One of the best parts about playing games in VR is the freedom and escapism it allows the player to indulge. As a child, one of my personal daydreams was being able to travel back in time. So you can only imagine how exciting it must have been when Time Machine VR hit the PlayStation VR. Unfortunately, there is no way a title with a time traveling premise could ever truly live up to the expectations that are conjured in the mind?s eye. Though the game was destined for disappointment, it somehow managed to exceed even my wildest expectations?by barely qualifying as a game.
Beginning of the End"
When I imagine traveling to the Jurassic period, I picture pristine blue skies, dense vegetation, and hulking dinosaurs. Time Machine VR delivers on the enormous mammal side of things, but just about nothing else. Apparently, areas that are gigantic basins in current time were once filled with water and home to creatures that would one day dictate the very future of humanity. That?s right, humanity is on the brink of extinction thanks to a virus outbreak of some sort, and it is up to one time-bending gofer to fetch the world from the clutches of annihilation. Who knew that traveling back in history could be so productive" As soon as the time portal opens, the player is transported back to an underwater wonderland, filled with keys to discovering what exactly is killing off humans by the millions. The crux of the gameplay revolves around exploring the sub-nautical surroundin...