Dive with Sylvia VR

[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality[/h1] You can view my gameplay & review here: https://youtu.be/1Z9Kwd2G-Xo This is an approximately 5 minute long dive cinematic experience with few interactions. The whole experience is on-rails. The interactions consist of holding a flashlight, holding a gauge meter, and possibly scaring sea horses away. The experience is running on the Unity Engine. Each dive is supposed to be different and that may be technically true. However, I found that each dive was pretty much the same, with the big difference being that sometimes you saw the hammerhead shark and sometimes you didn't. The visuals are nice, but nothing spectacular (plus it's just a bit foggy). The sounds are pretty dull and uninspired. You can barely hear anything. The game runs fine on my 1060 GTX, at a steady 90 frames per second. This game is overpriced for what it is. I can only recommend it for people new to VR or as something that you can easily showcase to friends or family new to VR. This is a pretty short experience that is not intense at all. [b]Rate 5/10. Completely mediocre.[/b]

Using Samsung Odyssey+ WMR Not working for me. I tried re-installing it twice. All ll get is weird underwater sounds and blue color all around me with an occasional fish that swims by and disappears - no Sylvia, no menus, no ocean bottom - it's just broke. Shame because I love these types of VR experiences. I can recommend it at the moment being that, well, it doesn't work.

Disclosure: I bought this game as a) I support the objectives of Dr. Sylvia Earle and Mission Blue and b) I enjoy SCUBA so am a bit biased - and this is what inspired me to buy this title on the understanding that some of the proceeds go to environmental non-profits. But, ... By 2023 standards it looks basic (low poly, low textures). The water is murky and the only sound is from the escaping bubbles from Sylia’s regulator so this is sort of authentic except “you” don’t seem to need to breathe given there is no noise from “yourself” which is probably the sound you are most aware of as an actual diver. While you have a depth and air tank pressure gauge they have no real meaning as you are stuck on a pre-determined route. There could have been more, like scoring points for species spotted/identified or knowing when to turn the dive based on say the remaining air-tank pressure to add more immersion/authenticity. So overall with my gamer’s hat on and ignoring my biases, this is no more than a simple, short “VR experience” that I can’t recommend as a purchase for most Steam gamers unless you have some interest in learning SCUBA in which case this does give some small hint of how great…

Really low quality. Try Freediver triton down - or subnautica instead.