Walkabout Mini Golf is a mini golf virtual reality game from the developer Mighty Coconut. You’ll be teeing off solo or with up to seven other players online across a wide range of different locales. From a good old-fashioned turf course to wading through the dark depths of the ocean floor, golfing has never been more interesting.
With a total of eight, 18-hole courses on offer in the base game, a harder night mode version of each to unlock, and optional paid DLC courses, there’s plenty of holes to putt your balls into here. Every hole in Walkabout has a very different layout with a wide variety of obstacles to overcome: ramps, pipes, rocks, statues, stairs, and so on. All these obstacles give the holes their complexity, many featuring a level of verticality to them, be it having to hit your ball down a tower or a large ravine.
It’s not all just courses, however, as there are 150-plus custom collecti-balls hidden throughout, each hole having one to find, giving you something to pass the time in between shots. There are also treasure hunts you can partake in to unlock custom clubs; this involves solving a trail of clues to find the hidden club. Lastly, there's both a driving range and a putting green for you to hone your skills at striking and sinking balls.
The physics are surprisingly accurate and the power you put into each shot is translated perfectly into the game; it feels great to pull off a long putt or a tricky rebound shot as you receive the satisfying rumbles of the PSVR2 Sense Controller’s haptics. The hand tracking is also spot on the majority of the time, as long as you don’t assume the typical hand-over-hand golfing stance and end up accidentally covering the sensors, which did happen to us a couple of times — enough to drive us putty!
Walkabout has a good variety of editable settings to make you comfortable with VR traversal. You're able to teleport and incrementally rotate your view, or you can move freely with the analogues or just fly around should you be one of these people that isn’t affected by motion sickness. There's also a button dedicated to positioning you ready for your next shot, which helps eliminating any finicky positioning issues you may encounter.
The soundtrack and soothing, atmospheric ambient noises are outstanding and give you a real sense of immersion. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the visuals: although the minimalistic style is clean, the low texture quality just isn’t up to par.
Walkabout Mini Golf is an enjoyably easy to pickup and play virtual reality golfing experience with superb physics, a wide array of courses, and the delightful inclusion of treasure hunts and collectibles — a whole-in-one experience. We’d highly recommend you round up some friends and join the club.
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So. Many. Puns! Haha, great review Simon!
When it comes to fun this game is a 10/10
The DLC (also the collection is named whole in one) is phenomenal. You can tell the developers get better with each course they create. Great inclusion of cross play so I can play with my friends and family who already have this game on the Quest.
The punniest review I've ever read. You've outdone yourself!
A lot of puns are in play! Enjoyed the review. I will add this to my wishlist!
I’ve just played a little bit so far but am loving it! So well done.
@lacerz @NEStalgia @get2sammyb You have to be very eagle eyed to spot all the puns in this one
Another one on the pad day purchase list
@Simon_Fitzgerald That's what the little birdie tells me!
It's amazing how VR online communities are generally very friendly. I don't know if it's an older crowd, or people behave when you can see a representation of a real person.
Have had some great interactions with this game.
I personally think the graphics are fine
@Snackfood I've noticed that too. Both the general politeness and the average age. Not only in VR, but also in places like Reddit.
Now, the age part really piques my interest, as I'm 44. Why is VR so appealing to older gamers? I've raised a few possible reasons:
I have problems with this game, only save my records of my first try in each course, i hope they fix it.
This is now my favourite VR game….just amazing fun and relaxing but with a challenge.
@Art_Vandelay good points there dude.
@Brundleflies21 yeah they a colourful and the style is relaxing….I likes it!
I do really enjoy this but why is this the only game that triggers my motion sickness like immediately. None of the movement options help. I'm glad each course is about a half hour because I need a break afterwards
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