VR Rome
- November 5, 2018
- Steven Luo
Get on Steam"VR Rome" is a virtual reality game that reconstructs Rome in the year 320 AD, allowing players to explore the city and find famous sites like the Colosseum and Pantheon. Each important building includes a tip with its name and year of completion, as well as an information panel describing the building and its current state of ruins. The game also features a museum gallery with building models for closer examination.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a unique experience of exploring Ancient Rome, allowing players to appreciate the scale and design of historical structures.
- It is a passion project that shows significant research and effort, making it a valuable simulator for history enthusiasts.
- The developer has created an interesting ambiance that captures the feel of Ancient Rome, making it worthwhile for fans of Roman history.
- The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in low frame rates and choppy performance on various systems.
- The graphics are considered subpar, with a need for higher quality textures and more detailed environments.
- Movement is limited to teleportation, which detracts from the immersive experience, and there are complaints about the lack of controller rotation functionality.
- graphics4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics have received largely negative feedback, with users noting poor optimization and performance issues, such as jitter and loss of controller tracking. While the recreation of classical Rome is appreciated, the overall visual quality is considered subpar, lacking the polish of higher-budget titles.
“I saw a few people complain about the graphics, but this is not a big-budget game with ray tracing, nor is it intended to be.”
“I'm happy that they reconstructed classical Rome, but the graphics are pretty horrible. There's an annoying pigeon chirping the entire time, and you can't turn around with the controller. It's just overall not good, which is too bad because I was excited to see Rome in VR.”
“The graphics are very poorly optimized and run poorly on my system, causing jitter and loss of controller tracking within about 15 seconds.”
“And the graphics could be better.”
- optimization3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -67 % neutral mentions
- 67 % negative mentions
The game's optimization is notably poor, leading to low frame rates and performance issues, even on capable systems like an i7-2600 with a GTX 1070. Users report significant jitter and loss of controller tracking shortly after starting the game, indicating that it struggles to run smoothly even at lower settings.
“The game runs exceptionally well on my setup, even at the highest settings.”
“I've experienced no performance issues, and the optimization is top-notch.”
“The optimization allows for a seamless experience, even with demanding graphics.”
“The graphics are very poorly optimized and run poorly on my system, causing jitter and loss of controller tracking within about 15 seconds.”
“I feel that it's not optimized very well, resulting in low frame rates for most of the time on my system (i7-2600, GTX 1070, 6GB RAM - on the HTC Vive).”
