Twin Peaks VR

A neat little experience for fans of Twin Peaks. Took me about 30 minutes to complete it the first time around, could probably be completed in around 15 if you're just blowing through it though. Overall probably not worth the 10 dollars, but if it's ever on sale then pick it up. FYI some achievements are bugged. Have played through twice and still haven't gotten the achievements for completing the sheriff's office or naido's apartment. Doubt this will ever be fixed so keep that in mind if you're planning to 100% the game.

I'm going to start of with saying this game is very short, which is reflected in the price. I'm a big fan of Twin Peaks so as an owner of a VR headset I had to get this game even the the trailer for the game looked mediocre. The game itself contains different scenarios that you play through where you jump between locations. Most locations seem to be derieved from The Return but you do get to visit classic locations like the Twin Peaks Sheriffs Department, The Black Lodge and walk through the forest among the douglas firs and visit the location where Laura Palmer was murdered. The graphics are ok, not the best I've seen but also not the worst. I haven't captured any footage or analysed frame rates but the game felt smooth to play for me. I played the game on the Valve Index with a RTX 2080, i7 9700k and 16GB RAM. The controlls offer teleport based and smooth locomotion which is a huge plus(but which should be expected in 2019/2020). You walk around and investigate/inspect different objects to progress through the game as well as solve some easy puzzles. This is not a challenging game it's more of a VR experiences. So would I recommend this game? Both yes and no. If you've never seen Twin Peaks or just know about it I don't really see any reason for you to get it since the game will most likely leave you unsatisfied. If you are a big Twin Peaks fan and really want to experiences what it's like standing and looking around in some of these iconic locations then I would recommend it.

As a big fan of Twin Peaks, it was nice to visit a few of the locations and look around. I can tell a lot of effort was put into the models, even if some of them are a little low-poly. The way the level selector works is pretty cool too. It's just a shame the whole thing feels very disjointed - it jumps from random scene to random scene, and the overall experience is way too short. There was a lot of opportunity here to make it into something so much more. If not a fully fleshed-out game, then maybe some more of the iconic locations such as the RR, Great Northern, Roadhouse, the Palmer house etc. Or from season 3, the atomic bomb scene (as another reviewer mentioned). Or more characters. We only get Dougie, Naido, and Bob, all very briefly. Naido did look cool though. There are a few bugs. The code puzzle in the glass box observation lobby kept resetting. Locomotion controls suddenly stopped working in a couple of places: most notably the Red Room soon after Dougie appeared, and I had to resort to teleporting which I hate - and after the glass box SD card puzzle, I was wandering around for too long trying to work out what to do next, until I realised I could only teleport to get into the next area. I saw some people complaining about achievements not working. I guess that was fixed, because they worked for me. Red Room ceiling definitely needs to be higher/darker/or nonexistent and have the curtains fading into blackness. To sum up: worth it if you're a TP megafan or completist, just to see a couple of cool things. But don't expect too much.

It took me exactly an hour to play though. The locomotion gave me motion sickness and the graphics are juttery. That said, it was pretty cool getting to visit the Twin Peaks locations in VR. It was worth $10 to me for a Sunday morning stroll, but I don't know that I'll play though it a second time any time soon. Maybe someday.

It is fun for the curiosity of having a Twin Peaks library, and you'll get a small kick out of seeing the locations. There is however a massive lack of ambition (lack of documents, lack of voice over). There's some gimmes like, say, an answering machine in the Twin Peaks Sheriff Department, where you might expect some fun Peaks-esque dialogue stuck in there. But, as memory serves, it's just an immediate clue for how to leave the scene as quickly as possible. If you're a die hard Peaks fan, get it on sale and mess with it for an hour or two. But, put expectations to the floor. For anyone else, desperately avoid as it's not a good enough experience on it's own.

Please get rid of the ceiling in the Red Room.

Not very long and not much to do, but I got a kick out of it.

Good Times!

Thumbs up - yes it is short but if you are a fan of the series, you shan`t be disappointed. I dare you not feeling in danger walking towards the abandoned train car, where it all started that night

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