Tarzan VR™ Issue #1 - THE GREAT APE
I grew up reading graphic novels and Sunday newspaper comics. Tarzan happened to be one of those syndicated comics and that’s how I discovered the legendary character and a whole cast of supporting characters.
Stonepunk Studios has taken that hand-drawn comic aesthetic and drops VR players into the jungle as Tarzan himself. Well, technically, his hands.
The first issue, “The Great Ape” sets up a big adventure where you have to swing, swim, fight and explore in an effort to save the jungle from “bad men”.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
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I’m using i7 7700K (4.5 Ghz), GTX 1080 8GB and 16GB 3200 MHz - and both Valve Index and Rift CV1. Although many textures are very low-res, there are also many nice/great textures, but none even remotely close to Alyx. Still the game looks great - and I like being able to just explore.
The world feels alive and breathing. Did go into the water and it suddenly got deep - and in my mind I started hearing music from Jaws, and I was very quick to get out of the water, lol.
Performance and image quality are great with the Index - 4xMSAA, render scale 1.0 and all other settings maxed make the game look close to the best it can. Motion smoothing is my friend, not my enemy, and I’ll probably need a 3080 to use render scale 1.5 - but MSAA seems most important to reduce jaggies.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
Lugaru HD
Even if you don’t read any more of this review, just read the next sentence. The GAMEPLAY of this game is INCREDIBLE.
Lugaru is pretty much my favourite game. I was gifted it in Humble Bundle 2 and I spent at least thirty hours playing it before I added it to Steam. The combat is absolutely awesome and I keep finding little tricks and moves I had no idea about even after playing 25+ hours, like spinning and throwing a weapon at the same time. The campaign is pretty straightforward but the challenge levels are where I’ve spent the largest amount of time. Because the gameplay is so excellent, I keep coming back again and again and again because it’s so much fun. The hand-to-hand combat requires different strategies depending on whether you’re facing off against a rabbit (easier) or a wolf (harder) and the weapons are a lot of fun.
– Real player with 24.8 hrs in game
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(I tried to make this as spoiler free as I could while still expressing my recommendation)
Lugaru is honestly one of the best and most powerful games I have ever played. Believe it or not, I actually fell in love with Lugaru for it’s story primarily, aswell as it’s music, and it’s gorgeous visuals. This will come as a surprise to many I’m sure because Lugaru is famous for it’s excellent combat system, and make no mistake it’s combat system is the main focus of the game and the main draw for the most part, and for good reason. The combat system is fantastically complex all while using a grand total of about 7 buttons to control the character and the combat is wonderful.
– Real player with 15.1 hrs in game
Monolith
I have only really played for like an hour so far, but the game is pretty solid already. What I have seen though is promising, and I hope this game doesn’t end up like other early access nightmares.
Pros:
I only have used Mjolnir and Aegis so far, but from what I could tell they were fun. I plan to try some other stuff for my next play through.
The bosses that I seen where pretty cool.
The upgrades for the weapons mostly looked unique, it depends on how many you get per playthrough, and if they alter the way you play at all.
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
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I’ve never really played any games like this one, newer and also less known.
However I will tell you this, after my 5 hours of in game experience (Many more to come) I can say without any doubt this game deserves a lot more attention, I actually have no idea why it’s not.
There’s really some unique and to be honest genius features that I’ve never really seen used in a game.
I highly recommend giving this game a chance, the current price is a steal, definitely worth a lot more.
I will definitely be paying attention not only to this game but also 202-N Studios.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Throw Anything
*I had the game provided to me by the dev, but under no obligation to leave a review.
Throw Anything is an incredibly fun, challenging and unique VR game that does exactly what it says on the box. It allows you to Throw Anything.
Screenshots of the game do not give justice to the design when you’re in VR, it’s very vibrant little world you’re in as you hurl object out the window at Zombies trying to invade.
It’ll take you several attempts to beat most levels as you discover which objects are better at knocking Zombies off the building. This game does not hold your hand, and definitely provides players with an exciting challenge.
– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game
I believe low-polygon have it’s own feature such as well-matched sd character and unsubstantial saturation. Throw anything include all of them in VR!
Maybe the deduction point of this game is it’s difficulty. I couldn’t go more than stage 3. But time will solve this problem.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game