Early Access Review
I hate to do this, but it must be made known on the front page that the developers currently have no intention at all of including VR support in this game.

Instead, they would rather make excuses to not include it this time (it was a core feature in the first Everspace) despite an overwhelming response from the community (that you can go see for yourself in the discussions, as I'm sure the VR Support thread will probably be the largest ongoing thread for quite some time), and instead they've stated that they *may* consider making a standalone product after this game has seen it's full release in 2022, or if we're lucky then maaaaaybe add it to this title after the full release, but based on their attitude and disdain towards us being vocal about this, I highly doubt so.

In other words, at best they are being capitalistic scum that want to double dip on some of their fanbase's goodwill and sell them the same product twice (because we all know they probably wouldn't give any sort of discount to existing owners... rarely any developer does these days) rather than give everyone a better value for their money product sooner (and lets face it, they are already pushing their luck with their higher than expected cost, which at launch is $51 CAD, so they have no excuse). At worst, they are just completely disregarding, disrespecting, and alienating a significant portion of their supporters and fanbase as they prioritise the rush to make the biggest return on the game with the least amount of effort possible. I don't disagree with the first part, I want them to be successful and the game to sell well, but I don't support the latter of being lazy in how they do it... they should earn every dollar they make, and stripping core functionality that existed in their previous game is not how to do it.

So as much as it pains me to say so (because I loved the first Everspace and had a lot of respect for RFG for their ongoing support for it), for now my review for anyone wanting and expecting the same VR experience from the first Everspace is to make a hard pass. I'd also like to suggest to anyone who is reading this that after learning it will not have VR support included is no longer interested in buying the game to please join the many others in the VR Support thread in the Steam forums, and simply add your own "No VR, no buy!" comment there to help show RFG the number of lost sales from their ill-informed decision (and ensuing stubbornness).
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13 Comments
Necropants Feb 5, 2021 @ 6:38pm 
Apologist shills, everywhere. You all may not think VR is the future of this media, but it certainly isn't one eyed 2D either...

Was going to buy so this review was helpful to me.
Zenith Jan 22, 2021 @ 12:10pm 
If people like you represent the average VR user, then no wonder the developers won't touch VR with a ten foot barge pole.
BloodySin Jan 21, 2021 @ 1:05pm 
Did I miss something or this is the long-play version of "waah waah no VR makes me cwy"?
Kamuflaro Jan 21, 2021 @ 2:09am 
“capitalistic scum” not ok. You want something this the choice of words should be kind, not insulting.
Nisverah Jan 20, 2021 @ 9:18pm 
How to make VR users look bad in one sentence, the review
That_Steven_Guy Jan 20, 2021 @ 2:52pm 
Wow. Angry, bitter little salt merchant.
TheBrightKing Jan 20, 2021 @ 2:25pm 
Well the game was never advertished itself as an VR title so i dont understand the complaints, if you bought a game that is not VR and doesnt even say it is, to play it on VR, thats your fault.

Like it or not they have things that are more important right now, like finishing the game, which is much bigger, and more time and money consuming to do than the first one, so that might give you a hint about it not having VR support.

The game is more polished and complete than many EA titles, it is in a much better state than the already mentioned Cyberpunk, and it doesnt even have half the content it is supposed to have when finished yet.

Im also wondering what would you consider a "less capitalistic" approach, since VR or not, you would have to buy the game anyways.

It really is not fair at all to put them in the same level as the lootbox games or the microtransaction filled AAA "experiences", just because they didnt focus on VR and never promised to do so.
Sponticore Jan 20, 2021 @ 2:14pm 
I have vr and im perfectly fine if they choose to not dedicate valuable resources to cheapening the experience due to current limited hardware. No VR, no big deal. Not saying it wouldnt be cool
staypuft69 Jan 20, 2021 @ 1:59pm 
Nah I don't even have VR device and I think this is a totally fair and valid point. Kinda whack, hate to see good devs continuing to corrupt themselves like CD projekt, would've thought RFG too small to succumb but that's life.