Farpoint

 PlayStation 4
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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 254 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 196 out of 254
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 254
  3. Negative: 28 out of 254
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  1. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    5
    The new gun mechanic worked extremely well, and the game was mostly fun to play. But I found the story to be extremely dull, and the game started to feel a lot more repetitive towards the end.
  2. ShineHunter
    May 20, 2017
    7
    I noticed the brained zero's are on show as always. A zero game is one total broken and unplayable. This game isn't that at all. It plays just fine, but is it any good. First before I go into the game I want to talk about the aim controller a little. It fits in the hand very nice and all the buttons are well laid out, except the touch button which lucky for us isn't needed in Farpoint. II noticed the brained zero's are on show as always. A zero game is one total broken and unplayable. This game isn't that at all. It plays just fine, but is it any good. First before I go into the game I want to talk about the aim controller a little. It fits in the hand very nice and all the buttons are well laid out, except the touch button which lucky for us isn't needed in Farpoint. I love the aim controller and playing this game without it would of been a whole lot less fun. I would say the only down side is the drift some people have talked about which didn't happen to me, the going out of the play area which also didn't happen to me as pressing option button once and awhile help with placing. The story isn't half bad with a slow start, deep middle and ok ending. The graphics are good for a VR title and the usual blur is better in this title than others. (PS4 Pro) However it is bland and boring at times. The only time you get something amazing is when some event in the game has a purple wormhole spitting out alien mega space stations or you face of with a huge creature. The game play is OK but nothing special. shooting the same baddies that look like predator mated with a black window spider gets a little repetitive and it was very nice to see new enemies before I pulled my hair out of my ball sack of pure boredom. The aim controller was a pleasure to use. Shooting with the thing was so good I was fantasizing about what games could use this tool. At the moment I'm also playing Playerunknowns Battlegrounds and this aim controller and VR would make this game so needed. Anyway end fantasy. Looking down the sights to shoot was a selling point for me and VR just makes normal feeling games so much better that when a good game comes like RES7 it's just to good to miss. This game is good but lacks the feel of a true triple A title.
    For the fact it has an OK story, OK graphics, OK shooting manics and a amazing aim controller I'm going to give this a 7/10. Tempted to make it a 10/10 just to balance the brain dead zero's but that needs be saved for a TLOU 2 or Witcher 4. Must have this game if you already own a PSVR plus the aim controller, however don't pay through the roof.    … Expand
  3. wesker2012
    May 2, 2018
    6
    Uninspired game design, very repetitive enemies/generic gameplay, and drab visuals make this an over-rated PSVR experience after a year and a half of PSVR being out.
  4. CobainCantDie
    May 30, 2017
    7
    Started out very strong, but lost a lot of good will by the end. This game is supported entirely by it's strong shooting, as it does feel very good to shoot stuff. However, the game shows you all the best stuff within the first act (about the first 2 hours of the 6 hour campaign). The best guns by far are the assault rifle and shotgun, the first two weapons you get. The most fun enemies toStarted out very strong, but lost a lot of good will by the end. This game is supported entirely by it's strong shooting, as it does feel very good to shoot stuff. However, the game shows you all the best stuff within the first act (about the first 2 hours of the 6 hour campaign). The best guns by far are the assault rifle and shotgun, the first two weapons you get. The most fun enemies to fight are the Starship Trooper-esque giant spiders, which are replaced by robots and green alien men for the second and third acts. The story is pretty good throughout the first two acts, but stapled a third act on that added nothing to the story but made it much more confusing. And the greatest sin is that the game just ends, with no resolution. You fight through a bunch of regular enemies (some of whom get insta-kill attacks towards the end), watch a cutscene that explains nothing and makes you furious at the characters, and roll credits. I really loved this game, but it should have ended at the end of the second act, it feels like they stapled an extra 2 hours onto the game, and dramatically harmed the overall experience in doing so. The aim controller is awesome, but this game will be completely forgotten once another big shooter is released. As is, I'd give it a 7:passable. HOWEVER, if this game was released without the VR stuff, as a 2d game played with the DS4, it would be a 3.… Expand
  5. dr_yev
    May 17, 2017
    6
    Don't get me wrong, this game is fun. Being able to actually aim adds a lot to the experience and I would be lying if I said that I was never startled by bugs jumping at my face. However, take away the VR, and it is at best an outdated shooter with poor graphics and an uninspired story. If it had any competition, a score of 6 would be generous.
  6. dypsomaniart
    May 19, 2017
    5
    I finished this game in one sitting in about 4.5 hours. It was Ok at best.
    If you want to play a good scifi shooter just play "scavangers odyssey" which comes with psvr worlds; That game had smooth fast movement, the ability to jump around and strafe your enemies, interesting environments, good graphics, story etc.
    I found Farpoint felt very slow and restricted with the character    I finished this game in one sitting in about 4.5 hours. It was Ok at best.
    If you want to play a good scifi shooter just play "scavangers odyssey" which comes with psvr worlds; That game had smooth fast movement, the ability to jump around and strafe your enemies, interesting environments, good graphics, story etc.
    I found Farpoint felt very slow and restricted with the character movement, the fact you can only rotate the camera left right not up and down and the slow walk and run speed really wasnt fun for me. No jumping or climbing, just a slow jog at best through long boring environments. When I died it was usually because of the painfully slow reloading of weapons or the fact you cant duck behind cover- no duck button, or the characters slow movement, making shooting from cover the only real option a lot of the time, no chance of running and jumping, strafing around your enemies.
    Even with the smooth turning and turn speed on 11 it was slow. Maybe it's supposed to feel like you're stuck in a restrictive space suit? (if so, what a dumb idea, who wants to pay to be trapped in a rubbish space suit)
    This game is probably great if it's your first time in vr, but for the gamers, or me at least, it's a huge slow awkward stumble backwards from even what we had in the first demo disk with Scavangers odyssey.
    Hopefully developers will stop dumbing down and start improving on what we already have.

