I'm going to review what's here, not what will be. As of right now, 4/14/2023, this game is not worth your money. If you're like me and you're desperate for anything remotely good in VR, this will not suit your needs more than likely. Unless you and a friend are okay with wasting money on a thing you'll probably play for 20 minutes, then, I don't recommend this game.
The physics is... fine, some notably janky issues such as ANYTHING that supports some weight under any part of your body makes your entire character model collapse? I held an M4 at a 45 degree angle such that the mag pressed slightly into my under-arm, and my character crumpled. Also stabbing a character on the ground with a sword. It's better than most other VR titles, and the full body part is the best aspect of it. However, meleeing with anything feels very bad, there's no sense of impact or collision. You can stick things to other things and make weird things, so in that way it's like GMOD but with like 3 tools. Gun, flight, and sticking things to other things. In it's current shape it's not worth the price of admission, and I couldn't convince any of my friends to get this game, so this is a review from the perspective of someone who put more hours than I'm willing to admit into single player GMOD.
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The main issue with physical presence in the way this game aims to tackle, is that any missteps towards selling that physicality are far more noticeable, for instance, if you hit a crate with a crowbar, every time, you hear a gentle thud, but if you hit the ground, or a wall, or a shipping container, there's no sound at all, no feedback, nothing. That being said, one of the bigger selling points of this game is the physics and physicality, but if a crate hits you in the face, nothing happens. You can sorta punch AI and knock them down, but the impact sounds like less than if you were to slap smooth rock. I grappled an AI, flew into the air, and swung him into the ground, and all I hear is a gentle thud, and he stands right back up, when this guy should be a splotch on the pavement.
Edit: This paragraph seems to be alleviated
[strike]The interaction spheres appear under alarmingly specific circumstances, the gun interactions are bad/very inconsistent. Even holding things seems wonky, since I picked up two things with one hand, which I don't believe was intentional, because when I dropped both one permanently was stuck to my interaction button, so if I tried to take a mag out of my pocket, it would send me flying toward the corner of the map, since the 'jet' thing was still bound to my hand despite clipping into the ground never to be found again. I experienced this bug within like 15 minutes of play, and it happened to *both* of my hands. It seems like too big of an oversight. [/strike]
However, I realized some of my issues. The interactions spheres are when you point at something with your palm rather than most other titles where you use your normal hand pointing direction, this isn't an issue, just something to get used to. The issue is that sometimes if there's too many items, or under seemingly random circumstances, you cannot pull an item towards you. I could not always recreate it, and thought it was because something was in the way, but it didn't seem like moving those obstructing objects away helped.
I also experienced a new bug, where all I did was take the grapple hook out of my right holster, and my entire body crumpled to the ground. I had the jet gun in my left hand, and could fly around, but my feet were in my face, and my body was compressed. If I tried to let go of the jet gun in my left hand, the ENTIRE GAME would lag, and it would stick to my hand, also freeing the M4 on my back so I could walk around it like it was frozen in time. Very strange.
That being said, if this game got workshop support, fixed their interactions, upgraded melee, and allowed people to make some mini-levels to coop through with your friends (puzzles, combat, etc) or even had a miniture proof of concept coop campaign or even a wave mode, this game might begin to be worth your time and money. I went in with pretty low expectations, and even those weren't met.
I'm not the biggest fan of Boneworks/Bonelab, but this game needs a few more months of [b]core changes[/b] to come even remotely close to the level of physics and interaction those games achieve. I understand this is likely a much smaller dev team with far fewer resources, but there's a lot left on the table for them to address. I hope it gets there, I do, and I'll be watching this game for updates, I'll try to re-review as more things get pushed out. Best of luck to the Devs.
