This is the first VR game I played after getting a Valve Index back in December. Half-Life: Alyx was still a couple of months away so I needed something to show off my new VR set. As this was my very first VR game I was pretty excited by the added realism of actually having to pick up ammunition (compared to just running over it in pancake shooters) and manually reloading your guns. Being able to hold guns in both hands was pretty neat as well. However, my initial enthusiasm quickly turned into frustration when my guns kept disappearing after restoring a checkpoint. So after about an hour I gave up and patiently waited for Alyx to arrive.

After completing Alyx a few months later, I decided to revisit Arizona Sunshine. At first, I didn't encounter the disappearing guns bug anymore so I was excited to give it another try. The game doesn't hold up to Alyx but I didn't care. After all, this was all about shooting zombies so I didn't exactly expect an award winning story line. However, about two hours into the game my guns started disappearing again. It looks like this bug pops up when you go back to a previous checkpoint (either because you died in-game or because you continued a previous session). It turns out that the guns you were holding in your hand are just gone. Now that's a pretty annoying bug. It bothered me so much that at some point I was more concerned about which guns I could do without in case I reached a checkpoint in the game and had to return to it (because only the guns on your belt would still be there then). A second annoying bug is that the scope of the sniper rifle makes the zombies invisible. That made the sniper rifle completely useless. Apparently, this bug has now been fixed in a recent patch but it shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Despite these two major flaws, I did enjoy the game. However, I'm afraid I can't recommend it as long as the disappearing guns bug is still in there; it's just too frustrating.

Update: Coincidentally, a couple of hours after I posted this review, a new patch was released which fixes this bug. So, fair is fair, I've updated my review from not recommended to recommended.

This is the first VR game I played after getting a Valve Index back in December. [b]Half-Life: Alyx[/b] was still a couple of months away so I needed something to show off my new VR set. As this was my very first VR game I was pretty excited by the added realism of actually having to pick up ammunition (compared to just running over it in pancake shooters) and manually reloading your guns. Being able to hold guns in both hands was pretty neat as well. However, my initial enthusiasm quickly turned into frustration when my guns kept disappearing after restoring a checkpoint. So after about an hour I gave up and patiently waited for [b]Alyx[/b] to arrive. After completing [b]Alyx[/b] a few months later, I decided to revisit [b]Arizona Sunshine[/b]. At first, I didn't encounter the [i]disappearing guns bug[/i] anymore so I was excited to give it another try. The game doesn't hold up to [b]Alyx[/b] but I didn't care. After all, this was all about shooting zombies so I didn't exactly expect an award winning story line. However, about two hours into the game my guns started disappearing again. It looks like this bug pops up when you go back to a previous checkpoint (either because you died in-game or because you continued a previous session). It turns out that the guns you were holding in your hand are just gone. Now that's a pretty annoying bug. It bothered me so much that at some point I was more concerned about which guns I could do without in case I reached a checkpoint in the game and had to return to it (because only the guns on your belt would still be there then). A second annoying bug is that the scope of the sniper rifle makes the zombies invisible. That made the sniper rifle completely useless. Apparently, this bug has now been fixed in a recent patch but it shouldn't have been there in the first place. Despite these two major flaws, I did enjoy the game. However, I'm afraid I can't recommend it as long as the [i]disappearing guns bug[/i] is still in there; it's just too frustrating. [u]Update:[/u] Coincidentally, a couple of hours after I posted this review, a new patch was released which fixes this bug. So, fair is fair, I've updated my review from [i]not recommended[/i] to [i]recommended[/i].