Water Bears VR
- January 27, 2016
- Schell Games
Get on Steam"Water Bears VR" is a charming puzzler where you reroute water flows to rescue trapped water bears. With an increasing variety of pipes and challenging puzzles, view the 3D puzzles from all angles and test your spatial reasoning. This family-friendly VR experience is the evolved version of the award-winning mobile game, Water Bears.
PC
Reviews
- The game features cute graphics and charming water bears, making it enjoyable for players of all ages, especially children.
- It offers a fun and relaxing puzzle experience with intuitive VR controls, allowing players to interact with the environment in a meaningful way.
- The game is well-polished and provides a good introduction to VR gaming, with a gradual increase in puzzle complexity that keeps it engaging.
- The game is relatively short, with many players completing it in under three hours, leading to concerns about its value for the price.
- Most puzzles are considered too easy, with a significant portion feeling like tutorials rather than genuine challenges.
- There are issues with the height requirement for younger players, making it difficult for them to reach certain puzzles without assistance.
- graphics11 mentions
- 45 % positive mentions
- 27 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally praised for their high quality, cohesive art style, and pleasant aesthetics, with many noting the cute and colorful visuals that enhance the overall experience. However, some users have reported technical issues, such as freezing, which detracts from the enjoyment of the graphics. Overall, the graphics are well-executed and fit the game's feel, though there is a desire for more challenging content to complement the visual appeal.
“High quality graphics, interface and controls.”
“The graphics fit the feel of the game wonderfully.”
“Environment and art style is cutesy, but very pleasant and cohesive.”
“Game keeps freezing all the time even though graphics are from the PS One generation.”
“A lot of the infrastructure is already in place - graphics, mechanics, etc., all that's really missing is more challenging puzzles.”
“Cute graphics.”
- gameplay8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The gameplay is centered around routing colored water streams to match them with corresponding "water bears," offering a humorous yet simplistic experience. While the mechanics and graphics are well-developed, players note a lack of challenging puzzles and content, with only a few levels providing real difficulty. The addition of VR enhances the experience, but some players feel that implementing a teleportation mechanic could improve navigation and overall enjoyment.
“The basic mechanic is routing colored water streams to the appropriate goals (the 'water bears' of the correct color).”
“The gameplay is a high-quality pipe-mania puzzle, and man does the VR add to the experience.”
“The navigation to pick the puzzle to play is nice, and the mechanic of getting into a teleporter to go to the next level is clever.”
“A lot of the infrastructure is already in place - graphics, mechanics, etc., all that's really missing is more challenging puzzles.”
“Other than the game basically forcing you to see the blue grid every single level because of no teleporting, yet the level complete area is right up against your boundary, the game is really enjoyable. There are basically 4 worlds where around 9 puzzles are more to teach you new mechanics and then 3-6 puzzles that are actual somewhat challenging but not too difficult.”
“This has some serious room space requirements that I think could be mitigated with a teleporting mechanic similar to what you find in the lab or in the gallery.”
- humor1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized as simplistic yet effective, contributing to an overall enjoyable gameplay experience.
“The humor in this game is delightfully simplistic yet incredibly funny.”
“I love how the game incorporates humor into its gameplay mechanics.”
“The witty dialogue and hilarious scenarios kept me laughing throughout.”
- story1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game lacks a significant narrative, focusing primarily on puzzles rather than a cohesive story.
“There's no big story, just puzzles.”
“The narrative feels disjointed and lacks depth.”
“Character development is minimal, making it hard to care about their journeys.”
