Starship Commander: Arcade Reviews

This is a fun little experience. It's really short, but it's also quite unique in what it tries to do. I had some issues with the voice recognition, but I'm not a native speaker, so it may be due to that. Recommendable to people who want to try VR with voice recognition (even though Skyrim VR with a couple of mods would be a better way to do that).

This game is awesome! It's both a tightly-packed adventure and a showcase of a BUNCH of innovative ideas that I've never seen anywhere else. The voice control is a really unique experience & works well. It's not long, but it looks gorgeous, runs on modest hardware, has some EXCELLENT tunes, and everything is so concisely put together that it really doesn't need any extra padding. There's plenty to go back for over multiple playthroughs. HIGHLY recommended! Protip: use a reasonable quality mic & make sure you tune your input levels, it REALLY helps the experience.

Don't bother. It's a tech demo. It's not fun and the story is non existent.

Release more of this game, Please! The story seems interesting and the music is good. The voice recognition is amazingly fast and accurate compared to any other voice controlled game I've ever played. This is where I'd like to eventually see more RPG's go, where I can converse naturally with the people I am interacting with. Tired of the good/bad/jerk response mentality we've been boxed into.

I've only played once so far, but it does what it promises to do. It is a glimpse into the future. Some parts are clearly limited, but overall the voice commands do work quite well. Still waiting for the day when an AI is generating the game depending on what I say. If you try to notice the boundraries, you will see them. It is really short, that's kind of a bummer, but worth the money in my opinion.

Truly Starship Commander is the beginning of what will be the next evolution in the gaming industry. Never before have I genuinely felt that I was speaking to living and breathing NPC. Even at times when I would test the game with more uncommon phrases, I would get pretty sound response as if I was talking to a real person. Playing in VR definitely makes for the most immersive experience and it only makes you yearn to play more. Though Starship Commander is on the shorter end, it more than makes up for it by being a pioneer in the growing VR world. I tip my hat to the Human Interact team and can’t wait to see their future endeavors.

[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift[/h1] You can view my (edited) gameplay here: https://youtu.be/FoH5CmxQVvo This is an approximately 13 minute cinematic experience, which has varying scenes depending on your voiced answers. This is like a 360 stereoscopic video, choose your own adventure type experience, which is like the stuff on Amaze VR. You don't use motion controllers at all. It can be fun to try to find new scenes based on your novel responses. Unfortunately, even though the reviewer VR Focus said the AI was good, the AI responses really aren't good and have severe limitations ... but they can be funny (I wouldn't trust VR Focus who seems more concerned about clicks than accuracy in his reports). This is running on the Unreal Engine. I was getting about 45 frames per second on my 1060 GTX. I did get some slight stutters, but it was nothing game-breaking. It did not really effect my enjoyment of the cinematic experience. The stereoscopic 3D here was well-rendered, but it wasn't exactly mind-blowing. I would not say the graphics looks amazing like Paradise Decay, but you're free to purchase this and then follow whoever you think is being honest with you. I have seen much better stereoscopic 3D cinematics in VR, but this wasn't bad. It was fine. I did 2 complete & different playthroughs. I was trying to extend the gameplay as much as possible and gave very different answers. While there were some noticeable differences, much of the experience was very similar. I don't see myself playing this a 3rd time because quite frankly, there wasn't enough variety. The developer said there was about 1 1/2 hours of total cinematic footage, but I don't know what you'd have to answer to get those other hidden scenes. I had fun overall, although the gaze-based navigation combat was pretty bad. I also think $6.79 USD (release sale price) is kind of steep for what you're getting here. However, I guess I'm willing to support VR developers even when the value proposition seems kinda iffy, especially when it's something that's put together nicely. The quality is definitely better than the average stereoscopic 360 cinematic experiences in VR, but it's nothing ground-breaking either, not even the vocal answers and AI responses (but at least it works most of the time unlike some others I have played). [b]Rate 6/10. [/b] [quote]Please note: I bought this game on Steam at the launch date sale price. You can join my Steam Curator Group here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR [/quote]

Sadly while a very cool concept it is just a very short tech demo with some replayability perhaps another 10 minutes or so, while this is accurate on the store page it doesn't make up for the lack dialogue you can have with the NPC not very impressed at all. Also found the game to be very nauseating which is a first and I play lots of FPS and space sims. I wish all the best to the devs but it is sadly not a game for me.

I can't recommend this to anyone other than those that want to support VR development. Sorry, but I was thoroughly unimpressed with every single aspect of this project. I'm not sure I would have even been impressed 3 years ago. It's just not a good game. Period. The graphics are uninspired. In a world with Alexa and Siri, the voice recognition and responses are pathetically limited. In a world with Half Life: Alyx, this hardly even qualifies as a VR tech demo... even for a mobile VR platform, let alone the Vive Index I played on. However, I'm going to let you keep my money based solely on the documentary. If you're going to insist on charging for this, I'd recommend incorporating the documentary into a VR experience and highlighting it. Your goal was valiant, but I think you missed the mark by quite a bit, and it wasn't simply a failure of the industry. Take my money and do better.

This is a tech demo. I was under the impression it was a full story at least an hour of content. This is a single quick mission that can play out a few ways. Great concept - they should have extended the game out for steam release as it appears this was an arcade vending machine vr game. 1.99 for the experience sure. Indie game price? Not worth it.