The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Gold Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £14.99
Comfort Rating: Yellow
Genre: Adventure
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Sitting
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+

 

Description: A strange message left by your mischievous twin sister, Elsie, will draw you into a mysterious journey filled with bizarre characters, a sinister presence and awe-inspiring adventure. Along the way, you will be assisted by a helpful yet unhinged Professor who may harbour ulterior motives of his own. Your search for Elsie will lead you to a cosmic machine that wields incredible power and it will test your will against the forces of a shadowy figure who resides within it.

Review: The Gallery – Episode 1: Call of the Starseed is the first part of a series of games called “The Gallery” and there have been 3 episodes released so far. While this one is pretty short (the shortest of all of them) it is still the first that spurred the others into production and I think you have to take that into account when it comes to this games price point. Sure, it might not offer value for money if you don’t look at the bigger picture, but that is how you must see it.

The game itself is nothing short of amazing (while it last) with some beautiful looking graphics, puzzles that challenge the brain and some pretty great voice acting all come together to make the storyline believable and the game deeply immersive. I am basing my score on this being the seed for the others, so do bear that in mind and hopefully, you will also consider downloading the others.