Hyper Dash
My favorite VR game period. If you wanted to scratch a fast pace halo/Quake/Unreal type first person 5v5 shooter itch than this is it. Smooth, fast, and skill really shines. Very active player base from 1 year of an open testing period. Mature competitive league already with streamers and casters covering matches. This is the benchmark of FPS VR Shooter E-sports. Monthly updates and additions with developers who have a good relationship with their users via discord. Highly recommended and is the game I keep coming back to.
– Real player with 567.9 hrs in game
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This game definately needs more attention from the VR communuity.
A very smooth experience. The guns feel great and the combat is pretty fun.
The Cons.
Feels like a daycare. There are alot of little children that play and it can be frankly annoying.
Hit Detection/ Lag Compensation - This will absolutely make or brake this game. This game is very fast paced many weapons can instantly kill and most of the time the game seems to favor some players over others when it comes to hit detection espically when it comes to dashing out of a firefight, makes it tougher as well because if you die right after letting loose a rocket, or a killing blow the game will just out right ignore it. Weirdly Hyper Dash has some of the lowest pings for servers and the way the game handles damage it feels like it heavily rewards players with higher ping rates.
– Real player with 72.8 hrs in game
Project Xandata
Project Xandata is a skill-based, team-focused, competitive 3v3 first-person shooter by veteran Filipino developers Secret 6.
Explore an expansive customization system that lets you play in your chosen way. Engage in your chosen play style and synergize with your team to win rounds, collect shards, or eliminate opposing players. Enjoy a world that blends sci-fi & fantasy in a game that blends gunplay discipline with skill-based gameplay.
Choose between the stealthy Agent, nimble Marksman, and tanky Juggernaut. With 2 elemental affinities each, they all have their own unique set of skills. Pick between 9 weapons with various perks that match how you want to play.
KEY FEATURES
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Easy Access - All classes have access to the same weapons without needing to earn anything.
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Pace & Movement - Outmaneuver your opponent with agile skills and fast-paced gameplay. A longer time-to-kill balances out the fast movement.
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High-Impact 3v3 - The smaller team size means players have a more important role in the team, allowing for a good mix between synergy and individual impact.
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Unrestricted Weapon & Perk System - Pick your weapon loadout then select the perks that work for you. You can choose the loadout that suits your playstyle.
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MagiTech System - MagiTech is the ancient technology that powers a Xandat’s elemental skills. Master the skills to make an impact aside from just shooting weapons.
4 GAME MODES
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Corruption - Race with the enemy team to collect enough shards. Eliminated players drop 1 shard and the goal is to collect 100 enemy shards to win. Need more shards? Keep your eyes open for the Obelisk that spawns around the map. Destroy it for an extra 8 shards but be careful of the enemy team!
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Skirmish - Square off in a time-limited skirmish. Every elimination gives 100 base points, but different manners of elimination give extra points. Turn up the skill and the style if you want to reach 5,000 points first and win the game.
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Overcharge - Secure the discharged battery, bring it to a Lightning Rod, and charge it to 100%. Defend the battery well because the enemy will try their best to steal it from you.
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Annihilation - Wipe out the enemy team in pure combat. The first team to win 5 rounds will win the match. You only have 3 revives available per round so use them wisely! Do you go for the revive or can you win with a man down?
4 MAPS
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Aruum Station - Malandoq’s Lightning Archipelago rests in high orbit, with many interconnected stations that span across the Xandaigdig. Aruum Station is one of the key facilities used for speedy transportation of personnel and supplies throughout the known world.
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Site Agalon - The Tundra Warlords survive by scavenging the wastelands for trade. Excavation Site Agalon is newly discovered so elite Xandats are still trying to secure it.
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High Suludlan - Easily the Imperium’s symbol of pride and strength, High Suludlan rests cleanly above the Water Elevator, guarding the Imperium Enclave from intruders.
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Sundown Forge - This weapons facility is a rogue faction’s contingency plan should their ambition within the Alliance of Nations prove to be untenable. It holds a vast number of schematics and prototypes from various Xandaigdig time periods that can help develop a war arsenal.
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Shoot Shoot Mega Pack
This is a super fun game that’s easy to learn, feels light and whimsical on the surface, but the more you play, the more you realize that the game has serious depth and replayability. The sheer number level and game mechanic permutations is awesome and makes every round feel fresh and different. The controls are slick, excellent game feel, and the art and sound design are great too.
