Irrational Exuberance: Prologue is, what can best be described as, an abstract experience. It comes with no tutorial, and it lets the player figure out how to proceed with the gameplay. As it's abstract, it's difficult to explain the game itself, but it does take place somewhere in the cosmos. As some people have deemed it appropriate to leave a negative review based on this, here's a hint for anyone who may consider playing this title; break stuff. Just be aware of your surroundings, as I found myself hitting walls in my 2mx2m room-scale space.

As beautiful and other-worldy as this title may be, the entire experience is extensively hindered and ruined due to performance issues that have gone unaddressed since launch (April 2016). Problems such as stuttering, freezing, crashing, and pulling up loading screen every few seconds. Having played this on an i7-6700k/GTX 1080/16GB DDR4 3000Hz RAM combo PC, the problems that I experienced are inexcusable, and it's even more worrisome that the developer hasn't even so much as acknowledged the existence of performance issues. Apparently, all issues are caused by leaving asynchonous and interleaved reprojections on, but of course disabling them requires a full Steam restart; to say the least, a real inconvenience while in VR.

While Irrational Exuberance: Prologue has a unique concept behind it, and suffice it to say that you'll never play another game on Steam quite like it, the unaddressed performance issues severely hold it back. The lack of developer response is even more scathing. It can be fun once you figure out what to do, and the visuals are stunning. However, if you're going to venture to play this 5 minute teaser, make sure to turn off both asynchonous and interleaved reprojections before getting all of your gear on. Due to the aforementioned problems, I cannot recommend this experience. Developer, if you fix this title, please leave a comment and I will re-review accordingly.

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[h1]Played On: [b]HTC Vive[/b][/h1] Irrational Exuberance: Prologue is, what can best be described as, an abstract experience. It comes with no tutorial, and it lets the player figure out how to proceed with the gameplay. As it's abstract, it's difficult to explain the game itself, but it does take place somewhere in the cosmos. As some people have deemed it appropriate to leave a negative review based on this, here's a hint for anyone who may consider playing this title; [spoiler]break stuff[/spoiler]. Just be aware of your surroundings, as I found myself hitting walls in my 2mx2m room-scale space. As beautiful and other-worldy as this title may be, the entire experience is extensively hindered and ruined due to performance issues that have gone unaddressed since launch (April 2016). Problems such as stuttering, freezing, crashing, and pulling up loading screen every few seconds. Having played this on an i7-6700k/GTX 1080/16GB DDR4 3000Hz RAM combo PC, the problems that I experienced are inexcusable, and it's even more worrisome that the developer hasn't even so much as acknowledged the existence of performance issues. Apparently, all issues are caused by leaving asynchonous and interleaved reprojections on, but of course disabling them requires a full Steam restart; to say the least, a real inconvenience while in VR. While Irrational Exuberance: Prologue has a unique concept behind it, and suffice it to say that you'll never play another game on Steam quite like it, the unaddressed performance issues severely hold it back. The lack of developer response is even more scathing. It can be fun once you figure out what to do, and the visuals are stunning. However, if you're going to venture to play this 5 minute teaser, make sure to turn off both asynchonous and interleaved reprojections before getting all of your gear on. Due to the aforementioned problems, I cannot recommend this experience. Developer, if you fix this title, please leave a comment and I will re-review accordingly. [h1]Rating: [b]1.0/5.0[/b] - It's Bad.[/h1] The VR Network [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33182845-The-VR-Network/]Curator[/url] | [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/thevrnetwork]Group[/url] Click for More