This is difficult to review due to the current game offered. I wish there were a "Recommended once out of Early Access" selection.

A strategy game in room-scale VR. It's very similar to a tower defense game; as a player you build structures and bots, and you can assist your autonomous forces with turrets, frisbee lasers, etc.

Yes.

Not yet. I'll explain.

The game is very intuitive, and the mechanics are very fun, but there's a severe lack of content. What's in the game is very polished, and aside from some preformance issues when there's a lot of robots flying around, there's not a lot I can fault it on aside from said lack of content. I think once they start filling in things to do, this could be one of those "must buy" VR games that gets copied due to how mechanically satisfying it is.

Yes, via family sharing or going to someone's house. It's definitely worth trying, it just might not be worth buying quite yet.

I seriously need to gush for a second.

PROS:

These guys very much understand haptics, what feels good in VR and amazing VR controls. Not only what FEELS good, but the gorgeous polish they're putting on the environment and models. And seriously that little bot that waves at me is one of the best things ever. He's so ♥♥♥♥ing cute and I I love it every time he waves at me with his cute little robot wings and his dumb little smiley face. I don't even know his purpose but I'm glad he's there. The guys from Fantastic Contraption need to steal this little guys personality and put it into the kitty that gives you all the parts.

So a couple things. The haptics on everything you grab or vacuum to your controller feels so good. All the bumps, buzzes, and everything that let you know when to look at your controller, when you're picking something up, everything... feels SO GOOD. The generous amount of vacuum you get to pull things to you and pick things up is so very welcome and perfect. The physics on tossing and throwing stuff around IS SO GOOD. There's this Frisbee weapon that you can equip to help fight off baddies. it has just enough autoaim "homing" that makes it amazing feeling. I've played another frisbee VR game and is was terrible. This makes it feel like such a cool weapon. Even just tossing out bots to deploy them feels just like it should. You guys are seriously ♥♥♥♥ing nailing everything about the "feel" of VR. The UI is top notch. The method of choosing things to build and placing them out is top ♥♥♥♥ing notch. I don't know who you guys are or where you came from but you're a big ♥♥♥♥ing deal and I'm super excited to see what comes of this game and what you're going to do for VR.

Also, can I just compliment the controller model for a minute? It feels like such love was put into it. That tiny little window that lets you see through it... I dunno man, you guys are just killing it on attention to detail. <3

The turret is AWESOME. That thing just feels amazing when you snap into it and go full Rambo on those aliens. It feels really neat and I'm excited for more turret modes. PLEASE GIVE US A CHAIN LIGHTING TURRET MODE TO TAKE OUT SWARMS! :)

KUDOS.


CONS:

I mean I have some negative criticism but I think it's simply because it's not done yet. I am keeping in mind that this is the very first build of Early Access but here are some things to consider if you're wanting a fully finished game right off the bat. Granted, keep in mind, early access is only $15 which is a steal because I'm positive this game will be worth double that once finished.

Like for starters, the goal right now is basically, survive as many waves as you can. Eventually you either die or you build so many bots the game can't keep up and it lags. Also, there does seem to be a bug where if sometimes gather bots just won't take minerals to empty, available, powered refineries. Devs confirmed this bug but just be prepared for some weird behavior there from time to time.

The other thing to prepare yourself for is how frustrating it can be when you accidentally "vacuum" batteries out of your robot factories or refineries. To remove a battery, you should have to do something like hit a power button first THEN pull the battery. That would solve that issue.

CONCLUSION:

These are minor nitpicks and again, keep in mind this is sort of a first draft of what's potentially going to be the single most polished VR game to date. But holy crap are the Devs nailing the feel of this game. The haptics, look, feel, design, and heart of this game makes me so happy. Get this game on early access understanding that there are only 3 structures, a 2 possible robots to build and that it's a survival wave based defense game to show you the core mechanics. Know that the RTS part of this game IS COMING. But once you load it up you'll instantly understand the care and love they're putting into all of the details of this game.

I recommend you get this.

Cosmic Trip is very fun with a great atmosphere and graphic style but be warned, being an early access game there unfortunately isn't a lot of content yet. It looks like the developers have a lot more planned with plenty "(coming soon)" tabs in the game, like maps and various buildings/robots.

As of right now you'll really experience everything that's in the game within the first 15-20minutes. The current game mode is survival where you are fighting off waves of attacking aliens while trying to defend the bases you've built, I played for an hour straight and had all my bases fully defended and so much income spilling in I couldn't hope to spend it all. That being said, I had an absolute blast doing it! Seriously once you've thrown some laser bots out and are firing away on the turret you'll be having a good time.
As far as how the game plays I've noticed a few bugs, none of which were even remotley game breaking and I only had fps issues once when I had way too many bots working on one reactor pretty late into the game.

Pros
Great atmosphere and graphics style
Incredibly cute robots that are fun to throw
Smooth fps
fun combat

Cons
Lack of content
AI begins to get derpy the longer you play

Overall I enjoy the game and at $14.99 ($13.49 currently on sale) I'd certainly reccomend it. I generally am not a fan of Early Access but I'm quite hopeful for this one as it's already running well and a joy to play.

Gameplay Video Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG0VE9DBiy4

OMG this is excellent! There is not much content right now, but that is fine because the core game mechanics and control schema is well thought out and executed. I am so tired of developers trying to sell me bad VR alpha and beta tech demos so they can get a piece of the cut. If you are an early VR adopter looking for compelling use cases, this is one of them. Buy this game and support the devs!

