ROMBIE

This is just a short positive review for this game. It is an amazingly well done game for an inexpensive price. If you like arcade fps shooters with a geeky vibe then you should like this one. The vr support in this game is really good. At roomscale it is a lot of fun. If i had one complaint it would be the need to add a turning function to the vr so one could play it seated. The feeling of a dystopian tron with industrial modular robots is quite a spectacle. Especially combined with the choice of the weirdly electric industrial soundtrack. my two cents pipe dream comment to the developer: Please make a programming game. I love all the quirky robot worlds you have created and think they would make a great setting for a something like a spiritual successor to Robot Odyssey or some similar game.

I don't see this game as a successor to 5089, but more of an experiment that came between 4089 and 5089. I praised 3089 and 5089 for the simple graphics, the uniquely styled open world and 'easy to learn, hard to master' gameplay. Those games were also made using Java. And sofar the only open world game that used Java, is Minecraft. In my opinion that is something unique, finally a game with simple graphics, not made with Unity or other engines with high graphical capabilities. Unfortunately I saw that this game was made using Unity. Don't get me wrong, there are lots of fun games made with Unity, that my pc can run, although only at low graphical settings, which I don't mind. ROMBIE disappointed me with terrible framerate, the possible cause being the unremoveable fog. There are lower resolutions available, but then the whole GUI is all over the place and not navigateable. There is really no interesting world to explore, only individual bases. Theres also no guide compared to 5089, and the game doesn't really give a lot of information regarding what you need to do. In both 3089 and 5089 you capture bases, get stronger and venture further, pretty straightforward. In ROMBIE, I had no clue what to do except to follow quests. For now I will refund this game, maybe I will give it a second chance someday.

I'm 5 hours in and started exploring and got lost. lol I have not tried it with my HTC Vive yet, I wanted to get used to the game before trying in VR. That is one of the fantastic features with this game and 5089, the ability to play in VR or not. I still get lost easy.

I love combat-oriented exploration games and I am enjoying this as I have enjoyed many of this developers other games

These are neat games, unique and relaxing. Like something out of a dream. I'd also recommend the other titles, 3089 is my fav!

Normally I'm a big fan of Phr00t's games, but I just can't recommend this one. The progression is painfully slow at first, and then it introduces obnoxious gameplay elements like enemies that literally freeze you in place instantly and then kill you. This happens over and over in a particular area that the game locks you into until you meet a certain progression goal, but important pieces of your equipment break when you die and you quickly run out of funds to repair them. This basically softlocks your save and makes you do the first two or three hours of grind over again. The only realistic counter to this progression block would be to grind EVEN MORE for consumables that allow you to just heal while you're stunlocked, and even then you might run out because there are only so many inventory slots. Bottom line, it's very grindy with some downright unfair enemies and a very obnoxious death penalty that can send you right back to the beginning, grinding out level 1 funds and equipment because all your good stuff is broken and costs too much to repair.

excelent game

Dev is a stand-up guy, doesn't mind his games being ponified and is all around a chill guy

I'm a fan of Phr00t's work, I have most of his other offerings. I love that he's embracing VR. One thing though, I wanted to play this game on my Rift S, but was unable to turn using the thumb sticks on my touch controllers. If this feature was added, I'd be very grateful!

This game is a pain to navigate through. The level designs make it super confusing. I stop moving to find out where to go next but I do not see a general waypoint posted just the direction on where to go. Navigating through this game world is a pain.