Terje Haakonsen's Powder VR Reviews

Its a pretty good game but its kind of confusing. Some stuff just doesn't feel clear.

Ive only played for a small amount of time, love skiing in real life, i think its great, its basic but fun, looking forward to more time in there, not able to go skiing at the moment. so vr it is. :) well done so far guys.

There's a decent learning curve and a need to keep to the center of positional tracking calibration during all the action, hence the frequent need to perform re-zero calibration at each load screen. luckily its very quick and painless. Once basic tutorial is cleared and the concepts of centering and leaning is somewhat dialed in, the experience is undeniably great! I recommend trying/allowing flips and world spin by enabling in settings because if you can stomach it, its where this experience really shines . Performance on 3080 ti/ 9900K w/ valve index is acceptable but recently getting a lot of cpu frametime bottlenecks regardless of settings. It seems to happen over a little time of play where at first things are smooth and then it degrades. I tried everything like lowering render resolution, running at 90 hz , setting sttings to low , confirming cpu thermals not triggering throttling, app conflicts, allowed prerendered frames, etc... I hope this gets resolved because I really love this game ---Highly recommended.

A bold attempt at VR simulation of snowboarding / skiing. As someone who rides weekly in resort (and just got back from snowbird and solitude this weekend), and tours regularly once the snowpack has set in, the physics of this game unfortunately do not add up. The acceleration in deep powder (or even packed snow) should not be this quick. During carves deceleration and further acceleration from heel/toe should not just be "forward momentum changes". The powder/snow effects are outdated. The mountains are fairly barren. I feel that the graphics engine is not optimized at this time for the eye-candy / performance ratio (i'm on a RTX 3070 and oculus rift). Unfortunately the graphics are far from AA/AAA gaming at this time. I do feel that this has the potential to become "Steep" VR, and hope that it gets there some day. At this time it is hard to recommend as a purchase. Will re-post review once more updates (hopefully) come.

Have been waiting for a long time for a VR game to give me that feeling of being an extreme sport athlete. This game has easily filled that gap for me. Being able to flip/spin while flinging yourself off cliffs feels amazing (all with comfort options so providing you have your VR legs you can unlock the camera) but even being able to bomb through chutes without the fear of injuring yourself is worth the price alone. Have spent the majority of time on skis and there has definitely been some thought getting the controls right to give you feeling of being on the snow. If you're exploring, I'd suggest chucking the controllers through a belt positioned at your hips or in your pockets. Being able to drive into turns with your knees feels insanely realistic and a lot of fun for bombing hills. Devs have managed to capture that easy to pick up, hard to master mechanic so if you are struggling, keep practicing and it will click. Mountains are enormous with plenty of variety. With more coming, there are many hours of finding new lines.

I found 'Powder VR' to be unplayable, both as a skiing and snowboarding simulation. As someone experienced in skiing, I was looking for a realistic VR simulation, but this game did not meet my expectations. The game is plagued with numerous bugs. Most notably, the board and skis are often submerged beneath the snow, obscuring the view. Additionally, replays show that the player character is consistently contorted into strange positions, regardless of player actions. Based on these issues, I am requesting a refund for sure.

I like skiing in real life. I also like this skiing in this game too. I do not snowboard so I cannot comment on that. I have tried other similar games. I like this the best.

I bought the game a while ago and never was able to play more than the tutorial. I simply got stuck in every other loading menu and after abt 15 min the game did not respond. Really frustrated actually, as the game seems so nice!

Unfortunately I can't recommend this game even though I would wish. The game is simply boring and . Too much space and there is lack of that "VR feeling" when you play this game. The calibration is really messed up. Tutorial is annoying and not too helpful. Its better to actually skip it and try to learn controls during a normal quick race. There is also a lot of let's call it, blank space, so you are just riding skiis and just do nothing.. no slalom, no andrenaline, no feeling. I wish the game had slalom mode with flags. For that price I believe it should have it. Somebody in a different review already mentioned poor physics and how the game feels different than skiing in real life. Others would say: "Hey, but this is just a game". Well, I would reply to this, there is a free to play game offering skiing that has a much better feeling comparing to real life skiing than this game does. it's just not an entertaining game. There is no joy.

Long awaited game especially due to high expectations on how developers will handle controls and I must say I am pretty impressed. I am mainly snowboarder so I will not provide much detail on how skiing is in this game. Anyway overally in early access this game seems legit. Peos: - controls general concept feel natural - there is almost no sickness or nausea but I may had already built up some threshold in other vr titles - after initiating air time on board game goes into slowmo which is really great to think the tricks at the moment - tracking pretty much guess the position of body and knees right - there is really nice music not any smash and boom type you would expect from this type of game - the game physics leans more toward simulation then arcade - people can eventually learn snowboarding in this game without prior experience - the overal atmosphere in game and visuals are very indie but feel great Cons: - turning with hands positioning feels little off as in real snowboarding it is mostly done by hips and legs - jumping controls are merged with nudging which makes it little hard to get jumps right initially - there is definitelly a learning curve - the is no physics matching leaning towards the front and back foot which feels unnatural - graphics is simplistic - the dude in explore mode looks weird :) - character avatars are little too sci-fi - the shop and gearing up is unfinished but i am looking forward full release I really enjoy the game even aware of cons and may find more when longer in game. I do not think there is any other title covering winter sports like this out there for all vr platforms so thumbs up from me.