PSVR2: The best games to play

If the PlayStation VR 2 is your first foray into the world of VR and you’re looking for some guidance on what you should be playing first, you’ve come to the right place. After nearly a week with the PSVR 2, we’ve narrowed down some of the top games across a variety of genres to really put your new headset to work.

Not all games are available to test. Titles like Resident Evil Village, No Man’s SkyPlease see the following: Gran Turismo 7 won’t have PSVR 2 functionality added until Feb. 22, so check back after launch for more additions to this list.

Horizon Call of the Mountain

The most visually stunning game currently on PSVR 2 is unquestionably “The Game of the Century”. Horizon Call of the Mountain. The spinoff is based on the open-world series. You will be climbing up cliffs and shooting arrows to try and survive encounters with robotic creatures. This is the exclusive title. Horizon is the main showcase of the PSVR 2’s many unique features, from eye tracking to in-helmet haptics to adaptive triggers.

Just a note: If you’re brand-new to VR or you get motion sickness easily, Horizon is going to be a bit of a tough pill to swallow, since it’s built around some of the more quease-inducing gameplay aspects in VR. You should be cautious until you see a game that allows for teleportation.

The Last Clockwinder

It’s a less spectacular graphical display than Horizon, The Last Clockwinder This VR game is one of the best and most creative ever. The premise: You’re attempting to revive a defunct clock tower by using robots that record your exact movements. If you wish to crank a crank once, the robot can capture your movements and then continue turning the crank for you. You can record your self throwing the balls, which another robot can catch and move along the lines until you get a complete automated assembly line. The storyline is combined with great art and a sweet story.

The Tetris effect: It’s Connected

One of Polygon’s favorite games of the last decade continues to get revived for new platforms, and PSVR 2 gets the latest incarnation. If you’re familiar with Tetris, you’ll be well served here, thanks to an incredible backing soundtrack and trippy visuals. The PSVR 2’s haptics groove along to the beat in cool ways, and as a bizarre extra feature, you can activate “Zone” mode just by closing your eyes, thanks to Tetris Effect’s use of eye tracking. Tetris EffectNew VR players will find it very accommodating, as well as a low risk of getting yarfed. It’s always a positive thing.

Thumper

Re-release of another music-heavy album in the tradition of Tetris Effect, ThumperIt arrives on PSVR 2 with the title that is the most thumping in the launch lineup. This action rhythm game has you piloting a metal bug as it zooms along a track, and you’ll have to hit the right inputs timed to the music to ensure that you don’t turn said metal bug into scrap. The trippy, Tron-esque visuals fill your entire field of vision thanks to PSVR 2’s wide, 110-degree viewing angle, and the helmet’s haptics will bounce right along with the beat… so long as you’re hitting your cues. For anyone who loves a light show, this is an amazing experience.

Moss Moss Book 2

The cutest titles in PSVR 2’s launch line-up are Moss and Moss Book 2These games have you controlling a tiny field mouse that attempts to defeat various fantasy creatures. This is a strange twist on the VR format, in that you’re overseeing all of the action from above rather than stepping into the perspective of Quill, Moss’s adorable mouse. New to PSVR 2 are improved haptics and the PS5’s adaptive triggers, which make the experience of mouse survival all the more harrowing.