3.5

48 ratings

27%

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MegalithikJul 9, 2019 at 8:42 AM

Decent

A patch dropped for this on 2/6/19, They added a option to remove the Hood which took up 1/3rd of your view so you can see full screen now which is great, fast response from devs. The game itself is excellent visually on the high settings (gtx 1080 or better), not having any blurry issues here. It's fairly realistic looking, though the audio footsteps are very loud to make sure you hear them (there is a option to adjust their volume). Gameplay wise you get a bit of the story then you're left in a room to sneak around in. Some guards walk around, some stand there, some need to be distracted. There's a special vision mode that shows you where you need to go and primary pathway objectives. But you can also sneak around and find treasure which doesn't seem to really do anything for you besides add a bit of extra gameplay and challenge. Im six chapters in and I'm enjoying my time with it. I did pre-order it though, i would not drop 40 bucks on this game , i'd give it a value of 25-30 bucks. Wait for it to go on sale. Seems like 40 bucks is just the new price for everything new now which is getting a bit excessive for some of these games IMO EDIT: Chapter 7 has a legal warning that comes up saying no filming or pictures can be shared without permission or risk fines. Kind of an odd thing to put in the middle of a video game. Chapter 8 sucked, died here a lot due to getting stuck on corners and in thresholds of doorways. This chapter needs a QA passthru to fix problems. Update2: Finished the game, 12 chapters in all. Final thoughts are that I enjoyed the game and the story . This is one of the few VR games i've played thru to the very end. Some nitpicky issues -When talking over the radio it seems like the dialogue gets cut off -Controls can sometimes get whacky i noticed this more late game than early game -Distractions sometimes don't work the first time you try -During dialogue you can get stuck in place facing away from the people talking

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drakeiddonJul 5, 2019 at 1:19 PM

needs alot of work and devs threaten you

to devs: putting a legal threat to players during loading screens just makes you out as idiots. The start of the game is reasonably fun but there are tonnes of problems, i personally quite like the hood as it gives a sense of claustrophobia when sneaking, but here are a few main problems with the game, from biggest to smallest issue -if your head goes near a wall you will be completely blinded by a bright white screen telling you to move your head, going from a dark room to a white screen is not fun, please make it a dark screen with white text, instead of a white screen with dark text - Guards are sometimes invincible to being knocked out, automatically making you game over - The pace in which you silently walk is slower than the pace that the guards walk, making it impossible to sneak up on them without distracting them, which would be that bad, but alot of the time guards will not investigate distractions - sometimes if a guard almost spots you (red outline) they will become stuck in that location making it near impossible to continue without just resetting the level. -levels can sometimes be insanely short and at the end of it all the score screen is meaningless, you cant do anything with the stuff you steal and there is no real reason to search for the hidden valuable loot the game definately has potential and i look forward to it being improved, but the combination of immersion breaking problems and constantly getting reminders that the devs will sue you if you so much as talk about the later levels to other people has made me decide to drop the game for the time being.

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ebookeeJul 6, 2019 at 1:55 PM

Interesting game but sthing is missing

I was looking forward to the day of release of this game. Unfortunately my feelings about it are mixed. On the positive side, it has the best graphics of any "thieflike" game ever created. It also employs original mechanics in stashing loot after picking it up, which feels entertaining as you place it in a golden bag suddenly appearing in the air, in front of you. Also no complain on free locomotion the speed of which is decided by the force you apply on the stick. On the negative side, the game makes you feel taller than you really are and no height calibration setting is available. An important miss as far as I am concerned, especially when you look towards the virtual floor and you realise it'a little further off than you re accustomed to in real life. The second negative point is the simplistic gameplay which doesn't give you many options (you can't even fight or outrun the guards, they detect you and it's game over). Also where are the water, noisemaker arrows, flashbombs :), visibility and sound sensor? Give us options developers, don't end the game when it's getting hotter. And fix the height thing. Thanks. I haven't regretted my purchase but maybe it was a bit premature if these don't get fixed.

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TacozzyJul 5, 2019 at 1:50 PM

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