RuneSage

I had bought this game, just to experience being a mage. It accomplishes that pretty well, though I'll have to wait for fireballs. A couple of days after I bought the game though the developer actually contacted me seeing any improvements. I guess I'm just used to not ever hearing from the developers of games so it took me by surprise. I told him about what few problems I had with it and it didn't take long (I think a day.) for them to get fixed. I recommend the game because not only is it worth it now, but later down the line it will add more things, and only get better.

I'm really enjoying this so far. If you like exploration\puzzle games, you should give it a go. It has a nice atmosphere with a good choice of music. Using the spells you learn to solve puzzles and progress in the game is enjoyable. You also have 3 different options for locomotion, which allows you to choose the method that suits you best (this is always a nice option to have in VR games). I'm impressed in the world that's been created so far and the developer is very active in addressing problems and implementing new ideas the community has. The hard work an passion put into this game is the reason I support emerging VR developers in their creations.

I really love this game. It's one of those games I feel a compulsion to keep playing because it's relaxing and engaging (plus I am cursed with being a completionist). Pros: -Soundtrack -Graphics, particularly the unique design of each of the eight mages -Puzzles, just difficult enough to be challenging but none felt impossible -Movement options: teleport, trackpad, and arm-swing! -The developer, he's very helpful to stuck sages like myself and is quick to respond to questions and feedback -The price, for at least 10-15 hours of interesting gameplay $9.99 is a really decent price (especially for a VR game) Cons: -NONE, after all the changes and hard work the developer has put into this game, I can happily say that there are no cons

2 Minute Video Review: https://youtu.be/pTV_I8XQaHY RuneSage is a magical scavenger hunt in which you're granted spells to search and find the hidden crystals. There's no combat in this game, it's peaceful exploration and item hunting. It's quite large, it'll take you around 8-10 hours to complete. Great sound design and music makes the world feel rich. Nice exploration gem here.

A surprisingly cool game! An interesting, open world that is fun to explore.

I played this game because I finally got around to connecting my Quest to my PC and saw it in my Steam library - I had bought it years ago, when I was intending to get a HTC Vive. As in the one released in 2016. (And then I didn't get a VR headset until the Oculus Quest at the start of 2020) It's a nice, casual, puzzle + treasure hunt game where you cast spells to do, well, everything. Open a door normally? No! You're a mage! Cast a spell to open it for you! There's no combat, even though there are some spells that could be used for it (including fire balls!) but instead they are used for solving puzzles or otherwise interacting with the environment. Mostly the game is tracking down chests to find pieces of a map that lead you to where you can find the crystal shards you need to finish the game. You don't need to find all the map pieces - often finding 2/3 map segments is enough to know where you have to go and what you have to do once you're there. Sometimes important hints are given by the NPCs that appear near map chests once you open them too. (all NPCs "talk" by having a scroll with what they are saying on it, which is a nice touch I think) Many of the puzzles can be solved in multiple ways, and often you can use additional spells to make something easier (whether that's solving a puzzle or just exploring). Something helpful is most places you are looking for crystal shards have how many you've found in different parts of the area on the quick travel map. It's nice so you know whether you've missed something or not. I really enjoyed the spell casting system. The game detected my gestures properly almost all of the time, better than many games with bigger teams and budgets. The combined spells tend to make sense. And a lot of the spells were quite fun to use. The "draw the rune" then "cast the spell" steps were things I didn't even think about much after the start, even though they shared a button and many spells are made from two runes. I got 100% completion in seven hours, and I wasn't exactly trying to fast. But that's still a decent length for a VR game (especially for a non-shooter from 2016). Another thing to mention is it does have multiple player slots. I have other people that like using my VR and it's annoying to have to tell them not to play a specific game because I haven't finished it yet, so multiple player slots is a definite plus. Problems... This game was made in 2016, and it shows. Home VR was still pretty new, and some things this game tries (like using the grip buttons to drag your view around to rotate!) are horrible. Thankfully I could disable the grip buttons to rotate thing in the options by setting rotation to roomscale and just turning around myself without having to worry about accidentally pressing a grip button. The graphics are, I think, quite good for the time, but the textures are pretty low-res for today's VR systems. Have a look at the screenshots if graphics are important to you. The game also has some minor bugs. Sometimes levitation seemed to act weird, and once I got stuck in a wall (though pressing the button to open the in-game menu, say to access the quick travel or quests, was enough for it to push me out of the wall and everything to be fine again)

This is one of the best VR games I have played so far. If Puzzle/RPG games are your thing, or if you just want to experience being a wizard, then this game is for you. This is by far one of the longest (most content) games I have played, and I loved every minute.

[h1]魔法を使って各地に隠されたクリスタルを探すゲーム[/h1] [b]ストーリー[/b] 嵐が来て、世界を守っていたクリスタルが粉々になって各地に散らばってしまった... 次の嵐が来る前にクリスタルを全て見つけましょう！ [b]内容[/b] ・迷路や、魔法を使った謎解きがメインです ・戦闘要素なしなのでVR世界の探検に集中できます ・移動方式が色々あります。 自分は腕振り移動でBGM聞きながらのんびり歩いて、疲れたらワープして探検しました。 [b]良いところ[/b] ・魔法が使える！！ハリーポッター風に杖を振らないと発動しない！ 魔法のルーンを書くのが大神っぽくて楽しいです。２つの魔法の組み合わせで他の魔法が使えるのが面白いです。 ・世界の雰囲気が良い（生い茂った森、薄暗い洞窟、溶岩の海など色々探検できます。ストーリーが進むと天気が変わっていくのも臨場感あって良いです） ・英語がわからなくても直感とひらめきと探索でクリアできる（途中で行き詰ったら他の場所を探査したら解決方法や簡単にクリアできるチート魔法[spoiler]暗闇を常時明るく照らす炎の壁など[/spoiler]が見つかったりしました） [b]不満点[/b] ・ヒントが英文と、宝箱マップだけだったので、魔法使いのテキストを絵で教えてほしかった。 ・終盤で手に入った魔法の使いみちがほぼなかった クリア後にそれ[spoiler] 雪玉投げとか[/spoiler]を使ったミニゲームがあったらなぁと思った。 ・魔法使用時のボイスがおじさん。効果音でも良いと思った。 [b]感想[/b] 魔法が使えて雰囲気の良い世界だったので非常に楽しめました。VRの良さが十分にわかる良ゲーでした。

This is a very fun game for those looking for an adventure of exploration and magic. There are no enemies to fight, which for me was a welcome change to other magic-based games. The dev is amazingly helpful and quick to respond to requests - something we gamers don't always experience. I had a bit of issue working out the mechanics of the game - teleporting and casting the magic - but once I figured it out (the issues were mine, not the game's) it worked very well. Magic casting is completed by releasing the trigger at the farthest point from your body; I do think this is not intuitive as in most games the trigger is pressed, not released, to start the action. If you have trouble spell casting, go back and read the instructions again. My other bit of advice - no spoilers here - is not to linger too long trying to complete a particular quest. As you get more spells and even a second wand, things that are impossible at one point suddenly are easy to complete. This is a game that I will replay at some point in the future, and I would not hesitate purchasing future games from this dev.