Terminal Velocity
Terminal Velocity is a game that I didn’t get the chance to play when I was younger. I ended up playing Microsoft Hellbender when I was younger instead and later looked to play the earlier games by TRI. Finally I played both this and Fury3 years later.
This game is extremely nostalgic to me and have plenty of great memories. It definitely would be hard for many to get into it since this comes packaged with DOSbox and does not have the same resolution settings that we are accustomed to today.
There is an attempt at a game engine rewrite called Terminal Recall which seems decent, however it is very slow on the laptop I usually use. I even made an attempt to dig into creating an engine to play the games but only ever got as far as opening and reading the game’s data files.
– Real player with 16.6 hrs in game
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Great game, even to this day. Controls are perfect using the 360-Controller - firing with the right trigger is extremely satisfying! The levels however are a bit pale from a game design standpoint - you pretty much do the same all the time.
Note: I’ve played using the Microsoft 360-Pad and the Saitek PS3200. For some reason, the controls using the MS-Pad are a bit stiff in that the Analog Stick doesn’t seem to support diagonal movement. That means you can either move to the X- or Y-axis, but never both. The Saitek-Pad however works just fine and lets me do vertical movement. I don’t know if this is a problem with my PC but I thought I’d share this with you.
– Real player with 16.2 hrs in game
ШХД: ЛЕТО / IT’S SUMMER
You just woke up after a midday nap in your country house surrounded by the swishing sound of turntable. You are 8 years old. It’s Summer is an indie video game which genres are “sandbox”, “babushka”, and “midday nap”. The game has neither goal nor sense. There are only you, cheap tea bags with russian tears and the endless yellow field.
The game itself is integral part of the Digital-opera “ШХД: ЛЕТО”. This project also contains a book, LP record, series of digital-art collaborations and something more. ШХД: ЛЕТО is the second and final part of the project ШХД: ЗИМА (It’s Winter).
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Descent
I played this game like crazy when I was young. It’s really hard until you get the hang of it, and then you become basically unstoppable. The most scary part of the game for me was level 7, the first time I encountered the first boss. I went out into this big lava room and the boss made such a horrible scary sound when he appeared, and it killed me. Then I would hide inside the tunnel leading to the bosses' room, and it would appear nearby. My heart would nearly stop when I would hear the sound effect he would make, because then I knew he was nearby. The boss would fire missles into my tunnel I was hiding in, and the little green balls would lock onto my ship and destroy me. After trying countless times to beat him by shooting at him from inside my not-so-safe tunnel, I made a bold and daring move. I left the tunnel. And amazingly, even though I played only with the keyboard, my little fingers would move so fast I could slide up, down, right, left and spin in all kinds of crazy circles, the little green balls would try to lock onto my ship but I was able to dodge them all. The funnest part of this game for me was its built-in replay recording feature, which will record a replay of your game. Once I got good at beating the boss, I increased the difficulty level to “insane”, and recorded countless epic replays of me beating the boss on insane. He would shoot missles as fast as a machine gun on insane difficulty, and every one of those missles would explode into a cloud of green balls. Hundreds of green balls would be in the air at once. Shoulda been impossible for me to dodge them all. Even just one or two of them hitting me would destroy my ship at that level of difficulty. But I would dodge them all. I would do loop to loops around the boss, zig-zagging through all the green balls, all the while shootting at him and throwing his own green balls right back at him, destroying him with his own green balls! It was so much fun. Some of those replays were so insane, I wish I still had the recordings, but that was a long time ago. This is one of the few games where you will often be turning both up/down plus turning right/left plus sliding up/down plus sliding right/left plus moving forward/backward plus shooting –- all at the same time!
– Real player with 51.1 hrs in game
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Descent is the kind of games which are hard to write a review about. No, not because it is kinda tricky and complicated or controversial. No, it’s quite opposite actually. The problem is else… Modern player will hardly pay attention to it and fans will buy without need of any reviews. So there is no audience for the review and a question, whether I should write it at all, rises. And that’s a pity because the game is quite unique and it still doesn’t have proper rivals (apart from its other titles). So, I am going to try to describe it shortly in hope that at least one rookie will pay their attention to it.
– Real player with 49.7 hrs in game
Fugitive 3D
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The sequel to the 2D game, Fugitive is here! And it’s in 333 DDD
Play hide and seek with your friends on a warm summer night. Hide behind bushes as the Cops search for you. Make your way to the end zone without getting caught! If you’re friend gets frozen by the police, you have to decide if it’s worth trying to go rescue them. Or be the Cops, and drive around in your cop car shinning your flashlight into dark corners.
Features:
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Cross-platform! VR and Flat players can play together.
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Server browser: Find a game quickly from any platform!
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Positional VOIP: hear the fugitives whispering in the bushes as you search for them.
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Watch the Replay: At the end of the round talk with everyone about how close they were to catching you as you all watch a replay over the round!
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Free and Open Source!
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Even runs on Android phones, so your one lame friend with no VR and no PC can still join in on the fun :P
As a Cop
Your job is to hunt down the Fugitives and bring them to justice. It’s a dark night out, and they are good at hiding, so you’ll have to get them in your flashlight to see them. Luckily you’ve got your trusty cop car. You can quickly patrol the streets, picking up your fellow cops and dropping them off strategically around the city.
