Drift Abyss

[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 3[/h1] You can view my gameplay & early impressions here: https://youtu.be/BMPgMPspEyE [u]This is a neutral recommendation.[/u] I think most gamers would not enjoy this game in its current state. However, if you want to support development of an experimental, artistic, exploration game where you arm-swing, climb, flap your wings, & glide across procedurally generated biomes and where you may even get a sweat going, then this game may be for you. The main problem is that currently the game experience feels not that great. There will be more frustration here than enjoyment. If you believe video games are more than just for entertainment, you may be the niche audience for this. You will suffer and perhaps enjoy some parts of this game. There is no smooth / full locomotion. There is no artificial turning. You have to physically turn and flap, flap, flap to fly around. However, you don't actually get to flap until you arm-swing, arm-swing, & climb until you've found enough altars. You can turn on cheats to be able to fly around ... but that would defeat the sole purpose of this game ... your suffering for art's sake. Game is running on the Unity Engine. On my RTX 3080, I did notice some frame rate drops, but it was mostly running at 72 fps (Q3 default). The game did not crash, but I did experience several bugs. Once I seemed to fall out of the map and just never landed anywhere. Other times I would get stuck in the terrain. Usually there was just jank, like climbing didn't always work or the flaps didn't always register or the glides didn't always glide. Some parts of the biomes looked magnificent. Other times it looked like hot garbage. The music overall could have been better. Game needs more graphical, sounds, & movement options. There may be a good game here in the future, but as is right now, it's difficult to recommend to anyone other than a select group of people who hate themselves, but love VR. [b]Rate 5/10.[/b] [quote]If you enjoyed my review, please consider joining my Steam Curator group [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR]Oculus Rift Reviews.[/url][/quote]