Lost Circus VR - The Prologue
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Atmospheric, Adventure
Play modes: singleplayer, VRONLY
Release Date: 23-4-2020
Rating: 3.5/5
Developer: VIRTUAL MAGIC
Our verdict
7/10
- Difficulty: Easy
- Players: 1
- Playtime: <1 h
Lost Circus VR - The Prologue is a VR-only, on-rails horror ride from Virtual Magic, a studio with a background in 5D theme park attractions. You sit in a barrel on a rusty cart while a masked clown pushes you through an abandoned circus, with a tiger, swarms of spiders and a few shooting and whacking mini-games along the way. It is not a puzzle or escape game; it suits VR owners who like coaster-style experiences and want something to show friends.
Players rate it Positive, with 38 of 47 reviews in favour. Nearly every reviewer praises the detailed visuals, lighting and creepy atmosphere, and several mention the dramatic sense of scale as the clown grows. The mini-games are widely seen as filler, and the fixed track means you cannot explore the circus yourself.
The overwhelming caveat is length: most runs take seven to ten minutes. Several players felt the price was too high for that, and a few reported poor performance on high-end GPUs or a washed-out image on some headsets. Buy it on sale as a short, handsome VR demo piece; skip it if you want puzzles or anything you play for longer than a coffee break.
Pros
- Detailed, creepy abandoned circus with a strong sense of scale
- Theme-park-style ride that is easy to show VR newcomers
Cons
- Over in seven to ten minutes; many find the price steep
- On-rails only; shooting mini-games feel like filler
- Not an escape or puzzle game; performance issues on some PCs
About
Meet a mysterious Clown and his abandoned circus. Will You dare to start a thrilling night excursion? If You dare to get into a barrel on the old, rusty cart, pushed by a strange Clown - get ready for an extreme experience. You are going to visit a place abandoned for a long time, encounter a tiger and hordes of overgrown, furious spiders. Show Your sharpshooting skills and carefully avoid wild animals inhabiting the area.
„Lost Circus VR - The Prologue” is an introduction for the newly created game made in VR technology. The incredible care for details of the environement will let You truly immerse in dark climate of an abandoned circus. The dedicated music and amazing 5.1 sound will build up the mood and give You a „goose bumps”. The highest quality of 4K textures also greatly improves the impressions of reality, even in state of the art high resolution googles.
