The world of Accounting+ is equally dark and hilarious. Here’s our review.
What are you doing here? Get out of here! This is my tree place!”
Welcome to the exciting world of accounting. It’s about to get super weird.
Accounting+ is likely to be one of the most surreal experiences you’ll ever have, at least 10x scarier than Excel 95’s Hall of Tortured Souls. Coming from one of the two masterminds behind Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland, Accounting+ brings the same insane unpredictability and humor of the show, Accounting+ is easily the funniest experience we’ve had in VR so far.
You play as a new recruit in a new office “virtual reality experiment” to streamline accounting. Much of this is conveyed over an incoming conference call with two accountants that provide instructions to you to start the experiment. You will eventually find a VR headset put on to start which deposits you not into some spreadsheet but to an outdoor clearing in a forest. It’s peaceful, cheery, if you look up the sun is smiling at you. That is until a puffy guy pops up from a tree, startled by your presence, and who hurls non stop threats and obscenities at you to get out of here (all very clearly from Rick’s Justin Roliand). “This is my tree place!”
Yes, he is an ass, but he’s also freaking hilarious.
You’ll find a landline phone and connect with the two accountants from the previous stage who apologize profusely and start to strategize an exit strategy to get you out of this simulation gone haywire. And it only gets weirder from there as you’ll find more VR headsets, Incepting yourself levels deeper into this simulation that gets weirder every level down. You’ll join a gang, murder a king, throw a tiny public defendant across a courtroom, and may even summon the devil.
The game plays very much like Job Simulator with less interactivity but significantly funnier. We also found at least two different ways to complete the game and an alternate path to take during the game and, judging by the achievements, still have a few more things we’ve not seen. Each playthrough takes about 45 minutes but for a discount PSVR title that you’ll play 3-4 times, that’s not bad.
We genuinely felt bad murdering the littlest public defender.
This game is clearly designed for Rick and Morty fans though. The tutorial includes references to the show, Justin’s voice is significantly funnier if you’re familiar with his work, it’s cut from the same clothe in terms of sense of humor. It’s basically a prerequisite that you watch that show first before playing this game. But, if you’re a R&M fan, you need this game in your life.
What works
This is obvious. It’s hilarious. Every level is memorable (even if super strange) and we’re excited to find additional secrets tucked away in this experience still. It’s the kind of game you sit and wait to hear the jokes instead of trying to solve a puzzle because that’s much more rewarding.
What doesn’t work
Like all PSVR games(except for Skyrim of course), it’s a short stay. These titles are mostly an experience and not so much a game. Don’t expect any type of loot grinding or any reason to return except to find a few more paths and to show off to your friends.
Overall: Buy it
If you’re a Rick and Morty fan, you’ll be hooked from the tutorial. If you’re not, you will likely still have a great time here as it’s one of the best VR games out there.
