Dark Threads

Normally when you see that a Steam VR game is for Oculus Rift Only you should set your expectations to super-low. But WOW, did this game experience surprise me. Featuring the highly talented acting of Dominic Monaghan who I grew up with on TV shows like LOST and he is perfect for this experience. And that is exactly what this is, it is an interactive cinematic experience about someone suffering from memory loss thanks to an evil AI (no story spoilers here). Sure the graphics are not amazing, but given the small price point, I have to give this game a massive thumbs up! I do seriously think this game is a little too cheap for its own good especially because it is currently on sale as well. I would have been happy to recommend this even at full price. A big well done goes to the developers for this one, I loved every moment of it.

Dark Threads eine interaktive Story von Cream Produktions mit Dominic Monaghan in der Hauptrolle. Dominic Monaghan ist den meisten wohl bekannt aus der Serie LOST oder als Hobbit in Herr Der Ringe. In dem Sci-Fi-Abenteuer übernehmen wir sozusagen die Rolle von Dominic Monaghan. Wir sind ein KI-Erfinder in einer nicht allzu fernen dystophischen Zukunft. Unsere Aufgabe ist es wieder einmal die Menschheit vor der totalen Katastrophe zu retten. Allerdings sind, aufgrund eines Softwareunfalles beim letzten Transfer mit unser im Grunde wohlwollenden K.I. Rhea, einige unser Erinnerungen so gut wie verschwunden und wir versuchen nun unsere Gedanken zu sammeln. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2587228411 Die K.I., gesprochen von Kandyse McClure (u.a. bekannt aus Battlestar Galactica), versucht uns zunächst auch zu Helfen. Aber wir entdecken immer wieder Hinweise, die uns an dem wohlwollenden Grundgedanken Rheas zweifeln lassen. Aber auch unser eigener Avatar (unser hochgeldenes Ich) scheint nicht immer die Wahrheit zu sagen. So entwickelt sich die Geschichte in Gesprächen zwischen den beiden und unseren Handlungen. Während wir die spannende Geschichte durchlaufen, müssen wir ab und zu kleinere Puzzle lösen, leider wird man hier sehr stark an die Hand genommen und kommt niemals in Stocken. Die K.I. entführt uns im Laufe der Geschichte in abstrakte Gedankenwelten und an mysteriöse Orte. Dark Threads soll sogar mehrere Enden bereit halten. Ich habe bisher nur ein Ende erspielt, das positiv für die Menschheit ausging, denke ich .... Wir können die Welt bestimmt auch zerstören, bzw. zumindest die Menschheit. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2587232470 Grafisch ist Dark Threads sehr anschaulich. Es sieht super aus, wenn man die Grafikeinstellung auf „High“ stellt. Voreingestellt ist, wohl für kleine PCs „Low“. Die Supersamplingrate hochzuschrauben, hatte keinen Effekt. In der Entfernung ist die Umgebung zwar immer etwas verwaschen, aber im Detail, sieht es meistens sehr gut aus. Wenn auch nicht alle Objekte gleich hoch aufgelöst sind und nicht alle in 3D dargestellt werden. Die meisten Gegenstände kommen dem geneigten VR-Spieler aber oft bekannt vor. Neue Assets finden wir hier wenige. Dafür ist vor allem aber der Herr Monaghan wirklich gut getroffen worden, er ist ja nicht nur Hauptfigur sondern auch Mitproduzent des Spiels. Was ich aber gar nicht verstehen kann, ist warum der Gradikstil am Ende von Realistisch zu Comicstrip wechselt. Schade. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2587230105 Der Sound ist auch recht gut gelungen und vor allem die Synchronstimmen sind von den Schauspielern großartig gesprochen. Allerdings nur auf Englisch. Untertitel sind vorhanden, ich hatte sie aber nicht eingestellt. Um der Story gut zu folgen, sollte der Spieler aber auch gute Englischkenntnisse haben. Dark Threads läuft flüssig, allerdings ist die Steuerung etwas holprig, man gewöhnt sich aber daran. Wir können z.b. auf eine Couch klettern, aber später keine Treppen im Sand ersteigen. Mir war es sogar möglich durch geschlossene Türen zu glitschen, da ich am Anfang der Story etwas wirr im Raum umhergeirrt bin und Dinge ausprobiert habe. Als der Fortgang der Story aber getriggert wurde, war der Glitsch verschwunden. Merkwürdig. Leider gibt es auch mal wieder nur sehr wenige Objekte mit denen wir interagieren können und diese liegen dann nicht mal richtig in der Hand, sondern schweben über den Fingern. Türen können zwar händisch geöffnet werden, aber Schubladen o.ä. sind wie festgenagelt. Ich würde mir wünschen, wenn man in Spielen wie diesen, mit wirklich jedem Objekt interagieren könnte. Dark Threads ist ein kurzer spannender Sci-Fi-Abenteuer-Film mit Dominic Monaghan. Es macht Spaß mit Herrn Monaghan das Abenteuer „zusammen“ zu erleben. Für Fans ein Muss. 👀[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32170554/]Dunkle Fäden ziehe ich[/url] auf meiner Kurator Seite, entwirrt sie. 