Crunch Element

New visuals look great, but don't add much to the overall gameloop. I do think this game falls into the "yes/no" category rather than a straight not recommended, but here we are. In short, the main gimmick being advertised is destruction, breaching in particular, but it's just not here. It's funny because you have a sledgehammer, but it's still best to just smack down walls with your gun, even then, there are only specific locations that you can breach. It's often best to just break a door a little bit, so that the brain-dead enemies all run to that location so you can gun them down. And because the wall isn't fully destroyed, they can't advance towards you. The thing is, you're encouraged to play cheaty because engaging with the actual game, you'll just get overwhelmed and shot, unless you're playing in a squad. The game also asks you to get kills with a gun to unlock attachments, and grind levels to unlock new guns.. that you would then need to get kills with. Both times I've tried this game, I really tried to give it a fair shot, but it's just not very fun or engaging. Each level just drops you out in a field where you then have to walk to a nearby house or compound to clear the enemies.. MAYBE there'll be more than one building. In short, it's not good and it's a shame. Most other projects would be abandoned, but the overhauled content is pretty substantial.. mechanics were adjusted and changed, but unfortunately it seems like this game is broken on a fundamental level, so it can't be fixed.

Best VR game i own, sooo glad to see a comeback for sure came back strong

Worth another look since the resurrection. The foundation and basic framework for the game is miles ahead of what the game was originally. Excited to see how this continues to progress.

Wow still updating after 5 years. Looks promising

The latest update has made this game really addictive, been having a lot of fun running through the levels to see all the ways I can approach each one. The AI is kind of dumb at times, but hardly enough to detract from the overall fun of blowing holes in walls and running in blastin'.

очень классная игра, жаль что мало людей в неё играют(

2 minute TLDR: Crunch Element isn't for everyone, and there's definitely some rough bits you can snag yourself on per se but the general idea of fps vr combat and breaching (and it's previous iterations with roguelike mode and a Daggerfall-style "climb anything" mechanic especially) is good. The low-poly art style for the characters and weapons is really nice. There's a bunch of missions to do and XP to level up with, and it's not an easy game either - if anything, I'd kind of love it to have an "easy" mode for total noobs to get acquainted with. The main plus of this game is the breaching aspect - you can get pretty creative (even moreso in the previous versions) about how you approach walls and targets, busting stuff down with your hammer. If I could ask for anything more I would love to have the "climb anything" and roguelike modes re-implemented in the game, as I think those were some really standout features that would be a shame to lose.

game is great but the gun handling and accidentally dropping gun midfight is really annoying. this game even with overhaul isnt very great atm and still needs more improvements as is, especially with gun handling department. Graphics vise its a low poly tactical shooter that just doesn't captivate people enough to keep playing as a product

Toller Shooter - wollte nur mal kurz reinschnuppern und starte es seitdem immer wieder ;) Im Prinzip befindet man sich in seiner Basis und nimmt dort Missionen an. Diese Missionen sind interessant gestaltet und man hat unterschiedliche Aufgaben zu erledigen. Das gesamte System wirkt durchdacht und die Missionen machen sehr viel Spaß. Manche Missionen sind durchaus komplex und umfangreich. Die Atmosphäre des Spiels ist gelungen. Das Spiel hat seinen eigenen, etwas einfachen Grafikstil, aber dies alles gefällt mir sehr gut. Das Gameplay ist richtig gut - die Waffen fühlen sich gut an, Wände durchschießen oder sprengen funktioniert sehr gut, durch Scheiben schießen ist einfach richtig cool! Man kann hören wo Gegner sich bewegen, wo Türen aufgehen etc. und man muss überlegen was man macht, taktisch vorgehen, gute Positionen suchen, abwarten usw., sonst hat man keine Chance - und dann muss man die gesamte Mission wieder von vorne probieren. Über Funk hat man mit der eigenen Basis Kontakt, man hört aber auch die Gegner, wo man dann auch abschätzen kann was die gerade vorhaben. Die AI ist ok - die Gegner können einen sehen, verfolgen, in Deckung gehen, andere alarmieren, gemeinsam Gebiete durchkämmen usw. Sie schießen auch recht gut und können herausfordernd sein! In manchen Punkten gehört die AI aber auf jeden Fall noch verbessert. Das Spiel funktioniert technisch einwandfrei, gute Performance. Ich spiele auf einer Meta Quest 3 über Virtual Desktop, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super. Aktuell gibt es 9 Missionen, die sich allesamt in einer ähnlichen Umgebung abspielen - sowohl über der Erde (Winter), in den Gebäuden und auch unter der Erde. Ich wünsche mir, dass noch viele weitere Missionen dazu kommen, auch in anderen Umgebungen.

the most recent major update gives you a reason to come back to this game its a lot funner to play now I would recommend it not a lot of people playing it so good luck looking for a co-op game