Recent reviews by Zastai

Originally got this on Epic as part of a sale, because it seemed like a laugh and was quite cheap. Really enjoyed playing it over Discord with friends, making joint decisions. I expect it would be similarly enjoyable to play this on Twitch with your community (there's a streamer mode that removes the timer for decisions). Took about 6 hours to play through most paths and get all the achievements. Got it again on Steam because it was part of a (heavily discounted) FMV game bundle. Certainly recommended when it's on sale.

A beautifully presented, incredibly moving story. Super recommended!

Beat Saber may be the well-known one, but to me, Synth Riders is the best VR music/rhythm game there is.

- No faffing with mods in order to play custom songs.
- Pretty looking environments.
- Multiplayer that Just Works.
- Gameplay is easy to pick up, lends itself better to dancy gameplay, and isn't as hard on the wrists as Beat Saber.

(I mostly play the Oculus version on Quest 2, hence the low playtime for the Steam version.)

I like nonograms anyway, and this does a good job of combining them with a decent enough visual novel, spanning 4 murder cases.
Spent 26 hours so far, finishing the first 3 cases.
Difficulty is not too high - biggest nonogram (so far) is 15x15.

Currently unplayable for me.
Installed it, started it up, no visual issues as some have reported. However, it is EXTREMELY LOUD - I had to rip off my headphones for fear of damaging my ears after the intro (a bard song starts playing during the gamma config),
Even with master volume at 10% and all other volumes at 20%, sound levels are all over the place (a harpist's music follows me through the town, sounding louder than if he was standing next to me, but my footsteps are fine), and many are louder than anything else on the system.
I can't really understand how something like that gets through QA during beta, never mind in a shipping product...

I play exclusively using headphones, so this makes the game in its current state unplayable; very disappointing.