Reviews

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  Galaxy

  Aug 25, 2016

  Just played for about an hour, exhausted, sweaty and happy! This game is incredible. To those who's wondering if it's better than Waves - hell yes it is. Playing vs AI is challenging, practice modes are very well done and multiplayer... It's one of the best VR multiplayer experiences I've ever had. Ping is noticable but absolutely playable and enjoyable. I do hope the devs are going to improve the physics. I've yet to successfully land a right top spin. Something about top spin shots doesn't feel right, the ball just smashes into the net.
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  Shadynasty

  Aug 25, 2016

  I own every table tennis game on the vive as of this review and until now, Pong Waves reigned supreme...This blows it and all other TT games out the water! The best physics, adjustable bats, excellent spin control, AI with a body, fun practice and challenge modes and best of all... WORKING MULTIPLAYER! Seriously, get this game now. Stop reading. Buy it. Now. NOW!
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  EV1

  Aug 25, 2016

  First multiplayer that works in ping pong. Its playable but lots to fix, you dont see properly what the opponent is doing, but the ball comes to you with no errors so you can hit it precisely. The IA has to improve, even the easiest levels of IA can make really fast and precise shots like a pro, that doesnt make sense. The voice chat is cool. there is no cancellation of the reverb though. I played from Spain with players in USA and was playable and fun. Cant wait to have the game with better net usage and with LEAGUES or CUPS in multiplayer. And rankings, that would be amazing.
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  JP

  Aug 25, 2016

  At the moment the best ping pong game available.
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  shponglefan

  Aug 26, 2016

  Review updated Feb 2018: While this game showed early promise, it unfortunately appears to have been abandoned at this point. No updates since 2016 and the game's physics lag behind the superior Eleven: Table Tennis.
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  SixZoSeven

  Aug 29, 2016

  This is by far my favorite VR game yet. The visuals are super smooth and clean, and it's entirely likely that even lower spec PC's can crank up the supersampling given how simplistic this game is. Yes, you can put topspin and backspin on the ball. There are 4 different paddles to choose from, all of which play differnetly. Table adjustment allows for height and distance changes. AI is actually fun to play against, as it exhibits humanlike qualities in that it varies its shots. Multiplayer is the best I've seen for a ping pong VR game yet. The ball has virtually no hiccups over a normal network. I played an hour against someone that I had 180 ping to, and had a blast. Seriously, get this game.
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  KF2015

  Sep 1, 2016

  Very very good table tennis game! Developer is very responsive as well. The promise of a tournament mode is something I will be looking forward to, but even now, the game is highly polished with all the extra stuff (like practicing with a ball machine!) that I wished for in a ping pong game.
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  stankiem

  Sep 1, 2016

  The physics in this are so close to being 100% it's scary sometimes. Multiplayer is terrific, very very impressive and a load of fun. Hope the dev keeps updating this and making it better and better and more feature packed. A meeting room or lobby would be great, maybe an organized tournament mode so if I wanted to organize a tournament offline then meet everyone we can do that? And watch eachother's games etc... Would be so much fun.
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  Simply Chris

  Sep 1, 2016

  I should have done thins a while ago. BUY THIS GAME!!!! This is not only the best Ping Pong game on the Vive, but it has an AMAZING community and is very very polished. I have had hours and hours of fun playing people online which brings me to my next point. SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPER Rarely have I seen a developer this involved, this commited and this passionate about their game. I had the pleassure of helping him test some items. Do you know why he was up late testing and developing? Because ONE PERSON was unhappy with something about his game, so he re-wrote a major part of the game to be better for us all. I got the chance to speak with him one on one and I can tell you without a doubt, he cares about this community and he wants nothing more than for us to just have fun. Game is a 10/10 for me Developer is a 10/10 for me as well.
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  Get Revved

  Sep 6, 2016

  Paddle Up is by far the most complete Table Tennis experience in VR at the moment. It has the most options, features, realism, not to mention the smoothest multiplayer experience out there!! It's obvious the Developer has put in a lot of effort to make this a very polished and fun Table Tennis experience. This has knocked Ping Pong Waves VR off the top spot by miles! Here's a video I made showing an overview of Paddle Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mujY8RzmnLo
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  Alienpope

