When comparing Time Rifters vs Fishing Planet, the Slant community recommends Fishing Planet for most people. In the question“What are the best VR games on Steam?” Fishing Planet is ranked 14th while Time Rifters is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Fishing Planet is:
Fishing in beautiful landscape makes for a relaxing time. Add to that the stress-free gameplay and you have a game best played for some downtime that will allow you to just relax and enjoy.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Rarely seen gameplay mechanic that combines multiple playthroughs
Each level is played through multiple times with every new playthrough adding previous playthroughs alongside current one. This is done 4 times trying to complete as much of the level as possible. It essentially creates a solo co-op experience and allows for lots of strategical planning forward.
Pro Vibrant aesthetic
The game has simple, clear, blocky levels and uses bright colors. There's an Iron Man inspired hud, but that can mostly be ignored unless you want to check out the score. Important information such as enemy count is displayed on the walls of levels and there's no need to keep track of health or ammo.
Pro Good weapon variety
The game has 6 different weapons that each has a progression system associated with 5 upgrade categories - Spread, Focus, Rapid, Punch and Acid. It adds another level of strategical depth as weapon upgrades have to be planned for.
Pro Level editor and Steam Workshop support
You can create your own levels to challenge yourself and your creativity. It feels really cool playing through levels you made, although you know what to expect.
Pro Relaxing gameplay
Fishing in beautiful landscape makes for a relaxing time. Add to that the stress-free gameplay and you have a game best played for some downtime that will allow you to just relax and enjoy.
Cons
Con Abandoned support
Currently the game does not work with the retail version of the Rift, a DK2 (beta Rift model) and older drivers will be necessary to play the game. There has been no word from the developer if this will be fixed.
Con Short
While there's definitely potential for multiple playthroughs to try and get a better score, the base game has just about 2 hours of gameplay.
Con Can be difficult to learn how to play
There is little to no tutorial in the game, everything needs to be learned by just playing. This can be frustrating for some players due to time restriction or just limited patience.