I always feel a sense of compulsion to write long reviews for games so bad that they piss me off, so here we go.
When you enter a project with next to no apparent direction, it shows. This is how Experiment Gone Rogue seems to have come about, failing as both a shooter and as a VR game.
Gameplay: the most basic building blocks of an FPS shooter are simple to grasp, plenty of guns, plenty of enemies, and a system of gunplay that ties them together that feels right. Well, there are a few different guns to use, though the supposed "better/special" weapons are barely worth the time to get them, and once you've gotten upgraded versions of the standard weapons (which happens rather early on) the enemies feel trivial.
Speaking of enemies, there are a whopping total of three different types of enemies, at least in the traditional sense, that consist of two different melee enemies which are both defeated by simply backpedaling away like a mad man, and one type of ranged enemy that is always a sniper, no exceptions. Anything else to shoot at comes in the form of a boss, an interspersed flying enemy here or there, or a turret. They themelves deserve no special attention, all as bland as they come, I assure you.
And the gunplay? Nonexistent. Guns have no recoil, as they are all laser weapons, yet they still have a a joke of bullet drop system attached to them. Enemies that do shoot back have no predictive firing, only shooting where you are, not where you'll be, and will never instill a sense of heat to combat. The one thing this game ever does that sparks tension is sending about twenty melee enemies after you, forcing you to try and shoot at them while combatting the horrendous movement system. More on that later.
Graphics: a much easier topic to critique, literally nothing special about them, although at the time of writing, one of the later stages is literally textured using a Valve default skybox texture with only white and orange squares making up all of the walls, ceiling and flooring. On the highest settings, this game does not impress or even interest me. Also worth noting is that many assets of the game seem to lack a tonal theme, with some being dark and gritty while others are neon and futuristic. The game does, to its credit, seem to run with little issue to even a low-end VR rig like my own.
Content: While I do not believ I finished all of this game's offerings, its lack of a structured and consistent checkpoint system had instances where I died and either went back a little bit of gameplay away, or was sent all the way back to the beginning of the level, instances of the latter leading to me dipping out of the game early.
Entertainment: the most fun parts of this game are the climbing sections, which the developers seemed to get right, though they're spaced out in strange intervals throughout the game. There is, however, one part of this game that leaves a taste in my mouth so horrible, it needs its own place in the review.
The Go Go Bar/Sharkie's: what I can only assume was a decision made exclusively to spark interest for the game, Experiment Gone Rogue features a strip/sex club, which is bad on a whole lot of fronts. First, even to judge it as a VR porn offering, it's not great. Walk into the club, strip a girl down using a lever and have her take you into a back room, where you are placed into a chair and treated to a sex animation that comes off as too cartoony to be in such a gritty game. I'd compare it to GTA V or even Duke Nukem Forever's dancing animations, but even those are more believable. I suppose the experience could be enjoyable to anyone provided they were in the right mood, but it was all just a bit too off-putting for me.
Important to the overall game, however, is the fact that anyone who wants to try to enjoy this section will have to fight some of the lowest frame rates I've ever experienced in a VR game so far, which I imagine could easily induce extreme motion sickness in those who get it easily. I don't, but the experience was still incredibly frustrating.
TL;DR: Don't play this game. Unless its developers completely turn around and revamp everything about this game, it's not worth your time. I myself will be keeping an eye out for such a turnaround in the meantime. You see the hours I have on this game? It's not even worth that yet.
