Pearl of the Desert

Schöne Grafik, aber ansonsten eine Katastrophe Ich bin absolut enttäuscht von Pearl of the Desert VR. Ja, die Unterwasserwelt sieht echt schön aus, aber das war’s auch schon. Man kann unter Wasser überhaupt nicht interagieren – Fische, Felsen, alles ist einfach nur Kulisse, durch die man hindurchschwimmt. Das zerstört jegliche Immersion. Es wird absolut nichts erklärt, und die Steuerung ist eine Katastrophe. Ich hatte null Kontrolle und bin irgendwann einfach hoch in die Luft "geflogen". Ich stand nur da und dachte: „Häääääää?“ Für knapp 13 Euro habe ich definitiv etwas anderes erwartet. Das Spiel macht so keinen Spaß, und ich bereue den Kauf wirklich. Danke für nichts. https://youtu.be/eYcDC_qD9Kc?si=W6cPo3zwvZd7p36c 👑 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][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44688798/] Follow Third group [/url][/list] and discover more reviews from me.

Unfortunately, this experience turns out to be completely unfinished and flawed. 1.: No settings for movement, graphics settings, sound and volume, nothing. (And then Snapturn is the default, which completely destroys the immersion.) 2.: The surfaces of the bottom and many other objects look washed out. 3.: You can simply swim through the animals and many other objects. 4.: The diver "guide" follows a predetermined route and then simply disappears. (In my case, the diver disappeared into a rock face and could no longer be seen.) 5.: I'm not a marine biologist, but sunfish live at a depth of between 200 and 400 meters. The "little bit" that I was able to research can be seen here: https://youtu.be/am2WZGut6aM I'm keeping this piece of work for now, in the hope that the errors will be fixed quickly, an options menu will be added, the diving instructor will become more intelligent and interaction with the environment and animals will be possible. Why this half-finished product is being offered for full price is a mystery to me. Leider enpuppt sich diese Experience als total unfertig und fehlerhaft. 1.: Keine Einstellungsmöglichkeiten für Bewegung, Grafikeinstellung, Ton und Lautstärke, nichts. (Und dann auch noch Snapturn als Vorgabe was die Immersion damit endgültig zunichte macht.) 2.: Die Oberflächen vom Grund und vielen anderen Objekten sehen verwaschen aus. 3.: Man kan einfach durch die Tiere und vielen anderen Objekten durchschwimmen. 4.: Der Taucher "Guide" folg wohl einer vorgegeben Strecke und verschwindet dann einfach. (Bei mir verschwand der Taucher in einer Felswand und war nicht mehr zu sehen.) 5.: Ich bin zwar kein Meeresbiologe aber Mondfische leben in einer Tiefe zwischen 200 und 400 Metern. Das "bisschen" was ich erforschen konnte kann man sich hier ansehen: https://youtu.be/am2WZGut6aM Ich behalte erstmal dieses Machwerk, in der Hoffnung das schnell die Fehler behoben, ein Optionsmenü hinzukommt, der Tauchlehrer intelligenter wird und ein Interagieren mit der Umwelt und Tieren möglich wird. Warum dieses Produkt für einen Vollpreis halbfertig angeboten wird ist mir schleierhaft.

[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 3[/h1] You can view my gameplay & early impressions here: https://youtu.be/caM0IXNSKX8 I hope this developer plays Subside VR and then plays his or her game. If you can see the difference in quality, then you'd ask yourself why anyone would intentionally decide to spend one minute in this game, when they could be playing Subside instead. It just makes no sense. This game was out-dated and obsolete the day it was released on Steam. Not only are the visuals worse, they are not even in the same league. This game looks like it was made for the Quest 2, not PCVR. If the visuals were the only difference, it may be forgivable. Unfortunately, this game also runs poorly. On my RTX 3080, I was getting anywhere from 35-70 fps. However, not only does it look out-dated and run poorly, but it also has out-dated controls. You're moving around with your joystick. There is no immersive swimming. You only have snap turning! I bought this game on sale 65% off and even then this game isn't worth it. I would refund the game but I feel bad for the developer. I think they honestly did try to make a good diving experience for PCVR, they just lacked the experience and talent that the developer of Subside has in spades. [b]Rate 4/10.[/b] [quote]I bought this game! If you enjoyed my review, please consider joining my Steam Curator group [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR]Oculus Rift Reviews.[/url][/quote]

Uncomplicated go-as-you-please diving experience. Gives certainly a feel of depth, the sound is good and for an early access game it's an interesting start. However, don't expect a high resolution polished game. The colors are harsh and the fish and environment has a plastic appearance. And there are clipping problems. It's difficult to recommend, it depends on your own liking. Nevertheless I enjoyed the 25 minutes free diving so far.

The game wouldn't show on my VR headset (Reverb G2), only my monitor, so I asked for a refund. I hope they'll fix it.

A good start ! Must say i really like the opening area of this game, the lighting, the waves and the sound ll contribute to that certain undefined "something" i feel if a beach scene is done right. The diving/underwater seems pretty good to but that's not why i got the game (despite it being a diving game)..... i just really like beach/water scenes that feel alive, which this does.... A few things though... (which i'm assuming will come in an update) 1: there's no settings/menu, esp movement speed (which is too slow), "seated play", i'm only ever gonna play this seated and so i'm far to low to the ground, also a crouch button is important 2: performance... i'm on a 4080 and it doesn't feel as smooth as it should, also, again in options, graphical settings 3: starting location is a little bare bones, the water looks great, but the foilage is sparse at best 4: clipping.... when you try to go on land other than the start, you go thru it instead of on it, also why can't i walk along the dock to the end, there's an invisible barrier 5: some textures are very bare bones, some reviews mentioned lighting, it's not completely flat and the colours are really nice, it does need improving though, esp for a PC game All in all a solid start.. Subside is an obvious comparison with it's incredible visuals, but not a game i like as there's no land you can stand on, this simple thing puts this game ahead of Subside for me.... Looking forward to where this game goes as it is a solid start..... def unfinished, i'm sure the devs know this, just hope they keep improving it !