Secrets of Antares

[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 3[/h1] You can view my gameplay & early impressions here: https://youtu.be/Ptmrrg2ZjXY Very close call, but I just can't recommend this game at this time. I see the potential. If the developer keeps working on this title, I could see it being very good in the future. However, as it stands now it's not something I can recommend and I think it needs a lot of work as well. I hope the developer can deliver though because this experience is right up my alley. So basically this game is a mix between a nature walking simulator and a jet packing exploration game with a locomotion similar to Stormland VR. You glide over water and you can jet pack across the map with different biomes. However, you start off with a very poor jetpack that you can slowly upgrade by finding these upgrade orbs that are strewn around the island. Some are easy to collect and others you'll have to sort of platform jetpack there. While this game is relaxing at times, it can also be quite intense and challenging with the jetpack traversal style. Unfortunately, the poor optimization currently brings the whole experience down. I was getting mostly 40-50 fps on my RTX 3080 with all …

If you like 'walking simulator' games where you can enjoy the scenery and collect the occasional upgrade, this is that kind of game. It has great graphics and sound to match. A huge area to explore and many different weather conditions. Though I find it a bit empty from time to time, I still enjoy the game as a whole.

Can't even start the game with a 4070 ti, they need to sort it out, we'll be waiting

Basic movement controls don't work (playing on Index). No idea what to do. Terrible framerate.

This game still needs a ton of work at the time of this review. Almost completely unplayable on a i9/RTX 4090 Super/Quest 3 rig on average settings. Having said this I'm keeping the game with the hope that supporting the developer can fix some of these issues so I can get a glimpse of what was advertised. UPDATE! The developer has made significant improvements and looks like is continuing to work on this project. I will continue to support the developer so I can see how far he can take this.

Works great, looks amazing with weather effects that are almost scary, the feeling of growing freedom of movement is ausum, you can zip around and semi fly, upgrades become more difficult to find over time, From the other negative reviews it may need great hardware to work well, 5090 video with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D on Pimax super 58ppd used so the game might be before its time.