When comparing Time Rifters vs Radial-G : Racing Revolved, the Slant community recommends Time Rifters for most people. In the question“What are the best Oculus Rift games?” Time Rifters is ranked 9th while Radial-G : Racing Revolved is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Time Rifters is:
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.
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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 VR adds an incredible amount of immersion
The game adds excellent immersion in VR mode and even provides a gameplay advantage since it allows peeking around the corner.
Pro Almost no VR sickness
Even with the high speed movement most people don't have issues with motion sickness. Mostly due to the frame of reference that's created by the cockpit, precision controls and level design with intentional ambiguity of what is up and what is down.
Pro 32-player multiplayer
With up to 31 other players on the same track as you, the races can get pretty hectic. Being in the middle of all that really gets you in the zone.
Pro Great soundtrack
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 Content can get repetitive
No matter the track being played on, the concept is the same, avoid objects and get the fastest time. This can get boring after a while. If the devs added more, perhaps weapons or a points system that reduced your time or something , the game would be more interesting when playing a few rounds in a row.
Con Multiplayer is completely dead
It is difficult if not impossible to find other players to play against. Unless you have friends with the same game that you can play with, there will be no one in the lobbies to play against randomly.