Is The PSVR 2’s Thumper Worth Playing?

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When Thumper came out in 2016, it was a highlight of the game launch lineup for the PSVR. The frantic rhythm title had players racing through space while matching their moves to the soundtrack’s beat playing in the background. Thumper has been upgraded for the PSVR 2, and the game is just as great this time as it was the first time.

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The game is still as visually pleasing as when it was first released, keeping to the aesthetic that the developers nailed. While the game experience is mostly the same, things feel larger and vastly improved. For example, the boss fights have more tendrils and are on a much larger scale than they were before.

The soundtrack is just as engaging as the gameplay, especially if you wear headphones. Every action you make to match a beat feels solid and realistic, making you feel like you’re inside the game.

Every time players damage a boss or gain a power-up, your headset and controllers heighten the violence of what you’re doing to new levels by rumbling along with each hit. This addition makes it feel like you’re inside the game taking down monsters while racing towards them on a never-ending track.

There’s nothing more satisfying than landing a solid hit on a monster while tense music accompanies each hit you make against them, and colour swirls around you. The levels get progressively more challenging as you play through them, and each is made slightly tenser as the music picks up in the background while you get faster.

There isn’t a drastic difference between the controllers, so picking between them isn’t much of a problem. However, some players have found that the haptic feedback on the DualSense Controller is more noticeable.