When comparing The Crow vs Corridor 17, the Slant community recommends The Crow for most people. In the question“What are the best Rift games with Leap Motion Controller support?” The Crow is ranked 3rd while Corridor 17 is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose The Crow is:
There is no set task from the outset of the game, it is up to the player where they would like to go and what they would like to do. Luckily there is a lot to explore thanks to the open world. You can hunt and gather for survival as well as play mini game or collect items. As you explore the world you will run into other creatures who you can interact with as well as take on tasks for. All in all it is up to the player how the game is played, which is quite liberating and allows for a low stress environment.
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Pros
Pro Relaxing freeplay gameplay
There is no set task from the outset of the game, it is up to the player where they would like to go and what they would like to do. Luckily there is a lot to explore thanks to the open world. You can hunt and gather for survival as well as play mini game or collect items. As you explore the world you will run into other creatures who you can interact with as well as take on tasks for. All in all it is up to the player how the game is played, which is quite liberating and allows for a low stress environment.
Pro Intuitive gameplay that is controlled completely through motion
The ship is controlled with the players head, lean the head left and the ship goes left, lean right and the ship goes right, this frees up the hands to do the shooting in the game. With the Leap Motion mounted on the Oculus headgear, the user can wave each hand in front of the Leap Motion camera in order to shoot enemies in the corridor. Wave the left hand in front of the camera and the left lasers shoot, same for the right. Together this makes for a game completely controlled by motion control of ones head and hands, which is easy to understand and pickup for just about any player.
Cons
Con Current information on the game is dated
The game appears to have been greenlit on Steam and plans have been announced for ports on consoles as well. There is a gamejam demo available for free on Steam Greenlight as well as the Immersive Learning Center, but any beta version seems to be absent at this time. All info on the game seems to have stopped in 2015 and nothing new has been announced, even on the developers Twitter. Currently their domain page is gone as well. It is unknown if this project is still being developed at this time.
Con Setup may be a pain
The camera that controls tracking for the Oculus will need to be mounted above the player or to one side as the players hands may interfere with the Oculus tracking when being used in the suggested way of waving in front of the Leap Motion camera, which will be mounted on top of the Oculus headset. basically the players hands may get in the way of the Oculus tracking camera if not mounted in a high position.
This means the player may need to adjust their equipment setup in order to make this game work as intended. For some this may be too much trouble, for others it may not be an option due to limited room.