Why are reviews so low?

[nova]

Was looking forward to this one for months.

[just.fun]

Because it gets boring quick and the handling/physics are also not good.
Its okay on screenshots, but not a world you wanna get trapped in.

I am used to enjoy even simple games in vr, like high noon vr for example. There you can at least enjoy the satisfaction to unlock new and better weapons. Here you can 'unlock' (find) plenty more different weapons, but it really doesnt make a lot of difference.

[Rune]

Originally posted by nova:

Was looking forward to this one for months.

Do not mind the negative reviews, this is one of my favorite VR games, and I've played tons of VR games including Alyx, Call of the Mountain, Lone Echo 1-2, Asgard's Wrath, etc.

I'd rate Undead Citadel 9/10, maybe even 9.5/10. You can find my review on the Store Page.

[Serratus]

Well, I tried the demo of this game for about 30 minutes and it was clear that game isn't good at all.
First of all - my hits register only 30%-40% of the time (which is ridiculous!).
Second - the movement is so sluggish you can't do a quick parry-hit combos (I know a bit about fencing and have some experience), the speed of the weapons doesn't match the speed of hand. At first I thought that it was intentionally made to distinguish between light and heavy weapons (lighter = quicker), but no even the small sword is sluggish as hell! Also the heavy weapons should be devastating with longer arcs and they aren't.
This just killed the game for me. Hellsplit Arena is a lot better than this crap.
That's my opinion.

[just.fun]

Now since almost finished campaign I start horde to collect rewards. First thing collecting here is bug bounty :-(
After getting killed in 1st wave ':-) just choosed play again, but instead starting to replay, the undead keeps attacking my dead body and the game just ignores all input but changing view. Had to kill the game to restart. something makes the game stuck in the death animation.

[bronsky]

Yes, the game is highly underrated. It's one of the few VR swordfighting games with a decent campaign, physics-based combat and good graphics and atmosphere. The main problems are a poor inventory management, and some recurring bugs in gripping, which can be really annoying (I don't understand why all this hasn't been fixed yet) but don't prevent you from enjoying the game.
The combat system is physics-based and I found it quite fun. But the different weapons are not balanced at all, the stabs are much more effective and the game becomes much more satisfying, if not too easy, once you get the hang of it.
As already said, try it and get a refund if you don't like it. That's what I did, and I couldn't stop playing.