Golem (VR)

"You don’t have to dig too deeply to find that Golem, for all its inane faults, has some really interesting mechanical ideas for VR gaming. It’s one of the very few adventures that give you a sword to swing around …"

"While there were many compelling reasons to take a chance on Golem, there were far too many technical issues marring the overall experience. When consumed in bits-and-pieces, the component parts could all stand on their own with little problem. It&s;s …"

"It’s clear that Highwire put a lot into this game and wanted to make something special. The world is spectacular and I genuinely love the story this game tells. The game sounds amazing and I want nothing more that to …"

"Honestly, Golem seems like it would be a better game without the VR. If I could move faster and use buttons in place of the motion gestures for combat, I’d probably have a much better time. It’s unfortunate that people …"

"Golem is a video game redemption story – saved from the brink by a patch that cleared up many of the game&s;s release problems. What is left is a fascinating game of exploration, punctuated by hardcore, visceral combat. With atmosphere …"

"Golem is a game had a shot at being good if it launched alongside the PSVR. Fast-forward a couple years and impressive virtual reality titles are fairly common. This, depressingly, is not one of those. By the time we took …"

"When everything comes together, Golem has some of the best PlayStation VR combat I&s;ve played, and a story worth hearing. When it&s;s off, even a little, frustration follows. If you can tolerate backtracking and don&s;t mind dealing with occasional VR …"

"If you want to play something with a slower pace and dig fantasy coming of age stories, there’s enough here to make mastering the control scheme worth it."

"Marred by problematic controls, Golem is otherwise the closest thing yet to Dark Souls VR."

"I haven&s;t bailed out on a VR game in a while, and only the most severe of nausea will cause me to eject completely rather than grind it out over time, but Golem is just painful to play. There&s;s too …"

"I really feel that Golem is a short jump away from being one of PSVR&s;s best titles. If the movement controls were more intuitive and the tracking of the Move controller in battle was more accurate it would be an …"

"Falling prey to so many early-VR pitfalls, the depressingly dated Golem is a stamina-sapping slog."

"For the most part though, Golem feels like a PSVR game that became lost in a mess of ideas during its various delays. The nearly unbearable movement, best-avoided combat, and frustrating progression system makes it a game that’s an absolute …"