Empyrean Scout
Maneuver your scout corvette through a wonderous but hostile domain. Abuse its superior agility to grind enemies for gear and XP, empowering you to venture further. Empyrean Scout is a space combat Action-RPG, built from the ground up for VR.
Supported by a discomfort avoiding locomotion system, you will toss yourself intuitively through space with one hand while aiming the guns of your corvette with the other. Play seated, standing or in full room scale.
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Endurium
Really fun, good workout
– Real player with 19.1 hrs in game
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In this game, you wield two “plasma wraiths”, which are essentially lightsabers but with a few extra tricks up their sleeves. You face off against bots as well as 4 different types of drones. Different types of attacks must be countered in different ways: slash, double slash, charged slash, block, deflect, and dodge. You also collect energy that when fully charged allows you to launch a special attack.
The primary game mode is level based. Clear enough levels to unlock the next tier of difficulty, which involves more opponents, tougher opponents, and increased speeds. It took me quite a while just to unlock the third tier, so I can’t even imagine what the highest difficulty (there are 9) is like. Clearing levels also unlocks upgrades to your attacks and defenses. There is also an endurance game mode which continues until you lose.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
MADNESS: Project Nexus
Madness Project Nexus. First of all the obvious. 600+ hours as of writing this you already know I’m going to recommend this game. Here’s why:
Why Reccomend This?
I am one of the original kickstarter backers. I’ve been around since the beginning. So I’ve seen and played this game throughout it’s entire development lifecycle. Throughout it all I’ve seen the game change a lot, from it’s graphical upgrades, to refinement of the mechanics and gameplay design, I’ve played this game through it’s best and worst. And the one thing I can absolutely say is that this is a great game that I’ve had a lot of fun with, and am confident it only gets better from here.
– Real player with 678.5 hrs in game
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sandford is a massive handsome hunk and i’d smooch on him all day
Jokes aside, I’ll go through the game and what I experienced. I played through Arena mode 2 times and am currently playing as ‘The Massive’, and I’ve beat the base game all on normal, and am yet to play it on tough.
This is my real first review, so i’ll break it into segments. In order, Story, Arena, and Playground. This is the order you SHOULD play the game, or at least in parts.
Story : In the story, you play through a long and grueling journey as Hank and his buds, and you make new friends along the way on your conquest to take down Project Nexus. The story, i binged through and completed in 3 days, but if you take your time, you’ll complete it in a balanced span of time. There are unique, fun to fight factions, many bosses fit for each faction and event, neatly designed levels and segments the game is played through, and many show-casings of scripting, unique weapons, and story building. It’s strong and fun, and satisfying to replay on higher difficulties. The added outfit system to allow you to replay levels with different setups is great fun. Some bits may be found strange or frustrating to fight through, but as me, a medium skill player, I always eventually prevailed. It’s definitely the main focus of the game. I rate it 8.5/10, it satisfied my Madness Combat itch!
– Real player with 166.9 hrs in game
EVERSLAUGHT
Everslaught, what can I say, it’s a dream come true, so to speak, as far as fast games in VR are concerned. I don’t know of any other game that brings this speed of the popular fps genre to VR. You fight with sword, grappling hook and shotgun in constant combination and it works so smoothly that you feel like you’ve never done anything else.
The beginning of the game is very leisurely and familiarizes you with the controls. But one thing is immediately noticeable, you move fast, with dash even faster. Early on you get your first sword and try it out on the first enemies. These are some kind of zombies. There regular types which grab at you and larger ones wield axes. When you kill one you’ll get blood capsules, which become important later in the game. The combat system is not fully physics-based like perhaps in Hellsplit or Blade & Sorcery, but rather designed for fast, action-packed fps play.
– Real player with 36.3 hrs in game
This caught my eye immediately, as a fan of Gunheart which ended up getting smooth locomotion+dash teleport+jumping… I have been craving an action title with competent traversal techniques, and I think this game delivers on that.
Here is a random list of details, some which are base mechanics which some might see as spoilers? You don’t start out with everything but I think that is just to give you a gradual introduction as to not overwhelm the player.
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- Smooth locomotion is mandatory, and it’s fast, which I enjoy but is likely not for everyone.
– Real player with 34.7 hrs in game
Electronic Evolution
The Imitator Protocol was developed to be the perfect assistant to virtual combat simulation, capable of adapting to the user’s input and forcing him to change strategies. Unfortunately, the girl-genius Bastille did such a good job that the program went rogue, and now her robot companion B3X3 is trapped in the virtual landscape. The only way to get out is to destroy the Alpha-Imitator from the inside while trying to survive the hordes of malware he sends in B3X3’s direction. Get ready to fight for your binary life as AI faces AI in deadly combat. Who will use the Electronic Evolution to get the ultimate advantage?
Play Inside a Comic Book!
