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About Lunar Odyssey

Lunar Odyssey is a single player open world simulation game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Fractal Blue Entertainment and was released on February 21, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Lunar Odyssey is an immersive first-person VR experience, depicting details of the Apollo Missions, Lunar Lander, lunar surface, and Apollo-era technology with impressive accuracy and levels of interaction.

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62%Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews
graphics4 positive mentions
gameplay2 negative mentions

  • The game features realistic and visually appealing lunar environment and lunar module interiors.
  • Offers a unique VR experience simulating Apollo moon landing tasks and controls, including a sandbox mode and mini-games like lunar golf.
  • Runs smoothly on some VR hardware (HTC Vive, Valve Index) and provides a decent educational insight into Apollo mission details.
  • Controls and VR tracking are clunky, unreliable, and sometimes frustrating, making interaction difficult and detracting from immersion.
  • Gameplay is very limited, repetitive, and tedious, largely consisting of entering numbers with little meaningful player control or reward.
  • The game is unfinished and abandoned by developers, with no updates or fixes despite being paid at launch; text readability and graphic quality are inconsistent.
  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics in the game are generally praised for their appeal and quality, enhancing the visual experience. However, some users noted issues like graphics smearing, which detracts from the overall presentation. While visuals are important, reviewers emphasize that strong gameplay is also essential for the game to be truly engaging.

    • “The graphics in this game are really quite good, which at least makes the game look more appealing.”
    • “And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics.”
  • gameplay

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The gameplay in "Lunar Odyssey" is minimal and feels more like a tech demo than a fully developed experience, lacking engaging mechanics and polish. Technical issues, such as awkward controls and interaction problems, further hinder the overall gameplay quality.

    • “"Lunar Odyssey" is an abandoned early access VR experience, meaning it's very light on gameplay and more of a tech demo than anything else.”
    • “In my first few playthroughs, I ended up with tiny arms like a T-Rex and then couldn’t get the batteries into the lunar lander!”
  • story

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story, centered on space and Apollo missions, is criticized for being overly realistic but dull, particularly during the escape level, which feels tedious and unsatisfying due to its abrupt ending. Users feel the narrative lacks depth and content, making it difficult to justify the price.

    • “The escape level, while realistic, is the most boring and tedious process I have ever experienced.”
    • “It just says 'mission success' and ends... WTF... I paid for that?!?”
    • “There are far better Apollo mission VR experiences out there, and there simply isn’t enough content to justify the £7.19 asking price.”
  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The grinding aspect of this VR experience is widely seen as tedious and unfinished, with repetitive activities that diminish enjoyment despite the appealing lunar setting and realistic elements.

    • “This VR experience puts you on an admittedly very nice-looking lunar excursion, except the developers didn't bother finishing it, so all you really do is some tedious activity and that's about it.”
    • “First of all, I love space, especially the Apollo missions, but the escape level, as realistic as it may be, is the most boring and tedious process I have ever experienced.”
  • stability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The feedback does not provide relevant information about the game's stability. No comments regarding performance or technical stability were mentioned.

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Lunar Odyssey is a open world simulation game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Lunar Odyssey include educational, exploration, early access, artificial intelligence, difficult and others.

Lunar Odyssey is available on PC, Virtual Reality and Windows.

Lunar Odyssey was released on February 21, 2022.

Lunar Odyssey was developed by Fractal Blue Entertainment.

Lunar Odyssey has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Lunar Odyssey for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Lunar Odyssey is a single player game.

Similar games include Phantom-OS, CAT Interstellar, Mousebound, Take On Mars, Wardwell House VR and others.