Space Explore (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Silver Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £7.19
Comfort Rating: Yellow
Genre: Interactive Experience
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting, Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Experience how Spacecraft’s lift-off into orbit. Join the crew on space shuttle missions and assist in the servicing of the space station. Take a trip into orbit and experience The Earth from above. Encounter life on board the space station, learn how to move in zero-gravity and participate in spacewalks. Take control of the shuttle in an accurate physics-based landing simulation. Space Explore is a game as well as an educational simulation. Experience the thrill of viewing The Earth in orbit which is unparalleled in Virtual Reality.

Review: ‘Space Explore’ is a series of 4 missions based around space travel. You get to watch the Space Shuttle take off, you then get to explore the space station and do a moonwalk and then bring the shuttle home. It’s all very basic with some rather jarring robotic narration. You should be aware that there are far better VR Space experiences out there, some of which are hyper-real looking. This was OK given that I only paid the sale price of £4.31, but the full price is £7.19 and this experience is definitely not worth that as there are only 30 minutes of content here at most. Worth a look for a small price, but at full price, I would avoid it.