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Protocol VR

Updated: Mar 27, 2020





















































About This Game In this game, you may find yourself in many deadlocks the only way out of which is DEATH. This game may make you angry more than once. This game may make you re-play some moments over and over. You were chosen to carry out the Protocol program.Your objective is to make "first contact" with an alien life form. Any violation of the Protocol will lead to the elimination of you and the entire operation.Remember, the fate of the humanity may depend on your actions. Once signed, the Protocol must be promptly implemented.Have a nice day!PlotThe action of Protocol, most likely, takes place in the near future. You are a flippant soldier who signs up for the Protocol program implementation. Packed in a landing box and dropped off somewhere in the Arctic Circle, not far from the Terminus research complex, your main objective is to follow a mysterious AI's orders, who uses you to make ""first contact"" within the Protocol program framework. Any deviation from AI's orders is considered to be a violation of Protocol; leading to the elimination of the complex and staff.FeaturesProtocol is a sci-fi comedy with a hint of horror, action and a twisted love story.Uncover an intriguing plot filled with conspiracies, plot twists, countless expletives, dark humour, and some light-hearted mockery.Have a Nice Day!This is a phrase you will love AND hate because you have violated the Protocol AGAIN. If you think that hardcore is when you can defeat the biggest bosses, then try not to die when taking a snowball.Genre ambiguityWe still can't decide which genre suits this game. Adventure? Puzzle? Shooter? Immersive sim (seriously?)? Walking simulator? Crazy trip? Or, maybe... All in one?Our other projects: Horror LOCO PARENTIS and Startup Valley Adventure - Episode 1 6d5b4406ea Title: Protocol VRGenre: Action, Adventure, IndieDeveloper:Fair Games StudioPublisher:Fair Games StudioRelease Date: 4 Mar, 2019 Protocol VR Still stuck on Mission 2:- The game does have its charm, but right now I am stuck on a mini-game, which probably due to my poor skill set, cannot seem to get past (no left-handed controls, and in my opinion a poor control scheme, are contributors as well). There is also a game-breaking bug in the mini-game after some random number of attempts.That I've spent more time on the mini-game now than the actual game itself, and completing the mini-game is essential to progress, have finally lead me to abandon the game.- I've contacted the developers for guidance, help, a way to skip past it. They said they would look into it, but with a couple of weeks passed by, no response has been received.For others that make it past this mini-game, congratulations, and I hope the rest of the game was fun.Abandoning a game due to being unable to get past a required mini-game is a first for myself. Unfortunately, such an experience will not lead to a positive review.Part Way Through Mission 2- Other observations: If you're using Oculus Rift, your grip buttons seems to serve no useful purpose; seems gripping is done using the trigger button.- Some aspects of the environment can seem awfully 2-D at times (some of the floor details in Mission 2).- Ran into a case where as I was trying to interact with a certain non-terrestrial someone in their chamber, my movement in the corridor became awfully choppy (almost like re-projection). Once I left the area , overall game performance seemed to stabilize.- Mission 2 succeeds better in its attempts to be funny. Nothing that will have you rolling on the floor, but there is some good dry humor.- There is still no gunplay as of yet, but how you interact with the alien is pretty interesting.The game guides you where you need to go, but doesn't hold your hand, so if you try to rush through it, you may make yourself more frustrated than need be.- I'm currently trying to rid myself of an infection, and how you do it is kind of novel (in my opinion), but It's gonna take me some practice to get through it (e.g., the longer take, you more your vision starts to blur).I've now passed a the 2-hour mark in game time, so no refunds for me. that's okay, still having a good time.==================================================================Initial Impressions (Completed Through Mission 1)- If you watch the intro trailers, they give you a solid impression of what the game is about. But for those not wanting to watch: You're a Government flunky who is to investigate some alien-based activities going on somewhere where there is a lot of snow and ice. At this facility (what I used to call 'somewhere'), you have to follow a strict set of procedures to make it into the facility. Once inside the facility, you get suited up and prepped to find out what is going on, again following a set of strict procedures. And that is a generalized summary of Mission 1.