My favourite involved controlling a crane’s limbs with my fingers and using momentum to push it across gaps and mop the little dudes up. Most of the puzzles involve redirecting said Ticks towards non-organic power sources (and eventually blasting them to smithereens) to clear out infected areas and access new information to help find a cure. The fact that you can experience the multiplayer without even buying it means it’s one of the first things any Oculus Rift owner should download. Lone Echo’s well-acted story and interesting environments move at a slow enough pace that you can soak it all in and appreciate the sensation of virtual weightlessness before jumping into the fast, sweaty, competitive action of Echo Arena. Its sense of movement feels great, and it couldn’t exist in any other way. Lone Echo and Echo Arena are the rare games that demonstrate the true value of VR and hand tracking. The Biomass’s offspring, the dreaded Ticks, are Lone Echo 2’s only enemies - annoying, squishy balls that stick to Jack and sap his robo-life force if he gets too close. While I was convinced for a good while that it was setting one up, it turns out there is no real antagonist beyond the dreaded Biomass that infects most of Lone Echo 2’s explorable spaces if you get caught up in it, it’s a gloopy death sentence. The story is particularly bleak, concerning an evolving infection and a space station lost in time. Unfortunately, pretty much everything that surrounds that basic sensation of weightless movement is a letdown. Lone Echo 2 feels fantastic to control and is very comfortable to play both standing and seated, but up to this point, I’ve described one mechanic in an eight-hour story-driven VR experience. Pretty much everything that surrounds that basic sensation of weightless movement is a letdown. The rings of Saturn shall act as a gorgeous backdrop to your awesome acrobatics. And once Lone Echo 2 opens up and you get your space legs (VR tolerance permitting), you’ll very likely soon find yourself drifting around the stratosphere with grace. Wrist-mounted thrusters let you make deft touches to get your balance, slip around corners, and hover in place to listen to monologues. With nearly every object in Lone Echo 2 available for you to grab onto, it quickly summons a strong sense of immersion.
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