It Could Have Been Me

It Could Have Been Me is not a game, although it seems to have been launched on Steam as a game. This is the first of a series of problems with It Could Have Been Me, which is a VR exclusive "walking sim" art installation (not game). It's a collection of documentary stories about Afghanistani refugees. I won't delve too deeply into the subject matter, it's grim, and inappropriate for a game review. Much in the same way trying to sell this to profit from that experience is also inappropriate. The documentaries can only be viewed if you have an Oculus Rift. Usually when a game is made a VR exclusive this is because the developer knows it's a bad game and is hoping people with VR headsets will buy it to try out their VR headset, because they know full well if it was compared directly to the thousands of other games on Steam on a level playing field, it would fail dismally. Here, I'm not so sure, I think they just lacked the required skill to make this run without VR as it was designed as an art installation. Art installations aren't games, and let's be clear, this is Steam, not an art gallery, and it's not Youtube either. There's a godawful sound track featuring terrible ra…

[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift[/h1] You can view my gameplay + review here: https://youtu.be/N-TbTTKDP18 There's always something special about Oculus Rift exclusives on the Steam store and this game / app is no exception. It's really out there. First of all, it's dealing with immigration and the stories of immigrants from Afghanistan on their journey to Sweden. Secondly, it features rap from Emilia Carapic aka Bac Nini (you can find her stuff here): https://youtu.be/ffYnctd01jY Lastly, it has some of the weirdest visuals I have seen in VR and even though it says English language is not supported on the Steam store page, it is, in fact, supported. Unfortunately, the visuals while experimental, are still pretty bad. I mean I don't mind experimental stuff and seeing trippy stuff. I consider myself a very open-minded individual who is open to new experiences. However, these visuals are so bad that they detract from the immigrant stories. It's not just the poor visuals, there's just some odd design choices like a giant chocolate bunny statue just standing in the middle of the Afghanistan environment. There's also just some poor textures, along with poor placement of objects (so…