Recently we visited Rush VR Milton Keynes for some virtual reality gaming. I frequently write about activities that I get up to that are suitable for my 2-year-old daughter or parks that we visit. It can be difficult when you have quite an age gap between children, and our 11-year-old, Reuben often doesn’t get to do activities that only he would enjoy as it’s not always suitable for his younger sister. For his birthday this year, we took him to do something without a wild toddler running around, and do something that’s just for him. As a big gamer, we took him for something he would really enjoy, virtual reality gaming at Rush VR Milton Keynes.
Rush VR Milton Keynes is a virtual reality arcade, cafe and bar located in the Xscape in Milton Keynes, with a variety of different VR games, and VR racing. We took Reuben, our 13-year-old nephew Joel, and my brother – who describes himself as a VR veteran compared to the rest of us.
Rush VR Milton Keynes recommends you arrive 10 minutes before your time slot so you have time to get set up and talk you through the equipment. While you’re waiting there are a couple of retro game tables for you to play, and you can order food and drink from the bar.
The game we played was called Tower Tag – which is basically like virtual reality laser tag. The five of us were on two teams, and you had to try and take out the opposite team whilst jumping between different tours. I’ve never played virtual reality before, but it was really easy to get into, and the staff were on hand if we got stuff to talk us through it. After a few minutes of a tutorial, we were playing the game.
The game itself wasn’t a complex game, perfect for us as beginners and a great one to play if you’re in a group. We had a good laugh trying to sneak up on each other – and things got a little competitive between us. Whilst playing you could all speak to each other through the headset, and move around. Your headset is attached by a rope to the ceiling, so you can’t walk around too far and crash into each other, but you’ve got a good space around you to move about – especially with games like Tower Tag where you need to move your arms to jump around.
We did a 30-minute session on Tower Tag and once we got into it the time went past really quickly, so I think we could have easily played for 60 minutes. Although I was new to virtual reality gaming, I was really impressed with the quality of the equipment and gameplay, and the team at Rush VR Milton Keynes were incredibly friendly and helpful when showing us everything.
The kids thoroughly loved Rush VR Milton Keynes, and us adults loved it too – I think I’ll definitely be making a trip back here in the future.
How to Find it
Rush VR Milton Keynes is located inside the Xscape, 602 Marlborough Gate, Milton Keynes MK9 3XS – use the map below for directions. There’s lots of parking outside of the Xscape, and there’s free parking after 6pm.
Good to Know
- Rush VR Milton Keynes can sometimes take walk in’s, but you’re best prebooking to avoid disapointment
- Rush VR is open 7 days a week: 11am – 7pm Monday to Thursday, 11am to 10pm Fridays, 10am to 10pm Saturday’s, and 10am to 6pm Sunday’s
- Prices start from £19.99 for 30 minutes play, £29.99 for 60 minutes, or £14.99 for high speed VR racing
- When booking you need to sign a waiver, which is emailed to you beforehand
- The minimum age limit is 8, but recomended age for the best experience is 10 years up
- There’s many different VR games you can play, you can see the various game trailers here.
