ShotForge

Fun game, great potential. There are a fair amount of bugs, and the customization is somewhat limited and clunky, but since it's new (and free), I'll let it slide. I can't wait to see this game fully realized!

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[h1]Played On: [b]HTC Vive[/b][/h1] Shotforge is a sandbox gun building simulator for VR, and one that has unfortunately aged badly over the last three years. Its appeal early on when consumer VR was initially released can definitely be seen, but suffice it to say that as the technology has advanced the appeal of a lot of these older titles has fallen to the wayside. There have been no updates since its release. Additionally, there is no in-game tutorial; as such, if you didn't read the store page, you'll have no idea how to actually make functioning guns. Even though Shotforge is free, if you're really into the idea of building your own guns then investing in Hotdogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades; a game that has been in existence before Shotforge, and is still receiving consistent updates three years later. Shotforge does work as intended, but it severely lacks variety, customization, and options overall. It's hardly worth the download even if you want to experience every VR game on Steam. [h1]Rating: 2.0/5.0 - It's not awful, but it's not great.[/h1] The VR Network [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33182845-The-VR-Network/]Curator[/url] | [url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/thevrnetwork]Group[/url] Click for More

Alright, so I'm reviewing this because I ablsolutely love the idea and I want it to develop into what I believe could be an amazing VR expreience. The concept of being able to snap stuff together with your bare hands and the shoot it at things will be unbelievably cathartic once the UI has been cleaned up and the mechanics refined. I think making the snap distance threshold a lot smaller will improve the building process significantly (making assemby more tactile and less prone to accidental attachment). The menus for adjusting parameters and statistics for the firearm absolutely need to be presented more clearly (perhaps in a "gun stats" window entirely separate from the weapon), as the need to shuffle through pages of options using the fiddly touchpads makes fine-tuning a creation highly impractical. I understand that this game is in its earliest playable build, and I'm giving a positive review because the sheer promise it shows makes me want to support it, but in its current state I would not say that the game is very playable. Give the dev some time to polish up the mechanics, iron out some of the more dire bugs and tighten the UI and you will have a fantastic game on your hands (a game which I would be very much willing to pay money for).

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ShotForge is a VR game that is a sandbox to build the coolest guns in. It worked on my HTC Vive, Meta Quest 3 via Steam Link and Index system, looked ok, sounded ok, played ok. I could not figure out how to shoot my creation. There are no tutorial, instructions, help. Individual Parts are not labelled. I guess it does work as designed, but i lost interest real quick. Try it out then delete it.

VR Sandbox silah yapma simülasyonu. Modüler silah parçalarını alın, bunları bir araya getirin ve hayal edebileceğiniz hemen hemen her tür silahı yapın!

ShotForge is not a game. It's a VR exclusive software application that lets you assemble guns from minimalist, low poly, untextured firearm components. There are no gameplay loops, no end game, no narrative, no interaction/feedback components at all. While it's described as a "sandbox", sandbox games do have activities that create an interactive action/reaction system, even Goat Simulator. This software does not have that. If it was a game, the very low quality untextured models and lazy minimalist environment depicted would disqualify it anyway. This has misleadingly been launched in the "Games" section of Steam instead of the "Software" section. This is a common mistake for developers who are new to Steam, or don't understand the difference between games and software which isn't a game. It seems this software published incorrectly as a game is simply lack of experience/knowledge of the correct process. Here's a link for the [url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/wizard/HelpWithPublishing?issueid=925]process to publish Software which isn't a Game[/url] on Steam. It's unfortunate this process was not known about/followed, resulting in a software application being published in the wrong place. Publishing things which aren't games on Steam in the Games section as games is misleading to gamers and somewhat harmful, because it pollutes the Steam marketplace and takes away visibility and market exposure for genuine game developers who do the right thing and make games for gamers. There are no gameplay loops in this software, no "gameplay", no meaningful game like interaction. It's a software application and as such has no merits as a video game for gamers. Because of this, I cannot recommend this non-game software as a game to gamers.