Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Aug 3, 2016

  Very disappointed. It gives about an hours game play tops and when I mean game play, I use the term loosely. I went up one ladder, walked across a narrow ledge, used some hand grips and voila. I was at the top. game over. I'm sorry but I need more than an hours entertainment for £20. I was expecting so much more of this game. very disappointed.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 3, 2016

  If I could sum this game up it’s basically, TheBlu meets Apollo 11 VR. Back when the Vive was announced, Everest VR was the reason I dove into vr in the first place. I literally ordered my vive for the Everest experience and spent another almost $2000 on a pc that could eat up vr content with high fidelity. And yet here I am, with the experience that I’ve been waiting for, google-ing up every day for more info/release dates, completely underwhelmed – even if this is classified as an “Interactive Experience” rather than a game. I’ll start with the good things. Visually, Everest VR is stunning, the model of the mountain and the surrounding range is accurate, beautiful and majestic. It is something to behold. The weather special effects are lovely and rich, graphicaly everything is very polished. On my GTX 1070 im able to crank all the sliders all the way to the right and it runs great. But that’s it - the good ends there. While i appricate the amount of detail and work that went into the environment, the reality is that even tho the developers sculpted this breathtaking region in gorgeous detail - with over 300000 real photos used, and technology from Nvidia & RVX, well the scenery and model of the mountain never really gets put through much use… What I mean by that is that even tho there is a teleportation system like other vr games, there is hardly and room to teleport to and move around. There is virtually no exploration at all. The only views we get are through standing at camp 4, near & at the summit, that’s it. No other regions get utilized. Even at basecamp. You limited to walking around the area the size of a large dining table! What’s the point of creating such an immense environment if we can’t even visit it and use it to explore! What a waste… Another big blunder from the developers is the fact that they have been showcasing all the parts of the game we experience pretty much since late last year. There are so many youtube videos, news articles, photos, blogs about people getting to try a beta of Everest VR and pretty much the game they saw way back then is what we have got now with almost nothing new in it! I’m jealous, all these idiots who don’t give a flying **** about vr or Mt Everest got to do the whole experience that we are doing but paying for it. I did not see any single new content that I hadn’t already seen well before buying and playing the game. And speaking of interactivity, there’s like nothing, the tutorial was the most action pack sequence. Majority of the game is just floating over the mountainside while a narrator talks! I wish I could have walked/teleported around the mountain myself! Here’s a rundown of the experience: 1. Basecamp - Stand in one tiny area, pick up a bag, put things in the bag, then pick up an apple and put it on a shrine. BREATHTAKING STUFF. 2. Khumbu Icefall - Walk across a horizontal ladder then climb up a vertical ladder. INTENSE! 3. Camp 4 - Look around a very small limited area and walk inside a tent, then open a zip to exit the tent. MUCH MOUNTAINEERING. 4. Hillary Step - This was not too bad but still just clip onto a rope (don’t even have to walk) then use ascenders to climb up a small rock face at the Hillary step. 5. Summit - Place a flag on the summit and watch a day night cycle. Can’t even explore the summit much – teleportation boundaries are limited and don’t even let me go to the corners of the mountain to get a view down the south face etc. IS THAT IT? We packed an ice axe in the tutorial and also in the beginning of the game but never got to use it! Maybe if they didn't spend so much time demoing the experience to so many different people, there would be something left to awe us when we played it. Looks like they spent too much time building hype almost like an advertising/marketing campaign. The downside of getting feedback from people who don’t care much about the mountain itself, and get to do play something so short is that they will all be WOW OMG during the demo, but the reality is if people who played the demos were told that the demo they are playing is the entire game (almost) the feedback might be different and the hype would have been a whole lot less I can assure the developers of that. There is still hope tho, and that depends if the developers have an open mind. One thing is that more areas could be opened up to explore and do activities even if they are repetitive can be made more abundant. More climbing ladders, more use of ropes and traversing with them, more freedom to teleport and more areas along the route explore rather than having the narrator take you from not even Camp 1 all the way to Camp 4 through a 30 second flyover! The other thing they can do and this would be easy to implement, is instead of having a lame miniature version of the mountain (god mode) have a mode where we can float around (just like the narrator) and literally place our room scale area anywhere within the mountain region (even if it’s floating on air). It will be a huge improvement, and allow people to explore the mountain, pretend to be at a location you want to be, and take in the view! Even maybe have control over time of day too. How amazing would that be - to have that ability at our fingertips! It wouldn’t even require much effort. It would just be a simple slew mode. (Something that is already used in the cut scenes but we have no control over.) This is what vr should be about. Greater freedom to explore and see things from different perspectives, not linear alleyways of disappointment! Atleast add more areas and bigger boundaries to teleport to! In summary id suggest the following to the developers for the future: - Improve and increase boundaries of teleportation to allow for greater exploration and movement. - Add more points of interest to explore between Khumbu Icefall and Camp 4 even if there is no interaction apart from walking around a fixed boundary. - Have more or make current rope and ladder sequences longer. Also add use of ice axe such as using it to help you walk/climb up steep areas of the Lohtse Face before Camp 4. - Have a slew mode of the camera/play area so players can place their play area anywhere on and around the main mountain region. This would transform the experience to allow players to see the perspective of what its like to be on anywhere on Everest. (Modders maybe could add this function?) So, to conclude, the words “Interactive Experience” comes to mind. Well where’s the interaction? Picking up an apple climbing up and across ladders once and planting a flag into the ground? An experience, what experience? The experience of having a narrator fly you 2 thirds up Everest in a minute? The experience of not being able to teleport around properly to explore and get a good view of your surroundings? I spent more time writing this review than it took me to play through the game. The challenge of writing this review far more demanding that completing Everest VR.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 3, 2016

