Reviews

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  christianled59

  Jul 8, 2016

  I really really loved the fireworks. So much attention to detail. The sound was off to compensate for the speed of sound. Just wonderful. A few performance issues here and there but definitely worth the money.
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  Mr. Kickass

  Jul 8, 2016

  It's an ok experience for that price. Basically you get 4 places to explore if you don't include the starting place. As for gaming goes, there's absolutly nothing to do in these places except for launching fireworks in one of them. However, the fireworks were really well made with good sounds and visuals, and made it a joy to watch. I thought all scenes seemed a bit empty, with few details and things to look at. If it would had provided better details overall, like in one scene you can see the raindrops moving down the window, it could have been a very nice experience, but the world seems very empty and static. It still delivers good sounds and who doesn't find sitting in a cabin in the woods, while the rain is pooring outside, relaxing? You basically get what you're paying for, and for that price you really can't complain over what you get.
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  Kohbus

  Jul 9, 2016

  This, like a few other titles, has a 'double vision' issue so bad it makes me absolutely nauseous. So much so, that I am typing this 10 minutes after I have requested a refund and I am still feeling it. Yes, my rig can handle this program. i7-4790k, 16G DDR3, 8G MSI R9-390, SSD. Aside from the queasy, the sound delay from the fireworks was pretty cool! Still giving it a recommend. :)
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  Assassi7V

  Jul 9, 2016

  well. its not as pretty as i thought and missed frames pops up A LOT, but its just released maybe in time?
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  bubblegumrobot

  Jul 9, 2016

  dont bother, very low res textures and the fireworks make the framerate drop easily. Even if this were free to play i would still feel ripped off
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  inzoo

  Jul 9, 2016

  I'm sorry but this experience is very small and not as nice as in the trailer. Maybe it will be developed in the future but for now it is not worth paying money for. Sorry
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  The Orange Rams

  Jul 10, 2016

  Simply put: Don't buy it! Long version: You get four experiences (not counting the menu), of which one is okay: the fireworks are nice to watch. But all experiences are very clean and unnatural, e.g. "The Mountain" experience is simply a very low textured area where you are not allowed to wander around, but are limited to a very small area (possibly 3m x 3m). That is nothing compared to the "Vesper Peak" experience you get in "The Lab" for free! Furthermore there is a living room with a fireplace and rain outside the window which is also very sterile, but ok. The last one is a "walk" in "The Forest" which is simply an offence. There is no walk - again only a very restricted area - and the trees look very very simple. I don't know where the good reviews come from, but I feel very disapointed! I do like to sit down on "Vesper Peak" (The Lab) and enjoy the scenary, but I don't think I can enjoy any of these four experiences like that. Some additional words: The main reason I feel that much disapointed is that this product is not marked as early access or work in progress while it seriously is either a bad product or an unfinished product. The advertising simply does not match the state of the product. I bought a couple of games in early access to support the developer and when I bought them I knew what to expect and so it was ok and I am excited to play these games after each update. I will change my review if this product gets improved.
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  Toffeyman

  Jul 10, 2016

  Only the fireworks section is any good really, if I were the dev then I would focus on that area solely. Bring more colours and types of fireworks then it could be worth a couple of quid. As it stands, not worth it I'm afraid.
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  Whipper

  Jul 11, 2016

  Good idea, and solidly implemented. Textures and sound could use some love, but dev has said continued work is coming. Worth the cheap price, especially as a relaxing way to demo VR to newcomers, but if you're looking for a well polished product I'd give it some more time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq-xPjQ_zRc
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  cubix

  Jul 11, 2016

  The fireworks part is really nice to watch and to play with. The indoor fireplace scene where it rains outdoor is too complex and juddery on my GTX 780Ti GPU. This scene needs some optimization. The other two landscape scenes are relatively bland and would require higher res textures and details to be really enjoyable.
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  themasterpieceartist

  Jul 14, 2016

  I'm sorry but four empty small rooms with nothing to do should not cost money
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  aeturn09

  Jul 22, 2016

  I LOVE this. Its small, its inexpensive, and I've spent LOTS of time in the fireworks area. I have no idea why it says I've only been in for .7 hours...I easily have been in watching just the fireworks longer than that. The woods..I had fun crawling on the ground through the plants...I'm sure I looked like an idiot in RL..whatever. The cabin...sitting in there is easy to forget I live in the city while watching the rain on the windows. The mountain...I rather liked sitting on the edge and looking down...I have a fan blowing on me..added to the illusion..again, probably looked like an idiot... The lobby...surreal. laid down on my floor and just watched the orbs for a bit. Might try drinking and going into this place. The fireworks....I absolutely love being able to control the shells. That being said, one of the shells bogs my machine down...I'd love to see it optimized. I've got a GTX980ti, 16G RAM and I5 6700.
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  IronPanda

