MechAvenger

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engaging platforming, classic megaman like feel. if you liked system critical 1/2 or compound or even just old side scrolling shootemups this is worth a go. its free. do it. stop reading reviews for the free game, you make me sick. seriously try it. don't have the gig? delete some of that smut already. just play it. god. its good okay? its free, why are you still reading this? just go, ive got stuff to do! i cant spend all day telling you about this game! it's free! go play it!

"MechAvenger" is a rather mediocre VR tech demo, a simple first person platformer shooter with a robot theme. Gameplay involves waving your arms around in VR to shoot other robots, do some platforming, and there's a little grappling hook mechanism. This kind of game can work when coupled with good narrative and exceptional, high quality technical delivery, all of which are absent here, leading to this failing on Steam. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D graphics which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. It's VR exclusive, and that shows the developer failed to understand the most basic axiom of VR game design... if the only cool thing about your product is VR support, your product is not cool. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just becau…

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really bad controls

I'd love to be able to see the rest of this game but the thing that made me stop and uninstall immediately was the climb controls in the tutorial. I should not have to juggle several control memories just to jump across a beginner gap and hope I fling off the right way and hope the engine decides I went the right way. It's like balancing a bowling ball on a needle. The rest of the game seems to be mostly fine, although I'm not too particular about the out of view holsters on the shoulders where I have to hit the "reload?" button to grab the weapon. This game needs some work but maybe if I'd skipped the tutorial, I would have seen more but it's a bit disheartening if I can't make a simple jump and grab a wall to progress in the tutorial, how are the levels going to be? No thanks. I'll come back in a year or two.