ADR1FT

I played this game without VR so my review does not cover any VR experiences of the game.
Overall I enjoyed it. It is relatively short (took me around 3 hours) but depending on how much you explore it can be quite a bit longer I suppose.
The biggest negative point I have is that the radar used for finding the next waypoint can be very confusing to use sometimes, especially since it is an important feature in the game that you can't just ignore.
The controls might also be frustrating for some players, as especially in narrow spaces it's very easy to bump into walls and kind of lose control, if you're not careful and "easy" with the booster controls.
I would definitely recommend playing it with a controller for that reason.
Still, even with these negative points I did enjoy the game. The visual experience of being in space, looking down on earth, is quite nice and it found it nice to explore the different parts of the station.
I also like the story, even if I have to remark that it is important to listen to all audio logs that you find, as that is the main way the story is being told.
If you like space, if you like survival games with simple mechanics and if you're not frustrated by 6 degrees of freedom controls that do require a bit of practice and experience and make the game and movement feel a bit slow at times, then I can recommend you this game.

Played on HTC Vive (with SS @ 150% via Steam)
Aside from the bundled games with my "launch-era" Vive, this was the first VR game I bought. I'm a little biased because it was the first VR experience I had, which at at Siggraph (I believe) one year when VR was first being introduced. The small team of developers were there demoing the game -- great people, and I always had my eye on it after that initial experience.
I was floored by it, and I still am...the immersion in VR is amazing.
That being said, when I purchased it I did get slightly frustrated by it at one point...and then by other games -- and never found my way back to it until now.
I replayed and finished the game, and thoroughly enjoyed it.
This game won't be for everyone, though you do need to give it a fair chance before coming to a verdict.
Things to consider:
You CAN get some motion sickness until you get down the controls.
I don't think this is a fault of the game as much as...well -- you're floating in space.
If you don't have the suit controls down, you might spin out a bit until you manually recover.
Once you get them down, though, you move slowly enough that you shouldn't get too much motion sickness.
Small taps for propulsion are key.
The game is a slow-burn; it's not fast paced, and this will lose a lot of people if you're expecting otherwise.
For me, I loved being able to take in everything, look around, and enjoy the unique experience it offers.
The above being said -- it is a bit redundant: go to a branch of the station, fix it, go back...repeat 4x.
The logs are interesting and you do get a since for a few of the characters and a realization of yourself.
I do wish we had some more space games like this for VR.
Overall, this won't be for everyone. I loved it, and the quality is top notch -- which is amazing when you consider this was basically a VR 'launch title'.
If it wasn't in VR, I don't think I would have played the game. They intended it to be a VR experience, and (I think?) they made it a 'regular' game afterwards.
I don't write many reviews, but I felt like this one was worth writing...as this is a bit of a gem that I think a lot of people pass up because of the mixed reviews.
I hope the (very) small core-team of developers are still out there making solid VR experiences for us to enjoy.

