As the quintessential virtual reality game, Job Simulator has remained popular for decades. With four impressively interactive occupations, you’ll be able to handle all kinds of fun tasks, including cooking the books as an office worker and a robbery as a convenience store clerk. With the PSVR2 Sense Controllers, the gameplay feels even more tactile and chunky than the original PSVR version.
To gain a better understanding of human life, robots conduct these “simulations” (depicted by 90s CRT monitors). Their activities are chaotic and pointless because they haven’t grasped the concept of work. This title is genuinely funny from beginning to end, and is a rare example of interactive comedy.
The silliness of the premise is only enhanced by the slapstick nature of the gameplay; while the game is outrageously polished, it embraces some of the inherent scrappiness of virtual reality, so you’re encouraged to mess up. You can interact with almost anything in each environment, even when you’re not supposed to. As opposed to the PSVR original’s claustrophobic feel due to its hardware limitations, this PSVR2 port uses full room-scale to give you a little more space.
Despite the sharp visuals and significant improvement to each activity, it’s important to note that you’re probably familiar with this game; a free upgrade and the Infinite Overtime update – which offers an endless list of randomly generated tasks – make clocking in for a second shift much more palatable. However, if you’re familiar with it all, there’s nothing new in this version.
For newcomers to PSVR2, this is a pretty essential game: it’s not only a great introduction to virtual reality, but it’s also hilarious and executes its ideas flawlessly.
Cons:
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Played before by many.
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Running time is very short.
Pros:
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Funny out loud.
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Not as claustrophobic as PSVR.
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Interactively chaotic.
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Visually clean.
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For VR beginners.
The score is 8/10