Red Rover

Thumbs up, with some caveats. I've been reading Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars" trilogy recently, and I picked this up because I thought it might be good way to better visualize some of the landscapes described in the book. On that level, as a kind of visual aid to my imagination, it's pretty good. It's worth $5 -- the price of a fancy coffee drink -- to get an accurate idea of what Mars more-or-less looks like from ground level. As a game, however, it's ... well ... it's not one. It's not really even trying to be one. The controls are wonky and less than intuitive. (I'd pay another $1 for a DLC that just mapped the camera to the right analog stick on my Xbox controller). There are objective markers, but they don't really mean anything. There's no story. There's no skill involved in navigating the rover around, which could have been an interesting way to go. (There's a whole team at NASA that just tries to figure this stuff out for the real rovers.) You can't free roam the planet, only explore specific map areas, which is less than ideal. If you meet Red Rover on its own terms, and don't it expect it to be something it isn't, it's neat enough for the price. I'd love to see some more development of the experience itself, perhaps like a bunch of randomly generated rocks of all sizes on the surface to give it the feel of the Martian landscape we've seen in photos. It would be cool to see dust storms and other weather, or to have the rover handle differently to different kinds of terrain. I'd like to be able to explore the whole planet without having to "teleport" from one box to another, even if that meant some areas were more accurately depicted than others. I wouldn't mind a more game-like experience, perhaps driving supplies from one outpost to another. Even a few things like this would make it feel more immersive. Red Rover is like a very promising demo or alpha version of the Mars game that I'd like to play. if Alan Chan decides this is all he would like it to be, I'm OK with that. But it could be more.

This is a very cool concept, but hold off until they provide a control scheme that makes sense. Keep my five dollars, though. Please use it to better the simulator.

Impressions Video with Commentary // Oculus + Touch // GTx 1060 (6GB): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo_VV9vR6NM PLEASE NOTE: This is more like a simulator and I would only recommend to people mad about space, mars and exploring. There is not a lot to do in this experience, no quests or objectives, but what it's designed for, it does it well so with that in mind and the price its hard to give this a negative review. Graphics, sound and physics are well polished and simulate the Martian environment really well. If you have ever seen the NASA Curiosity Rover images and thought to yourself, "I would love to visit Mars and see those locations" then this is probably the closest and most realistic you'll get. As a bonus you get a cool Martian Buggy to roam around in. The game runs really smooth has a nice sense of speed and the graphics work as intended. Spatial sound adds a lot of immersion and controls are easy and intuitive from the start.

Actual Mars terrain. VR offroading. Low grav. Done!

This experience is stunning if you like exploring space in VR and I love flying around the real terrain, feels like I am there on Mars. I have waited for something like this for decades! Nice one Dev this has become my new favourite diddn't think anything would beat Lunar Flight so well done. If I could ask for a small request, could we have an untethered from vehicle roaming around EVA function so we can explore freely and an adjustment so we can calibrate our seat position in the rover up/down left/right for the viewpoint. I love it!

Like other reviewers say, keep your expectations low and you will be pleased. There really isn't much to do, besides driving around and sight-see. I was initially disappointed in the driving part as it doesn't feel very real at all. However, after seeing some of the terrain, I quickly realised that a more realistic driving experience will make you very sick in VR. You can also fly around, not very realistically, but it is easy and gets the job done. The bottom line for me, is that for an extremely low price, you get to see Mars close-up. Not all of it, but enough to appreciate what the one-way trip volunteers will be seeing in 2024. That alone is worth the asking price. Driving/flying around awkwardly is just a bonus.

A decent attempt at VR Mars, as a default not as good as Mars 2030. Then you add the horrific situation where the "recenter" button is completely ineffective. I had to play it with my head in between two bookshelves! Very poor development. Mars 2030 is way better.

Простой симулятор марсохода, есть вид от первого и от третьего лица. Сделано якобы на базе реальных карт Марса. Играть удобнее на геймпаде, но и тачи поддерживает. За 30 руб. по скидке пойдет) Видео-обзор: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUtYUNdV0zY

I had some issues navigating the main menu when the tutorial was over but found using WASD keys let me get past that and into the simulation. I didn't find that step very intuitive. Once in though, the simulation is excellent and I plan on spending much time racing around the surface of mars!