  Good News! You can"Complete" this 6 times and still be eligible for a refund. Massively over hyped and over charged.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 3, 2016

  Unfortunately this isn't the experience I was hoping for. Each area you get to 'walk' around is only about the size of your play space (2.3x2.3m in my case) and that's it. The teleport ability isn't put to use which is a shame because it seems like there are large areas you should be able to explore. There are five areas in total. So expect around 20-30 minutes of time in the game and that's with the flying movies you have to sit through and the annoying tutorial section. It does a good job of showing what is possible with VR but at this price, it isn't something worth while for a one time use at home. Definately more for show floors and selling the headsets in shops. Seems like a missed opportunity.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 7, 2016

  The potential is HUGE!!!!, but it's the equivelant of a technology demo at this stage. You put items in your pack, but never take them out. I was looking forward to trying to ice-pick up a wall but alas that time never came. There is very little interaction with the environment or with ladders, ropes, etc. Refunded! Those great reviews by Vice and others.... I'm one jaded consumer when I see anything positive from you folks now!
• gamedeal user

  Apr 7, 2017

  This is not a game, it is an experience with small interaction. You become a part of expedition to Everest. For me this is the best VR experience so far (and belive me, I´ve tried many!). Comparable to Apollo 11 VR, but I like this one a bit more. Takes approx 0,5 hour. Developer has made a fantastic job. (thank you!) I only wonder how could somebody make such trip in reality, I red some books, I saw many photos.....but only after VR experience I realized how difficult it must be, nearly impossible in 8000 m.....
• gamedeal user

  Aug 3, 2016

  Very nice photo-realism experience. It takes about 30 mins to go through the whole experience. Not sure it should have cost $24.00, but I guess it is a good way to introduce people to VR if you have friends over.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 3, 2016

  the bulk of the game is just standing and watching a bunch of everest video cutscenes. Very little gameplay/interaction involved. I was looking forward to this game and it wasn't what I expected at all.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 9, 2016

  Time taken: 40 minutes for all the experience if you do it really slow you can maybe get 50, and that is with lots of talking and just watching These review was written after doing the experience my self as well as letting a relative a go, they seem to have the same opinion Sum up of there experience: "That is it?" Sadly i will have to not recommend these experience at these time, i can only maybe recommend it as a first time experience to VR The sum of it, these will be the first game i requested a refund on with a 22.49$ price tag, and all the things i heard of it, these needed to be much more then what it is There is no really much i can add that someone else did not say all ready but i'l try any way The Good: [list] [*] The game is beautiful even with my GTX 970 i was able to see that even that the sittings do show it can become better with a better card [*] Graphics and super sampling menu build in, is a great plus [*] The tenant part feel pretty good [*] The small segments are pretty nice [*] Learn a little abut Everest without leaving the house [/list] The bad: [list] [*] The experience is very short [*] There is very small parts to do, [*] If you do not have a very big room, you will have to teleport in many of the parts with no ability to move back and and fourth to feel the full walk (i do believe they at least need to add a recommission for bigger rooms) [*] The part on the store page that says "EVEREST VR is a powerful first introduction to VR" is true , the game may feel much bigger to new comers to VR, but a user that all ready did outher things, will feel disappointment from it [*] The game lets you do things like put things on your back, and talk abut areas, but you never do them in the game it self [*] Biggest of all of the bad things in my opinion the small details, they seem to have left them behind, and that is one thing that really harms the game 1. You have food on the start, you can eat any of it 2. You pick an ice peak, you never use it 3. There is no walking from one part to the second part, you just get teleported from one to the other 4. The end... you get a flag in you hand (yes it show up from no where, its not handed to you, you do not take it out of your pack, you do not pick it up, it just shows up) and you need to place it on the top of Mount Everest but you cant pick a spot, you have to put it where the devs tell you to put it, and its not your flag, its EVEREST VR™ flag [h1]Personal sum up[/h1] EVEREST VR feels like something that was worked hard on, but with all the work they forgot to put a game in there, they forgot the small parts that can make a VR experience from good to amazing These is sadly the first game i ever refunded on Steam as much as i remember I waited for these game for a long time, really wanted to see it yet keepet my self away from the hype, with a 22.49$ i expected it to be as much more then what it was Will i buy it again? Yes i will if the Devs takes things to heart and update it, give the little things to be done, let the feeling last a little longer, let the user feel he did not just buy a short demo
• gamedeal user

  Aug 5, 2016

  I think this may be my first review here on steam despite using it for many, many years. This "game" or "experience" is truly, utterly boring. I have been so hyped for Everest VR since before my Vive was even delivered and I am so terribly disappointed b y it. 5 mins of gameplay tops-in a 30 minute experience, which includes such amazing acts like...placing food on a shrine and crawling into a tent. The only redeeming part of this game is the latter segment, which could have been a game all on its own if they were smart enough to expand it. But what about the other 25 mins? Unimpressive aerial shots of Everest with a narrator stating uninteresting information. Any documentary on Everest ever made is probably more thoughtful than what is provided here. It does occasionally look fantastic, but It's also incredibly buggy depending on the areas your traversing and needs a patch, at least for me. (Others report no graphical issues). 3/10. Wait until its $4.99 or save your money entirely.