AllerkaAug 18, 2021 at 3:48 PM
TL;DR - Inferior to Space Marine in almost every way, despite that game having come out a decade ago. Not worth the full price, but if you REALLY love 40K, try it out on a sale with low expectations.
I suppose for a first attempt at a 40K VR game, this could have been a lot worse. It's definitely cool to finally have a game focused on the Sisters of Battle, and there's a certain satisfaction to mowing down Chaos Marines and cultists with a power sword and bolter in VR.
That's about where the good ends, though. The controls are clunky at best, and tracking is inconsistent. Weapons randomly fly out of my hands, trying to hit targets at more than a dozen paces even with a two-handed grip is nearly impossible because the guns constantly shake, my melee weapon only blocks enemy fire when it feels like it, my sword sometimes passes right through enemies without actually damaging them, and trying to climb ladders is a laborious process because I keep randomly losing my grip and falling off. And before the devs try to blame my unit, I promise you I don't have these issues in any of the half-dozen other games I play.
The graphics are straight-up terrible. Muddled textures and boring level design makes it look and feel like a game from a decade ago. Even Space Marine from 2011 looks better than this. The sound isn't much better. As others have reported, it constantly sounds like stuff is happening behind me when it's actually in front (again, not a problem I have with other games that use positional audio). The dialogue from enemies is horribly repetitive, most of them only have a handful of lines at best. The voice acting of the main characters is decent, but that's about it. Stuff that SHOULD have sound effects, like a Space Marine walking around, doesn't.
The gameplay, while somewhat fun, can quickly get repetitive. My weapons and ammo isn't tracked between levels, which also kinda sucks.
