Archangel is installing Red Shell spyware on your pc without your knowledge. Just In case people aren't aware Red Shell is a spyware that tracks data of your PC and shares it with 3rd parties. This is an absolutely unacceptable proposition. There is no opt out option and at no point do these developers make players aware that they are tracking almost anything you do on your pc.

EDIT: Red Shell has been removed from Archangel. I'm leaving this review up because a breach of trust is a breach of trust. Removing spyware after you've been caught using it does not make you consumer friendly. It's an act of self preservation.

Archangel is a marvellous idea over a weak gameplay. Your mech is just outstanding, great design and details, massive scale proportion. In the intro/tutorial you feel so powerful and the indirect hand control of your giant robot works as it should.

Sadly, this is the peak of the game. Many complained about being on rails: great arcade games are usually on rails, I'm perfectly fine with this as soon as the gameplay is fun and compelling.

In Archangel you have to do four actions:

1) shot with crosshair (60% of your time)
2) to use your shield to block enemy shots (38% of your time)
3) to punch something (1% of your time)
4) to grab something (1% of your time)

It if wasn't for the story and the huge mech, Archangel would be an extremely boring seated shooter. And the story is not that good.

Is it a disaster? No, I don't think so. It very depends on how much you loves robots, I like them a lot but love also good games. Here you get just the robot, at this price doesn't worth for me.

We live in times where you can feel like you're actually sitting in a giant mech, while fighting bad guys, and this from the comfort of your home.

PRO
- presentation, menu and in-game interface are high quality, they got AAA written all over them
- music, sounds and voice acting are excellent
- the cockpit and mech arms are really impressive!
- the graphics of the surrounding world are good enough (would have loved even more detail)
- a built-in story to keep it even more interesting than just shooting around
- so far, during my short play (approx. an hour), I encountered no bugs whatsoever
- multiple difficulty settings and even a permadeath option
- no need to fiddle with settings : everything is perfect right-out-of-the-box
- plays with motion controllers
- it's a seated game (for people that think we already have enough standing games in VR)

CON
- it's on rails, so people expecting to move freely with the mech can possibly be disappointed
- as mentioned previously, the surrounding world could me more detailed, buildings don't have a very realistic look
- the menu doesn't have a quit button
- I don't think it's possible to grab or hit airplanes with your hands or fists
- sometimes a savepoint can be unforgiving
- it's a seated cockpit game (for people who love playing standing and dodging physically this can be disappointing)

If you like more or less casual games where you don't have to think too much, shoot around, enjoy the graphics and music, games that make you feel like you're in a mainstream action movie, then this is it. Think 'Gunjack on earth' with a story.

If you like your games dark, twisted and smart with an intriguing and original story, or you're looking for VR games that are more physically challenging, this might not be for you.

Bottomline : excellent mindless (seated) shooting entertainment on rails for dads and sons :)

Index Knuckes do not work. You basically have to break your wrists because it acts as if they’re held like wands.
I’d return it if I could, but I got it through the Humble Bundle.

Edit:
Good news- Humble Bundle allowed a return of the game; this doesn't change anything about the game itself, but know that you can return it if you accidentally bought this garbage.

Additionally, other posts note that the producer of the game previously bundled *spyware* with the game, only removing it after it was noticed and publicly denounced by players. Do not trust the authors of this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3SLTm4aFD0
The Huge Multiplayer Update on May 25 completely changes the game and adds a lot of value to the game.
Now the game no longer just on rails, you can free roam in Multiplayer. Currently only 2 v 2 TDM is available, I was able to get in and have a full match without any issues. It was so immersive that you can fully controls your mech. Jump, turn, walk, shield, switching weapons, look around etc. My young dream of piloting gundam in cockpit somewhat fulfilled.

Of course the story mode is also quite good with top graphics and still worth a try if you haven't played.

HTC Vive controller does not align with ingame sticks.

Another user posted about this issue: 9 OCTOBER, 2017

October. It still hasn't been fixed. The game is made for the rift only. Don't kid yourselves this is not a game made for the vive.

I got a couple of matches in the free demo, enjoyed it and bought it to get more features options.

Movement is good, there are three mech classes, light, medium and heavy with different weapons and abilities.
Havnt explored multiplayer to its full potencial yet but i feel there is a lot of fun to be had there.

So i decided id try the single player campaign.

During the intro when one first gets into the mech i was really excited, you have more precise control over the hands and arms, moving your hands inside the cockpit causes the mechs arms to mimic the motions, you can punch things (missing from the multiplayer i think) and one feels really powerful, i got the VR giggles which i havnt got in a long time.

Then the game starts and you notice that all the control you have is over the arms, guns and shields, the mech walks by itself, singleplayer is a rail shooter :(

Im gonna give it a playthrough but i was dissapointed that single player has no free movement.

Singleplayer looks a bit nicer than the online mode, i cant put my finger on it precisely but i think resolution is lower in the multiplayer variant for some reason, might be a bug.

Update:
Im on vive and i downloaded Methados controller bindnings and made two changes.

Now my controls are as follows:
Left touchpad for movement, click it to jump.
Right touchpad clicks for snap turning.
Grip buttons toggle shields on/off on respective sides.
Top buttons change weapons.
Double click and hold on the right top button recenters HMD position.

With these settings the multiplayer is a lot nicer IMO.

Don't expect to jump in and start a team based game as you'll be waiting forever for anyone to join. The Devs have not allowed the ability for players to simply drop in alone to expereince navigating around (off rails) instead the Developers ask that you exit the game... join a channel in Discord to team up and then go back into play a session... WTF !! are they thinking ?

At this price one would expect at least the ability to drop into a scene in solo mode.

Till then this game gets a big ass NO GO zone. ( not worth it )

It's shooter on rails, but wait to judge this game. The sense of scale in this game is just phenomenal. Gameplay is pretty simple, but you'll be amazed by the feelings this game can give you. Haven't felt anything like this in VR until today. My expectations are exceeded.
PS:Sry for my bad English.

the graphics at the start are great and it gets you all hyped up, then as soon as you start the first mission it loses that feel and get boring and very repetitive, not worth the buy tbh- fun for like 30mins to an hour max.