  Sep 7, 2016

  Not wanting to sound overdramatic... But games like these while playing multiplayer. They show a glimpse of what's to come! Here's what i mean: I just played a multiplayer game with a random dude. I spawned in, looked up and saw him looking at me. He waved at me. I waved back. I didn't know what to do to start the match. So i made a shrug gesture towards him. He pointed to the table where it clearly stated what button i had to press. I pressed it and the game begun. We played for a long time. Both of us trying different serves and screws. During the match we did all kinds of gestures towards eachother. Gestures of sadness when you lost an important point while the other celebrates with his hands in the air. Gestures of frustration when you lost a lot of points in a row etc... Body language in VR is really easy to understand. At least to me... It was getting late and i had to go to sleep. I waved, he waved back and i disconnected. Never to see that player again... What's so cool about all this is that you can express yourself without any pre-programmed gestures like /wave, /dance, /whatever. Now you can make your own little dance when you win. You do your own gestures. You do you! It's magical! I can't wait for similar games like this one! I don't mention much about the actual game here except for the VR multiplayer experience.. But the game is actually really good. It feels pretty realistic. Sure it's not perfect... But it is pretty damn close i'd say.
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  zrg

  Sep 11, 2016

  I just played virtual ping pong on a starship against someone with a sombrero who was probably living on the other side of the world!! I would have never dreamed of doing something like that 10 years ago and I studied VR at uni! Probably the best VR game so far with a focus on getting the basics really solid and doing one thing really good. Highly recommended
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  DragonPhly

  Sep 11, 2016

  Hands down my favorite Vive game and best gaming expiernce Ive ever had! I just got the Vive yesterday and downloaded over 10 games guess which is the only game I've played and played for over 8 hours in 2 days? Yep paddle up has captivated me and I'm a terrible ping pong player, but I just put the Vive on and I can't help but load this amazing game up and then proceed to not put it down. I just had an awesome moment with a random guy I met in the UK we ended up going through the roof into the cosmic background map and went all the way to the universe above where we proceeded to hang out among the nebula, stars and planets and talked life and philosophy for a good 30 minutes, which preceded by some really funny role playing. The physics of the ball and the spin are just amazing and I can feel myself improving from game to game. I can't say enough about this game which I'm close to saying has been the most enjoyable gaming experience I've ever had and I'm totally addicted. I can't wait to see what comes in the future, hopefully some sort of win loss record, rankings, leaderboard or tournaments. Would love to see maybe some unlocks of new hats or other skins for beating certain modes. Keep up the amazing work and I can't wait to see what u come out with next.
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  extropy

  Sep 13, 2016

  simply brilliant!! physics and responsiveness feel very close to the real game. Multiplayer works like a dream. I have had some of the most fun times ever on paddle up multiplayer, which leads me to my feature requests to the Dev: ** Can we have a record of the scores in all the games youve played ** can we have a simple 'friend' button so we can link with and find people again ** and of course global and regional leaderboards Finally, would love some more environments that are a bit more... gritty? unusual? eg top of the empire state building - in fact, why dont you allow users to upload their own 3d panoramas to use as play spaces? that would be really cool. In summary, this game is very, VERY good and simply a must-have for any Vive owner - just buy it!
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  Seraphim☆

  Oct 10, 2016

  If you think your skill level will be good because it is in real life dont get this game.. Its not very realistic in the sense that certain balls you should be able to hit doesnt and certain shots go all over the place...
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  dlpardoposton

  Oct 26, 2016

  Outstanding game! Normally I'd leave details on "gameplay", but this should be self explanatory here. ;) Pros: Graphics are outstanding Physics are great - feel very *real* Settings - allow positioning table & some other tweaking Custom avatar And...of course multi-player Cons: None that come to mind, perhaps finding friends/match making could be improved & more intuitive to launch [ nitpicking here ] I have several *pong* games in my library, others that are very good (still need to review them, wasn't disappointed)...so far this is my favorite.
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  30minVR

  Jun 11, 2017

  WARNING! Consider this abandoned by the developer. WARNING! Over 6 months past the promised launch date, read the early access notes before you consider taking a risk. The game content is solid in this current state it's a good game, but when a developer fails to fully complete the game they promise then I won't recommend it. Want a Ping Pong game, get Eleven: Table Tennis VR instead.
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  hypertoxic

  Jul 8, 2017

  absolutely not. this is the worst game you could play. stick with eleven table tennis. i cannot write a more harsh review of this utter piece of trash. i want to throw my fucking controllers through the god damn wall
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  Mighty Maus

  Mar 26, 2019

  +VR Pong -Expensive -Devs forgot about it -Will never be complete -Bad Physics 1/5 Can't recommend a game stuck in EA because the Devs forgot about it. It's quite the scam to keep a product you'll never complete up for sale. If you liked this review [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33220185-VR-Games-and-Tools/]Click here[/url] and follow for more reviews of VR titles. And [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/HonestVR/]Click here[/url] if you want to request reviews on other VR titles.
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  The Dude ⁧⁧☕

  Apr 25, 2019

  I wanted to buy one of those for a long time. The game is well made and feels quite real. The only thing I am missing right now is an option to disable all buttons on the right controller, I landed back in Steam home whenever a match got interesting.