Winds & Leaves (PSVR) – Forest Dream in Virtual Reality

Post-apocalyptic games are a dime a dozen, but you’ve never played such games. In Winds & Leaves, instead of hitting or shooting to safety, you are tasked with replanting vibrant forests in a land far away. You can do this by picking the fruit from newly planted trees and then returning it to the ground. Then, by using a time-treater to accelerate growth—which allows for intermittent intervals—you can extend the reach of your foliage. It protects you from the elements when trying to reboot the world and adds a lot of beauty to the environments.

Mechanically, it’s pretty straightforward, with the actual gameplay not extending beyond the aforementioned picking and planting. There are some light puzzle pieces because you have to find ways to grow trees in soil with different properties. If your fruits do not match these characteristics, the trees will wither and die. You can do this by creating your own hybrid from fruits you have already cut, which is a rewarding feat when you are successful. Unfortunately, each fruit has only one form, so it is impossible to distinguish the variants when you see them. Perhaps most concerning is the limited inventory space, as you can only carry six different types of fruit at a time. At the end of the game, there are quite a few variables to juggle, which makes it very difficult to make sure you have the right gear at the right time.

Fortunately, the list of issues with the game out of its inventory is short. Climbing trees is difficult, but the primary movement system – mechanical where you can ride on handmade stilts for PS . transfer – Cool, so a walk around is nearby. The biggest concern – something that might be resolved just by reading this – is the breakdown. The preview version of the game we’ve reviewed has crashed an inordinate number of times, and since it’s a VR experience, it’s especially annoying.