The Martian VR Experience

Requested refund. 19.99 is far far too much for what turns out to be such a shallow promotional product. Even if I were prompted to try this for free in a cinema lobby or at some kind of convention - which is exactly the kind of product this feels like - I would come away extremely underwhelmed, and probably confused as to what the fuss over VR is. It is mostly an FMV game, in which you watch clips from the movie floating in front of you, with the lightest of VR gameplay possible tacked on at intervals. From the very first moments alarm bells start ringing when you're prompted to awkwardly hold out your arms and look at a small target to calibrate. Even worse are follow-up moments in which you're a disembodied camera speeding over a landscape, then disorientatingly locked to the character's motion. I was presented with a table of potatoes that I could pick up and throw into buckets, but was at a loss as to what to do once there was nothing left, as just sat around looking for more "game" until it eventually decided to load up another few clips. This game seems to be full of bad choices that break VR Design 101, I would not be using this as a representation of VR's capabilites to anyone. Even by the already overpriced standards of VR titles, this is a complete ripoff, there is no value here.

Eine fantastische VR Erfahrung die mit etwa 25 Minuten etwas kurz ausgefallen ist. Grafisch und gameplay technisch ist "The Martian" auf ziemlich hohem Niveau. Für Fans des Films ist es durchaus empfehlenswert. Wem die 20€ zu viel sind, kann ja warten bis es im sale günstiger wird. Allerdings ist der Originale Film auf BluRay auch nicht billiger und man kann nicht interaktiv als Hauptcharakter mitmischen.

This game is absolute garbage. I was naive thinking that the previous reviewers were too harsh, but I was very very wrong.

I thought this would be a good "vr experience" considering I enjoyed the book and movie alot. I thought it would really bring you into Mars. What I ended up with was short sections of the movie played on flat screen in front of you and a pretty terrible series of mini games. Completely do not recommend for any reason.

Wow! Too short? Yes indeed. Too easy? Yes. For a short period of time leave you feeling like you are the guy stranded on Mars and then being rescued, with amazing visual content that gets your heart pumping? YES. Enjoy the moment folks! Do it more than once and just allow yourself in and feel what Mark felt. Awesome.

Dont know why so much bad reviews. It was enjoyable but it is agreed upon too expensive for gameplay and gametime. Wait for the holiday sale. But only if its 50% off.

Pretty cool concept but no way is it worth $20. Wait until the price drops to $5 at the most.

Meh. It had a couple of cool things that grabbed my attention. The experience should be priced around $5.... not $20 thats for sure. Requested a refund.

took me around 20 mins to beat, I somehow got this free. As a VR experience, it's not that bad, though I really think this should be free. Worth a play, but not worth the money

Very short, about 20 minutes. Basically a tech demo/interactive movie, with The Martian name. Not worth more than $10. Would've been nice to have a full fledged game, with room scale.