So as a kid I had this slew of games I'd play. Simple, mostly. Point and click adventures. Some puzzle solving games. But then there were a few
special games that were so unique and cool that even though I never played them much, they still made a big impression on me.
One of those games was called
"Magic Carpet". It was an odd FPS DOS game where you fly around an Aladdin type world shooting at strange creatures from your magic carpet. I never got gud at it, and never really learned to play the story, but everything about it imprinted itself on my mind. The music, the sounds, the graphics, the play-style. But I never thought I'd really come across another game like it, and it didn't bother me.
Then I found Megaton Rainfall. My mind has been exploding all night. It's so similar, while at the same time being completely new and different. You fly around as a sort of "super hero". More like a strange, cosmic entity. Your job is to save humans. But here's where this "new kind of nostalgia" comes into play.
This game has a VERY similar play-style to Magic Carpet,
however, since it exists in 2017 instead of the 90s, it's NEXT LEVEL s***. I am able to fly all over the world, seamlessly, without load screens or animations. At a moment's notice I can climb beyond Earth's atmosphere, dash across its surface, and then dive back down wherever I please, going all the way to ground level to the point you can see plants and stuff. But it get's even crazier. You can fly to
other planets. Seamlessly, and then dive down onto their surfaces, including gas giants like Jupiter. You can fly through Staturn's rings, either along the top or
in them! You can get down to the surface level of the Sun. But it gets even crazier. You can explore other solar systems in the Milky Way. TONS OF THEM. Some have multiple stars, planets, moons. You can find amazing clusters of stars. You can park yourself on Azathoth's throne. BUT IT GET'S EVEN CRAZIER. You can
leave the f***ing Milky Way, and drift out into the pure void of nothingness between the galaxies. You can travel to
other galaxies. Dive into their turbulent clouds of stars and systems. Over and over, all over the place.
Sure, the planets get to be pretty similar as you explore more and more, but that's true to life to an extent. It doesn't dampen the mind-boggling effect it has on me. Outer space blows my mind, and now with VR, I can actually drift amongst the stars.
The thing about this is, it's basically me re-living my childhood but in the future. I'm playing Magic Carpet for the first time, except in this weird alternate reality I live in, instead of flying a magic carpet across earth, I'm flying
myself across galaxies.
VR has so much in store for us, it's ridiculous. This game feels so huge. The thrill of zipping across city skylines, then blasting up into space, you can actually
feel yourself rising out of the Earth's atmosphere. It's insane. If you're wanting a fun game that has some skillful arcade style gameplay, but also want to
explore all of existence, get this game.
Video games are fun to me again, this is great.