    Plus the ending sucked. What a downer. The whole game is just a bit depressing from start to finish, the characters are trapped in a horrible situation and doomed to make the best of it, the world is drab and uninspiring, theres zero exploration, just follow the path or fall to your death, and seriously, I enjoyed the heartwarming story bit in the middle, then the story just went downhill into oblivion and ended on a down depressing note. Shooting was a bit of fun at first, but tracking on the aim regularly wandered. Sadly not impressed. A depressing, fairly tedious adventure.
    Buy "until dawn- rush of blood" if you want a good shooter.    … Expand
  7. huiboy
    Oct 9, 2018
    6
    The prime example where a game is only "good" in VR but personally, it was still boring with the headset on and even worse if this game was not a VR game.

    To me, the movement and camera was awkward- i didn't like it in Skyrim, i don't like it here. Playing the game standing feels like you'll moving on a conveyor belt. I just don't think VR games will work for open world games. It will    The prime example where a game is only "good" in VR but personally, it was still boring with the headset on and even worse if this game was not a VR game.

    To me, the movement and camera was awkward- i didn't like it in Skyrim, i don't like it here. Playing the game standing feels like you'll moving on a conveyor belt. I just don't think VR games will work for open world games. It will probably benefit best with arcade type games where the game moves for you to proceed to the next stage.

    The graphics aren't great as it was hyped to be. The images have less depth than in Skyrim and often it feels like you're just staring at a poster.

    Now the part i should have mentioned first is the game play. The game play is slow and boring. The monsters are simple and not interesting to fight. It just feels like you're shooting at a non-responsive bot because they don't have mechanics to retaliate. Most of the time you're just walking around, scanning images to discover the story. Although i heard the story gets good, but doesn't end well, the game play was just unbearable.

    This game fails to be an "experience" like Batman VR. it puts you in a world that seems fascinating but is dull after several minutes. It uses the VR as a gimmick and the game play is shallow. I would like to rate this higher but i don't want other people to spend their money expecting something more. Go play Astrobot, Moss, I Expect You To Die, heck even London Heist and the diving simulator from VR Worlds was a better experience and well worth the money    … Expand
  8. chr1so
    Oct 4, 2021
    7
    Decent game & has the bonus of using the gun.
    Not a classic but worth playing
  9. joaopontesvaz
    Nov 3, 2017
    7
    Graphics: 8.0 Sound: 8.0 Gameplay: 7.5 Fun/Story: 7.0

    A good VR game/shooter specially with the PSVR aim controller. It has some story failures and lacks of more variety of levels and enemies. Overall a consistent VR game.
  10. boris_out
    May 29, 2018
    6
    Почувствуй себя звездным десантником!

    FarPoint может показаться второсортным шутером на пару вечеров. И на самом деле так оно и есть, если бы не PS VR, который может подарить вам абсолютно новый игровой опыт в виртуальной реальности. 6 из 10 за хорошую реализацию, но слишком простую механику игры.    Почувствуй себя звездным десантником!

    FarPoint может показаться второсортным шутером на пару вечеров. И на самом деле так оно и есть, если бы не PS VR, который может подарить вам абсолютно новый игровой опыт в виртуальной реальности.

    6 из 10 за хорошую реализацию, но слишком простую механику игры.
  11. tobivv
    Nov 27, 2019
    5
    The hour-long unskippable cutscene at the beginning of the game, as well as really not interesting cutscenes throughout the campaign, ruin the experience. Shooting is ok, sniper rifle has no scope

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 62 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 62
  3. Negative: 1 out of 62
  1. LevelUp
    Jan 17, 2018
    78
    Farpoint is weak as a shooter but strong as one of the most complete PS VR experiences. Playing it with DualShock 4 is acceptable but definitively the best way to shoot aliens is with the terrific PS VR Aim Controller. If you put aside the boring level design you’ll have pretty good shooting action with the additional challenges.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 29, 2017
    60
    Farpoint did not come out exactly as expected. The new Aim controller may show some potential for the future, but it was not successful in fixing errors of a weaker content. Moreover, the campaign is too short. [Issue#277]
  3. CD-Action
    Sep 25, 2017
    60
    Short, simple, derivative and somewhat undercooked, but VR does make a difference. Shortage of serious VR games lowers the bar significantly, so you can pick up Farpoint, but do not expect the messiah VR needs. [09/2017, p.53]
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