When comparing The FOO Show featuring Will Smith vs Fantastic Contraption, the Slant community recommends Fantastic Contraption for most people. In the question“What are the best HTC Vive games?” Fantastic Contraption is ranked 22nd while The FOO Show featuring Will Smith is ranked 49th. The most important reason people chose Fantastic Contraption is:
Thanks to the Vive, building a contraption is incredibly fun and actually feels like you're creating something "real". You can move around your machine to adjust it and add new components in a very natural way.
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Pros
Pro Interesting concept
While not necessarily a game per say, The Foos Show does offer some content that is playable. While it has yet to be sen if every episode will offer this, the first episode does have a portion of the game Firewatch playable with VR.
This could potentially be a bit like a weekly demo of new and upcoming projects that focus on VR, with the packaging of a talk show to boot.
Pro Very fun to build and create machines
Thanks to the Vive, building a contraption is incredibly fun and actually feels like you're creating something "real". You can move around your machine to adjust it and add new components in a very natural way.
Pro Encourages creativity
By giving you a task and leaving how you will complete it up to your own devices the game allows for a sense of creativity as well as the feeling of accomplishment.
Pro Cute art style
The art style is cute and when you look at how you look only to see you're a cute animal, it can be quite funny and sweet. You also have a pet cat named Neko that you get your supplies from, and a dog that you press to go to the next level.
Pro Comes free with the vive bundle
Comes free with the Vive bundle, which is a bundle with no additional cost, but has limited stock, so may be difficult to obtain.
Cons
Con Does not offer much content currently
Aimed at releasing episodes weekly, there is currently only one episode available. It is also in Early Access, meaning it is not currently ready for prime time.
The shows itself offers a bit of interactivity through a demo portion of Firewatch made for virtual reality, which can be played in room scale or standing, which is a small portion and limiting as a whole experience.
Con Expensive
It's the most expensive game on the Vive costing $39.99. When comparing price to content, there may be better options out there at a lower price.
Con Building can be frustrating and causes a lot of trial and error
It is almost impossible to attach objects completely straight to one another, meaning if you are trying to use multiple wheels, each will be a bit crooked, causing a lot of adjusting and restarting, which can be very frustrating.