This game has a pretty interesting and unique take on the walking sim genre as you don't actually walk but rather float, using your o2 tanks as a propellant. At first it is a little disorientating considering that you are on a space station that is four dimensional and so at times you will be required to go up or down instead of forwards, but it is done in such a way that you don't really take much time to adjust to the control system. I played using an xbox 360 controller and had no issues whatsoever controlling the character as I made my way around the wrecked space station. I haven't tried the VR aspect yet, but will do as soon as I have enough time and space to set up my headset with my pc. I can imagine that it is much more jarring in VR, but also that it would be more realistic also.
As walking sims go there aren't any actual puzzles to solve but rather tasks to complete in preparing the severely damaged station's evacuation procedure's to be able to get back to Earth, but I have to say that this lack of problem solving does not really negatively affect the game in any way. There is enough going on for you to be engrossed in the journey and there are plenty of narrative driven story caches to find whilst you are on your journey. So many in fact that I think it is highly doubtful that you would get them all on your first run through unless you used some sort of a guide so there is also a replayability factor that a lot of walking sims just don't have.
Visually the game is stunning on ultra settings and quite often I found myself stopping and just taking in the view. The view of planet Earth is extremely well done and actually grows darker as night-time approaches allowing you to see the electrical glow of the continents below. As night creeps in too, you can see the greenish hue of the ozone around the curve of the Earth which is also a nice touch. The space station is also quite beautiful with lush and verdant atrium's scattered around and both plant life and water molecules floating around the endless void. My one wish there would be that the water molecules would actually "spalsh" against the screen as you pass through them. Obviously not a vital thing but would have been a nice touch. The station also lovingly recreates the feeling of the station from 2001: A space odyssey and the Nostromo from Alien so at times you really do feel like you are floating through a movie which adds quite a bit to the immersion. The music is also well done for the most part ranging from classical tunes like Clair de Lune to some electric noise tracks when things appear to be precarious.
On that note I am not entirely sure if you can actually die since I was rather careful and took my time so I could soak in the atmosphere, but I would assume that you can considering that you do have an o2 meter that decreases over time and as you propel yourself around. Fortunately there are plenty of o2 cannisters and recharge sockets amongst the ruined station so you have plenty of opportunitys to stay topped up. You can take damage it seems too as the more you bump into things and hit debris, the more cracks will appear in your visor and so you have to find a repair station to remove them. This also affects your HUD and it will start glitching the more damage it appears to have. Again though, I never got into a position where I was in any real danger from damage so I am not totally sure what happens in that regard.
The HUD is quite large but not as invasive as you would think. At first you do notice quite quickly that it frames most of the screen, but I have to say that after 10 mins of playing it just kind of blends in and it is really quite helpful too. The compass could be confusing at first since most games obviously have a 2d compass, but in this game it is a complete 360 degrees but I have to say that I never really found myself in a position where I became lost so it obviously did it's job well enough for me.
The story is intriguing enough to keep you searching for info as you try and complete your primary mission to get home too. The station may have only had a small crew but it seems there were quite a few secrets for you to find out. I will wait a while before I play it again, but I do look forward to doing so for sure.
Overall I would definitely recommend picking this game up if you like narrative driven stories and walking sims as it is a wonderfully different take on the genre.

About the game:
After a terrible incident, we are the only ones who survived this catastrophe. Our spacesuit is highly damaged and we are losing oxygen every time. We need to repair it and escape from a shattered space station to Earth. There are no fights, just survive and return to Earth in intense circumstances. I could say that it is a mix of adventure and simulator. Although it is not a simulator at all.. Why the lights and electricity still work in a shattered station?
After completing the main story they allow us to explore the space station without fear of dying.
Note: i didn't try it in VR, so i can't say anything about it.
For what i reccomend it:
+ For fans of the space-themed games.
+ It has realistic graphics and physics.
+ A story behind this catastrophe.
+ Space themed, slow progression, survival game that makes us believe that we are in space when we play it, because of its highly detailed space atmosphere.
For what i do not reccomend it:
- We need enough patience to play it, because of the slow gameplay.
- If you are looking for a fast-paced game, this is not the case.
- "Walking simulator in space."
I'll rate it 6/10 cause I'm a fan of space-themed games, but we have nothing to do when we complete the main story.
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Good graphics, but it can be a little demanding in VR using a gtx 1080 + rift-s + 360 controller (wasn't much room for SS whilst maintaining max fps).
Semi-realistic physics which uses assists, unlike some other zero-g sim-based titles.
I didn't feel any discomfort and my last sitting was 3 hours straight (about 5 hours total), so this should be better for a wider audience than, say, Detached (a similar idea).
Story is meh.
Overall, I quite enjoyed it. Recommend in a sale.

