Raatihuone

Raatihuone is a free VR explorer game that is also edutainment. It worked on my Index and HTC Vive system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok, was not understandable. The Voice over and text are in Finnish. Using trial and error while reading the pictograms they had, was able to figure out what to do. You move by fixed point teleports. You have some objects to pick up and find and some chores to do. You are travelling through time using some objects. Objects that you need to pick up or find are glowing. CONS: Does Not work on Quest 3 via Steam Link, the controllers don't work. Try it, if you understand Finnish or looking for a VR experience. For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haminan_raatihuone

Virtual tour with a twist of time travel in a local town hall. Completely in Finnish (minus some Latin I guess) so I would recommend against downloading if you don't understand the language at all. I noticed some heavy stuttering going on with hands when an interactable object is being hold.

Raatihuone takes an unconventional approach to virtual reality by turning a historically significant Finnish building into the centerpiece of an interactive adventure. Instead of relying on combat, elaborate character progression, or fast-paced challenges, the experience is primarily concerned with exploration, history, and environmental puzzle solving. It recreates Kajaani City Hall and gives players an opportunity to investigate the building across different periods of its existence. The game was developed through a collaboration involving Kainuu Museum, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Finnish Museum Association, and Clever Simulation Entertainment, with Clever Simulation Entertainment also handling publishing duties. This background helps explain why historical authenticity and education are given greater importance than traditional game mechanics. The story provides a playful framework for what could otherwise have been a straightforward virtual museum tour. Players assume the role of a janitor tasked with repairing the city hall clock. The assignment takes an unexpected turn when fixing the clock sends the protagonist into the past. From there, the objective becomes f…

Рaatihuone — увлекательный ралли с уникальной атмосферой. Графика и музыка создают погружение в костерное путешествие, но механики повторяются, а динамика не всегда насыщена. Время от времени чувствуешь, что игра «забывает» о глубине. Слабые моменты компенсируют аккуратным дизайном, но для настоящих фанатов — не хватает оригинальности.

"Raatihuone" is barely a game, it's a walking sim showing off Kajaani city hall in Finland. It's put here on Steam, not to be a game, but thrusting a museum exhibit at gamers. This isn't making museums better, it's making gaming worse. All you do here is look at a 3D recreation of a historical building and click around a few simple, pointless minipuzzles (just enough to make this count as a "game", but no more than that). And before we all say, "Well it's just a building, it's not doing any harm, what's the problem?", let's take a step back. What if [b]every[/b] curated historical building got a 3D representation like this dumped on Steam. There would be literally thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of garbage museum pieces glutting the store. This instance has no value for gamers, how much less would thousands of them have? And real game developers, amateurs especially who already struggle to find people to play their games, have to compete with this museum/art junk to get an audience for their games. It's harmful to those developers. It's harmful to us gamers, too, because we need to work to filter this stuff out to find those genuinely made games. There's no Eng…

Nice little experience