(Disclaimer: I was gifted this gem to review it, I don't even know why you would give me that much power but I really really apprechiate it! Also I was told to beat the ♥♥♥♥ out of the game and tell the devs over any flaws on a rather direct review example of mine (Windlands if you're wondering). Basically the disclaimer shouldn't mean anything but here you go)


First of all, it's a must have for every grappling hook enthusiast that has VR, these are the best grappling hooks I've used this far (didn't bother with Windlands 2 for now though but I still definetely had my fair share of grappling hooks) and after my 2.6 hours I've gotten a really good feeling for these bois. Fine tuning jets included (brilliant idea on that note lmao).

Playtime wise I've completed the main story and 9/20 (Edit: 30 total, another 10 in beta testing right now so 40 coming total) of the races with the last one taking me AGES to get a run with a finish (Id rather try again than slow down significantly) - the levels get longer and harder and its really getting on your rage meter if you're tryharding like me for no apparant reason, but more on that later.

You definetely shouldn't buy this game for its story, rather for grappling hooks and Soviet jokes (always lifts the mood with your friendly neighbourhood Russian) - Seriously if you're searching for some new movement based VR game this IS the gem you've been searching for, altough pricy for the playtime (on one playthrough aka the bare minimum) it's well worth it if you wanna spend your time perfecting your times on the time trials and get to that number 1 spot on the leaderboard.
Movement based games were dying out and VR is reviving them, you gotta love this industry for that

Even though the devs aren't Russians they NAILED the (Russian) music - it fits the game so so SO well and at the trials and certain parts of the game there is a good amount borrowed from hardbass and I love it to the moon and back!

Also; theres not a SINGLE loading screen, it really keeps the paste of the entire game going and it's just sooo smooth...
Seriously thats sOo0 nice to have even though I have no idea how the devs held those loading screens so short that they are nearly seemless, I'm so much all for it, extra especially in VR! - I guess that art style doesn't just make it special visually but also somehow kills any loading time and fps lacks, I have a GTX 1060 6GB and an i7 8700 (installed on my harddrive even) and what can I say? - Seemless loading and steady fps, really unlike anything before this.

Critique:
Roof. The only bad / annoying thing that I found for myself were places you got stuck on and lost all of the momentum, but the better you get the less you hit walls / the ceilings etc etc so it gets significantly less annoying but for the learning process that was the only really annoying thing I found in there.

Replay Value: Yes
If you're planning on getting your moneys worth if you define that by the playtime than you're NOT gonna have a hard time with this indie grapple mastery gem - You can even get into speedrunning the game and, well, its perfect for replaying, not just the time trials. Speaking of which -

Time trials: Like I said, for now Ive only played 9/20 of the trials but they are definetely becoming harder and longer (significantly) and I will definetely at least try them all out and have a go at the leaderboard for some that got me in the top 30 without donating 3 kidneys to one level but I'll update this if anything more important is going to pop up regarding that (I don't think so, the concept is pretty simple (as its supposed to be))

[/u]Also you definetely feel like you're that comrade in the game cover - even though this pose (stretching your arms behind your back) may give you and your hands / room some bad flashbacks over Gorilla Tag I didn't ONCE have a problem with this game taking up too much playspace - and I'm gonna measure mine just for this review.

~ 180cm x 145cm ; not much but my hands and wardrobe could keep their virginity for today, no problem.



*I found it in my discovery list and I normally dont skip past games like these on sight - but my list was filled with unimportant ♥♥♥♥ and for some reason I saw it as an pricy endless runner and that just hurts my head in retrospective, like HOW... Good thing they made this terrible mistake and gave me a copy to review HA

(Disclaimer: I was gifted this gem to review it, I don't even know why you would give me that much power but I really really apprechiate it! Also I was told to beat the shit out of the game and tell the devs over any flaws on a rather [i]direct[/i] review example of mine (Windlands if you're wondering). Basically the disclaimer shouldn't mean anything but here you go) [h1]A game for all the grappling hook enthusiasts or otherwise movement interested parcour junkies - IT'S NOT AN INDIE ENDLESS RUNNER AS I THOUGHT WHEN I SKIPPED PAST IT*[/h1] First of all, it's a must have for every grappling hook enthusiast that has VR, these are the best grappling hooks I've used this far (didn't bother with Windlands 2 for now though but I still definetely had my fair share of grappling hooks) and after my 2.6 hours I've gotten a really good feeling for these bois. Fine tuning jets included (brilliant idea on that note lmao). Playtime wise I've completed the main story and 9/20 (Edit: 30 total, another 10 in beta testing right now so 40 coming total) of the races with the last one taking me AGES to get a run with a finish (Id rather try again than slow down significantly) - the levels get longer and harder and its really getting on your rage meter if you're tryharding like me for no apparant reason, but more on that later. You definetely shouldn't buy this game for its story, rather for grappling hooks and Soviet jokes (always lifts the mood with your friendly neighbourhood Russian) - [b]Seriously if you're searching for some new movement based VR game this IS the gem you've been searching for[/b], altough pricy for the playtime (on one playthrough aka the bare minimum) it's well worth it if you wanna spend your time perfecting your times on the time trials and get to that number 1 spot on the leaderboard. [i]Movement based games were dying out and VR is reviving them, you gotta love this industry for that[/i] Even though the devs aren't Russians they NAILED the (Russian) music - it fits the game [u]so so SO well[/u] and at the trials and certain parts of the game there is a good amount borrowed from hardbass and I love it to the moon and back! Also; theres not a SINGLE loading screen, it really keeps the paste of the entire game going and it's just sooo smooth... [i]Seriously thats sOo0 nice to have even though I have no idea how the devs held those loading screens so short that they are nearly seemless, I'm so much all for it,[/i] [b]extra especially in VR![/b] - I guess that art style doesn't just make it special visually but also somehow kills [u]any[/u] loading time and fps lacks, [b]I have a GTX 1060 6GB and an i7 8700 (installed on my harddrive even) and what can I say? - Seemless loading and steady fps, really unlike anything before this.[/b] Critique: Roof. The only bad / annoying thing that I found for myself were places you got stuck on and lost all of the momentum, but the better you get the less you hit walls / the ceilings etc etc so it gets significantly less annoying but for the learning process that was the only really annoying thing I found in there. Replay Value: [u]Yes[/u] If you're planning on getting your moneys worth if you define that by the playtime than you're NOT gonna have a hard time with this indie grapple mastery gem - You can even get into speedrunning the game and, well, its perfect for replaying, not just the time trials. Speaking of which - Time trials: Like I said, for now Ive only played 9/20 of the trials but they are definetely becoming harder and longer (significantly) and I will definetely at least try them all out and have a go at the leaderboard for some that got me in the top 30 without donating 3 kidneys to one level but I'll update this if anything more important is going to pop up regarding that (I don't think so, the concept is pretty simple (as its supposed to be)) [/u]Also you definetely feel like you're that comrade in the game cover - even though this pose (stretching your arms behind your back) may give you and your hands / room some bad flashbacks over Gorilla Tag I didn't ONCE have a problem with this game taking up too much playspace - and I'm gonna measure mine just for this review. ~ 180cm x 145cm ; not much but my hands and wardrobe could keep their virginity for today, no problem. *I found it in my discovery list and I normally dont skip past games like these on sight - but my list was filled with unimportant shit and for some reason I saw it as an pricy endless runner and that just hurts my head in retrospective, like HOW... Good thing they made this terrible mistake and gave me a copy to review HA