I'm not sure where I picked up ADR1FT. It was either completely free, or it was part of a bundle where I wanted other games, in which case it might as well have been free because I didn't want it but wound up with it anyway.
ADR1FT is a VR "walking simulator" type game, in which you play Alex Oshima, the only survivor of a space station accident. Fortunately, you can play it without a VR set-up, because I don't have any of those, and I'm not really interested. But the game was in my library for a while, and I wanted to clear it off before starting something else.
ADR1FT is a game very limited in scope. The space in which you play are the environs of the ruined space-station, both inside and out. The only sound is from audio logs, faulty pronouncements from the computer, HAN IV, or transmissions from Earth. There are occasional music stings, but for the most part, the game is pretty quiet.
The game itself is also limited; you go around repairing various modules of the station in order to enable the escape module. Your only resource is oxygen, which you get from air canisters scattered about, or (after you fix the appropriate module) from air hoses in the walls. Until the suit's integrity is fixed, you leak oxygen while you're outside the station, and it gets used up when you fire your suit's thrusters; apparently Alex doesn't need to breath. Along the way, you collect audio logs and tokens from your dead colleagues, and piece together what went wrong (and also discover that these are probably the worst astronauts since the crew of that spaceship from Jason X).
Banging into things also damages your suit; I don't know if it does anything beyond cosmetic damage. Hitting exposed electrical wires does make you lose air, and that's the main danger throughout the game, because oxygen is plentiful. It's not a very hard or frustrating game, though one of the achievements has been giving me a bit of trouble (mainly because it's a speedrun achievement).
ADR1FT is okay. It was a good way of spending the weekend. I wouldn't spend money on it, but your mileage may vary.

Adrift is a slow paced, atmospheric, space sim of sorts where you play as Astronaut Alex Oshima stranded in space after a mysterious disaster leaves your space station destroyed. You have a straight forward goal of figuring out what may have happened, getting key parts of the station back online and finding a way to get back to earth.
Adrift can be played with VR or without, I myself played through it non-VR and enjoyed it quite a lot more than some other people may, simply because I'm a space nerd and I pretty much love anything that involves space, especially if the atmosphere is delivered on such a stunning level as this.
Adrift's core gameplay loop has you floating around your destroyed space station following waypoints that have you gather items or information critical to bringing the station back online. You can also come across optional areas in which you can listen to audio logs or read emails of members who were previously aboard the station and the life's they lived before the incident which can sometimes be interesting but most of the time, I didn't find myself all that invested in that side of the game. I won't hide the fact that you complete these tasks in a VERY slow passion due to the zero gravity conditions and the need to conserve your suits oxygen my minimizing movement. While slowly floating from point A to B using your suit's realistic yet propulsion system, you will need to grab oxygen canisters to fill your constantly depleting oxygen along the way. For the time you are in open space and not inside a station complex, your oxygen will ALWAYS be depleting. The more you move or use propulsion, the faster it drains. You need to be smart about the maneuvers you make and how you time them to get to where you're going. One thing that helps in this situation is the game's realistic simulation of inertia, which is something many space games can get wrong, But in this case it works very well. Every movement you make is uninterrupted until another surface prevents you from moving any further (An object put into motion, stays in motion until another object or surface prevents such motion). This well implemented and subtle concept allows you to look at where you are going, fire your propulsion forward in that direction and not have to touch your propulsion again until you reach your destinations, you will just float slowly but surely straight to it (if you aimed it right). Although the oxygen gathering is quite a primary and frequent mechanic, It can sometimes feel like it is actually the only thing keeping you busy while moving from one point to the next. Other than oxygen, there is really nothing else to focus on besides your objective on the mini-map. This really does end up being the case though, It is how the developers intended the game to be and it could be a positive or a negative to different types of people. For me it's not really a problem, but it can get pretty tedious. It is clear though that this game is made to instill a sense of isolation while giving you quite a large broken station to explore orbiting an insanely life like earth down below.
I really did enjoy Adrift despite it sometimes feeling empty... But that may actually just be the point of the game. It's meant to make you feel small and alone with little to do or work with but to just find a way home, and it does that very very well. If you are someone looking for an action packed, nerve racking space thriller like the movie Gravity, This is definitely not the game for you, But if you're a patient and casual player who just wants to experience a short but fantastic looking and feeling space experience that has you on a specified mission, Then I think this would be a great title for you to pick up. It doesn't have a whole lot of replayability, but for some reason I always find myself coming back to this game simply for the dang near perfect atmosphere of space. The atmosphere really does it for me and this truly is an atmosphere based game from the core. Adrift is worth a look for anyone interested in a good looking yet simple atmospheric space experience.
Pros:
- Gorgeous visuals all around with stunning atmosphere (No not that atmosphere! Stop looking down!)
- An easy to follow, mostly linear goal
- Great controls and physics simulation
Cons:
- Can get tedious
- Mini-map can sometimes be confusing (due to there not actually being any directions in space)
- Relatively uninteresting side story
Rating: 8/10