👑 Powered by HoI 4 Deu Curators group in German / English 👑 [list][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30388691/] Follow Main group [/url][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40282064/] Follow Second group [/url][/list] [u]English:[/u] -------------------------------> Dark Threads is an interactive story from Cream Productions starring Dominic Monaghan. Dominic Monaghan is probably known to most from the series LOST or as the Hobbit in Lord of the Rings. In this sci-fi adventure, we take on the role of Dominic Monaghan, so to speak. We are an AI inventor in a not too distant dystophic future. Our task is once again to save humanity from total catastrophe. However, due to a software accident during the last transfer with our basically benevolent A.I. Rhea, some of our memories have all but disappeared and we are now trying to collect our thoughts. The A.I., spoken by Kandyse McClure (known from Battlestar Galactica), tries to help us at first. But we keep discovering clues that make us doubt Rhea's benevolent basic thought. But also our own avatar (our highly educated ego) doesn't always seem to tell the truth. So the story unfolds in conversations between the two of them and our actions. As we progress through the exciting story, we have to solve smaller puzzles from time to time; unfortunately, we are very much taken by the hand here and never get bogged down. The A.I. takes us into abstract thought worlds and mysterious places during the course of the story. Dark Threads is even supposed to have several endings ready. I've only played one ending so far that turned out positively for humanity, I think ..... We can certainly destroy the world too, or at least humanity. Graphically, Dark Threads is very descriptive. It looks great when you set the graphics setting to "High". The default setting is "Low", probably for small PCs. Turning up the supersampling rate had no effect. In the distance, the environment is always a bit blurry, but in detail, it usually looks very good. Even if not all objects have the same high resolution and not all are displayed in 3D. However, most objects often look familiar to the inclined VR player. We find few new assets here. But Mr. Monaghan has been captured really well, as he is not only the main character, but also the co-producer of the game. But why is the realistic Grafik changing into something like Comicstrip at the end of the game? The sound is also quite good and especially the dubbing voices are great spoken by the actors. However, only in English. Subtitles are available, but I did not have them set. In order to follow the story well, the player should have a good knowledge of English. Dark Threads runs smoothly, but the controls are a bit bumpy, but you get used to it. For example, we can climb on a couch, but later we can't climb stairs in the sand. I was even able to slide through closed doors, as I was wandering around the room a bit confusedly at the beginning of the story, trying things out. But when the progress of the story was triggered, the glitch was gone. Strange. Unfortunately, there are once again only very few objects with which we can interact, and they don't even lie properly in the hand, but float above the fingers. Doors can be opened manually, but drawers and the like are nailed down. I wish that in games like these, you could really interact with every object. Dark Threads is a short suspenseful sci-fi adventure movie starring Dominic Monaghan. It is fun to adventure "along" with Mr. Monaghan. 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EDIT: Index is fully supported with full finger tracking. With the RTX 3090 and i9 10900K (10 cores) I get close to solid 90 fps using highest in-game settings and res 250% - but res 200% seems totally solid 90 fps. The game is somewhat blurry, so you will need as much res as possible. Textures are generally awesome and high-res - not Boneworks' ultramersion high-res, but close enough. OLD REVIEW - BASED ON RIFT CV1: This game or experience is 10/10 - if you have the rig to run it - and also a fully supported hmd. I recommend oled like Rift CV1. I really have no idea why the developers are giving this beyond awesome experience away for free - or close. The price could easily be $19.99 for what you get. The game isn't perfectly polished, but it's still more polished than many other similar experiences, just don't expect a perfectly polished game. The game did greatly impress me. In some of the larger and more open locations you do get an idea why this game may like a processor with 8 cores or more - some giant statues and monuments have awesome polygon counts. This is PCVR at its finest, not in all locations, but in many. Many textures are high-res and look realistic or close. I believe this is an Oculus Rift CV1 (=oled) game. And I still have the CV1 connected to my rig - and the game supports native Oculus drivers. Even using Rift CV1 ss 2.0 the game felt blurry, so I tried to max out ss by going to ss 2.5. That's 3344 x 3968 x 2 = 27 mill pixels per frame (both eyes), but I did get solid 90 fps thanks to my oc'ed RTX 3090. The game feels like an adventure game that could give some vibes from Under a Killing Moon or similar Blade Runner stuff. But it's also a walking simulator like ZED, but Dark Threads is much more advanced than ZED. Dark Threads has a heart and an agenda, and wins greatly in that perspective. In Dark Threads, you've lost your memory and need to find out who you are after having a brain implant. I'm looking forward to continue the game. The game does feel like much effort was put into it, standing next to Dominic Monaghan’s character is a great experience, and his face and clothes look great. Kandyse Mcclure is also constantly with you, as her voice is used for an AI floating next to you. There are great use of dynamic lights and shadows, which probably also is why devs recommend a RTX 2080 or better for this experience. For the current very low price you're getting so incredibly much more than you pay for. My rig: Asus Strix OC RTX 3090, i9 10900K (10 cores and 20 threads), 32GB 3200 MHz, 4TB SSD (Samsung EVO 860), Win10 Pro.

