Atlantis VR Reviews

A nice underwater rollercoaster, very simple but also very cheap You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/JCQWY9TzoOU

This isn't a game, it's a short 5 minute VR tech demo. All you do is use your VR headset to view an underwater environment on a short tour. That's it. No gameplay, just look. If there's no gameplay, it's not a game. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player seeks another player, tests their skill against that player by shooting them or being shot, the computer rewards the player if they win, and then if the player survives, they repeat that loop. There's no loop here, no true interactive feedback. It simply is not a game, it cannot be "played". The software is very very short and can be finished in 5 minutes. Developers have at least some responsibility to provide enough content to make a game last more than 2 hours if they're serious about providing something of value to gamers. There's less content here than free game demos have. The software is very simplistic, small and limited in scope and ambition. This is just a tech demo, proof of concept or student homework assignment rather than a fully fledged product designed for PC gamers. As such it doesn't offer any real value as a serious PC game. The poor quality of this software is reflected by how many people spent time with it. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak user number was only 3 players. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only user activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 100,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in this low quality software is to be expected. So, should you buy this software? Is this one of the best of the 100,000+ games on Steam? Atlantis VR is relatively cheap at $2 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the software, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend. It's impossible for me to recommend things that aren't games to gamers.