Now, I fully understand that in 2016 this was a big deal, but my god this game is such a snoozer.

This game was highly regarded and became a household VR title likely because it was one of the first that actually felt like a full game. It's got a full on campaign where stuff works and (big emphasis on kinda) kinda a story. BUT, with all the hype of VR gone, this game really doesn't offer much. In-fact, this game could have easily been made in flatscreen instead of VR, there's such little interactivity with the world.

Lemme run down what you do in this game: You use idk, maybe 4 weapons or so to shoot zombies, some zombies run, some zombies have helmets on, and some have some weird crystals on them or something. That's the entire collection of both weapons and enemies, the absolute lifeblood of an FPS. To progress in the levels, you must find a key or some piece to unlock the next part of the map, something that's been around since like Wolfenstein 3D, which isn't necessarily a bad gameplay loop, but it must be held up by everything around it. This game doesn't do that, there's very little set-pieces, extremely boring and linear map design, and as mentioned earlier, a lack of variety in weapons and enemies. In what is essentially an FPS, this game doesn't take the exploration approach of many boomer-shooters, nor does it take the linear-set-piece approach of modern shooters. It chooses to do the bare-minimum.

I got through like 7 levels that were basically all the exact same thing, though some were in darkness so yk, that's something. I legitimately got so bored I just wanted to stop playing, and here we are! Take away the VR aspect here, this game offers literally nothing that you can't find better anywhere else, with the VR, this game offers a middling shooting gallery.

I hate to rag on games so hard like this but honestly man, this is just such a whatever time. Oh also, the deadpool-esque protagonist is annoying.

Reviewed on Mar 23, 2024


3 Comments


1 month ago

All cards on the table, I had never heard of this game till you brought it up. Was it really a huge draw in the VR world? I'd heard of Half-Life Alyx, Astro Bot, and of course Skyrim, but not this one.

1 month ago

@RedBackLoggd I don't know it's numbers of success but I just recall it being one of THE vr titles just because it was yk, more than a tech demo I guess lol

1 month ago

Ah, yeah I can see that.