It’s missing the most vital element: you.īetter to take this at face value, then, and enjoy its shallow surface. The resulting masterpiece never quite feels earned. This is Tilt Brush Lite a chance to quickly slap up the kind of VR artwork it might take you hours to perfect otherwise. There’s scope to create an Eden of your choosing although, again, it’s limited to the tools the game provides. Trees are summoned and pulled from the earth with mighty upheaval, apples can be stapled to their branches and the skies can be dusted with twinkling stars. No longer are you summoning pastel-colored grass with a swipe of your arms but instead sprouting the genuine article from the ground wherever you see fit. Here the experience moves into the third dimension. Initially it’s a straightforward conversion you pepper walls with stars, campfires, and grass, but eventually the game swaps street art for God sim as you find yourself thrown into one of your paintings. Seen through in 30 minutes or less, Concrete Genie’s VR add-on swaps out some troublesome DualShock 4 controls for the Move controllers but keeps you firmly rooted to the spot. The same is largely true of the game’s harmlessly pleasant VR options. There is the illusion of creative freedom, but never the true realization of it.

The grass is meadow-green, the sun shimmers and the campfires crackle, but it’s all thanks to developer Pixel Opus’ own artistry rather than your own. These are often delightful to look at but ultimately confined to the tools the game makes available rather than your own desires. Rescuing the dreary remains of a once-thriving fishing village whittles down to brushing pre-determined patterns onto its every surface. Concrete Genie has heart and warmth but, from what I’ve played, it’s more sticker book than blank canvas.

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