Does It Stack? is a brand new physics-based puzzle sport in blended actuality, and we went hands-on at Gamescom. Listed here are our full impressions.
Beforehand featured in our final UploadVR Summer time Showcase, Does It Stack? from Belgian studio Cybernetic Walrus challenges you to stack on a regular basis objects to a sure top with out toppling the pile. That includes 60 ranges with three challenges every and 150 unlockable objects, it occasions your runs and uploads your scores to a web based leaderboard. This is the earlier trailer.
It is paying homage to Supermassive Video games’ Tumble VR, the PSVR port for the PS3 puzzler that concerned related merchandise physics-based challenges, and there is an instantly relatable premise that is easy to be taught. Whereas Does It Stack? additionally helps a totally immersive VR mode and native co-op, my current single-player demo showcased 4 blended actuality phases on Quest 3.
The better issue solely includes stacking these objects to succeed in a sure top, and you start with a handful of pre-determined objects of 4 completely different colours. Not each object wants utilizing to succeed in this objective, and having the ability to full ranges by way of a number of strategies presents some artistic freedom. Multicolored objects, like a yellow desk with purple legs, create welcome strategic issues.
You may’t brute drive your solution to the objective by stacking matching coloured objects collectively, although. Even when they solely contact briefly, two objects of the identical colour touching create an explosion that may jeopardize your whole stack. It is a good twist, although this will trigger frustrations when objects by accident contact when you’re simply shifting them to a distinct location.
The place issues get difficult is on the more durable difficulties, and the second problem introduces a puzzle ingredient. One degree required topping the stack with a cheese wheel, whereas one other degree wanted the final merchandise to be blue. That does not sound so unhealthy at face worth till you see which particular objects you’ve got been granted.
There’s not a lot else I can say till I’ve seen the broader options like multiplayer, nevertheless it’s a simple premise that works nicely in blended actuality. Cybernetic Walrus knowledgeable me that Stack can also be the primary sport in its new “Does It” collection, although they could not affirm particulars on what’s coming subsequent. As somebody who loved Tumble VR in 2016, I like what I’ve seen.
Does It Stack? arrives this fall on the Meta Quest platform.
