GERONIMO

So the game is a great but not in the state that it is right now the weapons are amazing but the npcs or door breaching methods are buggy also i get a fatal error every time i am in a lobby and try going to another

As someone who really enjoyed Swat 4 and Zero Hour, somewhat enjoyed Ready-or-not, and played Tactical Assault:VR. Can I recommend Geronimo? Short answer, Sure! Long answer, well..... First off, Yet another tactical shooter that chooses Unreal Engine 5. In my experience Unreal Engine 5 -with the exception of the VR game "Contractors"- Doesn't make for great feeling VR games, as well as adding on the roadblock of needing higher end hardware to run it. Something that Tactical Assault VR has and advantage over. Plus I keep getting these weird stutters every now and again, I'm suspecting it has something to do with Shader Caching. One thing that confuses me is how many people keep saying "This game has the most realistic VR guns!" or "This game is the most realistic VR shooter!", or even going as far as calling it a "Tactical Milsim". I'm sorry but, I just cannot agree. Sure, the guns and gunplay isn't anything to scoff at! But "Realistic" is not a word I would use. First off, I'm a bit of an oddball when it comes to guns. I prefer Ironsights over any red dot or holographic sight, yes even with Sniper rifles, my favorite foregrip is angled. Both options that are not available in most guns. That and also there's no option to change or even adjust the gun stock. The bolt release is a bit of a hassle to manage, sometimes you accidently hit it as you place the magazine in. Sometimes while using the AK, my magazine would just..... disappear? And I'm sorry, any game that claims to be realistic and not have a working forward assist on the AR platforms, is simply not realistic in my eyes. I'm not a fan of the mod system, it's a bit too forgiving. The only limitation being whether you are using a Picatinny or M-LOK rail system. Don't get me wrong, the guns are still impressive and fun to shoot. But I've played with Bonelab gun mods that are more realistic than this game. The enemy AI are..... serviceable, I'd even go as far as say they are "military grade", as in barely good enough. I do like the variety in apparel, and their ragdolls are well managed. But they definitely need to be worked on. First off, every and I mean EVERY single enemy uses the AK. Even the ones on rooftops and outdoors. Second, they all are voiced by the same person and use the same 5 voice lines. I get this is a small team, so I at least let that slide. Hopefully in a future update there will be additional voice lines and weapon variety added. But there is something off by the way the enemies behave. There are very few enemies that move around or patrol, standing still where they spawn barely moving, even as you empty an unsuppressed weapon into their friend in the next room over. The enemies actually do not have the ability to open doors at the moment, or at least I haven't seen one do so. They all also have a very delayed reaction to the player. They usually take a second to register you are standing in front of them, and even then they choose to yell "I'm shooting!" or "There's an enemy in front of me!" before even raising their rifle. This unfortunately makes the game a little too easy, especially compared to other "Tactical" or "Milsim" shooters. I have encountered various strange bugs in the game, hopefully they get patched in a future update so I won't bring them into question for my final verdict, I will however mention them. The first time I played, the game crashed on one of those weird stutter moments, hasn't happened since but it does make me nervous every time the game stutters. Doors are outright buggy at times. For some odd reason the player model has no collisions with doors, meaning you have to use your rifle or sidearm to interact with doors. Even then doors have a tendency to glitch out, either ignoring player input briefly or even popping out of the hinges of a brief moment. Also strangely bullet damage is heavily reduced when shooting through a door at times. I have had multiple moments where I empty a magazine at an enemy, even seeing blood decals and the enemy has no reaction. Non combative NPC's such as hostages and POI work for the most part. I have only encountered two glitches with them. The first time I tried a extraction mission, the POI was on a bed in the enemy prone position for some reason. Even after putting his hands behind him he remained in that position, when I held his shoulders to move him around he just remained on the floor. I felt like I was walking a dog. On the embassy mission, whenever I was escorting a hostage outside. For some reason they won't use the stairs, hovering over them at the same height as the top of the stairs until I let go. The FBIK is actually decently made, especially compared to games like Into the Radius 2, but it does go a little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ when it comes to going prone and looking directly up while clearing stairwells. Also moving up and down certain stairs is a nightmare, for some reason your playermodel will only go up and down them diagonally, and when you brush against the siderail of said stairs you slow down a lot. In conclusion, do I recommend this game over games like Tactical Assault VR. It's too early to tell, depending on how often the game receives bug fix and content updates. I'd hate to see this game end up in early VR development hell like Bloodtrail or even dare I say Bonelab. They do have a roadmap, but it's a lot of "What" instead of "When". I get it's a small dev team, so I will be a bit patient. Is it the most realistic tactical milsim CQB VR game? ♥♥♥♥ no! Is it fun, sure! Especially with friends. As of right now I do NOT see this as the most "Realistic VR gun game". But I do see the potential, It's especially impressive how it has working multiplayer out the gate. As of right now, It's just Tactical Assault VR in unreal engine. But I REALLY hope they update the game to surpass previously mentioned. And I would be more than happy to be proven wrong in the future and actually agree to it being the most realistic VR gun game. So sure, I guess do pick up this game if you want to see what these devs can do. I just have one thing that urks me so much about this game atm. Why the ♥♥♥♥ does the MP7 not have working flip up sights and does NOT have an EXTENDED MAGAZINE!!! Other than that, I would rate this game in it's current state a 3.8 out of 5. I just hope to be able to visit it later down the line and see how much better the game has improved.