This is a great game. It is fun, balanced, innovative, and always there are new things to deal with. The graphics are great and the perspective is so good I got flashes of feeling like I was there. There is a learning curve, but there are usually panic rooms to save the game.

When starting the game the first time I kinda was optimistic but the wore off pretty fast. The story is okay but nothing special. First I kept reading emails and notes, but the further the game went on the less I read as it felt not that interesting. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece but at least on par with Alien Isolation to keep you invested.

So you know this is NOT an Alien Isolation like just in VR but that was obvious by the first trailer since you play as a trained marine and that you pew pew aliens was a given and I liked the direction because I wanted to shoot a pulse rifle in VR for ages and now I can do that.

Also here the first moments were fine but wore off fast too. Encounters are repetetive and get boring. The devs say it's a different pulse rifle therefore it DOES NOT sound like the iconic weapon from the movie. Kinda but not really.

The worst part that made me lose interest is the absolutely poor optimization on PC. I think they should have stayed with UE4 instead of 5 if they don't know how to optimize. Areas aren't that big and should run absolutely flawless but FPS drops, stutter all over the place. Even with engine.ini tweaks it's just a mess. Many visuall effects you'll find on PC are not there like dynamic shadows. Yes some areas have them but it should be everywhere. No shadow in a dark horror esk game = no atmosphere. Lighting also feels toned down. You clearly see this is made for Quest and some "additions" put in the PC version. Textures in some areas are really low res, like Quake 1 low res. But there it looked good thanks to talented pixel artists ad ID.

In comparsion take Alien Fireteam Elite and play it with the UEVR injector and it runs super smooth and has better visual fidelity. Even areas are bigger in some parts and run better in VR. Bottom line performance on PC killed it for me and I played on a 4090. With the lack of effects that would have impact performance it still runs like poo.

If you're not able to optimize, maybe go the lazy route and add DLSS so we finally might get smooth framerates without lowering resolution that it looks worse.

I just finished the game and what a blast! It feels like being in the Aliens movie, which is by far the best one in the series in my opinion. The pacing is great, the atmosphere, music and sound effects are all very immersive and well done. It really gets your heart pounding. The story keeps you engaged and intrigued.
The biggest issue is the poor optimization on PCVR and Quest. Even on a 4090, I got stutters regurlarly and I tried many things to make it better. It's a shame as this game deserves better.