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VR Battleship YAMATO is a single player action game with a historical theme. It was developed by Kanda Technologies and was released on August 17, 2017. It received very positive reviews from players.

Full Scale Restoration of the Japanese battleship “Yamato” in VR. Battleship Yamato was constructed during the World War Ⅱ in 1941, and it was the biggest battleship ever built. Unfortunately, Yamato didn’t last through the war, and it sank to the bottom of the sea. Now, battleship Yamato is completely restored in full scale in VR. It is based on the blueprints and the recollections of the actual…

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91%Audience ScoreBased on 33 reviews
emotional3 positive mentions
optimization1 negative mentions

  • Highly detailed and faithful virtual tour of the historic IJN Yamato battleship, offering an immersive educational experience unmatched by physical museum visits.
  • Excellent scale and model accuracy that showcases the enormous size and complexity of the Yamato, including guided explanations of machinery, armaments, and daily life on board.
  • Emotional and atmospheric presentation with authentic crew interactions and historical narration, making it a unique and memorable VR museum experience for history and naval enthusiasts.
  • Control and compatibility issues reported on various VR headsets, including broken controls and bugs that remain unaddressed by the developer, impacting usability.
  • Technical drawbacks such as poor audio quality with monotone text-to-speech translations, occasional performance problems, and some graphical imperfections.
  • Limited content length and exploration scope, missing some key areas like the engine room, with some users finding the price relatively high for a non-game virtual tour.
  • emotional

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

    Users find the emotional aspect of the experience to be powerful and moving, highlighting its ability to evoke deep feelings through meaningful interactions and nostalgic moments, especially during key conversations and historical settings.

    • “Top-notch and also potentially very emotional experience.”
    • “A very emotional visit to the past on a magnificent ship with its crew.”
    • “The last conversation with the captain before leaving was very emotional.”
  • story

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

    The story aspect is hindered by technical issues, such as broken controls on Quest 2, and users express frustration over the developer's lack of responsiveness on English-language forums.

  • graphics

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

    The graphics effectively showcase detailed and authentic chamber and equipment designs inspired by Japanese battleship aesthetics, offering a visually distinctive experience compared to typical US battleship representations.

  • optimization

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

    The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in consistently low performance and occasional severe slowdowns.

    • “Ok, now the bad news: the performance is pretty bad throughout and occasionally terrible.”
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VR Battleship YAMATO is a action game with historical theme. Common tags for VR Battleship YAMATO include science, world war ii, educational and war.

VR Battleship YAMATO is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

VR Battleship YAMATO was released on August 17, 2017.

VR Battleship YAMATO was developed by Kanda Technologies.

VR Battleship YAMATO has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked VR Battleship YAMATO for its emotional but disliked it for its story.

VR Battleship YAMATO is a single player game.

Similar games include Ship Explorer, Britannic: Patroness of the Mediterranean, World Ship Simulator, NavalArt, Reentry: An Orbital Simulator and others.