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Update: Decided to give this game another shot and I'm actually having more fun. I'm really enjoying the scavenging and the attention to detail with the guns. The magazine management adds a whole other element of gameplay. While the environment and the enemies are still not my ideal, I'm enjoying my time in the radius (aside from when I'm cowering in fear). Really hoping the dev can take the guns, gameplay and systems from this developed for this game and put out an open world survival game without the paranormal stuff someday.

Original review below:

First of all, this game is overwhelmingly positively rated, so I'm clearly in the minority here. But this is my two cents for those looking to venture into the radius. I didn't grow up playing Stalker, so I'm aware that I don't have that connection to this game either.

I wanted to like it. A full VR story driven shooter with scavenging and stuff? Sign me up! But every time I fire up this game, I play for maybe 30 minutes and then I quit for about 6 months. I just don't enjoy the combat, which for a VR shooter is a problem. I find the black squiggly enemies an uncompelling foe. If I was trading shots with raiders or soldiers, that would be cool, but shooting at shambling black shadows just doesn't do it for me. I also dislike the anomaly mechanic which means you have to keep throwing these little things on the ground in front of you to identify these spaces of invisible energy that injure you if you wander into them. I assume the purpose is to slow down movement across the map to increase the sense of scale, but it always just feels like tedious busywork to me.

In short, buy it, you'll probably like it - most people do. And I appreciate a dev branching out to make something original and different to the plethora of tech demos, PVP shooters and zombie games out there.But if the above resonates with you then maybe look elsewhere.

I love the idea, and I love the atmosphere...
However the games design makes it virtually unplayable.

The developers intend for you to learn how things work through trial and error.
Which is charming in its own way, however the death penalty is far too severe.
When you die, your mission starts over, you have to run back to your body naked, and EVERYTHING has respawned.
So your body will usually have a dozen enemies wandering around and you are completely naked.

They give you a few knives in the base, but those are virtually useless. If you try to get close enough to stab something you basically immediately die. I don't even know why they bothered putting knives in the game.
I've had to completely restart twice before even finishing the third mission due to losing everything and being unable to get my stuff back.

Also the enemies arent even worth the ammunition it costs to kill them. 1 in 3 or so will drop a damage artifact that sells for a whopping 25 dollars. A pack of ammunition is 400 dollars...

The game is too frustrating to be worth my time.

This game is a love-hate relationship. Imagine one of a kind VR game that you are eager to go back to, game with great atmosphere and advanced inventory management mechanics where you play as a lone stalker. Now imagine that at the same time that game is utterly glitchy and scuffed beyond belief. A game where you find no items inside shelves and cupboards you search (screenshot on product page is a lie), where AK doesn't sound like a gun, where everywhere you look some objects float in the air, and I don't mean anomalies . On top of that the developers had no money to pay a professional to translate their game to English and instead used their own skills with very bad, amateurish result. In every single part of the game something bad can be found: scopes, weapon cleaning, ladders, walking across small obstacles, enemy line of sight etc. Every mechanic and idea works but is broken to some degree. I don't think that's acceptable. Nonetheless I'm dedicated to finish the game because I paid for it and it's still fun. You do what you want but be warned. Don't expect any level of polish.

EDIT: I appreciate the developer's answer. These are my observations but I don't say the game is bad. It's just I was annoyed too many times while having fun, that's why my feelings are mixed. And regarding searching cupboards etc. - I'm absolutely sure I've searched entire buildings and found maybe one note or casette, apart from supply crates. I want to see the loot when I open a desk. Look how TWD: Saints and Sinners does that.

This game has SO MUCH potential, but between fighting with the controls (you have to grip way too hard on index controllers to keep things in your hands) and certain enemies (mimics) and sever performance issues (even on low settings), its so hard to play for any extended period of time. I want to give this game a positive review so bad, but i simply cant until they work on it some more.

PLEASE KEEP GOING CM GAMES!!!

Edit: They fixed the index controllers, and mimics are SLIGHTLY less OP. I still cant give it a positive review because of the horrible performance issues, but thank you CM Games!!! Keep it up!!

I really, really, REALLY want to love this game. But in its current form, I cannot recommend it. It has so many things going for it, but my experience is mudded too much by its flaws, which are constantly worked on however.

- At one point, I will revisit this game, and rewrite my review -

Cool things:
-The Atmosphere is very tense and keeps you on your toes most of the time. You should never let your guard down outside of your base.
-The idea of going into the Zone or rather “the radius” to collect artefacts, “Souls” of monsters, retrieving lost items, or finding out what happened here is more than enough to keep you going. Especially in the beginning of the game, say, 10-15hrs ?
-The gunplay is cool and very intuitive. Reloading, maintaining and using your guns is quite realistically depicted.
-The anomalies are much better than in stalker, they pose are real threat here. You need to figure out how to navigate them on your own. One painful F7 after another.
-The guns they implemented feel good, shooting stuff feels good. Life is good.

