Middle-America, 1999. After a grueling tour that has left them emotionally drained and flat broke, the four members of The New Agenda make it back to their dilapidated home, they have nothing in the fridge, nothing in the bank, and nothing in the future but a whole bunch of questions.
They’re still after an elusive full-length album and they can't even survive a band practice without tearing each other apart. Just when they thought things couldn’t get worse, a supernatural event dubbed “the Feedback” plunges them all into a twisted alternate reality.
In LOVESICK, you assume the role of Sam, the band’s bassist, as he navigates the strange environments imprisoning his bandmates. With each surreal mindscape reflecting the memories, fears, and ambitions of the person trapped within, he is the crumbling band’s last hope.
It’s up to Sam to piece together the mystery behind the Feedback, determine what lies ahead for The New Agenda, and find his bandmates before they're swallowed whole by their own troubled minds.
comfort | ⦾ Comfortable |
age rating | 17+ Mature |
website | rosecitygames.com |
developer | Rose City Games |
publisher | Lyrical, Rose City Games |
connection | Internet not required |
app version | 1.0.1 |
languages | English |
Update: This is my 3rd reinstall, 3rd playthrough and this time the tempo controls are missing and I can't adjust the windmill's speeds...Oh I can adjust the archers speeds but the arrow is missing from the female archer and the cupid statue no longer has it, neither is it in inventory...I'm done! So glad I got it on sale! DEVS why abandon what could be a great game? I don't get it?
Original post: I was really loving this game, it's great! I was halfway through when I upgraded my 3s to a 3 (Which included OS update to). Firstly Lovesick didn't keep my saved position in the game. So I restarted and got to the level where you have to get the drinks to people at the bar only to find the sound waves for grabbing stuff aren't working...at all! Still got the reverb from side trigger. I managed to clear the queue by throwing bottles at them and got to the tomato throwing but nothing is working. The reverb works with nothing in my hand but if I pick up a tomato I can't throw it far enough. Devs!! Help me out, I really want to see the rest of the game but there's lots of bugs!
I can live with weird teleport controls from the very first VR games in 2025. And I like the overall game style, but people speaking with closed mouths scare me. But, with all of that devs didn't forget to put unskippable credits intro long as hell at the very beginning, so we could know whom to blame.
Very nice environments. Easy to control/move. Good voiceover. Choices don't matter? I haven't finished the story yet...
I wanted to love this game and there were parts that were really neat with cool environments but the controls were pretty bad especially trying to play the bass guitar. It's flops around like a flailing arm blowup man outside a car dealership and the grab mechanics are very iffy in parts and your arms get stuck inside walls and other various objects. I gave this 4 stars because I loved the story and the soundtrack was pretty cool. Some of the puzzles were fun and the environments were very cool just the controls are very lacking and can create a very frustrating experience.
Very good storytelling and interesting mechanics.
Edit: after the 4th reinstall, I had to play entirely from the beginning again and finally was able to progress (although I got zero response from the developers) there was another bug at the very end but after rebooting my headset 4 times I was able to get through. Other than the bugs, and the clunky unfinished controller gameplay, I did enjoy the puzzles, the story, and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of content. I can recommend this on a sale but in it's current state and lack of developer involvement, it's worth about 10 to $12 and you'll most likely feel like you got your money's worth. It does need to be polished and fixed but overall I enjoyed it.
I was really looking forward to this and although I already knew that we were limited to teleport, and the graphics weren't the greatest, and that it was clunky, I wasn't expecting a game breaking bug. This is the second game that has passed through the meta store that has a bug that will keep you from progressing and finishing the game. At least the developers fixed the bug on the other game immediately but I don't even see a response on any of these reviews. I've put time into this and I'm at the graveyard putting together the gravestone and the last piece does not click in it just falls. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, rebooted my headset, etc and it's still not fixed and of course this is right near the end of the game so I can't get a refund. Again, out of money and they make sure you can't get it back.... If the developers fix this I will update my review but until then I will not recommend this to anybody.