The game is surprisingly polished for something so early in development. I'm having a hard time figuring out if I want to recomend it or not. At this early stage I'd say not but it shows potential.

Having said that. Let's go through the feature list on the steam page because I feel like this game is a bit deceptive about how much there is to it presently. (Especially since its so cute, appealing and polished)

- Native VR room-scale RTS gameplay. Motion-controlled with HTC Vive controllers.
Check

- Strategically deploy your cosmobot forces to combat and to capture territories
Really not sure about the word "strategical", seems to be just build lots of laser bots and help them fight but that's really all there is to it. In fact I found it more efficient to stay in one place despite the really awesome and fun portals that woosh you to another spot. There's no reason to go there over anywhere else. I guess you could say your supply bot to laser bot ratio is a strategy but not a very deep one.

- Equip futuristic VR weapons
Equip 1 futurristic weapon (unless you count the turret)

- Manage and optimize your resource supply-line with harvesting cosmobots
As with strategy, all there is to it is to "manage" is to make lots of supply bots and put power in your refinery every now and then

- Build defensive structures and turrets to fortify your bases
There's one turret right now.

- Gnarly tunes and groovy vibes
As far as I can tell there was only one cowboy sounding soundtrack. Interesting theme choice.

I should add that there is a distinct lack of goal at the moment. And challenge for that matter. I played hard mode and threw up a bunch of bots and they seemed to manage themselves just fine even if I wasn't helping fight, but the only reason I seemed to be there was to get more crystals.

Would recommend waiting for further development before backing but it does show great potential so I'll be watching this space

Honestly, I'm not about to say anything that hasn't already been said, but I thought one more positive couldn't hurt.


Positive-


Design and feel are great, interacting with everything in this world simply feels RIGHT. It feels natural!

Attention to detail is astounding, there's a lot in here that simply doesn't need to be, and totally rounds out the experience as a whole (especially the little bot, I call him Buzz ^_^)

The navigation is top notch, wether its teleporting to different areas or going through the menu, everything is easy to pick up immedietly

BEST TUTORIAL IN ANY VR GAME. PERIOD. One major issue with VR games is that many don't have a solid tutorial, and leave you to either figure it out, or search the interwebs. For anyone who owns a Vive, the interwebs probably aren't a foriegn land, but having such a solid tutorial is really a standout right now.


Cons-


Its not finished. Straight up, that's the only con. This is the very first release of an Early Access, so of course it isn't finished, but it's very not finished. There's even a little blip in the instructions that seems to refer to capturing towers (of which there are two on the map), but the actual mechanic for capturing them simply doesn't exist. You can also see all of the locked spaces in the menus where they plan on putting more things.


Overall-

Get it. Yes, it's severely lacking in content, and if the devs tried to release it right now, as a full game, I would say screw them. But, this is the first in many betas to come, and I will be absulutley astounded if this doesn't jump in price, because the gameplay is just THAT GOOD.


To the Devs-

You are men, with a very particular set of skills.
Now, I don't know who you are, but I will find you, and I will play every game you've ever created.

Because you my friends, are amazing! Keep up the hard work, I cannot wait to play more of Cosmic Trip and or any other games you put out in the future (Seriously, I'll play them in Alpha, or Pre-Alpha! That's how much I like this XD).

This Gem only 86mb download? How?

Haptics use 10/10
Music choice 10/10
Fun 15/10
Cleverness 10/10

Whatever you do vive owners: GET THIS GAME

Buy this!

Pros:

* The game has an incredibly polished and solid foundation. It feels like an AAA game

* Really made for VR - Awesome haptics, the joy of throwing bots around, cool user interactions with everything

* Beautiful graphics

* Very well optimized, this is a great looking VR game and even with 40+ bots i didn't drop a frame on my old crappy 280x

* The core gameplay is addictive, satisfying and engaging. Building bots, plugging in batteries, deploying bots and even navigating the ui all feels fluid, fun and funky.

Cons:

* Since this is an early access game you should know this allready - there is very little content. If you're buying it right now it's to support the dev or because you are prepared to wait for the occasional content dumps.

There's not too much of the game so far, but what is there is amazing. The game has a very chill tone to it. Even if you're firing on a machine gun you have a bit of a serene joy going on. Friend bot also has a special place in my heart as one of the cutest game mascots in existance.

This game is awesome and I could end it right here.

Can't complain about the lack of content, it's not finished and the devs warn you there's only Survival right now. It's currently not particularly hard, eventually you end up with so many bots at every expansion that you just don't care and only teleport to replenish batteries in refineries and maybe build some new bots for good measure. But content will come! I look forward to more enemy types, attacks on different bases (especially not the ones you're currently at) etc.

As it stands right now the game looks and sounds great, the building menu is really intuitive and I love that I an queue a bot cartridge in each hand for rapid double bot factory building. There are some bugs and quirks, but it's too early to critisize.

...my only problem was that cute friend bot. Quite early on he stopped floating and just lay on the ground, ocassionally waving his little cutesy robot hand at me. I picked him up and tried to feed him a battery, but he just wouldn't take it! It was breaking my heart, so I made sure to take him in my hand every time I teleported so he wouldn't have to move on his own.