Round up some friends, grab some controllers, and I guarantee you’re going to have some good fun.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
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Like Jason P. Kaplan, I am also a character in this game. I was also present when it was invented, and I watched it grow up like a sturdy oak.
But if I thought it was bad, I would just say nothing.
It’s good. It’s smooth. This is multiplayer mayhem burnt down to an essential, all-shooting diamond of a thing.
If you have friends, buy SSMP. If you do not have friends, I don’t know. You live in great denial.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
Hero Team
Hero Team is a PVP 2D shooter with online and couch multiplayer, and modes inspired by the greatest classic shooters. It’s the spiritual sequel to the 2011 game Stick ‘Em Up 2, but with online play, super-tight controls, the speed cranked up to 11, and an abundance of maps, weapons, and upgrades.
Later this year Hero Team will be launching in Early Access.
What will be in the Early Access version?
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online multiplayer with dedicated servers
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local couch multiplayer for 2-4 players (with the option to play online together)
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actual artwork by real-life artists instead of the basic-ass prototype art you see above
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multiplayer modes inspired by the greatest multiplayer shooters, including:
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bomb defusal
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area control
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team deathmatch
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battle royale
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a robust upgrade system with weapons and abilities that can be assembled in a multitude of combinations with meaningful game-changing effects
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absolutely no pay-to-win ever: all upgrades are earned exclusively in-game
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numerous characters which are customizable with free and premium paid cosmetic options
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practice maps that are speedrunnable solo or co-op
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all the quality of life features you’d expect like party support, private lobbies, and Discord integration (sorry that stuff isn’t ready for the Steam Game Festival build)
What’s coming after Early Access?
Regular drops of new maps, modes, characters, and upgrades to keep things minty fresh.
What’s the setting/lore?
It’s the mid-2040s, and these days the main threat in the world is IN Equity Inc. They started as a venture capital firm investing in exotic technology like human genome editing and hyperintelligence augmentation. When they got bored of the umpteenth ethics investigation against them, they went full supervillain and declared their offshore research base to be a sovereign “corporate state” under the ~benevolent~ leadership of the Board of Directors. Hero Team was formed as an elite international force to keep them in check, and are first on the scene whenever IN Equity are attempting to steal a nuclear reactor or executing a hostile takeover of a small nation.
Nurose
Nurose is online dueling game where you fight others with custom spells. It has a custom spell building system that allows players create unique attacks. The game has a high focus on gameplay customizability and has a high skill ceiling.
Custom Spells
Central to Nurose is the unique spell building system. Spells are built by visually programming glyphs in a staff. There are 30+ glyphs ranging from simple movement glyphs to complex conditional glyphs. You don’t need to level up to earn new glyphs or staffs. Each glyph is available from the start so everyone is on a even playing field.
The possibilities of this are endless. Some spells that you could make include:
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Mines that explodes when the enemy is near.
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A shield made up of projectiles in a semi circle.
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Anti-missile attack that will look for enemy projectiles and destroy them.
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Spell that makes decoy clones and moves them in specific directions.
What sets the great players apart are their skill in spell building and mastering their builds. When you have made a build, enter online matchmaking and fight others with your spells.
Online matchmaking
In online matchmaking you will fight others in a 1v1 best of 5 game. Each player has several staffs available. The game is made in a custom engine with rollback netcode for optimal online experience.
Lemnis Gate
After playing this game on release, I said this about the title:
“Unique time travel elements make Lemnis Gate the most intriguing competitive shooter. The struggle to outmaneuver your opponent with mindful planning and skillful execution is exhilarating.”
Now that the game has been out for almost two months, I still agree with this statement. However, there are still some issues with the game. I’ll list some positives and negatives, ordered by how important/impactful I find them. Keep in mind that I have only played and am only interested in 1v1 turn-based. Some of my points probably apply to other modes as well, but in my mind, Lemnis Gate = Competitive 1v1 turn-based.
– Real player with 138.6 hrs in game
Lemnis gate has amazing potential. I know some players have experienced game breaking bugs. But thats not my experience, it can be buggy, the server does crash every so often. But I believe the devs can fix this later.
