Ian is a video producer, keen streamer, VR enthusiast, battle royale fan and retro connoisseur. He lives in the West Midlands with his ZX Spectrum collection and a troublesome cat.
If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission.Arcade Paradise was a charming management/simulation game set in an old laundrette. In it, the player had to complete menial tasks in order to earn enough cash to build an awesome 90s video game arcade at the back of the building in an attempt to prove themselves to their cranky dad.
You see, while you might expect to be able to grab the joyticks and press the buttons on your hard earned arcade cabs in order to play the games, in actuality the lion's share of Arcade's wonderful little machines can only be played using the thumbsticks and buttons on your motion controllers. No inserting coins manually, no joystick wiggling, no button mashing, just standard gamepad style controls.
Arcade Paradise VR sits in the middle of these two types of experiences. I definitely lost a bit of knuckle skin to my computer desk loading the washing machines, but at the same time all the base arcade games you own are 'gamepad' style controls only. This lack of fully immersive arcade cabinets is evident from the start of the game and it took me a good two of hours of play time to be able to afford a couple of the machines that were motion control compatible.
I love the mixed reality mode in Arcade Paradise. Being able to place arcade cabinets in your real-world space and then wander around and play on them is a fantastic use of the tech.
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