Eternal Starlight VR

Eternal Starlight is a VR space combat strategy game. I am particularly fond of VR for space battles because I can immerse myself in space, greatly increasing my situational awareness. The 6 degrees of freedom of VR let you easily control your units, directing them to approach the enemy fleet from optimal angles. The main game mode is a procedurally generated campaign. This campaign uses a mix of main missions padded with procedurally generated side missions to pad the campaign length. It took me some time to understand what the campaign wanted me to do as the tutorial only covers the basics of space combat. The main campaign involves picking the side missions based on the rewards of new ships or resources to repair or upgrade your ships. Your fleet is centered around your main ship. There are many hard points in which you can customize the weapons and powerups that each ship has. There are a significant number of weapon effects to consider for your loadout and the weapons are unlocked through mission rewards or the shop. I do wish it was easier to build a custom fleet in the campaign though. The economy during the campaign and the high cost of a new ship makes it very improbable for you to end up with a large fleet. The campaign missions are short, spanning from a few short minutes to approximately 10-15 minutes. I've yet to encounter a mission where it is dragging the clock. But I do find the pace of the battles a little quick, and the speed at which units are destroyed leaves little room for mistakes. I mostly ended up with missions which are small skirmishes rather than huge and gratuitous battles. That being said, I think the pacing of the missions is suitable for the shorter evening gaming sessions where you hop in for a battle or two. The atmosphere and music of the game have a beautiful retro vibe that made the whole experience chill and nostalgic. The art style is well-executed. Eternal Starlight doesn't go for an extremely realistic look but it perfectly captures a futuristic yet retro gaming feel. In conclusion, Eternal Starlight is a great introduction to the space RTS genre to VR. There's lots more room for the developer to take this genre and the developer has been extremely responsive in bug fixing when I had some issues with the controls on my WMR system. I played this on both my Samsung Odyssey+ (WMR) and Quest 2 via Virtual Desktop and Airlink. Both systems had no issues. It is important to note that the Steam version doesn't include hand-tracking. Hand tracking is currently exclusive to the Quest native version and I look forward to giving that a try someday. If you have a Quest 2, this might be a consideration for getting the native Quest 2 version.

10/10

Final mission is impossable, even on easy mode

Dont be fooled by reviews. This game is very clunky and downright boring. Luckily I got it on sale.

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