Now the gameplay, holy shit, its so good. This is the freshest game I’ve ever played, the concept hasn’t been done before and I love it. It feels like a game of chess with all the interaction and counter play. There is a pretty steep learning curve, more so then most FPS games. But once you get the basic idea of how the characters work, it all clicks together with how many options you have. Learning the ins and outs can be a little painful, but that feeling when you pull a massive 200 IQ play and completely blindside the enemy is worth every bad play you make along the way. its $20, great to play with friends. Give it a go, you wont regret it.
– Real player with 21.3 hrs in game
Reflex Arena
So today, I hear my discord chat beeping and my friend going WTF? You’re a mod? (Of REFLEX Discord Server) I instantly assumed something had gone wrong on their end. Turns out that I was set as blue name (Moderator) as some sort of ironic april fools joke. I was set up as a moderator with the idea what it would be so far fetched for me to be one that it would be hilarious for them to see my reaction. The community in there is disgustingly toxic as verified by the developers, but they put up with it as it seems to be all they have. I got banned for pointing out all the horrible and toxic players/chatters and that their joke is disgusting and then told them to all go fuck themselves. They set me up as a joke and banned me for getting upset about it.
– Real player with 2143.7 hrs in game
I’m just being honest when I say the average player will have a hard time getting into this game. The weapons are the classic Quake weapons (rockets, railgun, lightning gun etc), the game is designed and balanced primarily for the 1v1 duel mode and has an advanced movement system.
Absolutely worth the purchase if:
You love high skill cap games
You don’t mind starting off losing A TONNE
You have time to practice
You enjoy getting better
You have friends who are also grabbing it
Not worth if:
– Real player with 1904.0 hrs in game
Rocket Arena
Rocket Arena is a 3v3 third person arena shooter where every character is equipped with rocket based weaponry and instead of killing your opponents you have to blast them out of the stage (Smash Bros style).
I think the strongest point of the game is the tight accessible gameplay combined with the sheer amount of fun content it gives you.
Four game modes that can be all played on all 10 maps.
Knockout – Simple but very effective death match.
Rocket Ball – Get the ball and score it into the opponent goal. Probably the most interesting game mode when everyone in each team knows what they are doing.
– Real player with 78.3 hrs in game
I am having an absolute blast with my friends in this game.
A couple things to note when considering purchasing this game as I see it is getting a lot of mixed reviews that are leaving out a lot of relevant information.
You have to buy the game, and there is a battle pass, and there are micro-transactions available. Now this is what people are not telling you.
** If you purchase a battle pass for 950 rocket fuel, you will get 1500 rocket fuel back throughout the course of the pass **
** All skins apart from the battle pass skins can be earned WITHOUT the use of real money, and it is not that grindy to get the pieces you want. These matches are not that long and the cosmetic pieces/currency are/is very easily attainable **
– Real player with 40.2 hrs in game
ShockRods
The perfect fusion between classic arena shooters and vehicular combat; this game is both beautiful and fun. The amazing dev team regularly update the game with new maps and content, keeping things fresh. If this game can garner a larger playerbase, it’ll be recognized as a timeless classic.
– Real player with 99.4 hrs in game
Mechanum wheels let your vehicle strafe - do I need to say anything more?
Yes…
Bloodless arenashooter - possibly good if you wanna play something fast and fun with your lil spawn, if you have any, or maybe even if you are one your self.
Brings back simple fun of an old school shooter not unlike quake, unreal tournament, hldm or painkiller, without being too edgelordy or complicated with classes or rank-ups or lootboxes.
You can also forget your layed-back controller play-style with reflexes of an old grandma, who was in the war, but got hit by a car…with blades and spikes on it…driven by some crazy racer… in distopian future…
– Real player with 31.1 hrs in game
VAIL VR
VAIL VR is an online-multiplayer shooter for virtual reality focused on tactical gunplay and combat. Experience team-based action and work together to achieve victory.
Featuring social and matchmaking systems, finding games is effortless for casual or competitive play. Forge lasting friendships and communicate with ease using our built-in voice chat system and full Steam integration.
With a full-scale ELO based Ranking System, automated tournaments, and a renown ladder, you can prove your skill in our core game mode, Artifact. Our team is actively working with professionals in the existing competitive scene, to hone the competitive gaming experience in VR. - features are currently in development.
Featuring full-body animation, feel comfortable in VR with an approximation of your real body, without the need for additional tracking hardware. Choose your side and experience first-hand the strife between Colonists and REYAB.
Join friends to play chess, hockey and draw. Practice your aim and test new weapons downrange before entering a match. - features are currently in development.