Gungrave VR

released on Dec 14, 2017

Deadman assassin Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat returns in a virtual reality requel to the original title.


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straight up forgot about this
it feels like a tech demo for a version of Gungrave GORE that never existed
I'll give them a bonus point for getting the anime dub cast back for the like five voice lines tho GORE couldn't be assed to do that

Why is this a VR game and not just a third person shooter with gyro aim????

What an honour it is being the first person on here to review Gungrave VR. From what I know about the general feel around the game, I might even be the first to finish it.

Now brace yourselves, dear readers, because I cannae believe how much I didn't hate this. Went in fully ready to feel pure contempt. Had a review of simply "Beyond a Joke" queued up before I had booted the game.

Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean this is some sleeper hit, or worth your time. I don't even think I could recommend it to fans of Gungrave. But there's a small charm to how kinda jank and shallow this is. It feels like they had a budget to make a crackin' Grave model, and just bought everything else from an asset store.

Controls are a bit awkward, you aim with your head, so no move controllers, which seems like a wasted opportunity given Brandon's dual-wielding nature. However, you get used to it pretty quickly, and it works surprisingly well.

It's weird because it does almost nothing with VR. There are some bits where it's first-person, but apart from those it might as well be a normal Gungrave entry. Even weirder is realising this is a sequel to Overdose. I'd assumed this was a wee fun side thing, but it's treated as a prologue to the upcoming Gungrave G.O.R.E.

Fuck knows what's happeng with the series, but Iggymob does seem to kinda understand the appeal, even if the execution doesn't quite get there.