Sound does nothing special to really pull you in, especially since not much really happens throughout the games. This will be its ultimate killer, because ALVO had the potential of occasionally being a fun and dumb casual shooter.Īs for the sound and graphics, don’t expect anything great here. Neither of the game’s modes were ever able to fill an entire lobby. Even if I did find a game, it was very rarely full. In quite a few instances, the game would just give up trying to find a game with players and just drop me into a bot match. That is, if there are enough people to be found inside matches in a few months’ time. Even early on this feels unnecessarily grindy, and will put players coming into the game later with a massive disadvantage. You start with a basic tier UMP-45 and have to level up to unlock more. I thought I would be able to lean under this to get a potential ambush spot… nope…Īs for the progression, it feels like jumping way back in time.
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It’s very light on content, plus both Zombies and Private games are just listed as coming soon on the menu, with no indication of when. Monastery in particular is a painfully designed map. As for the maps they are often way too large for what the game is offering yet somehow has terrible spawning and only a small handful with day and night variations. You’ve also got the classic Search and Destroy from Call of Duty that has one team trying to plant a bomb and the other defending. There’s really nothing here we have our bog standard Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch that provide the most enjoyment.
Then we have the modes and maps, and this is where ALVO really struggles. As a run and gun shooter, it just plays fine and does what it sets out to do in terms of shooting people. The guns feel fine enough to use, and I ended up going dual SMGs for a run and gun playstyle. You point and press the trigger to shoot and well that’s exactly what happens. Shooting itself is fine and what you’d expect from an arcade shooter in VR. It’s just that these controls did not come naturally at all.
It’s a weird control scheme that doesn’t make sense, but these are all things that you can get used to if you put the time in. Then to throw a grenade you have to move the controller to the right hip, press a button, aim with the opposite hand, and then push forward with the grenade hand. You can’t really reload any faster as well, since it’s all a fixed, predetermined animation you have no real control over. Reloading is simply a matter of pressing the grip button on your hip, which is also hilariously mapped to the crouch or jump button. There is no physical place for things, such as magazines or grenades. Stumbling with the controls is not something I want to waste my time with. Nothing comes naturally to the player and it doesn’t make intelligent use of the Quest controllers. Unfortunately, this is one major issue with ALVO and especially within its approach. What both of these games did very well is let the controls come naturally to the player. Learning the ropes with games like SUPERHOT whilst games like Resident Evil 4 and Pavlov VR gave more immersive and advanced experiences. ALVO is an attempt at making a more casual and approachable VR shooter, which is a respectable goal, but doesn’t hit the mark.Įven though I’m new to VR gaming (only a couple months in to be precise), I’ve had a blast. Take Resident Evil 4‘s VR port for example a superbly fun VR version of a great game, but it can be jarring for those who aren’t used to VR. They often provide some of the most immersive experiences you can find in the VR space, and allow you to get closer to weapons and interact with the world in unique ways. First person shooters and VR are such a natural fit it’s uncanny.
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