Terje Haakonsen's Powder VR

Long awaited game especially due to high expectations on how developers will handle controls and I must say I am pretty impressed. I am mainly snowboarder so I will not provide much detail on how skiing is in this game. Anyway overally in early access this game seems legit. Peos: - controls general concept feel natural - there is almost no sickness or nausea but I may had already built up some threshold in other vr titles - after initiating air time on board game goes into slowmo which is really great to think the tricks at the moment - tracking pretty much guess the position of body and knees right - there is really nice music not any smash and boom type you would expect from this type of game - the game physics leans more toward simulation then arcade - people can eventually learn snowboarding in this game without prior experience - the overal atmosphere in game and visuals are very indie but feel great Cons: - turning with hands positioning feels little off as in real snowboarding...

A bold attempt at VR simulation of snowboarding / skiing. As someone who rides weekly in resort (and just got back from snowbird and solitude this weekend), and tours regularly once the snowpack has set in, the physics of this game unfortunately do not add up. The acceleration in deep powder (or even packed snow) should not be this quick. During carves deceleration and further acceleration from heel/toe should not just be "forward momentum changes". The powder/snow effects are outdated. The mountains are fairly barren. I feel that the graphics engine is not optimized at this time for the eye-candy / performance ratio (i'm on a RTX 3070 and oculus rift). Unfortunately the graphics are far from AA/AAA gaming at this time. I do feel that this has the potential to become "Steep" VR, and hope that it gets there some day. At this time it is hard to recommend as a purchase. Will re-post review once more updates (hopefully) come.

Its a pretty good game but its kind of confusing. Some stuff just doesn't feel clear.

I like skiing in real life. I also like this skiing in this game too. I do not snowboard so I cannot comment on that. I have tried other similar games. I like this the best.

Unfortunately I can't recommend this game even though I would wish. The game is simply boring and . Too much space and there is lack of that "VR feeling" when you play this game. The calibration is really messed up. Tutorial is annoying and not too helpful. Its better to actually skip it and try to learn controls during a normal quick race. There is also a lot of let's call it, blank space, so you are just riding skiis and just do nothing.. no slalom, no andrenaline, no feeling. I wish the game had slalom mode with flags. For that price I believe it should have it. Somebody in a different review already mentioned poor physics and how the game feels different than skiing in real life. Others would say: "Hey, but this is just a game". Well, I would reply to this, there is a free to play game offering skiing that has a much better feeling comparing to real life skiing than this game does. it's just not an entertaining game. There is no joy.

I found 'Powder VR' to be unplayable, both as a skiing and snowboarding simulation. As someone experienced in skiing, I was looking for a realistic VR simulation, but this game did not meet my expectations. The game is plagued with numerous bugs. Most notably, the board and skis are often submerged beneath the snow, obscuring the view. Additionally, replays show that the player character is consistently contorted into strange positions, regardless of player actions. Based on these issues, I am requesting a refund for sure.

DEAD EARLY ACCESS GAME.

**Physical limitation** Make sure you can lean backward and twist left at the same time if you want to snowboard. I have a slight curvature, and it made it impossible for me to turn left.

I get the following error while the game is trying to load: Runtime Error! Program: This application had requested the Runtime to terminate in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. Running on: i7- 9700k @ 4.9Ghz Gigabyte 2080ti OC 32GB 3200Ghz memory Refunded

This games just doesn't work. and it looks like shit. Do not buy this.