DragonRideVR

I've always wanted to experience realistic dragons in VR, so when this one went on sale, I figured I'd give it a shot- but keeping expectations low so as not to be disappointed. Well as soon as I zoned into the super dark lobby area, I was very pleasantly surprised! Just in those first few moments, I turned around and immediately noticed two massive breathing dragons hovering over me with a towering gargoyle statue in between. Their attention to detail and how much they gave off a sense of presence was pretty impressive. I tried out the dragon ride experience (theme park ride style) first with the night environment. Very relaxing and the fireworks show was an unexpected nice touch at the end. After that, moved on to trying out more of the atmospheric environments, along with the variety of game modes/ mini games. From a rhythm style mode reminiscent to a popular VR rhythm game (but with balloons)... to finding dragon eggs/ hitting targets... to flying and controlling a dragon freely... and more. There was a huge learning curve to the flying on my own part for me, but after some time struggling, I was finally becoming somewhat competent. Still need way more practice though. Can't blame the game though cause I'm also just as horrible controlling mounts in other games :P All in all, I ended up finding myself lost in the game for almost an hour on my first try. Which for me was pretty long considering I had already been playing other VR stuff beforehand, in one session, without a break. Definitely will return to explore even more as it is a great escape from real life. Can't wait to show this to my sis who is obsessed with dragons and others. Side note: I played Drakan (an action-adventure fantasy game where you rode a dragon) on PC/ PS2, and I remember how awesome it was to ride a dragon in 3D (3D was really new & cool in the 90's) and just go exploring throughout the world. I loved that game and DragonRideVR feels like I'm back in Drakan's world... literally inside it. Gear used: Valve Index/ Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti