[VR Review]

I got a Vive VR headset, and this was the first game I wanted to try it on. Anyways, first impressions were very good - the VR experience is very amazing. The controls took a bit of getting used to (although keep in mind that this could just be because I'm new to VR).

My current graphics card is an AMD Fury, but even with that I had to lower the settings to around medium quality overall to stop the framerate tearing I was seeing. The calibration and aiming controls for interacting with the environment work well, and I ran into no problems with those.

The only major issue I had was that I could not figure out how to open the inventory. All the other buttons worked correctly (i.e. interacting, movement, jumping, etc.), but no matter what I tried the inventory button wouldn't work. I may have been using it wrong I suppose, but I doubt it, as I'm already very farmiliar with the gameplay of The Solus Project. The radial menu for inventory opens correctly for crafting and interacting with other objects, too.

But besides that one issue, it's a truely excelent VR experience!

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<ORIGINAL NON-VR REVIEW>
[The review was getting so many edits to it, and was getting really messy, so I'm doing a complete rewrite...]

First impressions were a bit clunky - it took me a while to get used to some of the controls and elements of the game, but I started having fun after that with a lot of the puzzles. The game reminds me the most of "Myst/Riven", and the puzzles are somewhat challegning. That being said, the "challenege" of the puzzels is mostly the challenge of finding the next switch far too often lol...

In any case, if you are looking for an atmospheric puzzle game with a deep intriguing story, I high heartily recommend this game. It is a lot buggier than any other "Early Access" game I've played, though.

Some of the biggest annoyances for me are that you get ONE save slot (which can be TERRIBLY gamebreaking for any number of reasons when a save occurs at a TERRIBLE time), and there is no real way to completely turn off the "survival" elements of the game for people (like me) who would much rather just "explore" without having to manage an absurd amount of "survival" elements...

Additionally, the falling damage is ABSURDLY unfair and broken - your legs must be made of chewed up toothpicks, because a 3 foot fall causes falling damage ffs, and it scales in damage EXPONENTIALLY fast, so that anything above 15 feet or so just plain up MURDERS you.

THANK GOD that the collision detetction is ETREMELY sound, so at least I'm not dying because I slid down a slope all the time like some other games I could mention! n.nU

On the plus side, it's SO REFRESHING to see a game that DOESN'T use "invisible walls" all over the place (the ONLY time I ever ran into one was when I tried to swim very far out into the ocean, and I guess that's fair - it's hard to come up with any other way to add a barrier in that situation).

Also, the game runs flawlessly in "Fullscreen Mode" - it just freezes up and lags like mad in "Windowed Mode".

So I DEFINATLY recommend you try this game! I've been wanting a fun and challenging puzzle game for a long time (one that DOENS'T include tons of "horror" elements, whcih all the morte recent ones usually have, sadly...).

[VR Review] I got a Vive VR headset, and this was the first game I wanted to try it on. Anyways, first impressions were very good - the VR experience is very amazing. The controls took a bit of getting used to (although keep in mind that this could just be because I'm new to VR). My current graphics card is an AMD Fury, but even with that I had to lower the settings to around medium quality overall to stop the framerate tearing I was seeing. The calibration and aiming controls for interacting with the environment work well, and I ran into no problems with those. The only major issue I had was that I could not figure out how to open the inventory. All the other buttons worked correctly (i.e. interacting, movement, jumping, etc.), but no matter what I tried the inventory button wouldn't work. I may have been using it wrong I suppose, but I doubt it, as I'm already very farmiliar with the gameplay of The Solus Project. The radial menu for inventory opens correctly for crafting and interacting with other objects, too. But besides that one issue, it's a truely excelent VR experience! ------------------------------------------- <ORIGINAL NON-VR REVIEW> [The review was getting so many edits to it, and was getting really messy, so I'm doing a complete rewrite...] First impressions were a bit clunky - it took me a while to get used to some of the controls and elements of the game, but I started having fun after that with a lot of the puzzles. The game reminds me the most of "Myst/Riven", and the puzzles are somewhat challegning. That being said, the "challenege" of the puzzels is mostly the challenge of finding the next switch far too often lol... In any case, if you are looking for an atmospheric puzzle game with a deep intriguing story, I high heartily recommend this game. It is a lot buggier than any other "Early Access" game I've played, though. Some of the biggest annoyances for me are that you get ONE save slot (which can be TERRIBLY gamebreaking for any number of reasons when a save occurs at a TERRIBLE time), and there is no real way to completely turn off the "survival" elements of the game for people (like me) who would much rather just "explore" without having to manage an absurd amount of "survival" elements... Additionally, the falling damage is ABSURDLY unfair and broken - your legs must be made of chewed up toothpicks, because a 3 foot fall causes falling damage ffs, and it scales in damage EXPONENTIALLY fast, so that anything above 15 feet or so just plain up MURDERS you. THANK GOD that the collision detetction is ETREMELY sound, so at least I'm not dying because I slid down a slope all the time like some other games I could mention! n.nU On the plus side, it's SO REFRESHING to see a game that DOESN'T use "invisible walls" all over the place (the ONLY time I ever ran into one was when I tried to swim very far out into the ocean, and I guess that's fair - it's hard to come up with any other way to add a barrier in that situation). Also, the game runs flawlessly in "Fullscreen Mode" - it just freezes up and lags like mad in "Windowed Mode". So I DEFINATLY recommend you try this game! I've been wanting a fun and challenging puzzle game for a long time (one that DOENS'T include tons of "horror" elements, whcih all the morte recent ones usually have, sadly...).