A Terrible Place

[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 2[/h1] You can view my initial impressions review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/JrTUD2ulXDg No, I don't think this is a good game. So why am I giving this a thumbs up review? Well, that's because Steam only lets you go up or down and not sideways. I'd give this a neutral recommendation if I could instead. Unfortunately, I think the average quality Steam PCVR shooter is bad. This game is slightly better than that. Hence, the reason for the thumbs up instead of thumbs down. This game basically has two different game modes: campaign & survival. The campaign is mostly just a narrative-driven, on-rails, zombie wave shooter. The wave shooting is bad. The lighting is bad. The lighting makes the game's visuals look worse than what they actually are. Simple reload mechanic. Gun mechanics are just barely passable. However, the game's narrative is pretty good for this price point. The sound quality could have been better, but the VOs are a nice touch that keep you immersed in the story & give you context for all the shooting action. I enjoyed it a lot more than the shooting & the story made the shooting experience better. It's a well-paced game. There's 9 total missions. You also have the survival mode (50 days & nights). You have a very quick day / night cycle. Every day the zombies get more difficult. You upgrade your skills. You start off with just a bow & arrow. You do have full locomotion and smooth or snap turning available. The animations are not great. The bow takes a bit to get used to. Some of the buildings are pretty barren. The lighting, again, is pretty bad. Game is running on the Unity Engine. On my RTX 3080, I was getting mostly 90 fps, but I did have several frame rate drops. I didn't experience any serious issues or bugs. Just some weird animations, clipping, bad lighting, pathing issues. Gun mechanics / handling could be better. I think the bow shoots too high, but it is satisfying getting headshots. Overall, I think the game is too expensive for what it is. However, like I said, most Steam PCVR shooters are just really bad. This one at least had some effort put into it. The shooting isn't great. The lighting is really bad. Enemy AI is not good. But there' s some nicely laid out missions & the VOs I think make this experience better than the average VR quality VR shooter. [b]Rate 5.5/10. Wait for a sale or wait for an update fixing the issues I mention.[/b] [quote]Please note: I received a free Steam key through the Steam Curator Connect program. You can join my Steam Curator group, Oculus Rift Reviews, here: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/Oculus_WMR [/quote]