It's been 2 years, I decided to revisit this game. All the bugs I identified in the prior review have been fixed. It is now completely playable without any jank. If it still falls short in any area it's the level design. The maps are geometrically less complex than many original Quake 1 levels. Very basic 3D solids smooshed together.

I think the most egregious example of this is the fusion of two wooden walkways at a 15 degree angle in the subterranean section where the power core/gate lifting puzzle is. No effort was made to joint them believably. They just kind of phase into each other at the tips. The caves and tunnels themselves also look very..."Quake engine"-ish. Big angular faceted surfaces with repeated textures rather than organic shapes.

It is less of a problem in the city environment or park, or hospital exterior. But the interior environments in this game are extremely basic. They look like a a first attempt at level design from somebody just beginning to learn the engine. The doorknobs aren't even properly modeled. They are faceted cylinders on top of smaller faceted cylinders.

There's a security camera in a hallway in the nightclub that's just an extruded hexagon, and the stairs are often just an orthogonal zigzag construction of rectilinear solids with the same parallax mapped grating texture applied, no alpha channel, just opaque black "holes". This is weird given how cool looking some of the assets are (like the meat television, character models, bosses, furniture and weapons).

Mechanically speaking this game has advanced by leaps and bounds. I'm now able to play all the way through without softlocking anywhere or encountering any blatant bugs. It just looks really rough in some indoor spots, and as before, it takes forever to load. I sense from your replies that you're stretched thin working on "Guilt". But a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

i.e. It's well worth the time it would take to polish up the game you already published before trying to knock out a new one. A big part of how people decide what games to buy is the reputation of the developer and their experiences with past games from that dev. Spending the time to remaster Organ Quarter with more polished, less slapdash level design would put it over the top from "pretty good for a VR game" to "objectively great, regardless of platform".

Now for the spoonful of sugar which may help the medicine go down: Some environments, like the lobby of the Cronen theater, look excellent. Lore is dispensed in a very concise, organic way which doesn't bore or confuse the player. The monster design is vastly more creative than the norm, where most horror games just have the same generic pale, veiny, nude old man with a monster face over and over (I call this cliche horror game monster the "spoopyman"). The bosses are intuitive and fun to fight, on top of being creatively designed from a visual standpoint.

The puzzles are very well designed & engaging, especially the backstage peephole puzzle & sliding rod puzzles where you navigate a meat maze. I'd even have been down to do that once more on a much larger scale than the prior few. I also greatly enjoyed how carefully hidden bonus ammo and health is throughout the environment. "Treasure hunting" is a non-trivial component of my enjoyment of this game, and locking health/ammo you'll need late game behind the crusty coating which must be removed with acid was a very clever way to ensure item availability towards the end.

It's been 2 years, I decided to revisit this game. All the bugs I identified in the prior review have been fixed. It is now completely playable without any jank. If it still falls short in any area it's the level design. The maps are geometrically less complex than many original Quake 1 levels. Very basic 3D solids smooshed together. I think the most egregious example of this is the fusion of two wooden walkways at a 15 degree angle in the subterranean section where the power core/gate lifting puzzle is. No effort was made to joint them believably. They just kind of phase into each other at the tips. The caves and tunnels themselves also look very..."Quake engine"-ish. Big angular faceted surfaces with repeated textures rather than organic shapes. It is less of a problem in the city environment or park, or hospital exterior. But the interior environments in this game are extremely basic. They look like a a first attempt at level design from somebody just beginning to learn the engine. The doorknobs aren't even properly modeled. They are faceted cylinders on top of smaller faceted cylinders. There's a security camera in a hallway in the nightclub that's just an extruded hexagon, and the stairs are often just an orthogonal zigzag construction of rectilinear solids with the same parallax mapped grating texture applied, no alpha channel, just opaque black "holes". This is weird given how cool looking some of the assets are (like the meat television, character models, bosses, furniture and weapons). Mechanically speaking this game has advanced by leaps and bounds. I'm now able to play all the way through without softlocking anywhere or encountering any blatant bugs. It just looks really rough in some indoor spots, and as before, it takes forever to load. I sense from your replies that you're stretched thin working on "Guilt". But a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. i.e. It's well worth the time it would take to polish up the game you already published before trying to knock out a new one. A big part of how people decide what games to buy is the reputation of the developer and their experiences with past games from that dev. Spending the time to remaster Organ Quarter with more polished, less slapdash level design would put it over the top from "pretty good for a VR game" to "objectively great, regardless of platform". Now for the spoonful of sugar which may help the medicine go down: Some environments, like the lobby of the Cronen theater, look excellent. Lore is dispensed in a very concise, organic way which doesn't bore or confuse the player. The monster design is vastly more creative than the norm, where most horror games just have the same generic pale, veiny, nude old man with a monster face over and over (I call this cliche horror game monster the "spoopyman"). The bosses are intuitive and fun to fight, on top of being creatively designed from a visual standpoint. The puzzles are very well designed & engaging, especially the backstage peephole puzzle & sliding rod puzzles where you navigate a meat maze. I'd even have been down to do that once more on a much larger scale than the prior few. I also greatly enjoyed how carefully hidden bonus ammo and health is throughout the environment. "Treasure hunting" is a non-trivial component of my enjoyment of this game, and locking health/ammo you'll need late game behind the crusty coating which must be removed with acid was a very clever way to ensure item availability towards the end.