To me, Gun Club makes for the perfect post-vr workout game. It's great to do some levels here or there, but I find it difficult to commit more time to it as an actual game. That said, I think it's a great purchase. NameBrand
Gun Club is a great package simply for its value as a game where you can mess with guns on a range. Of course, it's a little more interesting than that with extra scenarios, and some gun customization, but at its core, that's why I picked it up. That fact alone is what keeps it in my collection as something I always keep installed on my headset. But it's only something I can stand to play for about an hour at a time at maximum. Why?
If you're playing Gun Club as a game, you're going to quickly find out that there is unnecessary padding and repetition EVERYWHERE. For example, there are several types of "game modes" on the range that take you through a list of levels or challenges that progressively get more difficult. You'd think that after completing this ladder you'd be done, and could move on to the next activity. This is somewhat true... but it's tied to the weapon type. So you have to run through 40 challenges with the pistol, then swap to the assault rifles and do what is essentially the same 40 challenges with very little variation. They do this with many activities in the game. There are 5 or 6 weapon types, so you can see how attempting to "beat" this game would make you crazy. This not to mention that they pull the same shenanigans in the first DLC that I'm still working through playing.
But the guns all feel great, shoot smooth, have fun accurate reloads, all that. It's fun to mess around with different scopes and make abominations on the gun rails. The holster slots on your body are a little jank, as are the physics with knives and grenades, but that isn't really why you're here anyway. I will say it is a bit annoying to purchase some of the same stuff from the shop multiple times over (again with that per-gun nonsense), but it is what it is. I usually have the money to get by.
Overall I'd say that I recommend it to people looking for a gun range type experience. It's not H3 by any means, but it certainly is the most compact experience you can get with standalone VR and will keep you mildly interested in short bursts of play sessions.
Gun Club is a great package simply for its value as a game where you can mess with guns on a range. Of course, it's a little more interesting than that with extra scenarios, and some gun customization, but at its core, that's why I picked it up. That fact alone is what keeps it in my collection as something I always keep installed on my headset. But it's only something I can stand to play for about an hour at a time at maximum. Why?
If you're playing Gun Club as a game, you're going to quickly find out that there is unnecessary padding and repetition EVERYWHERE. For example, there are several types of "game modes" on the range that take you through a list of levels or challenges that progressively get more difficult. You'd think that after completing this ladder you'd be done, and could move on to the next activity. This is somewhat true... but it's tied to the weapon type. So you have to run through 40 challenges with the pistol, then swap to the assault rifles and do what is essentially the same 40 challenges with very little variation. They do this with many activities in the game. There are 5 or 6 weapon types, so you can see how attempting to "beat" this game would make you crazy. This not to mention that they pull the same shenanigans in the first DLC that I'm still working through playing.
But the guns all feel great, shoot smooth, have fun accurate reloads, all that. It's fun to mess around with different scopes and make abominations on the gun rails. The holster slots on your body are a little jank, as are the physics with knives and grenades, but that isn't really why you're here anyway. I will say it is a bit annoying to purchase some of the same stuff from the shop multiple times over (again with that per-gun nonsense), but it is what it is. I usually have the money to get by.
Overall I'd say that I recommend it to people looking for a gun range type experience. It's not H3 by any means, but it certainly is the most compact experience you can get with standalone VR and will keep you mildly interested in short bursts of play sessions.