Manifest 99 is an ominous and eerie story about finding redemption in the afterlife. Set on a mysterious train inhabited by a murder of crows, you assist four travel companions on a journey to their final destination. This virtual reality experience is played without a controller: you gaze into the eyes of crows to move to their perch, viewing the world from their scale and perspective. Look into the eyes of your travel companions and uncover the reason why they – and you – are on this train traveling into the great beyond.
Features: – A rich world rendered in a striking, painterly visual style – No controller required, best experienced sitting or standing – Move around by gazing into the eyes of crows – Discover items to learn more about your travel companions
Not bad, not great. For the money, this short film is worth the price. I'm thrilled VR is moving in this direction, we need more films like it. The need for interactivity is I think the only down fall of this project. As a viewer you are left wondering what to do next. You want to take it all in and look around but instead feel compelled to find the next scene trigger. Do you you take in the view through the windows? Do you look at an object in the train? Do you make eye contact with a crow? Will you have the same fate as the train behind you if you don't find the trigger fast enough? This is a bit of a distraction on what is important. That said, the story is OK. The graphics are OK and animation well done.
15 - 20 min long. Most expensive demo I've paid for. At 15-20 min long, not very good value for money. Cant say this game pulled on my heart strings. Just when you start to get into it, its over.
What an emotional ride, wow! Realising who i am and what happed gave me some strong feelings. Short, but worth every minute. Really liked the gaze mechanic and even more the reaction of the caracters to that gaze. Rigging, artstyle, music etc. was very good too.
abstract concept of the afterlife. Very wonderfully done with the scenes and the music. very touching in places. as has been said, its a nice touch allowing us to decide when we leave a scene or change position on the train as I kinda liked to just sit and enjoy the weird scenery as I sat on the train and relaxed. the minds it takes to come up with stuff like this....thanks for the little world you created!