Wilson's Heart

 PC
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Road to VR
    Jul 29, 2017
    70
    Wilson's Heart is a visually-stunning adventure offering a host of expertly-crafted immersive environments, complete with realistic characters and competent voice acting. A thin sheen of '40s campiness coats what turns out to be a horrifying and surreal nightmare world. While puzzles are interesting and varied, the game disappointingly suffers from inconsistent object interaction and lack-luster monster battles. [Tested with Oculus Touch]
  2. 4P.de
    May 7, 2017
    68
    While the beginning is almost everything you could wish for from a classic horror experience, Wilson’s Heart soon loses itself in uninteresting “explore, pick up, use, repeat”. It still shows how effective subtle horror can be in VR even though it never gets to prove it fully.
  3. Game Informer
    Apr 25, 2017
    68
    Wilson’s Heart gets a lot of things right. The spooky atmosphere, charming camp, and long-form narrative are great proofs of concept for virtual reality adventures. Considering most VR titles available right now feel more like glorified tech demos than full-fledged games, I enjoyed the extended sessions of this six-to-eight-hour experience. But Wilson’s Heart’s limited interactivity, lack of freedom, and wooden combat show developers still have a lot to learn about creating truly immersive virtual reality experiences.
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  1. Ars Technica
    Apr 30, 2017
    Most important of all is that Oculus had a full year of lead-up time to nail Wilson's Heart... and the company didn't.
  2. The Verge
    Apr 25, 2017
    Wilson’s Heart is one of the best narrative virtual reality games I’ve ever played, but to leave it at that would be damning with faint praise. It’s a game that’s worth looking at even outside VR circles, for its interesting mechanics, aesthetics, and core concepts, not to mention its solid voice cast. I just wish it had matured into something more than a mash-up, or was given space to play out its best ideas. If VR continues an upward trajectory, maybe we’ll get the perfect cinematic adventure game in another few years. It’s a shame it won’t be Wilson’s Heart.

Awards & Rankings

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#84 Best PC Game of 2017

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
  1. TuTAH_1
    Mar 2, 2023
    8
    Дата прохождения игры: ~28.06.19
    Дата обзора: Сегодня
    Оценки: Общая: 4.2/5 Ненадоедливость: 2.7/5 Графика: 4/5 Очень атмосферный    Дата прохождения игры: ~28.06.19
    Дата обзора: Сегодня

    Оценки:
    Общая: 4.2/5
    Ненадоедливость: 2.7/5
    Графика: 4/5

    Очень атмосферный VR-хоррор. Повествование довольно хорошее, даже без хорошего знания английского языка, можно примерно понять сюжет только из-за повествования.
    Можно сказать, что это point&click для VR. Интересно, что вся игра чёрно-белая, однако некоторые моменты запомнились цветными. Заставляет задуматься о том, как работает наш мозг :)
    Очень уникальный опыт, очень рекомендую.    … Full Review »
  2. raorian
    Jun 25, 2019
    7
    it has some cool moment in the pazzle solving and the theme is ok. combat is tedious and writing is ok.
  3. Frogacuda
    Jun 17, 2017
    8
    In many ways, this is a landmark game for VR, even with a few glaring flaws. It's a lengthy 8-hour adventure with great production values,In many ways, this is a landmark game for VR, even with a few glaring flaws. It's a lengthy 8-hour adventure with great production values, excellent graphics, and a ton of atmosphere. The scenario is incredibly creative, steeped in vintage 1940s horror vibes, and each sequence manages to introduce clever new ideas. During a time when made-for-VR games are still mostly short and shallow, this is undeniably a AAA game with the substance and value you'd expect from a console game.

    At its core, this is an adventure game, driven more by puzzles and story than by action or gameplay mechanics, and that's a good thing, since the mechanics themselves are probably the weakest part. While interacting in VR is normally very intuitive, Wilson's Heart often has clumsy scenarios where you're not quite sure how to make the game do what you want to do. The movement mechanic is a very limiting node-teleport, and you can't even take more than a step in any direction before the game freezes and makes you move back. When everything works like you'd expect it, it's a joy to grab and throw and punch, but there are too many moments where you'll be clumsily trying to figure out where to put your hands.

    Despite these flaws, I'd have no hesitation recommending Wilson's Heart. It's a gorgeous, clever, one-of-a-kind game that could only exist in VR. It offers the right amount of scary to make you jump and sweat, but not give you PTSD, and it's one of the biggest, most ambitious VR originals to date.    … Full Review »
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