This game has SO SO much potential, but it sadly falls flat on it's face due to really bad optimization.
In single player at the starter base called "Facility 27", I see game frame times that range from 2ms to 14ms depending on where I am looking. I don't even move, just turn my head, and see a 7x increase in frame times from the game executable.
The same is true for the first map called "Kalasaare Village". Due to the maps size, these frame times are less noticeable than the home base, but they are there.
The second map called "Romashka Cooperative" gets worse, with frame times exceeding over 20ms in certain areas. There seems to be no ryme or reason to these frame spikes, they occur in different areas and different times, all coming from the game EXE.
And the forth map called "Pechorsk Outskirts"? Buttery smooth in some areas, then you turn your head and it's a 40ms frame jitter horror show. It's so bad on this map it puts me off from playing the game at all anymore, because the third map has some amazing 3-5 story buildings you can search areas of in total darkness at night, but most of these areas the worst optimization I have ever seen in a VR game in nearly 5 years since I got my VR headset.
I have NEVER gotten sick in VR, until I played this game. It's a cool COOP experience, but they performance issues occur there as well, and there are stupid bugs where I can't use my NVGs anymore, and one time when my NVGs wouldn't work, my light got stuck OFF for me and I was useless. I had to follow my friend who was the host in the dark, and his night vision always works as the host, and he would even see my flashlight turning on and off but I couldn't...
1.0 isn't great, this game needs more time to cook. Hopefully the devs can fix these massive issues. I just can't justify recommending this game at full price. It's at best a $10 early access game full of performance issues and bugs, which is 1/4 the asking price at my time of review...
And the third larger map of
