I meant to blog about this newest Walkabout Mini Golf course back when it launched to the MetaQuest store, or rather, landed safely on Mars? Unfortunately, I got caught up in Diablo IV and real life, and set it aside. But here we are now—so let’s dive into the details!
That’s right, last month, the new Mars Gardens course hit WMG, and the VR community was all over it, as they always are with new WMG courses—because honestly, where else can you experience the full Martian mini-golf treatment for $4? (Seriously, if anyone knows, drop me a comment!) The course is a nice blend of stunning, polygon-embracing visuals (is that a nice way of putting WMG's graphic style) and intricate, challenging design. You'll immediately fall in love with all the slopes and curves that feel like some Martian cement-crafting genius put them together.
But what really makes this course a standout is playing it in the custom low-gravity mode. The way your ball floats and drifts on those gentle slopes like it's floating through water is pretty great. In that way, the low-gravity physics really crank the difficulty up a notch. Hmm, if my body itself could experience low gravity while I played, might I be able to play better or worse? Probably worse. (Star Trek holodeck, anyone?)
As usual, you get both the regular version of the course and a harder, nighttime variant to mix it up. I haven’t tried hard mode with low gravity yet—I, mean, I’m decent at mini-golf, but I’d probably hit my stroke limit on every hole.
By the way . . . the music on this course is outstanding. Reminds me of mellow Minecraft music. It gives the whole course a really chill vibe. I think it might be one of my favorite WMG tracks yet.
As always, this game shines when played with friends. When it launched, my VR buddies from the Ruff Talk VR Discord group hopped on, and we had a blast. The course was pure fun, even though my headset ran out of power near the end (cue me scrambling to charge it while still trying to secure that sweet victory).
Hey dating crowd, I'VE GOT YOUR SCI-FI DATE PLANNED! Strap on a headset and pair a back-to-back WMG Mars Gardens and Tethys Station golf session with a classic Mars-related movie. Right? Play a few rounds, then watch The Martian, Total Recall, Mars Attacks, or maybe Red Planet. Bonus points if you hand your date a Mars Bar halfway through the movie (can you still get those?). BAM—perfect date night!
If VR isn’t your thing or you get motion sickness (or you're just an Apple user), did you know you can now play these courses on your iPhone? It’s true! I mean, I wouldn’t, because… Apple (shudders), but if you have an iPhone, dive in! It’s a great game.
And, of course, I’m a bit late to the party (again), but you can bet I’m looking forward to the newest course that drops TOMORROW: The 8-Bit Lair! Maybe this time, I’ll get my reactions out sooner… or, you know, stick with my tradition of being $4 short and a month late.
Happy Dueling!
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