Prisoner 518

I saw a lot of good reviews for this one so I bought it. Let me first say I really like the general idea of the game. Seems like a good premise to built upon. But there is still really a lot missing to make this a good game. - The controls are just clunky, for instance the drill is not really snapping right to the screws. - The hands don't have a 'grip state' which makes it hard to see if it even works, so with buttons I'm just not sure how to activate them quickly sometimes. _ After climbing a ladder, I sometimes am just half the size I was. - When I (accidentally) switch to the menu, I sometimes lose both my hands, and have to restart the level. This happened to me twice yesterday, and it's just annoying. Then there's more picky stuff I noticed, like not being able to walk faster for instance. At some point a german translation popped up at one of the screens in one of the messages, while I was playing the english version, which was amusing, but probably a bug. , And then it's r...

Breaking Out of the Joint.....In space (Spoiler-Free) Prisoner 518 is an adventure-themed game, with some puzzle elements, in an unfolding story of a prisoner in space where everyone has mysteriously vanished. This game is entirely done from a 1st-person perspective, with no shooting involved, and only slightly more enemies, but lots of hurdles to overcome. This was played on a i7-8700, 16GB RAM, GTX 1070Ti. Point: The graphics were simple and effective, conveying the story without ever having a problem of knowing what I was looking at. The graphics effectively conveya consistant mood and atmosphere consistant with the story. Counterpoint: Anybody looking for Half Life: Alyx graphics should stay away. Some may think the graphics may be too simplistic. Point: The music in this game is incredible. It matches, and at times,surpasses the effectiveness of the graphics in setting mood and atmosphere, and excels in setting the tension. Counterpoint: Without the music, the game would hav...

let me just say that this game was absolutely nothing that i expected when buying this game, i thought it was going to be a short little horror experience that is usually on the steam marketplace, but this is a true phycological horror game that makes you really get in to the space of a lone survivor on a space station with in depth puzzles that are tricky at times but defiantly possible and though there where a few bugs none of them where game braking and the ending of the game was absolutely amazing

Super interesting premise and great overall execution! If you like narrative-centric virtual reality experiences, you've definitely got to try this.

Overall, a fantastic game/story. Play time for me was 14.5 hours. When I purchased this game I was expecting an average VR game…boy, was I wrong. This Developer (by the way, it is a one person team) is very creative and has developed a game that is fun, has a great story, and is well worth the price. The audio and music is exceptional throughout the entire game. Some comedy, some scares, some surprises, fun puzzles, and tension as you proceed through the prison complex. Without spoilers I have to say the ending was excellent; and I can't wait for more. This game flows very well (although it is dark), graphics are good and it's hard to describe the feeling of just fumbling through a very large corporate prison facility and moving through hallways, etc to look for objects, etc. There is a lot of interface with computers, etc that make this game fun. I've always enjoyed games like this that really immerse one into the story, but I enjoyed this game more than most other VR ga...

I wanted to write a positive review for this game, being an indie project developed by a single person and all of that, but since I can't even finish the game due to its problems I really can't. First, there is no official support for the Reverb G2. There's a user-made controller binding profile, but it is very glitchy (I dunno if it's the game's fault or not) since every now and then the control sticks just suddenly won't work and I had to go the bindings menu, deactivate the G2 bindings and then reactivate them to make them work again. And sometimes it happens every 5 minutes, or every time you die. Second, there are bugs. Some innocent ones, some annoying. I spent 20 minuted trying to solve a puzzle, without knowing that one of my tools was bugged (its screen didn't turned on), which I found out only after reloading. Third, in some points there's an ambitious climbing system, which is quite fun when it works but very annoying when it doesn't. I dropped the game at a long climbing...

Bit of a slow burner this one. Not really scary either, it's more an adventure puzzler - but the atmosphere is really good. Looks good if not simple (maybe not everyone's taste) and it definitely sounds good! Well, it does create tension, but not enough that you'll be running around screaming like a little girl. So, it's all about the story, right? Well, it's definitely more story than action as there's no shooting or anything... Thinking back, actually the more I think about it, this game is actually put together pretty good. If you imagine the old classics like HL or Bioshock and take away the shooting and up the puzzles and story then you'd probably have a good idea of how it plays. Spoiler alert maybe: You play a prisoner and start in your cell, some big ass explosion happens, you can leave your cell, no one can be found it seems. You don't really know what you're doing at first and just explore and work out how to progress and then you meet some dude (that you never se...

I had a wonderful time playing this when the game worked. The dev, also, is very responsive to questions. It is a good length and in many ways better than a AAA game. I enjoyed parts of this as much as I enjoyed HL: Alyx. The bugs in this are HORRENDOUS though. The game is unplayable at times. Luckily dev has helped me out with saves and advice. Some of the game breaking bugs have been resolved by the dev sending me a new save file, and I've never had to wait longer than a few hours before I'm able to continue. Once more: were these bugs not resolved (I believe they will be - wait a couple of months from the date of this review); even were they not resolved, I would recommend this game. It is simply incredible. What is here is beautiful, and amazing. This is exactly what VR needs. The length and amount of content is incredible too.

Pretty cool game. wasn't so sure at first but it kinda grabbed me and I kept on. The game keeps on building and building up which i think is what kept me going wanting to know what was next. The music and atmosphere is great - all the sound really. Puzzles shan't break your brain and are logical. The story keeps progressing from when you start as just a prisoner and by the end it's so far removed to how you started... So yeah. Worth a pop.

just trash. not worth the money. controls are garbage, directional controls for walking are just... disgusting. they do not change with movement, and when not using the hmd direction you entire sense of direction is just skewed, having to push the stick in all sorts of directions to move forward. often times while using ladders i am stuck at half height, and stuck in the floor section somewhere. but overall, ITS SO MF DARK I CANT SEE ANYTHING. brightness up on everything, but the game has no slider for it, so im sitting here like a damn moth running from light source to light source. hands are basically statues. dont even react to grip. physics are terrible. not a good game. not worth the time or money.