Astraeus
SCORE: 78
I was sitting there one day minding my own business. Trying not to
get sucked into the vortex of anyone else's problems. Then an
interesting email came across. Family Friendly Gaming was given a
digital download code to Astraeus on the PC VR. This game comes from the
same person that made Darknet. I was intrigued, interested, and
extremely curious. Darknet had its Playstation VR moments.
Teen Gamer went about the business of downloading Astraeus on our new
gaming PC. He came to me hours later aggravated, frustrated, agitated,
and irritated. He struggled mightily to get Astraeus installed on our
gaming PC. Astraeus is only 138 megs so there should have been no
issues. We are finding way more problems with PC VR games than
Playstation VR games. Astraeus kept wanting to install. Then the Steam
VR needed to install, and Oculus software had to be up. Safe to say it
left a real bad taste in his mouth.
Thankfully he was not going to be partaking of Astraeus. I was. It was
my bag baby. Astraeus is all about mining. We are in a 3D area with all
kinds of asteroids. They are of different types too. We can create power
plants, mines, factories or cannons. We need power for everything. We
need power plants to send out drones to get more locations. Mines are
needed for gathering the resources. Cannons fight off the other players
trying to invade our areas.
Do not think cannons are very important in Astraeus though. The goal is
to get a certain set amount of resources first. Once you do that then
you have won the level. So I learned to work on power plants, then
factories, and then mines. In that exact order. Get enough mines going
and you will quickly reach the goal. I had fun playing Astraeus. I hope
it comes over to the Playstation VR.
There is a nice voice in Astraeus that can be funny at times. The
skeleton of the last captain was a bit shocking to see. Astraeus
required a bit of quick thinking to succeed. The music is good and the
graphics look neat in virtual reality. The controls work great and it is
easy selecting asteroids in Astraeus. I hope to see more games like
Astraeus in the future.
- Paul
Graphics: 85%
Sounds: 80%
Replay/Extras: 75%
Gameplay: 80%
Family Friendly Factor: 70%
System: PC VR
Publisher: E McNeill
Developer: E McNeill
Rating: 'NR' -Not Rated
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