- The control schemes are poorly explained (you get a 'title' for the controls, but no picture explaining what does what). All I can say for sure is that the last option 'Traditional Controls', gives you thumbstick-based locomotion and smooth turning (which works for myself; using an Oculus Touch). Some might say the smooth turning has a single, slow speed, but for Mission 1 it suffices (plus the game strongly encourages 360 degree tracking).- The graphics are adequate, and do a good job of setting the mood and ambiance of being outdoors, and going through the initial corridors. When outside in the snow, the graphics seemed 'blurry' at first, but then I realized the effect was like that of wearing snow goggles with droplets running down the goggles (although I had no impression that i was wearing goggles).For old farts like myself, this game reminds me for some reason of an old PlayStation 1 game, Broken Helix (at least with regards to how the game sets itself up).- Gameplay through Mission 1 is fairly basic, and largely consists of slight exploration and problem\/puzzle solving. What gets tricky, though, is that prior puzzle results can be referenced in newer puzzles; a nice touch I thought. Some memorization will be required.On occasion, some of the puzzles\/scenarios caused me to fumble around for a bit before my brain woke up and slapped me for being an idiot. This is a game where some things you need to do are not highlighted in a bright neon color crying out 'Please Come Here and Do This to Me'.- The story makes multiple attempts at in-your-face humor, and some more subtle attempts. All attempts are well-intended, and only you can make the call as to whether or not they are funny. For myself, the humor provided welcome relief from the overall serious tone of Mission 1 . Your character is a male, and recently divorced, which is where some of the humor centers around.- Some aspects of the Mission 1 will cause you to physically crouch to conduct an action.- There were also a few occasions where when coming close to certain objects, that all of a sudden you are on top of the object,but further away. This may not sound bad, but if you have to crouch down to do something to the object, you may wonder if you've reached through the floor.While I can't say I am bursting at the seems to play Mission 2, I am sufficiently intrigued to see what happens in Mission 2, and how the gameplay evolves. No plan to refund at this time.. I have mixed feelings about this game but that did not keep me from spending an awful lot of time on it and also returning back to it when the game flipped me off again. Not the worst money I ever spend and I want to see how it ends.There have been instances where I actually had to unplug my headset to play the NON VR version in order to put on a hat or throw something (WMR user, my tracking is Italian Sausage)Currently stuck shooting the Big Head (pressing down BOTH grab buttons on that one guys!! ;))It is original, funny ideas tho; I have a love \/ hate relationship with it. I think I would buy it again. HAVE A NICE DAY!Positive Aspects:+Interesting story +Sarcasm+The voice actor reminds me of the postal dude+You can flip off the gameAnnoying Aspects - These are intentional apparently. And -You don't know what you are doing, you muck it up, scene over: Unskippable Cutscene. Repeat-Safe Points are always defined so you have to wait, listen to the same dialogue, and do all the annoying stuff once more.And once more. Oh almost! Dang it! Once more... .-Whenever you think you are done there is another wave of crap-It is a bit repetiive-Having return to non VR to achieve something I was not aware I needed to do-Having to return to non-VR becasue the 8 Bit nightmare is giving me eye cancer-8 Bit and Arcade mini games (I did not buy a VR game so I can play arcadian (hah) games, you Amiga Nerds!-Graphics are actually not that brilliant. From what time I've put into it the game feels like it's in early development stage. The controls with both the HTC vive motion controllers and an xbox controller don\u2019t feel natural and feels irregular. Overall, I can get past the controls, but the overall game doesn't feel optimized. The story and plot at initial glance are good. The gameplay consists of puzzles that you need to solve. The puzzles are definitely fun and can be a bit tough. I did need a hint once or twice. My overall experience with the game is good. However, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s fully optimized to be out of early development stages. From the way you interact with the world to how you simple to how you explore the game needs work. If I were to rank this game out of 10, I would give it a score of 7. The issue I have with it can easily be fixed in future updates, so it\u2019s not like it\u2019s a deal breaker or anything.. i liked the 30 minutes i played the game it was quirky and diffrint what i dont like is the controls for some reason you have to use either b or x to teleport but to turn you have to use the same thumbstick of the same controller i only have 1 thumb i cant thumb b to teleport and muve the same controllers thumbstick.... other than that its great

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