VESTIGE Reviews

The audio design is very good, the visual effect is very good, surreal and exciting atmosphere. Unfortunately, the story is too short.

Amazing experience. This is what VR is for. I got more invested in those 13 minutes than any move I've seen lately.

AMAZING! The graphics seem really realistic but are stylized a certain way so you only see everything made up of individual lines of light. It’s hard to explain but the end result turned out really well and as a stylistic choice it seems very fitting for an experience that explores fragments of memories to be visually represented in a way that’s… fragmented. Also be sure to watch this several times, there are entire scenes that I didn’t see the first time around! I was confused and thought maybe I had missed it, but no it turns out there’s actually several (i’m not sure how many yet) different ways to do the experience. I highly recommend Vestige!

Somewhat mixed reviews lately I see. Personally I was in tears by the end; I'd had a smoke beforehand which no doubt played a role, but it was also quite beautifully presented. I liked the main visual effect... to the review that said this was just a 360 video, that's not at all true. it's 6DOF tracking and the actors appear to have been recorded and rendered volumetrically, so you can move around them. My guess is the cool shader came about as a result of trying to render it faster, or to jazz up what would be low quality volumetric video if they were to try to render the whole thing. Either way, the results are very cool. There are some well timed particles, effects and sounds to freak out an unsuspecting stoned person, and a particularly gorgeous triangular interlude. Combined with the sad tale of love lost, it was all a bit of a roller coaster, albeit a short one. I'm not sure if I paid for this or not, I just suddenly spotted it in my library this evening, but I would certainly be willing to pay the current price of €3.99 for it.

Amazing experience. Excellent use of visual and sound cues to take the out-most advantage of a VR environment. Excellent storytelling, made me cry.

This is very fresh for me, only ten minutes after, though this will rank with a few I hold as pushing, and exploring this new media that has arrived. These few that I really show what is possible, evokeing human emotion, and empathy. I don't want that feeling that was conveyed, but I live with it too. I toatally agree, the sayings are true, and they came from some one like brave person that agreed to tell this story. This is only gaze operated, no controler suport. I do recomend it.

This is such a beautiful and touching VR experience. Highly recommend to anyone. It is so pretty to look at, very emotional and one of those things that makes you feel extremely connected to another human being. loved it

I think either the story will touch you, and you'll remember it, either it won't and you will be disappointed. The story has nothing particular. It's just something we will all relate to at some point, the passing of a loved one.

To me, this is the best of VR. Not some gimmicky arcade experience for a slapped together port of an existing game, but an impactful new form of storytelling. It may be a bit short and if you're expecting an actual game, I can understand some disappointment, but I was wiping the tears off of my headset by the end of it and wishing for more experiences of this sort available for VR. The motion graphics used to display the visuals were really interesting and focus your attention and allow you to explore the space without the awkwardness of simply porting 360 video. All in all, really cool stuff and kudos to all the creatives involved and please continue to make great work.

[h1] Experienced on the Oculus Rift [/h1] This is a standing room 360 VR purely cinematic experience approximately 13 minutes long. I did view this experience twice just to see the differences, if any. Very tough choice for me on whether to recommend or not. In the end though, I can't recommend this at the asking price. I think the experience missed the mark. Currently, there are 5 positive reviews already and I'll be the only negative. Why? Well, first of all, this experience is like an experimental (visually) documentary told through the audio of the narrator whose story she is telling. It's a story of love and loss and dealing with grief and sadness. She tells a very personal story and you can tell she really loved this person a lot and that the pain she is talking about is real. However, It does sound like she's talking in a phone interview to some unknown reporter for a TV special of the week. It is told personally, but to no one in particular. There's mention of different stories depending on where you look, but the audio will be mostly if not all the same. The few different scenes that I did see, did not really change the story. Mostly, I was thinking, is that all? I must be missing something. Am I looking the wrong way? I don't get it. The visuals are interesting in a theoretical way, but I don't think they added to the experience. There's just these wiggly lines that do give a fragmented, surrealistic, trippy atmosphere to the experience. But they certainly didn't enhance the experience, instead of clarity, you have distraction and obfuscation. Instead of great 3D visuals, you get intentionally distorted ones. That might work in another type of story, but not this kind of story. In the end, I wasn't entertained or moved by the story. I'm sorry for her loss. I have also experienced loss. I just think the story was too short, and the visuals too distracting, to feel any emotional impact. [b]Rate 4.5/10. I honestly think some may really enjoy this experience (maybe enjoy isn't the right word, but you get my meaning), but I did not. I really like We Are Stars by NSC Creative, so I will NOT be refunding and I will ask others who feel they may enjoy this to support this title by purchasing, even if It just wasn't for me and my tastes.[/b]