality sport game that offers an ultra-immersive experience and enables players to improve their volleyball skills. With support for various VR configurations and six unique environments, players can enjoy single or multiplayer matches, tournaments, and spectator mode. The game offers different time-of-day settings, providing a variety of atmospheres to explore.
The game features polished graphics and satisfying ball interactions, making it one of the best VR sports games available.
It has a good depth of gameplay with a learning curve that encourages improvement, providing a fun experience overall.
Regular updates are enhancing the game, with improvements in AI and gameplay performance, making it a hidden gem in the VR volleyball genre.
The AI is poorly designed, often leading to frustrating gameplay experiences, and the game mechanics do not accurately reflect real volleyball.
There are numerous bugs and glitches, including issues with controls, collision detection, and loading times, which detract from the overall experience.
The tutorial and movement controls are janky and poorly explained, making it difficult for new players to learn how to play effectively.
gameplay
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Gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players praising the regular updates and improvements, particularly in bot performance and overall gameplay mechanics. However, there are criticisms regarding the initial focus on graphics over authentic volleyball mechanics, leading to a perception that the gameplay lacks depth. Despite these concerns, ongoing updates suggest a commitment to enhancing the gameplay experience.
“Graphics and gameplay are pretty excellent with well-animated opponents that are quite convincing.”
“The game is regularly updated, and each time it is improving both in content and gameplay. I thought it was an indie game at first, but now I feel it is on the path to becoming a AAA VR volleyball game.”
“The developer has been releasing technical and gameplay improvements at astonishing speeds over the last few weeks.”
“To be honest, I think the developers focused more on the graphical aspect of the game rather than the volleyball gameplay.”
“I don't think the developers actually play volleyball because the gameplay was terrible.”
“The game is regularly updated and each time it is improving both in content and gameplay, but I was thinking it was an indie game at first and now I feel it is taking the road to be a AAA VR volleyball game.”
graphics
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The graphics in the game are highly praised for their excellence and convincing animations of opponents, suggesting a strong visual focus by the developers. However, some users feel that this emphasis on graphics may have come at the expense of the gameplay experience.
“Graphics and gameplay are pretty excellent with well-animated opponents that are quite convincing.”
“To be honest, I think the developers focused more on the graphical aspect of the game rather than the volleyball gameplay.”
stability
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The game's stability has been criticized for frequent glitches and performance issues, often requiring players to restart matches. Many users report a rough experience, indicating that the game feels unfinished and prone to technical problems.
“Glitches, not moving, etc. and rough around the edges.”
“Need to restart matches due to glitches.”
optimization
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Recent updates have significantly improved the game's optimization, with enhanced bot performance and overall gameplay efficiency, leading to a more enjoyable experience for players.
“Update 1 has just been released and it just keeps getting better: improved bots, overall gameplay performance is great in my opinion.”
story
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The reviews do not provide any specific insights into the story aspect of the game, focusing instead on the technical performance of running it on the Quest 2 with air link. As a result, there is no information available regarding the narrative or plot elements.