Hypnolab

I am always on the lookout for lewd VR games and Hypnolab can be played in both VR and in standard desktop mode. However, the version of the game that I am talking about today is the VR version so that is something to keep in mind as we go forward with this review today. With a name like this, you pretty much know what you are getting into here. What I thought was really neat here was the way that the game had a sense of humor about itself. It is not cracking jokes all the time, but it has a real tongue in cheek vibe to it all.

Welcome Intern

The plot of Hypnolab is something I got a bit of a kick out of. The Peaks Corporation is headed by a wonderful doctor called, Kady Psyche and you are her new intern. She is working on some pretty wild stuff here that is all about hypnotism, brain control, and general control of people. For some strange reason, Dr. Psyche is willing to be the test subject as you perform various tests as you see what you can get her to do!

What Can I Get Her To Do?

The whole premise of Hypnolab is just seeing how much of your will you can impose on your test subject. There are various toys, gadgets, and more around the place that you can interact with as you pretty much use your new position to get her naked and play around with her. That alone would be great, but this game actually has way more than that. There are various puzzles that you have to solve, you can go and explore and find out more about this strange facility. I think it is very impressive what they have done here. They could have just had this as a sex sim where you take control of the subject and “play” with her, but they went for far more than that.

Numerous Games Come To Mind

Hypnolab is a pretty solid looking game. I get a few different kinds of vibes with the game, Dr, Kady kind of reminds me a bit of Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite which is a good thing by the way, well her face does. The actually research facility that you are in reminds me of games like Portal and Prey. The animation of Dr. Kady is pretty good as well so when she is getting wild, she moves pretty convincingly.

I Like To Move It!

As I have only played Hypnolab in VR, I cannot talk about how the gameplays if you are in the standard desktop mode. As this is a first-person VR game, there are only a few ways that you can move around. For this game, they went the teleportation route. The idea being you point at where you want to go, press the button and you go there. It can work and certainly many great VR games have used it. The thing here is that I had a really tough time getting around the facility. Sometimes the game would just flat out not allow me to move which was very frustrating for me.

I think that there are some great ideas here with Hypnolab as far as it being a VR games go. This strange and rather “weird” world that has been created here was something that I got a real kick out of. I think that it has all the makings of something that could have been very special.

Pros:

• I liked the whole world that was created here
• The visuals are pretty impressive
• The idea of being in control of your boss is fun
• There is far more to the gameplay here than I expected

Cons:

• The way the game handles movement does not work very well at all
• It can also be hard to do some puzzles because of the controls too