This game is quite broken, as in it fails at the one thing its set out to do, and that is to tell you a story. More on this below, but first getting some other glaring issues out of the way;
[h2]CONTROLS[/h2]
This steam version is a port of some basic VR platform, and it shows.
What little hints of control it gives you, are pointed at the wrong buttons, which meant I had to resort to googling how this game is supposed to function on a valve Index headset.
Ontop of that, the game was originally programmed for headsets with only 3 axis of movement (rotational only), which means that if you move your head out of its original position even the slightest, you will be obscured by a wall or looking at your own neck. They could have solved this simple issue by constraining the camera but it seems they were only after a quick buck.
[h2]CONTENT[/h2]
Probably okay.. if you speak fluent Japanese. The main problem I experienced with this game was how very broken/lazy the english subtitles are. Some of the dialog gets cut short, or even gets completely omitted all together, making the story ring hollow. I dont fluently speak Japanese, but even I know you can not subtitle a long winded dialog with "I see..". The moments where subtitles just stop while a person is still talking were even more of a letdown. The game has a 'backlog' function which I had to look at more than once to check if I didnt actually just miss some dialog. But it turned out to just be missing every time.
[h2]PRICE[/h2]
Boy, was I glad I did not pay the full 26 dollar retail price for this. Not only is it shoddy, it only lasts 2 hours at most. I've had better experiences for a quarter the price. Even on a discount I still wouldnt recommend it to anyone unless it ends up ducking below 5 bucks and theres nothing better to grab.
[h2]REDEEMING QUALITY[/h2]
It has few, but atleast it looked pretty, and the animation was well done.
[h2]VERDICT[/h2]
The game gets a meager 4/10 from me.
Its a lazy port, worth barely 5 bucks.
