Recent reviews by shadowboy813

I wasn't sure about this game. It's much more fun than I had anticipated. It comes recommended.

Great reimagining of FF7 (as a continuation of the first part. It definitely feels broader. I feel the performance on the Steam Deck is somewhat lacking, but it's fun if you can stream it from a PC.

This is the biggest redemption story in video gaming history!

I want to give this a positive review. I really, REALLY want to. For the first time ever, I have to leave a negative review for a Valve game.

Half Life: Alyx suffers SEVERE performance problems and it is on the basis of that, that my review is a do not recommend.

I can play through maybe two arenas before I get stomach turning frame drops and performance issues. When it runs well, it runs amazing, and that usually lasts about 10 minutes.

Edit: Most of the performance issues I've found are while using Oculus Link (either wired or air link), even with the oculus killer app going straight into Steam VR. Virtual Desktop gave me more consistent performance.

The controls are C-L-U-N-K-Y when played on a quest 2. Click then deflect the stick to dash? That is awkward af. What's even worse is that's how you navigate menus, too. This was VERY poorly thought out. This will absolutely require tinkering out of the box. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy it for more than $5

This mod is better done than even the official Skyrim and Fallout 4 VR ports. That said, it is not without issue. There are some janky mechanics. Teleport jump is unreliable, and throwing grenades ABSOLUTELY needs to be refined. I absolutely struggled with grenades at some of the sniper sections, and I've seen streamers do the same. Grenades just don't have enough momentum imparted to them when tossing. With how hard I needed to throw grenades at points, I was worried that I was going to whip the controllers right out of my hands.

The performance isn't as good as I'd like. It has long load times and the occasional stutter.

That said, I recommend it based on how much effort and thought has been put in it so far. The fundamentals are solid. It just needs a performance boost, teleport jump to work better, and grenade tossing needs to be adjusted.

This is a fun game, but Ubisoft being Ubisoft, I do not recommend this game at full price. I wouldn't suggest anything more expensive than 60% off.

I wanted to give this game a positive review. I changed my mind the first time I launched it on my desktop PC (I initially started playing it on my Steam Deck).

FIRST launch: Crash dump.
Every subsequent launch: Moved EVERY SINGLE window on my primary monitor to the secondary monitor, forcing me to reposition EVERY SINGLE WINDOW. Did you even test this with multi-monitor setups? AT ALL?! Wow!

This is REALLY terrible software engineering and a BIG thumbs down from me.

I'm not even going to bother getting into how not-intuitive the game itself is. Or the Portal in "The Surface" that does not exit straight up, so that when you shoot the portal to fling, you fail to fall back into the portal on the floor. This game has so many little issues that never were tested.

It's a fun, cross-platform sim-builder

No competent developer should EVER cloud sync graphics settings. This is a very basic idiocy check. Congrats Avalanche! You're idiots!