Last month a free demo for Eden Tomorrow appeared on the Playstation Store. The first 30 minutes of this sci-fi adventure game were included and after playing it through on stream, I came away with high hopes. It seemed more polished than your average PSVR title and the demo ended on a cliffhanger which (as any good demo should) left me excited to experience what happened next.
Unfortunately, after recording myself playing through the first hour and a half of the full release, I’m sad to report that the game never really reaches the heights promised by the demo. In actual fact, after passing the point where the demo ends, the overall quality starts taking a noticeable dip and what I thought was going to be a rip-roaring space adventure, quickly turns into a dull guided tour around bland, brown and basic environments.
You can watch my disappointment unfold in this week’s episode of Ian’s VR Corner below, which kicks off with a belter of a tune, even if I do say so myself.
Eden Tomorrow, would you Adam and Eve how disappointing it is? – Ian’s VR Corner Watch on YouTube
Eden Tomorrow begins with what is rapidly becoming a regular VR trope – the cramped interior of an emergency escape pod. As you hurtle towards the surface of a Mars-like alien planet (yet another VR trope), said escape pod slowly begins breaking apart as it comes under attack from a giant, winged beastie. This ferocious monster is one of the first things you’ll encounter once the pod crash lands and, as you struggle to break free from the wreckage, it towers over you, its teeth snapping together mere inches from your face. There’s a great sense of scale and a feeling of utter helplessness in this moment, but it was the first and last time that I genuinely felt any kind of peril in the game.