Arden's Wake

[h1]Experienced on the Oculus Quest 2[/h1] Allumette is one of my favorite VR cinematic experiences, so I had to buy Arden's Wake to thank Penrose Studios for that gem. Arden's wake is also a very good cinematic experience, that I do recommend. It's a less than 30 minute long, purely cinematic experience (stereo 360). There are no interactions. It is running on the Unreal Engine. Unfortunately, although I did enjoy the cinematics and it has a lovely story, it is also not a complete story. It does end rather abruptly. Also, you can tell that this project is a few years old. The visuals aren't as sharp as the newer VR cinematic projects that have come out recently. While Alicia Vikander does star and she does a great job, they also don't give her or the other Voice Actors much dialogue to work with. Most of the story is told through the visuals and music. The visuals are nice (other than it isn't high resolution) and the set pieces are wonderful. The animations are otherwise top-not...

Works on WMR. But story is very short and very weak. Better check Gloomy Eyes - it's the same, not a game, just a short VR 3d movie, but has a better story.

It's just a short, movie. No it's not some deep story line with fully enriched character development, ok? It's just a fun film which we could get more of if you all would support works like this.

Amazing. I can understand why it won awards, although I don't know why we had to wait 3 years to be able to watch it! It's a great story presented in a really immersive way. Take a look at Allumette if you want to get a general idea for the style of it, but this is far better.

Beautiful story. It reminded me to spend more time with those who I love, and appreciate people while they're in my lives. Stunning short story. Would love to see where she goes from here.

Liked this. Overpriced thought for a 20 minute non-interactive game.

A nice, if rather sad, story told as a short diorama-like volumetric movie - a style I particularly enjoy. [b]Positives:[/b] [list] [*]Many nice visual ideas. I also rather like the small background touches like the looming skyscraper ruins underwater that imply details about the world we see. [*]Generally, a lot of nice little details I enjoyed immensely, even something as little as the particle effects behind the running engines, etc. [*]A lot is conveyed through actions / no overreliance on exposition. [*]Good voice acting, though some parts relied overly on smaller filler noises, whose frequency could have been reduced in some instances. [*]Some of these nice moments that 360°/volumetric movies are so good at providing, where the viewer's movements are naturally implied through salient elements, leading the viewer to e.g. look up to or turn with the encircling dragon. These moments always lead to an interesting immersive experience for me, especially when my own, voluntary body m...

Amazing, very cool scenery. Interesting story, would love to see a continuation to this.

The set pieces and characters are animated well and eye-catching. The story tries for an emotional impact but missed its target with me. Your mileage may vary depending on whether you have experience with someone who has struggled with alcohol abuse. Given these adult themes as well as a scene with physical abuse, I would not recommend this experience for young viewers. There was also an element to the story, a dragon, that didn't make much sense to me but the connection may be more obvious for those better versed in Asian mythology. I also had persistent audio issues in the scenes with the dragon that made it difficult to follow what was being said.

I played on the Index, there is no interaction but you can walk about in room scale, allowing you to get up close, The story makes sense but it is very short at a 30 minute play through and the ending is very weak, at no point did i feel any emotion for the characters, If we could of helped Meena with some interaction then it would have made the title more fun. As it stands it's a pleasant story and worth supporting the Devs to do more and make something more epic.