Essence of Illumination: The Beginning

[h1]Experienced on the Windows Mixed Reality, Samsung Odyssey +[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay featuring a Unity Engine crash here: https://youtu.be/7kgxJpXE3Es Game took me approximately 30 minutes to complete on my first playthrough. I did experience a critical bug on my second playthrough (recorded) where the game crashed (Unity Engine). You can view my video above to see the gameplay for yourself. This is an underwater walking simulator / relaxation app featuring 2 different scenes and minimal gameplay. There is full locomotion, but there is no snap or smooth turning. There are also some visual settings in the options. You can also jump and use a flashlight. The gameplay consists of collecting crystals to powerup your wand (or is it an antenna?) to clear out the dark matter from both scenes. After doing all that, you talk to an octopus and then proceed to try to catch a fairy (looks like a glowing fast-moving guppy though). You then get a key to get to the end credits...

Beautiful, "magical", and simple. It took me 32 min. to play through. The graphics look astounding and leaves you wanting more. This is great for children (of all ages)! The load screens may be a bit disorienting to you, but not too bad. Movement is "free movement" with joysticks but one must be able to physically turn around while standing. Instructions are good, sound is good. This is highly recommended as a VR experience. I played this on a Rift S and I've also played this on a Samsung Odyssey. Both headsets and controls work well and look great! Looking forward to more like this, and, you can't argue with the price.

Small but beautiful and simple underwater game. Badly optimized (or just quite demanding), my 2070 Ti struggled even on Medium Settings. No controller-turning, only physical! I had trouble understanding the tasks and mechanis, so here's a quick WALKTHROUGH: 1. "Collect crystals" - not the orbs (Dark Matter). There are blue crystals scattered around the area, just touch them with your wand (right hand) and Light-Shots get added to you inventory 2. Shoot (right Trigger) the dark matter on the Stingray on the floor near the entry point, also the Dark Matter that is blocking the temple door. Either there's a certain point to hit the dark matter orbs, or some take more than one shot...either way, if they don't shatter, keep on shooting 3. Enter the Temple, collect some more crystals, shoot the dark matter on the red octopus (Guardian of the temple) and talk to it 4. In order to get the fairies coming, you must shoot all dark matter orbs around, inside and outside the temple 5. Talk to Octo...

Nice graphics. Decent gameplay. Cool experience to take in. Worth the money.

Almost puke-inducing movement, no idea what the goal is.