Colony 19

Pretty cool megastructure climbing game. Has some issues where it will randomly teleport you into freefall state and doesnt have save feature, at least i didn't see one.

Awful, jank, glitched. Can't recommend as it's pretty much unplayable.

Colony 19 is a horror game that immediately made me uncomfortable because it combines climbing with a huge oppressive dystopian environment. I begin in a strange white room before escaping into a massive concrete and metal structure, and the goal is to physically climb my way out while trying to understand what happened to me and the people around me. I liked how the setting makes the journey feel like a desperate escape rather than a normal platforming adventure. The climbing is obviously the main mechanic, and it works particularly well in VR. I have to physically reach out, grab surfaces and pull myself through the structure, which makes every section feel more immediate than ordinary platforming. I enjoyed the physicality because the environment feels enormous when I am actually looking up at it through a headset. Exploration also plays an important role. The structure is not just a set of obstacles, because I am gradually trying to piece together the truth about why I was kept there in the first place. I liked having that mystery in the background because it gives the climbing a stronger purpose. I am not just trying to reach the top. I am trying to escape and understand wha…

Played on Quest 2 I fully recommend giving this game a try if your into unthinkably large set pieces. I've never played one like that since Half life 2. I must have spent 3 whole hours crawling into every little place could find, and I'm certain I haven't seen it all yet. For a free game, It has a pretty intriguing story. I'll leave it at that to avoid spoilers, but I genuinely did not expect to be franticly trying to figure out how to get to the next barcode. I seriously hope the idea this game shows off becomes more popular. 9/10 Absolutely Phenomenal

Works on Reverb G2. Colony 19 is a horror/climbing game with minimalistic visuals and superb atmosphere. It is a bit rough around the edges though, and duration is appropriately short for the price of free. It uses Gorilla Tag-like movement system, but player's body and arms are not physical objects and go through the environment, making it much more clunky. There is also gesture based swimming, that works fine, but it is spoiled by a terrible water, that barely looks or sounds like water. Main environment looks amazing and works very well for a climbing game: you can clearly see where you need to go from the bottom, and look at how far you've gone from the top. Scale and lighting of the building helps creating oppressive atmosphere, that is supported by unsettling lore bits from the terminals. I respect the decision to not have any jumpscares, but during vents section it could have been extremely effective to have one. I ran out of flashlight during this part and had to recharge it in almost complete darkness. If upon regaining the light the game spawned literally anything nearby, I would have shat my pants :)

This game is fun, similar to white knuckle but built for VR. The atmosphere is really well developed and the movement is fluid and fun to play with. The only problems is that the flashlight charging can be awkward and the game is really short. possibly make the flashlight on the front of the chest or so and give it a physical model for visual feed back. The length problem is understandable since the game is free. perhaps an expanded version (possibly paid). the flashlight running out of charge doesn't really add to the tension, maybe add something hunting the player (outside of that one section) that will create dread and panic when the light goes out. Over all a very good game, and excellent for a free one.