Flat Earth Simulator
My first impressions were positive with a beautiful model, pleasant narration along soothing ambient music.
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It would have been great to zoom in more and see cities mapped onto the model from high altitude photos.
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The Sun and Moon are different sizes, they should be about the same.
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The Sun and Moon orbits are locked.
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No Moon phases or eclipses present.
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No Tropic of Cancer or Tropic of Capricorn sun orbit paths for seasons.
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Stars seem random rather than actual mapped stars along with correct movements over the plane.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
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Garbage.
No way to change display/sound settings in game, must quit and re-launch. No option to not have the really slow narrator read everything to you, instead you must mute it, hide the text, and then press space to open it with the full text visible for anyone who can read faster than a third grader, the text is poorly written with many grammatical mistakes and quirks that make it hard to understand, the information being presented raises more questions than it answers, and the clues that pop up every few minutes make no sense and don’t actually lead to anything.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Koma
Awesome simulator of near after death experience, it gave me goosebumps while I was playing it
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
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Koma is a confusing, both in a bad and a good way.
First the game seems to have some optimisation issues. Even on my Ryzen 9 XT and Nvidia 2800 Super, I had some lags and micro freezes, usually when loading a new area.
Also, sometimes I felt some issues regarding of the usual rules of game design in the way to indicate you the path. Combined with the fact that you can glitch the camera trough the walls, and sometimes yourself, it result in situations where you don’t know exactly what you’re supposed to do or where to go. I completly understant the goal to make you feel lost in this strange world and I like that, but sometimes I just felt lost because of confusing game design. It reminded me it was a game and kinda breaked the illusion.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
XTHRUST
An excellent example of “easy to learn, difficult to master” gameplay.
You pilot a rocket-powered drone using only two buttons - one for each engine. The challenge comes from alternating, combining and timing the use of these engines to skilfully navigate through the various single player and multiplayer tracks competing for the best time.
The current amount of single player content isn’t spectacular, with only 4 tutorial levels and 6 other levels. However each level offers a bonus objective that can be challenging and adds to replayability.
– Real player with 10.7 hrs in game
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TL; DR: A game with easy to learn but very difficult to master controls is bogged down with a dead multiplayer, a grindy XP and coin collecting system, and a very minimal amount of effort in singleplayer content (a grand total of 15 levels you will get nowhere near the top time on, some you won’t even be able to complete the extra “achievement challenge”, because they, too require a ton of grinding). There’s also microtransactions for coins but with a dead multiplayer I don’t really see the point of purchasing them.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
Chionophile
While this game is tiny (the trailer honestly shows you most of the game) it’s stunningly pretty in a way you can’t quite define. Like other walking sims from the dev we are outside, this time in winter. Kind of like Bottle, but with a more upbeat tone and fresher graphics. It is short, especially if you use your right mouse button to act as a sort of heads up display and track down flowers and platforms quickly.
But there’s also a lot more to explore once you’ve checked all the achievements off your list. Honestly, yes, it’s short. I clocked in at 45 minutes, and I got terribly lost too. But it is also like Bottle in that you can make your own fun. Go back in and take a lovely walk in the gorgeous landscape. Let your worries go and just be.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
In a similar vein to “Pluviophile”, it’s a nice looking environment, but with a number of strange design choices that mar its potential to be a nice peaceful walk.
To start, there are still, for some reason, flowers that you need to pick up and take to stone circles to open the path forward. There isn’t anything inherently interesting about the mechanic, so it just detracts from the experience by arbitrating certain places where you must go, making you less inclined to explore elsewhere on your own.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Connect Chat
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– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
So far it seems to run very smooth with little issue, and as someone with a low spec computer.. its very useful.. however there is a severe lack of users… hopefully this will change… the sync with the DMM VR connect site is also seamless….. Just wish there was more people
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
NKODICE
You roll five dice with each face having a japanese character for MA, O, CHI, N, U and KO and the objective is forming combinations that spell vulgar words such as UNKO, UNCHI, CHINKO, (O)MANKO and (O)CHINCHIN. When you roll a word you get another roll, if you roll 2 or more words you get extra dice for the next roll. You also get a “nudge” for each word you get, which lets you re-roll the dice that are in the bowl.
Combinations of three or more of the same face of the die also apply multipliers to your score, but avoid three or more ん because then the multiplier is negative! Unless you’re hunting for negative score achievements of course.
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
The aesthetic and environment, from the graphics to the sound, is really well made, which is a perfect foil to the fact that you’re trying to make dirty words with the dice faces.
The game is simple enough to jump into but also includes various tricks and techniques that improve its depth, allowing it to simultaneously be a casual yet engaging game.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
The king is gone
Let me start by saying that this game could have potential and i was really curious to try it intrigued by the trailer, unfortunately only later i realized the whole game is right to that trailer.
I’m a lover of endless games, roguelike, dungeon crawler and any game that has puzzle elements, but this “The king is gone” reaches monotony very quickly.
Gameplay is very limited and flat, you can’t move or interact with anything around you, you can simply watch around while the character walks automatically for a short distance before arriving to a room where you must choose which door to open, so the only input available is the left click mouse.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
The Surreal Imaginarium
WOW !!!
Definitely the best multimedia work of art for VR ever
Must have IT
(Great for those who like to experiment with altered states :))
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
[0.3] Controls & Training & Help
[0.2] Menu & Settings
[0.3] Sound & Music
[0.4] Graphics
[0.7] Game Design
[0.3] Game Story
[0.4] Game Content
[0.2] Time to complete feels ok? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again)
[0.2] is it Enjoyable & Fun?
[0.1] Could it hold a spot in Favorites?
[0] BONUS point: Multi-Player related
[0.9] BONUS point: Review for VR
Stars received: 4.0/10 ___ Note: v.3 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
Game description key-points: art concept seen in VR eyes
Overview: it’s might appear as a Game, but it isn’t :) VR art showcase
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Wiggly Boy
Outstanding. Incredible. Masterpiece. 11/10.
Amazing story mode with both intense and light-hearted moments. The main character’s backstory has immense depth while still allowing for further character development. The main character redefines what it means to grow as an individual, and pushes you, the player, to drive him further, to push beyond the artificial limits we place on ourselves.
The first-person shooter mode redefines the FPS genre as a whole. Call of Duty? Battlefield? Halo? These games are an embarrassment compared to Wiggly Boy. The expertly-crafted gameplay with beyond-next-generation visuals will push current and future game developers in their feeble attempt to match half the quality of this game.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
There is a secret that many don’t want you to know but something that I have seen for myself. You wanna know how Biden won the election? By playing Wiggly Boy.
He summoned the 3,000 Wiggly Boys to create an army. One that brings back horrid visions from the Vietnam War. All you hear is screaming as you see the fear in the characters eyes.. But Biden did it. He used this magic power to win. I am sorry that we failed.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
You Are Weak
A game that seemingly inspired directly by the works of Cosmo D. While much more heavy handed than their games, You Are Weak still possesses strong visual metaphor and a varied experience.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
I play a lotta weird shit on here but this has to be at the top of the list so far
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game