  Jul 30, 2016

  I was really looking forward to this, the lobby area with metallic balls suspended in the air looks great but it's really all downhill from there. I could sit in Skytower and watch youtube videos or just chill. This, not so much. The environments aren't detailed and whilst the cost isn't great I wouldn't recommend
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  Zeejay

  Aug 14, 2016

  This is a nice relaxing little experience. I've been looking for this kind of thing in VR, especially the rain room, where I can sit in an environment and chill. I would love to see more titles like this. The developer is listening to the community and will be adding more scenes. The latest update improved the graphics and performance quite a bit.
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  stridast76

  Aug 15, 2016

  I want to like this game, I really do, but for me, it's less then 50% playable. the fireworks map works ok, so long as I dont do more than a couple fireworks at the same time. the woods map is nice, but the mountain map, even though it's low res, gets enough frame skips to cause me motion sickness. the rainy room map looks cool, but seriously, the frame skipping is so severe that less than 1 min in that room is enough to cause me motion sickness for a couple hours after System specs for me: intel skylake i6-6700k 6bg ram gigabyte factory oc gtx 970 (windforce) This either needs some serious optimization, or else a graphics adjustment setting somewhere. I love the concept, and will NOT be returning it, But with how rough it still is, even after the first optimization update, I can not recommend this game to others unless the optimization issues are fixed, or if you have a new pascal based nvidia graphics card (1060, 1070, 1080 etc), AND if you are looking to get your Zen on in a nice relaxing environment, then this is the game for you. but as is, thats a fairly specific subset of an already small target audience.
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  noob

  Oct 22, 2016

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfOuSYY1WO4
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  napmouse

  Jan 2, 2017

  Abandonware. Had potential, but squandered due to piss-poor performance, and quite frankly not the prettiest environments either. Oh well.
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  FireStorm020

  May 19, 2017

  To be honest, when I looked at the negative reviews prior to buying this title, I thought that they were simple expecting too much from a not-even $3 program, and were disappointed when they didn't get a lot, but quite frankly, this is really not that great. The developers seem to be under the illusion that the shortcuts that work on a regular monitor - such as using low-poly meshes with a texture slapped on them, or making bushes out of multiple flat textures - will still be ok in VR when they simply won't. The mountain and forest areas are jokes. These are where those problems stand out the most. It's very easy to see the flat planes of the bushes and trees, and the fact that very little time was put into the ground or anything more than the immediately visible environment. Seriously, if you teleport to the ledge in the mountain scene, the view below you is pretty much a green, vaguely-mountain-shaped blob. Admittedly, though, the fireworks area is sorta fun to play around in, but the fireworks are entirely manual, so if you stop pressing buttons, they stop coming. I do like the rainy area, though. They seemed to actually pay attention to this area(mostly). The objects have a high enough poly count to not look boxy, and there are actually quite a few objects around the room, all with good detail to them, and it makes it feel like a believable space. Two complaints I have about it though, are the fact that the rain sound is the same volume regardless of your distance from the window, while the fire volume is determined by proximity, making it hard to hear the fire at all unless you're right next to it, and the fact that the rain itself falls very slowly. I don't expect much out of rain, but if I can track three different drops simultaneously as they fall to the ground, it's falling too slow. Overall, if you are very specfically looking for a VR experience where you can sit and listen to rain and a crackling fire in a semi-believable environment, then go ahead and grab this app. If you are looking for something to interact with or move around a lot in, go find something else. If you are looking for a place to sit and look around at nice views, go find something else. If you are looking for pretty much anything other than the rain-and-fire thing, go find something else.
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  mrorange

  Jun 26, 2017

  I like those calm VR experiences where you just walk around and enjoy a nice scenery and I would also be willing to pay something for it if it is well made. But since we have Destinations, the Lab and a lot of other free scenery apps, like the master of them all Google Earth, a tech demo like Vistacapes VR falls short. I bought it on sale for 50 cents and do not regret it since I just like having games in my collection anyways, but for non-collectors I can say, save your money and enjoy the mentionned programs which deliver so much more content and perfection. Unfortunately not recommended. [i] Twitch Channel : https://www.twitch.tv/mrorange55 Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1UE5TPoF0HX0HVpF_E4uPQ/videos?view_as=subscriber [/i]
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  Mcbert

  Feb 18, 2018

  I got this thinking they'd build on it, like Destinations used to be till it was changed to our Steam homes.. this is one of the most pointless VR purchases I've ever made. Don't waste your time with it.