Electronic Evolution is inspired by classic superhero stories, and the whole adventure takes place on the pages and panels of a comic book issue. With hand-drawn animation and filled with comic book effects, Electronic Evolution will allow you to take control of a superhero and feel powerful while beating up an evergrowing army of enemies. So get ready for an epic adventure to take down a supervillain and save the world!
Arcade Roguelite Experience
Electronic Evolution is an action roguelite, inspired by arcade experiences, and with a permanent progression system that reflects modern game design sensibilities. Electronic Evolution features:
Random Levels
Permanent Progression System
Customizable Weapons and Attachments
Blueprints
Evolving Difficulty
Anomalies
Glitch Assassin
I picked this up for less than a pound.
It is full of problems, and took some faffing to get it working on index controllers. But I enjoyed it, and had about 3 hours of fun with it.
I couldn’t finish the game because of a checkpoint glitch in mission 4. Still. For less than a pound, this was a blast.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
This game is great, got fun gunplay, good level design and enemies, with enough content to last you for a good while. Story is a bit basic and the graphics arent the best but you don’t tend to notice it during the gameplay.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Operation Desolate Void
Operation Desolate Void is a multiplayer FPS based around choosing the right weapons & equipment to head into a mission to take down the enemies that are coming from the voids.
You will either be able to fight with your friends for a great coop experience against many different types of AI or fight against your friends for even more rewards!
Key Features:
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First person.
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Multiplayer.
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Co-op.
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PVE.
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PVP.
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Realistic gun attachment system.
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Realistic bullet physics.
Scraper: Gauntlet
Disclosure: I received the game as a thank-you gift for being one of the top beta testers in the public beta period. I have not received nor will I receive any compensation for this review.
It is obviously a wave shooter, so let’s not fuss about that. You either like them or you don’t. Personally I think this game is a lot of fun, and it is very polished. The graphics, music, and sound effects are all excellent, and performance is fantastic.
You get three very different gun types attached to your hands which you can upgrade and transform with mods and a throwing stun dagger on your chest. You can reflect blaster shots back at enemies with shields on your arms. you can catch missiles out of the air and send them back, you can force-grab enemies and block blaster fire with them or slam them into each other or fling them off into the distance. You can slow down time, steal health, and dodge like you’re in the matrix.
– Real player with 55.9 hrs in game
Disclaimer: I received this game through participation in the Beta.
Scraper Gauntlet is an arcade shooter with elements of progression and story.
The game play itself is very smooth. Enemies come in the form of Humech bots; which come in enough variety to keep you on your toes. You can duck, dodge, weave, use your shield to block enemy fire AND you can even grab enemies, projectiles, explosive barrels and more with your force-like powers! You can even force grab enemies with one hand and shoot them with the other!
– Real player with 31.0 hrs in game
Need for sharp
You play as a cyborg specially developed as a SWAT unit. Engineers believe that you’re the best of all cyborgs ever made. You have been sent to training facility to test if it is so. You will face simulated hordes of enemies that you must destroy and show best result possible.
Need for Sharp - action, top-down shooter with dynamic gameplay. Kill enemies and earn money which could then be spent on special abilities available in the game. Upgrade your weapons and abilities as you progress through the game to reach the highest score possible. Make use of environment and develop your own strategy at staying dominant on the map for as long as possible.
Rushaug: Project Emerald
The free world is threatened by a tyrannical empire looking to unite the stars under a single voice. The Sayari System is under invasion, and the Colorsky Star Force (CSF), a joint military alliance is fighting to defend the capital from being grasped by the mighty Dekenzia Major Allegiance (DMA). In the middle of this conflict is Rushaug, an elite soldier operating behind enemy lines, gathering critical information, all while sabotaging the enemy from the inside. His accomplishments does not go unnoticed, and he is quickly building a reputation after he defeats DMA’s greatest operative; Ridley Wesker. The DMA is determined to stop the threat, prompting Zargasso to dispatch additional forces to hunt down and eliminate Rushaug. Unknownly, Rushaug is about to meet his equal; Red Nuke.
Suspicious activity has been observed on the cold planet Snotikia. Why is the enemy conducting missile tests on a foreign planet? Rushaug is sent to investigate.
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EXPLORE a vast spectrum of planets adapting from cold tundras to arid deserts.
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INFILTRATE hostile settlements ranging from remote outposts to enormous spacestations.
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ENGAGE in combat against enemies such as the skilled infantry of the DMA, experienced guerrilla fighters on planet Ecuador, or take on the feared Bolse Death Squadron. The game puts huge emphasis on gunplay, and realistic bullet velocity, so it is all about quick reactions.
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COLLECT intel to reveal new locations and gun schematics to unlock 40+ different weapons to choose from.
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UNCOVER the truth about Project Emerald and save the free world from a nuclear holocaust.
Rushaug: Project Emerald has been a passion project for more than eight years. It is a dream come true to have you view this page right now. If you’re passionate about stealth games, shooters, and platformers, and happen to like cats as well, I think you’re going to like this experience very much.