Chris Carter
DestructoidReview: Farpoint
Published 5/15/2017
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PSVR - 5/16/2017
Farpoint
Farpoint is an unnerving VR space adventure set on a hostile alien planet. On a mission to pick up scientists studying an anomaly near Jupiter, a rupture from the anomaly transports the player and scientists to an unknown alien world.
- Developer
- Impulse Gear
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Critic avg
68
23 scored reviews
Total coverage
23
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Score range
40–80
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Signal shape
Polarized
Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 68 across 23 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 70–79 band.
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80–893 reviews · 13%
70–7913 reviews · 57%
Below 707 reviews · 30%
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Gabe Gurwin
Digital Trends'Farpoint' PlayStation VR review
Published 5/15/2017
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60
-8 vs critic avg
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Read originalMatt Hill
Digital SpyFarpoint review: PlayStation VR's jumpy alien blaster is more House of the Dead than Halo79CE8C7E-5C9C-4DEF-BB15-2756F33F345979CE8C7E-5C9C-4DEF-BB15-2756F33F3459
Published 12/24/2016
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