What Makes a Good VR Game?

Kelsey: It's disappointing that so many years after the start of mainstream VR, we still it seems like people aren't quite sure what makes a good VR game. Ben: I just know it when I'm in there and it ends up working. Kelsey: Wild Hearts was by far my favorite experience with PSVR to I say.

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Welcome back to The MinnMax Show podcast! On this week's episode, Ben Hanson is joined by Jacob Geller, Kelsey Lewin, Janet Garcia, and Kyle Hilliard to rave about the Metroid Prime Remaster, share their full thoughts on the PSVR2 headset (provided by PlayStation) and its flagship title Horizon Call of the Mountain, then we talk about the new Monster Hunter-like game Wild Hearts and Double Fine's incredible new documentary series about the development of Psychonauts 2. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and leaving a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax

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You can watch the Psychonauts 2 documentary here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKoy_KMVIyU

To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:42 - Announcing The Deepest Dive

00:05:23 - Metroid Prime Remastered

00:18:31 - PSVR2 Review

00:30:37 - Horizon Call of the Mountain