Jonah's Path

(Editted after the dev pointed out that the min spec is a gtx 980, I was having fps issues with a 970 thinking that was the min spec). So I recommend Jonahs path, but "only just" and only if you have a GTX 980+ card. Why is that? This really doesnt "showcase" the Vive in anyway. It is roomscale (you can move about a bit), but expects you to be seated. It doesnt use the controllers at all (press spacebar to begin and Ecs to quite is the limit of things) - so you cant interact in the world outside moving your field of vision - in fact this isnt a game/demo/experience, its a VR movie. As a VR movie, its fine, but a little dull (watching alien fish swim about). The alien fish arent animated that well (its better than anything Ive done, but its very "gamey" whereas most Vive experiences are mind blowingly lifelike, and the reason is that anything less than excellent really breaks immersion). However, its free, and free content is free content (and as content goes this isnt bad, not by any stretch of the imagination!). I personally had some troubles with framerate, but I only have a 970 (I didnt realise at the time a 980 was the minimum spec, and a titan is recommended!). But its free, and its a pretty impressive amount of work from one person, and worth seeing for that alone.

It's a nice little demo-like VR video. Considering it is free, it's definitevely worth to check it out. The graphics are cool, and the sounds are pretty immersive as well. The deep background music make it sound like an in-between between a horror monster movie and a awe-inspiring documentary. Also, there is a secondary (and admitelly small) mystery to figure out: are you actually in the depths of the sea? or are you in deep space?

[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Keyboard & Mouse[/h1] [i] Note: If you're on the Oculus Rift, you have to follow these instructions: 1. Do a Windows 7 compatibility fix on file executable JonahsPath_VIVE and save 2. Run Steam VR 3. Double click on file executable JonahsPath_Vive 4. Make sure that under the Game Properties General Tab on Steam that the option Use Desktop Game Theatre while SteamVR is active option is turned off / not checked.[/i] This is about a 6 minute purely cinematic submarine ride on what looks like an alien water world at nighttime. It's not as good as the submarine ride on Summer Funland. However, it's still pretty nice. The scales seem to be off a bit, but it doesn't detract from the experience. I enjoyed the visuals. It is a slow speed ride, so it's mostly about enjoying the surroundings although there is a climatic ending in keeping with the name of the title. [b]Rate 6/10. You can also watch my video of the complete thing here: https://youtu.be/1CkOHWgO-b4 [/b]

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Jonah's Path is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, Jonah's Path is a software application that shows you a short CGI movie for your VR headset (and this is bad even for one of those videos, you don't even get to look around). That's right, instead of being a game, this is a Youtube video. Once more, Valve really needs to get some quality control. At the very least they should have someone check and see if something is actually a game before it gets published on Steam as a game. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player seeks another player, tests their skill against that player by shooting them or being shot, the computer rewards the player if they win, and then if the player survives, they repeat that loop. There's no loop here, no true interactive feedback. It simply is not a game, it cannot be "played". This has misleadingly been launched in the "Games" section of Steam instead of the "Software" section. This is a common mistake for developers who are new to Steam, or don't understand the difference between games and software which isn't a game. It seems this software published incorrectly as a game is simply lack of experience/knowledge of the correct process. Here's a link for the process to publish non-game software on Steam: [url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithPublishing?issueid=925]Steam Developer Help With Software Publishing[/url] It's unfortunate this process was not known about/followed, resulting in a software application being published in the wrong place. Publishing things which aren't games on Steam in the Games section as games is misleading to gamers and somewhat harmful, because it pollutes the Steam marketplace and takes away visibility and market exposure for genuine game developers who do the right thing and make games for gamers. There are no gameplay loops in this software, no "gameplay", no meaningful game like interaction. It's a software application and as such has no merits as a video game for gamers. Because of this, I cannot recommend this non-game software as a game to gamers.

Jüpiter'in ayı Europa ile İncil'deki hikaye Jonah'ın arasında bir yere yerleştirilen kısa, sürükleyici bir Sanal Gerçeklik deneyimi.

Meh. You don't get to even look around. All you are doing is basically watching a very pretty screen saver that eventually kicks you out. Don't get me wrong, its cool but at the same time it is to slow and you cant even control where you are looking. Wasn't really worth the download in my opinion.