Bullet Sorrow VR - VR Gameplay HTC Vive
26A game to potentially scratch that Time Crisis VR itch.
I've heard people asking for a Time Crisis VR game and this really felt similar. Bullet Sorrow VR is a cover based arcade shooter with a voice acted story. It's somewhere between wave shooter and free roaming VR FPS but thoroughly enjoyable.
You advance through a larger level section by section bound to a small play area. You can teleport around in this play area with a stamina meter on your left hand. Each section will have waves of enemies spawn and attack. Once each wave is defeated you move to the next section.
I think the game would have been better served with a bit more free form locomotion. I don't really understand the decision to restrict movement. It ends up feeling like several mini wave shooter levels in one giant level.
There are several different weapons you can pick up along the way that are purely temporary. You toss them aside when you run out of ammo. This can be disorienting at times especially with the rifle or shotgun. Some weapons have different angle orientation. You may be sniping head shots with the uzi, pop back to the pistol and you're now shooting 4 feed over enemy heads.
Graphics didn't look too bad for a VR title. There will be people that complain about the aliasing. I've mentioned before that I don't think VR is in a state where that's a realistic expectation but I won't jump on that soapbox today. To my, the graphics were reasonable for something trying to be more on the realistic side of things.
That being said.... I did feel like the sights were a bit difficult to aim down. The pistol model wasn't designed with VR graphic limitations in mind.
As you can tell by the huge black bars, the game is an unreal title. I wish devs would focus on the Mirror window as it makes for a poor viewing experience in the current state.
The game has 3 difficulty levels across 3 decently sized missions. I would expect 1-2+ hours play time depending on skill level/difficulty chosen.
The gameplay itself was quite a bit of fun. Rereading what I have said thus far I may seem like I didn't enjoy the game. There are some issues and rough edges but I had quite a bit of fun with the core game and am interested in finding out the rest of the story.
In the end Bullet Sorrow VR gets a thumbs up as a pretty decent cover based shooter.