Less cool things:
-Its jerky and awkward to handle your guns. Sometimes you aim shifts abruptly and causes a lot of FUN.
-Saving and loading sometimes breaks your guns and loadout. The bayonet on the SKS for example looks unfolded, but the game recognizes it as folded. I find myself often enough stabbing an enemy with the barrel of my rifle.
-The Endgame is bloody awful. It is too mostly too dark and confusing (which you might think as a good thing for a stalker-clone, but no, iz not tovarish, Iz bad). But suddenly its waaay too bright, effectively blinding you while a group of spawns jump at you like a horde of jellybeans.
-Climbing in this game is okay, but I find myself fighting with the controls at times and falling.
-The enemies are good-ish at what they are doing, but it has too little variety. Their attacks can be frustrating, especially if you want to CQC them; their attack range is too big, given they have very long arms but still. Maybe reduce it by 25% and make them attack a bit slower. Also, they can hit you if you stand on a box, where they should not be able to reach you.
-There are not that many artefacts. Half of them do not give you any benefits, and the ones that support you are really underwhelming. Compared to the OG Zone-crawler. And fuug that screaming thing you have to get from the castle.........
-You move a tad too stiff; it doesn’t feel organic. If that makes sense.
-More guns. Needs more dakka.

I really want this game to take off, this could be a big hit in VR-Gaming.
My recommendation is to wait a few more months.

Until next time,
stay cheeky breeki.

TLDR Dont buy unless they fix the myriad of bugs plaguing this game.

Its basically the VR version of the stalker series, which is awesome.
But...

So far i have run into some pretty bad game breaking bugs. I only have an actual 15 mins or so of gameplay, and im pretty upset. (even though it says more game time, its all been having to reload the game or flat out start over...)

There are several instances in the tutorial that soft lock you, so far its been every example of pick this item up. However if i already have i cannot progress the tutorial or even the game itself, and thus soft locked.

The first bug i ran into was right at the begining. Instead of opening the ammo box it grabs the pistol inside first and clips it straight through the box, its also pretty difficult to just open... well anything at all, a cabinet or a drawer and forget about trying to grab a random object.

The first softlock i ran into was when the tutorial asked me to grab and eat the protien bar, however i had already grabbed the bar and put it in my bag. It would not let me move or grab my backpack which had the bar in it, i was effectively soft locked.

The second softlock happened at the gun range in the second hideout i picked up the ammo first and put it in the gun, then the tutorial asked me to put the ammo on the table in the gun...
Effectivly soft locked. Couldnt move couldnt do anything..

Reloading the save sometimes fixes it by placing the item or cloning it back to its original position.

At this point i have 83 mins into the game but only got to play about 15 or so of it and have not even left the tutorial. the rest is reloading or trying to troubleshoot... This is when i gave up... Sure i could just try to play the game without the tutorial, but thats not my point, and i shouldnt have to, otherwise it wouldnt even be there. There are a lot of little things in this game that i would be completely oblivious to without it.

I would also like to note it was actually a painful process just to try to climb the ladder at the introduction. When you get to the top your body clips and you dont climb over the ladder itself, you have to crouch down.

Theres also an issue with clipping on the left arm, i can only grab whatever is in its holster if i have my arm angled just right however im usually either bumping into my own arm or the controller itself is in the way.

I really want to like this game and play it, big fan of the stalker genre.
However if i cant even learn the game without excessive bugs im gunna have to set it down.

I honestly want a refund.
But too much playtime for a broken title.

So i figured i would toss this out there and hope the devs are aware of these issues, because im going to have to give this game a solid thumbs down until its addressed...

It's a very good game, among the best VR games out, HOWEVER, I don't think I'd recommend it for people who play on Vive.
The game has had a major bug in it where when you press the button to eject magazines (to reload handguns) it only works about 5% of the time. USUALLY instead of ejecting the magazine, it'll just slowly start rotating you in place.

And this is a pretty game-breaking glitch; enemies kill you in just a few hits, so if you can't reliably reload your handguns (Which are your main weapons for a huge chunk of the game) then every fight will boil down to "if the game breaks again, I lose, otherwise, I win."

I'd say "wait until the devs fix it" but, clearly they aren't interested IN fixing it, as this has been a major bug for years now, and instead of working on it, they've put all their attention into the sequel.

It would be a really easy fix, too. right now, pressing down on the pad does nothing. Just make ANY pad press eject a magazine, and relegate turns to light touches (Which already causes turns.)
IDK why the devs haven't done it; I know other people have asked for it. either way, can't recommend.

EDIT: Play the 2.0 beta before making a final decision here! Drastically different performances and generally more well-rounded. Gonna be playing more of it, had a great experience.

A buggy mess with real potential. I'd be logging infinitely more hours if the damn game would stop crashing for an hour. Think I had to restart about three times before I just gave up.

Optimization would make this a VR masterpiece.

Edit: Please take the following with a grain of salt. Most people don't seem to have my issue (left-handed mode not working in game). I've exchanged emails with the devs, but neither they nor I can figure out how to fix it. So, this review is a personal account of a specific issue that might not affect you.

A really interesting and creepy survival game, the atmosphere of which gave me Chernobylite vibes. However, the game was not made for left-handed people. There is an in-game left-handed option, but sadly the left trigger doesn't work in-game. So, if you want to turn on your flash light or fire a gun, you'll have to do so with your right hand. Thus, making left-handed play pointless. If there is a fix for this, please let me know, but as of right now and from what I can see, there are forum posts about this issue, but no real answer as to how to fix it. Which is a shame, because this is obviously a very immersive experience. I just can't be immersed if I'm forced to use my non-dominant hand. That may be picky of me, but it is what it is.