Zephyrus Prelude

Zephyrus Prelude

MageLoop · 2022 · VR, Dungeon Crawler, Online Co-Op, Magic, Fantasy

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3 user reviews100% · 3
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About Zephyrus Prelude

You play as a mage, who is trapped on the verge of the logical and the magical. Learn how to find hidden chests, unlock and use your magical abilities to search for the way out of these amusing and enchanted ancient rooms, caves, and labyrinths. Cast magic at certain places and prepare for the unexpected metamorphosis. Open pathways with fun-to-solve puzzles, and defeat creatures in this relaxing fantasy adventure. Go for the adventure alone or gather company (LAN-multiplayer) to uncover the secrets of Zephyrus!

Dungeon crawler on three levels of adventurous fun with magic mixed in. Seven unique character designs and countless curses. Localization in 12 languages. A big old dice in order to teleport to certain areas.

"Witches, Switches... flying cats!"

Prepare for the unexpected...
Magical creatures...
Enchanted world...
This game can also be played in single mode and cooperative multiplayer mode on a local network (LAN/Wifi). Comfort Options: Snap Turn, Teleport, Comfort Tunneling (optional), Head-based locomotion. Comfort levels will vary for every player, and prolonged use can sometimes cause motion sickness and eye strain. Please refer to your hardware’s safety guidelines!

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Zephyrus Prelude is a VR puzzle adventure game with elemental stone mechanics and co-op support that players appreciate for its stylish low-poly aesthetics, creative puzzle design, and responsive developer. However, complaints center on uneven puzzle difficulty, poor level lighting and navigation, unclear UI design for crucial VR settings, inconsistent gesture controls, and multiplayer that doesn't always require meaningful cooperation despite supporting it.

Recommended Dec 18, 2021
I have to admit I wasn’t expecting much from ‘Zephyrus Prelude’. It’s a single or multiplayer adventure game in which you have to perform various tasks in order to unlock various elemental stones to be able to move forward in the adventure. Sure, it’s low-poly and there isn’t a heap of content here, but what there is more than justifies the small asking price. It took me a little while to get used to the controllers, but once you get into the game it can be surprisingly immersive and deep, especially if you play co-op mode. I certainly look forward to more from this game and give it an easy recommendation., just be prepared to grind for mana magic and you will be fine here.
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Recommended Jun 20, 2023
Zephyrus Prelude is a paid VR magical Escape the room game. It worked on my Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok. It currently has multiplayer on local network only. Maybe buy this game, if you like Escape the Room games. I got a free key for this from the Steam Curator program. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/23133713-VIVE-VR/]ViVE VR curator group[/url]
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Recommended May 1, 2023
This is a very good game great puzzles, Love the game
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Recommended Jan 10, 2023
[h1] Experienced on the Valve Index [/h1] This game is very unique and fun. It is a magical puzzle game with RPG elements. You need to think outside of the box and be very observant in order to progress through the game. The world is crafted well and the music is very well done. The enemies are very quirky and unique. Works flawlessly with the Index. I was very pleasantly surprised by this title & can recommend it. I did a live stream of the game, but it does contain spoilers so avoid if possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv1UGJCHWDk
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Recommended Aug 9, 2022
I liked the graphics style and the unique gameplay of this game. I had bought and refunded this game before, but the developer responded about the bug and and looks like they listened to my advice as well as fixing the bug. I was wondering about it .So, I bought again. Everything is cool now. I appreciate developer's care and I am glad to repurchase it. ---So, my previos review below is not valid anymore--- I couldn't remove the comfort vignette effect. I couldn't find the ui settings to remove that. I saw some hats to choose from. I think one of them was for that vignette effect and you were supposed to remove or change the hats. I don't like that important gameplay settings are gamified like this, because I never want to start with a needless puzzle about crucial vr mechanics while I am already uncomfortable in VR, or to find out if it is a bug or not. By the way, it is an irony that narrowing the vision is called as "comfort" vignette. It might be a workaround for some sensitive people, in order to get used to the artificial motion in vr. But also for people like me, it is causing another type of vr sickness because of its claustrophobic effect. So, a workaround should…
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Not recommended Jul 2, 2023
Good concept, poor execution... but it has potential. I like the aesthetic of the characters and environments, low poly but stylish, but no work went into the UX design or the gameplay loop. The game feels single player because we separate too easily and don't actually have to work together for anything. On top of that, I was zooming through all the puzzles way too easily on my own except for the gesture-based block thing, which never worked for me but worked just fine for my coop friend. The levels have a lot of rooms and it all feels very maze-like at times... but the environments are dark and gloomy and not lit well. There's a lot of weird stuff you wrap your head around, like caverns where you have to avoid floating/flying rock-like or cloud-like objects and weird balls of water. No story to that. It's just there. On top of that, the base level starts with a block puzzle you may not be able to figure out due to very awkward controls. The puzzle itself isn't hard, the controls for moving the blocks are what makes it frustrating. On one hand, this is a good first step. On the other hand, it isn't released as early access, so it shouldn't be this rough. More work could go into e…

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