Hopalong: The Badlands

Oh man, what an entertaining and beautiful looking game this is! Before I even begin my review, lets check out my first gameplay in VR and Mixed Reality on HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gePyj6GT6no Well, where to start? First of all, Hopalong: The Badlands is beautiful. Very beautiful! It really has that well-made and good looking graphics, cool environment and that funny wild-west stylish atmosphere. For a indie-title VR game, this is really impressive I have to say. The graphical surroundings reminds me a lot about Arizona Sunshine, well maybe almost at least and also a little bit more "cartoonish", but still very polished and detailed. I was truly surprised and impressed the first moment I entered the game. Sound effects and voice-overs are great (reminds me of Arizona Sunshine again), and especially the western-style guitar music in the background that adds a lot to the feeling. Gameplay then! Well, this is a funny cartoon/comedy-styled first person shooter with free locomotion, several weapons (both shooting and melee), several big maps to explore and various cowboy-opponents to kill. The gameplay itself is of course simple and maybe not unique for a VR shooter, but the one-of-a-kind locomotion itself adds so much to the game! You simply ride a stick-horse totally freely around the levels, by navigating with your left Vive controller, while you shoot and use weapons with the right controller (or vice versa or course). And thats where the fun part begins in Hopalong: The Badlands. The ability to run around on a stick-horse is on its own simply a brilliant idea and it adds so much "more" in Virtual Reality - you wont believe me before you try it. I couldn't stop laughing in the beginning, it was just so fun to ride/galloping on that stick horse, and at the same time does this game a little bit more challenging as well, as its much more difficult to aim and kill the enemies while galloping, even if aiming is accurate and weapon handling is good! Also, you gain health by letting your "horse" drink water, for example. Just brilliant idea - these developers has been thinking "outside of the box" and I love that, especially because most VR games are too similar to eachother! The game runs great on my GTX 980 Ti, and only time I got frame loss (dropped frames) was while I was recording the gameplay at the same time, so thats not because of the game, but more because of my capture software taking too much resources. All in all, a truly entertaining, beautiful and kind of unique Western-shooter, and I can recommend it to everyone. I really hope the devs will work hard on this title to bring us more content, and especially Multiplayer support further on - that would we awesome! I will eventually continue or update this review when I have spent more gameplay hours in the game, and especially when more content gets added in future updates! Cheers SweViver

One of those classic arcade western games from the 80s with a twist you get to be in the game.Praise Jesus!

[h1]Reviewed using HTC Vive Pro[/h1] 🎵 I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande🎵 But my legs ain't bowed & my cheeks ain't Tan🎵 Ride a stick horse🐴and battle comical villains in this Western VR Game🤠

Just finished the game, and I want to puke like the last guy in a human centipede. It's not a bad game, but the interesting move system is hurl inducing. Play at your own risk.

Nothing like riding a stick horse, and blowing up bad guys!

Easily one of the best VR games I've played. The movement system, the shooting, the humor... it's all great! Really well done. Can't wait to see the progression on this one.

Very clever locomotion system that works well, great cartoon style graphics. Seriously needs some difficulty settings or tweaks however as it's just too easy.

Hopalong zu spielen ist ein Spaß, beim Spielen zuzuschauen ein noch größerer. Gespielt mit GTX 970, i5 Hopalong ist ein simpler Shooter mit einmaliger Fortbewegungsmechanik. Man reitet auf einem "Holzstick-Pferd" durch die Badlands und erledigt andere Cowboys. Dabei ist vor allem die Fortbewegungsmethode hervorzuheben. Mit einem Controller zwischen dein Beinen, den anderen als Schuß- oder Schlagwaffe benutzend hoppelt man durch sein Wohnzimmer. Ich möchte mir dabei nicht die Gedanken meiner Nachbarn vorstellen, wenn sie mich durch mein Panoramafenster beobachten können. Entweder halten sie mich für völlig verrückt oder pervers, aber das ist der Preis den man zahlt, wenn man aufsattelt. Das Spielprinzip ist recht einfach. Man ballert sich durch die lvl, die Gegner wehren sich mit Pistolen, Spitzhacken, Dynamit usw. Am Ende gibt es noch einen Bosskampf. Zur Zeit dauert das Spiel etwa 1-1,5 Stunden, ist aber noch in Arbeit, es kommen noch Inhalte hinzu. Alleine schon das Zuschauen, wenn man Freunde mal spielen läßt, ist den Preis wert, selten so amüsiert. Die Grafik ist stimmig, die Steuerung einmalig und es gab keine Framedrops, Trackingprobleme oder ähnliches. Alles in allem eine runde Erfahrung. Für mich eine Kaufempfehlung, vor allem, wenn noch Inhalt hinzukommt. Gruß Ziffi Ziffi als Kurator: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/5837414/

This game is so good!! Perfect graphics, interface and mechanics. I wish all VR games were made like this. It's funny too and fun to play. The only remark I have is that it's pretty easy, but I've only played the first level so difficulty might increase. A little bit more story-driven would be nice too (I love stories). Anyway, if this is only Early Access, then I'm very excited about the final game!

Fantastic little gem! Totally awesome humor and all around fun! 9/10 - Western GungHo for the win!