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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 26.9 hrs on record (3.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 8 Aug, 2022 @ 8:17pm
Updated: 13 Aug, 2022 @ 9:53am

Early Access Review
Now that I have played quite a bit, I can give a more serious review.

What is ChilloutVR?

It's like VRChat, but with a team who ACTUALLY cares.

ChilloutVR is what happens when you have an actual mature audience, devs who know how Unity works and wholesome modders working WITH the devs. You have the best experience of your damn lives!

Advantages over VRChat

  • Optimized: Load times to CVR are way quicker than VRChat, pre and post EAC. Not only that, servers have the potential to handle 100+ players.
  • Better community: A more mature audience, you won't see a screaming child or raids.
  • Features that VRChat is copying from: Earmuffs? Avatar Loading Distance? CVR already have that.
  • Actual encryption: You can't rip avatars from CVR as easily, since it is forced to use their SDK to upload and it auto encrypts the avatar on Upload.
  • Anti-crasher system: With the Bundle Verifier. An user described it as "Opening an Unity instance and loading the avatar: If it crashes the avatar is blacklisted and won't even load for other people".
  • Props: Why make a prop exclusive to one character when you can upload globally avaliable props to have fun with your friends? You can summon a gun and they can shoot with it!
  • Content Filters: The game allows for NSFW content, as long as it is properly tagged and even still they are rules for that (Refer to their Terms of Service[documentation.abinteractive.net]). To be even able to see this content in game, you need to download a free DLC, and set the content filters accordingly. You can also block other type of content like loud noises, particle systems and others individually.
  • Mods: Unlike VRChat, wholesome mods are allowed in the game. Hand gesture display is an example, which is not in the base game but already had it with mods. They even hired members of MelonLoader to work with them! Malicious mods are grounds for permabans and the community knows how to police itself, so if you come with malicious intent, you're not staying for long.
Remember tho, the game is on Early Access, so there are still features that are being tweaked and fixed, but in the current state it is already way better than VRChat, no anti-cheat needed.
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