RuneSage
George Gilbert · 2017 · Adventure, RPG, Indie, VR, Puzzle
PC
Positive91% · 45
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About RuneSage
After the great storm, the crystals used by the mages to protect the world shattered and were lost. The Sacred Grove now lies empty. You answer their call for help - your quest; to find and restore the crystals before the next storm arrives. It soon becomes clear however, that all is not quite as simple as it first seems.
RuneSage is an immersive open world Virtual Reality RPG Adventure game for the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift & Touch. As a sage from humble beginnings, you'll search the land for nature's runes of power, then use them to cast spells to solve puzzles that aid you on your quest. Explore mazes in a forest teaming with wildlife, sail across lakes to reach distant shores, delve into dark and ancient caves, and search the ruined castle and its dungeons while menacing vultures circle overhead. Can you find the scrolls of knowledge, recover the lost crystals and protect the world from the gathering storm?
- Experience 10-15 hours of immersive adventuring in one of VR's longest games.
- Interact with NPCs in an engaging story with over 40 quests to find the missing crystals.
- Cast over 35 unique spells to help solve a wide variety of puzzles to complete the shield.
- Explore 20 stunning biomes with over 80 items to find and collect.
- Become the wisest of the magic users and save the world.
Please note that RuneSage is not (yet another) fast paced generic action VR wave shooter. There are no monsters to kill. You are never "in danger". RuneSage is deliberately a more gentle experience; a magical "scavenger hunt" designed for those wanting to explore an immersive open world, discovering its secrets at their own pace.
At the heart of RuneSage are runes and spells.
- Runes echo the forces of nature; wind, water, fire etc and you'll discover their forms as you explore the world.
- Spells channel the power of the runes into physical form - for example, draw the shape of a wind rune, then cast it to create a blast of air.
- The power of runes can also be combined - for example, draw a wind rune followed by a water rune, then cast it to blow water in a powerful jet.
Use your knowledge and wisdom of the natural world to investigate your surroundings, discovering new combinations of runes to solve puzzles to aid you on your quest to find the missing crystals and save the world.
RuneSage is designed from the ground up for Virtual Reality with full support for both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift & Oculus Touch.
- Movement. RuneSage supports a wide range of locomotion styles. For small distances, explore your surroundings in room-scale VR. Over larger distances simply select which style you prefer from the main menu, configure it how you like it, and off you go!
- Teleport (2 variants - left or right handed). Press down the trackpad/thumbstick on the controller to activate a magical beam, point it in the direction you want to go, and release to move there in a blink.
- Dash Teleport (2 variants - left or right handed). Press down the trackpad/thumbstick on the controller to activate a magical beam, point it in the direction you want to go, and release to move there in a straight line. Fully configurable speed / time for the journey.
- Trackpad/Thumbstick (12 variants).
- Activate by pressing down the trackpad / thumbstick, or by just touching it.
- Activate set by the left hand or right hand.
- Direction of travel set by Headset, left hand or right hand.
- Activate by pressing down the trackpad / thumbstick, or by just touching it.
- Activate set by the left hand or right hand.
- Direction of travel set by Headset, hands or both.
- Free rotate. Press the grip button on either controller to artificially rotate the view in the game world by rotating the controllers. When finished, just release the grip button to continue.
- Walkabout. Press the grip button on either controller to "freeze" the gameworld in place - you can then turn around in the real world and continue walking in the same direction in the game world. When finished, just release the grip button to continue.
- Roomscale. Disables rotation when pressing the grip button on either controller - turn around in the game world by turning around in the real world!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players praise this magic-based VR puzzle game for its creative spell-casting mechanics, engaging exploration, and clever use of environmental puzzles without combat, noting it's a fun and casual experience. However, many criticize the locomotion controls as outdated and nauseating, with several wishing for snap turning or continuous movement options, and some find the graphics basic and lack of detailed guides frustrating for later gameplay.
I played this game because I finally got around to connecting my Quest to my PC and saw it in my Steam library - I had bought it years ago, when I was intending to get a HTC Vive. As in the one released in 2016. (And then I didn't get a VR headset until the Oculus Quest at the start of 2020) It's a nice, casual, puzzle + treasure hunt game where you cast spells to do, well, everything. Open a door normally? No! You're a mage! Cast a spell to open it for you! There's no combat, even though there are some spells that could be used for it (including fire balls!) but instead they are used for solving puzzles or otherwise interacting with the environment. Mostly the game is tracking down chests to find pieces of a map that lead you to where you can find the crystal shards you need to finish the game. You don't need to find all the map pieces - often finding 2/3 map segments is enough to know where you have to go and what you have to do once you're there. Sometimes important hints are given by the NPCs that appear near map chests once you open them too. (all NPCs "talk" by having a scroll with what they are saying on it, which is a nice touch I think) Many of the puzzles can be solved…3 found this helpful
I recommend this one, with a caveat- if you have issues with smooth rotation in VR, this one will likely give you problems. I have such issues, but the game was good enough that I kept going for nearly an hour before I tapped out. If snap turning was added, this would be one of the best VR games I have played thus far. I like the rune mechanic, the exploration is fun with neutral (neither great nor awful) visuals, and it's engaging enough that it kept me interested. I'm keeping it in hopes that snap turning will someday be added, or for days when I am super resistant to VRtigo.2 found this helpful
Very fun Puzzles and a big world to explore. You will spend a bit of time in mazes though.1 found this helpful
If you want good graphics or combat this isn't for you. If you want a simple yet fun little wand waver with basic environmental puzzles then maybe it is... basic but enjoyable.
A lovely magic-based VR game that uses in-air gestures to prime a wand with a spell (or two!). It has pre-HL:Alyx controls, but it's fine after 5 minutes when you get used to it. It's a shame there isn't a continuous movement mode. I particularly like that they made a lack of enemies work so well. There is a lack of guides out there for the later parts of the game, but one of those times I was stuck was resolved by looking at the numbers on the fast travel map more closely.
I rarely get sick but man this game I just couldn't bring myself to keep playing. I put in a request for a refund after 5 minutes of desperately trying to MOVE and only succeeded by making myself nauseated. Great concept but man the controls suck. :/
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