As a Fugitive
You’re on the run, but Johnny law is in hot pursuit. You’ll have a few seconds head start, stay out of sight! You have to get to the safe zone to escape. But if the Cops see you, you’re as good as dead.
Descent 2
Download the DXX-Rebirth source port to play in 1080p without dosbox!
Vertigo expansion with its own redbook audio is available here.
The base D2 metal Redbook audio soundtrack is already included in the steam release, but you will have to download and set it up as an addon if you use DX-Rebirth.
As for the game itself, 1st Descent remains the best imho. Here you get the most overpowered weapon on lvl 3 (Gauss) and never switch to anything else, unless you run out of ammo (you don’t, not even on higher difficulties), shich kind of ruins the nice variety in weapons that D1 had. In D1 every weapon had it’s use, which was nice.
– Real player with 24.3 hrs in game
My childhood games have returned. Descent 2 and Descent: Freespace were the #1 hits of my day on the Windows 98 and finally after many years I get to relive these experiences. It’s taking me a while to get reacquainted with my old joystick but I’m totally loving every minute of it.
Descent 2 requires some definite tweaking. It took my about an hour to figure everything out, including my joystick issues, but it all functions properly and took no additional patches to work. Using the mouse could be an issue unless you really know how to modify the game. I however do not know this, but I feel the joystick is the only way to properly relive the experience.
– Real player with 19.2 hrs in game
Screensavers VR
Super fun. What a strangely unobvious but totally killer idea.
Also love to see how this game keeps expanding with each update. Hope the developers implement even more ideas. They seem to know what they are doing and VR needs fresh ideas.
– Real player with 22.6 hrs in game
Truly whimsical VR experience that beautifully transforms classic screensavers into the VR medium. Super fun and meta. Playing with the controls for each experience made me laugh out loud multiple times - the effects, writing, everything is lovely and holistically crafted. Highly recommended for anyone who loves unique VR experiences
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Subwar 2050
The year is 2050. The ocean is the next frontier and war inevitably reaches the depths of the sea. As an independent mercenary working for a corporate conglomerate, you pilot the latest fighter subs to protect the corporation’s interests in exchange for cold hard cash. With 5 different theaters of operations (of varying difficulty) and an interesting mix of aerial-style submarine tactics, you’ll be fighting fierce battles for corporate territory beneath the waves.
The Plot Deepens is an expansion disk for Subwar 2050. It features a few new subs and weapons across three new campaigns: the Bermuda Triangle, the Mediterranean and The North Cape. In each of these campaigns, you’ll launch your attack sub from its home carrier to protect the interests of multinational corporations engaged in mining, research, and development under the sea.
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Includes the original Subwar 2050 and its expansion, The Plot Deepens.
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Pilot four types of submarine including deep-sea exploration vessels, reconnaissance subs, and highly maneuverable fighter submarines.
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Explore thousands of square miles of accurately mapped 3d underwater seascapes in four different multi-mission campaigns: the Antarctic Ocean, the North Atlantic, the South China Sea, and the Sea of Japan.
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‘Simulated Combat’ mode lets you master maneuvers such as Knuckles and Deep Dives before entering a mission.
Pistol Dancer
Twos hands two guns!
Pistol Dancer is a shoot’em up style rhythmic FPS. Initially, it’s a home-collaboration kind of project developed for my daughter to get her interested in VR but it’s gradually evolved into a casual/party game that many of us enjoyed with.
Press the trigger alongside music beats to unleash devastating power to the enemies.
Your enemies are little virus bits trying to reach the heart, and you are the last line of defence!
Starfighter Arduxim
If you have a HOTAS or maybe two joysticks laying around; this is totally worth the 5 bucks you will spend on it. Its playable with a controller, but its way superior with better input hardware. Its got a little depth, but its mostly simple space flight/combat stuff. Has multiplayer but I havent tried it yet. Also, it works with Trinus VR quite nicely.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
Simple but fun!
This game has a nice, but short storyline. Your ship can be equipped with different primary and secondary weapons, which will be unlocked for different missions in the campaign.
Mission and story descriptions are written and some parts have voice acting too.
Graphics are very simple but still sufficient, the soundtrack is great and fits perfectly.
Flight mechanics and dogfights are pleasant and challenging with increasing progress.
There are a good amount of options for e.g. scale, graphics, and ofc controls - HOSAS is no problem!
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
KAIJU MONSTER VR
90’s, metropolis
You play as a giant monster whose only desire is destruction.
Confront enemy units, ravage cities and cause as much destruction as possible.
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Control a giant monster
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Destroy urban environment
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Fight enemy military units (planes, tanks, rocket launchers, etc.)
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Shoot laser beams
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Throw objects such as buildings and airplanes
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Collect bonuses and power ups
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Release a cruel roar with your own voice (optional)
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Monster vs Monster mode - take part in a city destruction in turn-based PvP mode (optional)
KAIJU MONSTER VR will be released for OCULUS, OCULUS 2, OCULUS RIFT and HTC VIVE.