Robinson: The Journey Critic Reviews

Crytek's expertise of crafting visually stunning experiences holds true in Robinson: The Journey. Robin’s tale of survival is the greatest yet on PlayStation VR, even if some control issues keep it from being a perfect experience.

A wonderful VR adventure with truly impressive graphics and an interesting world to explore, dragged down somewhat by a minor lack of excitement.

While many PSVR experiences claim to let you inhabit another world, Robinson: The Journey fully embraces the medium and in doing so comes the closest to actually delivering on that promise. It’s not without its flaws, but still manages to deliver an ambitious, narrative-led experience that offers the kind of immersive escapism the medium was made for. It may be overpriced and not much of a looker, but Crytek’s latest still sits comfortably as one of the most essential PSVR titles to date.

Essential for those who are in possession of PlayStation VR. Robinson: The Journey is an adventure funny, charming, even enduring.

It’s not only the best looking game on VR, but one of the longest virtual reality experiences we have so far. Robinson: The Journey pushes the envelope on the possibilities that PlayStation VR can provide for immersive narrative adventures.

If you want to show off PSVR to your friends, Robinson: The Journey is the game that you use to do it. Equally, if you want to lose yourself in your very own Jurassic Park style fantasy, Robinson: The Journey is undoubtedly a triumph in this respect; just don’t expect to find an overly challenging core lurking underneath its resplendent veneer.

Robinson: The Journey‘s developers have built a world worth exploring, and armed players with all the tools necessary to do so. While I wish the adventure was a little larger or that its price was a little more reasonable, it absolutely delivers on its premise. Thanks to PSVR, I was able to solve puzzles on an alien planet (that looks suspiciously like prehistoric earth) while hanging out with a heartbreakingly adorable baby T-Rex. This is the kind of experience that virtual reality headsets were designed for, and one of the best available showcases for the technology.

This game does everything, to appear normal, the first "real game" for virtual reality; and yet paradoxically amazes less than other titles already available for PlayStation VR; little titles that actually appear much more in line with the technology itself, and slightly surpass the the (still) majestic Robinson the Journey.

The richly immersive ambience of this dinosaur planet might be worth the prohibitive cost of entry.

Crytek has delivered a visually impressive title, very immersive and interesting, although the VR limitations, the pricing and the potential motion sickness related to free movement are also worth considering. In any case, it’s a game any PSVR should try to see the potential of the headset.

Beautiful but shallow VR game with some game mechanics that get really old too fast.

Robinson the Journey is an interesting game on the PlayStation VR that successfully creates a virtual world, however it does have some limitations that includes the graphics, part of the gameplay and at times fiddly controls. So if you have push aside these limitations, the game does give you a sense of freedom and is a step in the right direction for the future of VR titles. Let’s just hope that developers can streamline the controls and more importantly, ensure that the players don’t need to dish out additional money for a PlayStation 4 Pro to upscale the graphics.

Impressivly atmospheric VR dinosaur experience with great visuals, but with a disappointing amount of content and a story without depth.

Robinson isn't the aventure that PS VR users were waiting for. It has nice gameplay touches here and there, and some visual moments and places you won't forget easily... but it's falls short for a full price game: you'll see the best it has to offer in 4-6 hours.

Robinson The Journey is a true VR game, and not just a simple "experience". It's a good example of what PlayStation VR is capable of, as the "Welcome to Jurassic Park" effect is very nice. But the game still suffers some technical and gameplay issues... and beware: the climbing feature is cool but painful for your neck and your back.

Robinson is a beautiful game but also an expensive and short experience. Full of life but there is a more than reasonable lack of interaction. Still a good game and experience in VR.

Taken as an interactive adventure, Robinson: The Journey is a stunning way to enjoy your PSVR headset. The world it creates is beautiful and the level of immersion is unparalleled. The gameplay isn’t nearly as exciting but is still a good adventure game but that’s not what they are selling you here. This is straight up eye candy.

Although not long by typical game standards, taking most explorers between four and eight hours, this is a serious amount of time for virtual reality releases. Adventuring around Tyson III is beautiful, and sometimes even breathtaking, and as such, it would have made more sense to focus on these high points instead of forcing players to drudge through puzzles or deal with sometimes finicky climbing mechanics. Even so, it’s incredibly appealing to visit the world of Robinson: The Journey within a VR headset. Barring that key aspect, it would be just another exploratory title with dinosaurs and adequate gameplay.

Fascinating journey to an alien planet plenty of incredible animals. The worst part of it is that it can induce significant motion sickness.

Robinson: The Journey offers the best graphics we’ve seen to date in PSVR and a beautiful world to explore. If it was a bit longer and had some replay value this could gave been a must-have.