I've been in VR only a handful of times, but know one of the people who worked on this game and wanted to check it out. I'm definitely not a gamer and usually expect games to be gory and violent, this drama is really intriguing and definitely exceeded my expectations. I've only made it through the first act so far, as I'm very slow and have taken the time to explore all the objects from the comfort of my bed. It's my bedtime now, but I look forward to playing some more and finding out what's next. I'm really curious how this story will play out.

This game is graphically well done and has good voice acting. But, it feels more like you're part of a documentary than playing a game. The puzzles feel too guided, and there is an ongoing theme that feels like it's trying too hard to be a lesson. I really wanted to like it, but after 40 minutes I found myself bored and not wanting more. So, I've requested a refund. This is a well done game and may be for you, but it's not something I enjoyed.

Using the Vive Pro 2 and Oculus Quest 2 with the Air link to connect to Desktop. Works great for both Headsets. First thing you need to do when you start the game is set the games graphic setting to High to be able to read anything you may need in the game. Explore everywhere. Take your time so you do not miss anything. Game play is very Interesting and a Mystery needs to be solved, What the mystery is? I can not remember since my consciousness was transfer into a AI. What I can remember is the Game is great. 🤪 Excellent Price too. 🥴🤓👋

I tried to like this game, but I just couldn't. I had some weird lag issues with it, and I felt like I was being preached at. Like it was an educational thing. No real puzzles, not what I expected.

Well, this was a clunky experience. All interactable items have very narrow hitboxes, movement feels like you're moving through molasses and a black-fade while snapturning can't be turned off. > Every person you encounter may be an ally or enemy There was only one character and one AI to be met > Every potential clue may lead you closer to the truth or further down the rabbit hole You literally have to pick up every interactable items at points for the story to progress > And the decisions you make can change the final outcome But my decision at the end to deactivate the AI got completely ignored by the story > the threads you follow will either weave a story where you triumph… or forever unravel your entire consciousness Right at the end seems to be the only actual decision possibly, but no idea what the difference might be between uplink or downlink for the mind transfer or if I could’ve even progressed the story without changing that one thing that can be changed Overall it was *alright*, but fell far short from what it promised.

Fun little interactive story. Buggy but fun. Lasts an hour or two, the three endings can be selected in the last chapter of the story so a quick replay to explore them all. Too short to be a full game, too long to be a quick demo to friends. I think the cheaper price they're selling it for is fair - good call you lot.