Of Lies and Rain

I think if this game released at the lower sales price you’d see more positivity. I get it. In parts the game is still rough with bugs, visuals can be inconsistent, overall quality is definitely AA, and how you price a game is highly subjective. I’d also say it’s disappointing to have to view games thru this lens in general, but it is what it is. I bought this at the sales price and I think it is definitely worth it as a more than solid single player experience. The world that was built is intriguing and visually interesting to me. I see the data worlds get a lot of hate, I actually enjoy them a lot, I think if there was a quick start after a fail there would be little frustration for people. I get that it’s easy to call a game like this, “We got HL:A at home,” but it’s more than just a clone and I’d recommend it pretty highly. I’d love if the developers could get another crack at this game a sequel etc with a higher budget cause I think they’d make something special.

Is it a Half Life Alyx clone? yes Is it still a great game? Absolutely There always will be games that copy on succesfull game. Just be happy there are other good games in the genre. I loved it from start to finish. Very cool atmosphere too.

Ich teile die wesentlichen Kritikpunkte, die andere Reviews bereits ansprechen. Die Grafik ist durchaus ok, aber eben auch nichts wirklich weltbewegendes. Viele Gameplaymechaniken und Gegnertypen sind eindeutig von HL:A inspiriert - was ich aber auch nicht verwerflich finde, da HL:A aus meiner Sicht bis heute der GOAT im VR Gaming ist. Die Story und Vertonung sind gut. Allerdings bin ich gar kein Freund der Cyberworld Level - diese gefallen mir weder aus optischer, noch aus Gameplaysicht. Ich habe das Spiel während einer Steam Promotion für weniger als 20€ gekauft. Und dieser Preis ist ein wesentlicher Grund für meine positive Bewertung. Ich möchte klarstellen, dass ich die Leistung von Castello Inc durchaus zu schätzen weiß, und ich würde mir wünschen, von diesem Studio zukünftig mehr zu sehen. Ich sage aber auch ganz offen: Für 40€ hätte ich das Game zurückgegeben. Of Lies and Rain spielt meiner Meinung nach bei den Produktionswerten in einer komplett anderen Liga, als andere VR Games, die zu diesem Preis oder sogar für 30€ angeboten werden.

Edit: Finished the game. So, it's crazy how much more engaging the game feels after about the 3 hour mark. With the training wheels finally off at that point, the fundamentals start to be mixed and matched in really interesting ways and around the halfway point I was really hooked. All I can say to anyone playing for the first time, maybe just sort of speedrun the game until go through the first datagate and then give the game a chance because I believe it becomes a lot more rewarding after that. 2.2 hours in, overall I like it but the game starts REALLY gentle, and that can feel a bit boring cause it's like, 'ok, I climbed in vr before. I've loaded a pistol and racked the slide in vr before, I don't need these training wheels' but I get it, it's fine. For me, right now the part that most resonates with me and makes me want to keep going are the dataworlds, very Tron-like vibe with interesting traversing of digital environments. Honestly, I would be happy if the game was mostly just that even though as more of the gameplay elements get added in the main storyline does become more engaging. Maybe I'll update this review when I finish it.

Great story if you ask me, graphics were pretty on point for the setting too which made it more enjoyable and gave great gunplay(plus who doesn't like things jumping at your face hehe), personally with the ending I would like to one day see a sequel to it considering what it seems to be leading to, though I can't help but feel like the radio voice being a lie made by the AI...but that's just headcanon heh. Personally I would recommend this game to anyone who likes a good story as well as puzzles/stealth portions.

This game feels like a Half Life Alyx custom campaign but somehow less polished. The combat is fairly uninteresting and none of the few enemies I fought felt any fun to shoot. The story so far was pretty generic and didn't really have any kind of hook to keep me interested. You even have the same three guns from HL:A. I also really did not like the dataworld sections, they felt tedious to do and wasted your time if you died in them since they were so slow and unfun. Just download a random campaign for HL:A and you'll probably have a better time there, you'll save $40 too.

Well put together game. Guns could do with feeling a bit weightier. Got stuck in the map a few times. Had a decent story with good voice acting. @developers - you need to add the data worlds as a separately available option that's unlocked once the game has been completed. You could actually make a whole game of just these kinds of worlds, the mechanic is great once you work it out