Song in the Smoke

I didn't like in the beginning the way bow and club activation works (pressing left or right triggers, instead of grabbing the bow from behind the shoulder etc) and teleporting instead of jumping. But I got used to it the longer I played, so it wasn't a problem. Overall I really enjoyed the whole playthrough (I played the hardest difficulty). Some mechanics are not explained in written form, so you have to be aware of visual hints, which I liked, though I didn't pay enough attention sometimes and learned about stuff from videos. The overall feeling of loneliness and adverse world was fantastic. Gameplay loop of traveling into new territory and finding optimal camp sites and exploring the land for hunting places and materials was very satisfying. Especially the feeling of visually remembering and getting to know the place and creating your own paths etc, stuff that I am longing for in todays gaming industry where you are guided by gps from point to point and dont really see the world. The progression felt meaningful, because it wasn't just the stats of equipment. I was forced to try different approaches to my daily survival and learn, which led to becoming better at hunting, travers…

This game is weak on VR immersion - your hands are mostly for interacting with menus rather than physically handling objects, you teleport instead of jumping, you summon your weapons with button presses rather than physically handling them. But it is very detailed on some of the crafting elements - you build a fire by physically piling up sticks, you have to choose what to harvest from animals with different parts taking different amounts of time, you bang things together in your hands to make stuff, you smoosh plants to making potions, you have to strike a torch off something to make it light, etc. The game is limited in scope - there isn't that much you can craft, only three stations each of which can only make a few things. There's only a few types of enemies. But learning to survive is tough (on the highest difficulty at least) and quite compelling. The detail makes it immersive in its own way. Worth a look, try not to be put off by the very artificial control style. There's tutorial videos online from the developers, you will need them.

yeah,

idea was nice but the game not so much

I read in discussion that this game not sold so well so we havent got rekindled update yet ? cmon ppl. this is a great survival game. And it's cheap too. I just played 2 hours but the gathering and combining is good enough. Still havent got the hang of building but I just read a bit on that and ready for my next session. The hunting is surprisingly cool. Sneaking on the deers, shoot them with arrows, follow the blood when they run, and finished them. Though I'm not a fan of skinning it as it took time (literally in game time). read the review and said it's scary. I havent got to the scary part yet it seems. Day time seems to be short, and night time to be too long, as exploring at night with torch is painful, and the torch only last so long. Still just try it, but all in all, I like what I experienced and hopefully it would stay good.

Dated mechanics but a fun survival game.