Net VR Theater

[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtransaction]Warning: In-Game Cash Shop[/url][/b] This game is infested with a toxic mobile app style cash shop. You will be prompted to and expected to give money/credit card details to the developers through this cash shop to buy in-game goods so you can play the game.[/quote] "Net VR Theater" is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, "Net VR Theater" is a software application that that allows you to stream video to an audience, yeah, even if you don't own the copyright to that video. In the USA, this is called "contributary copyright infringement" and it's why platforms like Napster got shut down... you can't facilitate copyright infringement by holding exhibitions and screenings of film properties you don't own. Sure, ostensibly this was designed for Streamers I guess, but the intent was still there. I guess that's part of the reason this was abandoned. Also it doesn't actually work with any modern streaming platforms. Oh, and the developer was trying to get paid for other people's work through the disgusting microtransactions... yeah, they had no time to actually bother finishing this or making it work, but they had all the time in the world to build a working cash shop and financial transaction back end infrastructure. Says a lot about these guys, doesn't it? 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.

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[h1]Before I played Net VR Theater, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

Игра "Net VR Theater" - отличный способ весело провести время с друзьями, даже если вы находитесь далеко друг от друга. Концепция совместного просмотра фильмов в виртуальной реальности реализована очень качественно. Аватары, хоть и простые, достаточно выразительны, чтобы передавать эмоции. Особенно порадовал выбор локаций виртуальных кинотеатров, от уютной домашней обстановки до масштабного IMAX. Порадовала возможность импорта собственных видео, что делает ее универсальной для различных вкусов. Однако, не хватает более детальных настроек аватаров и большего количества вариантов взаимодействия с виртуальным окружением. Иногда бывают небольшие задержки при синхронизации видео, особенно при использовании нестабильного интернет-соединения. В целом, игра создает атмосферу настоящего совместного просмотра фильма, нивелируя физическое расстояние. Рекомендую всем, кто ищет новые способы общения и совместного time-spending online.