This title went through a lot in its lifetime — legacy version removal, engine swap, cross-play integration and busted modding support, up to addition of micro-transactions as of late. If anything, each update was a downgrade rather than an innovation, accompanied by rapidly declining playerbase as a result. Pavlov is not dead, as many presume, but it deteriorates each year, besides performing "better" than similar titles.

It was really fun in the past, thus it is not worth buying today. Base game content doesn't provide the same value the modding content did. All major changes are unasked for and irreversible, every patch drags the game down and the community can only watch it happen in despair. It became a VR clone of Counter-strike and this decision alone made it lose all of the potential for future development. The mascot for this game looks like AI-generated nightmare, I still do not realize why it exist in the first place.

Recoil is the highest among other VR shooters and it currently takes the most hits to kill an enemy as well. It doesn't mean that targets feel like bullet-sponges, but it rather allows for less cooperative, strategic and thought-out gameplay. You will find teammates and enemies rushing more, venturing solo often and generally communicating less because of this. It makes the game more self-centric than team-based in a sense.

Virtual hands holding a gun feel like absolute noodles. You will benefit from an improvised or a professional gun rig: it provides you with better handing, immersion and an aspect of realism (like weight distribution, etc.). This goes for the majority of VR shooters that use both controllers for weapon interactions. You can still perform well without, it takes times and practice, however, the handling is still messy due to the lack of a physical constraint a rig can provide.

I've had SO MUCH FUN in this game in the past. But dropping steam workshop? Baddddddddd decision. It is still enjoyable and I like coming back to it every now and then. I recommend BUT if you don't have people you know to play with I'd be careful.

no steam modding support makes this game feel hollow

Counter strike clone in VR. It used to be one of the most polished VR games out there. Don't be fooled by the Dec 2024 release date, this game is almost as old as VR itself. I haven't tried contractors, maybe I should try that.

def worth if on sale

Russian roulette

Real straightforwards non-emotional review:

It is a very fun, very responsive Counter Strike in VR. Weapons look and function beautifully. Its really a fun game. The community has died off a bit BUT there is always a few full TTT lobby and a full TDM lobby, full assorted game modes, etc. So saying its "dead" is incorrect. The devs are slowly releasing good stuff and need to just lean into the modding community and make it easy as possible to mod.

Its a fun game, you should buy it for 24 dollars or less.

no its dead

Game is fun and the shooting and reloading is satisfying. Kind of like a CSGO vr game. barely any players tho

They killed the game hard for greed. Such a shame, it was the top vr shooter