Andromedum
Imbanova Entertainment Inc. · 2016 · Indie, Casual, VR, Visual Novel
PC
Mostly Positive73% · 15
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About Andromedum
Andromedum is a VR novel with stereoscopic environments and audio narration.
HTC Vive motion controllers are required!
Jack Philips is running, and he can’t even remember why.
Hunted through the remnants of a world where our past exists only as fractured clues, Jack has almost as little information about his identity. Only a sword too fine for any common soldier and flashes of memory telling him things that would get anyone else in the kingdom executed.
The kingdom itself is a mystery, its king determined to maintain that mystery by any means necessary. Knowledge is horded, the majority of the kingdom reduced to living in a world of swords and horses, kings and petty wars. Around them, steel and glass stand as half-remembered snatches of the past, but for most people they point to truths they will never be permitted to grasp.
When Jack meets Henry and Dahlia, a father and daughter dedicated to the preservation of the past, his simple sprint for the edges of the kingdom turns into something more complex. Henry wants to save as much as he can of what came before the kingdom. Dahlia simply wants to tear the kingdom down.
Ultimately, Jack must decide whether to keep on running, or finally make a stand for the world as it should be. Either way, the hunters are still coming. He might not remember them, but they definitely remember him.
HTC Vive motion controllers are required!
Jack Philips is running, and he can’t even remember why.
Hunted through the remnants of a world where our past exists only as fractured clues, Jack has almost as little information about his identity. Only a sword too fine for any common soldier and flashes of memory telling him things that would get anyone else in the kingdom executed.
The kingdom itself is a mystery, its king determined to maintain that mystery by any means necessary. Knowledge is horded, the majority of the kingdom reduced to living in a world of swords and horses, kings and petty wars. Around them, steel and glass stand as half-remembered snatches of the past, but for most people they point to truths they will never be permitted to grasp.
When Jack meets Henry and Dahlia, a father and daughter dedicated to the preservation of the past, his simple sprint for the edges of the kingdom turns into something more complex. Henry wants to save as much as he can of what came before the kingdom. Dahlia simply wants to tear the kingdom down.
Ultimately, Jack must decide whether to keep on running, or finally make a stand for the world as it should be. Either way, the hunters are still coming. He might not remember them, but they definitely remember him.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players have mixed reactions to this VR audiobook experience. Those who enjoy it appreciate the professional narration, interesting story, and the novel concept of a visually-accompanied audiobook in VR, though some note it could work just as well lying down given its passive nature. Critics complain about the extended page count creating a tedious experience, poor VR environment quality, lack of meaningful interactivity or exploration, motion sickness from the fixed camera perspective, confusing controls, and technical issues like rendering problems and transparent object overlays.
The challenge in this "game" is to endure long enough to be able to write a review. I did put the headset on the floor for a while... This is terrible, hundreds of pages to be read, the VR environments are of low quality, you can't move around and explore, turning your head feels strange.4 found this helpful
I enjoyed the experience of a story narration with the accompanying 3D visual illustration and would like to see more of this type of content. As for this particular production, I found the narrator's voice excellent, offering a very professional delivery. The story however, whilst interesting, became increasingly more unbelievable for me with Jack seemingly completely invincible. I found it stretched credibility too far which kind of ruined an otherwise decent story line. The graphical illustration was done well on the whole and matched the story with the exception of a few areas, where clearly a lack of appropriate assets to do so was apparent. I enjoyed the ending though. Overall an enjoyable, relaxing and a quite intimate experience in VR, which has wet my apatite for more stories told in this way.1 found this helpful
It's an audio book in VR. Its doesn't do much to make use of the VR aspects, but if you want to be read a story with a bit of scene setting its nicely read and the story seems interesting enough so far, reasonably narrated. Its so passive though that it might be nicer experienced lying down if you didn't need to look around to see the set pieces.
All I can say is that this is a good book.
awful, just awful story is boring neauseating (location is fixed) controls are confusing and buggy 3d scenes are not rendered well (hovering over weird black hole, semi transparent objects overlaying)
I like BIG books, I can not lie. Here is the thing, I own quite an extensive library of books (500+) and an extensive library of Audible books (200+). All genres from the late 1600's to published just last month. I admire the art form of writing and the creativity that goes into it. This is an entirely new art form that is limitless in it's infancy. I stopped on page 26 of 500+ pages, just to write this review. It is a fantastic first step and I am excited to see where this goes. Bravo to the devs/authors bravery in building this. After 50 years of collecting stories, I have an entirely new format to pursue. What a great time to be alive.
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