Most of the find-the-object puzzles are fun at least the first time through because they encourage you to explore the environment by bouncing off of things and floating around, though Lone Echo isn’t as consistent as I would like when it comes to highlighting objectives when you’re in a vast environment, which can lead to some tedious searches. Some involve simple laser cutting or scanning with your wrist-mounted tools, and a few have very simple environmental puzzles that sadly never evolve into anything mentally challenging.
Find the replacement fuse, recharge the battery, move the AI core from one spot to another, that sort of thing. The puzzles Lone Echo puts in your path you aren’t complex – they’re mostly about finding an object and putting it in place to repair a damaged piece of equipment. Obviously the standing experience is better (and only occasionally made me come close to losing my balance) but either way feels great.
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I played mostly standing with a third Rift Sensor camera behind me, giving me full 360-degree coverage, but I was also perfectly comfortable and capable sitting in my chair and using the thumbsticks to turn in increments. You’re always in control, though – you can push in the right stick to fairly rapidly stop your movement at any time, and unless you enable it in the menus you’ll never find yourself rotating when you don’t want to be (and that option is labeled “not recommended”). Soon I was trying more ambitious moves, such as jumping out of transport ships that shuttle you between satellites and mining sites before they hit the brakes to reduce momentum, launching me toward my destination (and potentially careening into space beyond them, if I missed) at terrifying speeds. “I got the hang of bouncing and flying through the interior and exterior of the station quickly and was soon impressing myself by how easily I could navigate. The dialogue decisions you make don’t mean much for the outcome of the story – it’s purely about tone, whether you want Jack to behave like a relatively cool and logical robot or an AI with a sense of humor – but every interaction with Liv is well acted, with some genuine emotion behind them. Their affectionate relationship gives some weight to the situation as the space station mining the scenic rings of Saturn starts going haywire for unknown reasons, especially since anytime Jack dies he immediately transfers his consciousness to another nearby identical robot body. With some of the best VR movement I’ve experienced, sharp graphics, a lengthy story, this is one of the most impressive and complete-feeling VR games out there.In the single-player campaign, there’s a good sense of companionship between your robot character, Jack, and his human partner Liv. Lone Echo and its multiplayer companion Echo Arena, on the other hand, make outstanding use of the zero-gravity setting and the Oculus Touch controllers in a way that creates a convincing experience of weightlessness and presence. Navigating with a gamepad and watching a hand that wasn’t mine reach out and grab things created a disconnect I couldn’t get past.
When I played Adr1ft in VR, I enjoyed the sensation of moving through space, but something was missing: hand-tracked controls.
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