Putridness (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Bronze Award

System: HTC Vive & Oculus Rift
Price at Time Of Review: £9.29
Comfort Rating: Yellow (Mild Movement)
Genre: Zombie Shooter
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Room-Scale
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: 15+

Description: A harsh virtual reality zombie shooter with realistic mechanics, extremely dangerous enemies, liters of blood and dismemberment. This is not the place for beginners and casuals.

Review: I have to give credit to ‘Putridness’ where it is due. This really is the biggest mess of a game I have played in a long time! While I expect issues with any Early Access game this game is a broken, mess of a game that is so full of glitches and issues that it is pretty much unplayable. It also says the game is “room-scale” only and requires at least 2m x 1.5m play area. That is simply not true and you can play it sat down on a swivel chair because there is no snap turning, but full locomotion.

It doesn’t matter that I couldn’t even start the game in the first try anyway because the stupid selector ball vanished (see gameplay video) or that I couldn’t even get the gun to load, what matters is that this game will never be worth the £9.29 unless it was remade with a lot more effort in terms of graphics and content. This is not a game anyone should be recommending at the moment, but maybe after a lot more work (and a MASSIVE price drop), it will be worth a look.