Recent reviews by ShupBaby

The most addicted I've been to a game since Rust during the covid era. Peak sound design, great maps, super fun gun fights and endlessly re-playable. Every raid never fails to be different from the last. If they continue with the frequent additions of new arc, quests and events. This could enter my Mount Rushmore of shooters.

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Adding a PVE only mode will kill what makes this game so fresh. If Embark listens to the PVP complainers, the player base will likely die out. Keep doing what your doing and this game is on a perfect path!

Only 2 hours in by so far a solid Indie game for the price. Sound design could use improvement as the audio feels thin with almost no environment ambience or soundtrack. Other then that hilarious and fun with the right group of people.

It Takes WHO? I've played all 3 games from Hazelight Studios and this is easily their best in terms of game play and level design. The final chapter of this game is an absolute BANGER. A must play game if you enjoy Co-op. Only downside is waiting for Hazelight to make the next one.

The BONES are there! That being said, this game needs an insane amount of work. I've played PIPE BMX, Skate 3, Session. Skater XL, Scooter Flow and more for YEARS. A lot of these games are not easy to learn and very difficult to MASTER. Mastering those games has been a blast. BMX STREETS stands on its own, because currently, it's not that fun to play. This game feels as though it give you all of the control and none of it simultaneously. Its infuriating to have your skills bogged down by luck or poor game mechanics. My Biggest issues are as followed.

1 - TUTORIALS are for mechanics that are too easy. There is no tutorials for anything that is hard to understand or master within the game. Such as popping out of a quarter pipe into a copping grind and many more.

2 - THE CHALLENGES are a GREAT IDEA but currently they set you up for failure. Some of the opening races give you too much speed and you overshoot everything or too little speed and you cant make any gap. Same with trick challenges that want you to air out and grab the letters, B.M.X., but are so high that when you land you'll die from fall damage. Spent 2+ hours on a race and it felt like all luck no skill in the end. You don't want new players to be struggling this much with such early game challenges. (UPDATE-AFTER 680 ATTEMPTS I FINALLY DID IT. WAS NOT REWARDING AND JUST MADE ME MORE ANNOYED AT THE GAME.)

3 - PUMPING MECHANIC is cool in theory, but is so hard to perfect when you actually start throwing tricks into the mix. You don't have enough time to pump before your already past the landing in most cases. Its a chore to get started in a bowl or half pipe and deters me entirely from wanting to ride anything park related that isn't a box jump. I don't have a solution on how to fix this because currently I think I'd have more fun if it was just removed entirely.

4 - GRINDS are HIT or MISS. Smith grinds are for some reason a dream and you can lock in easily. Then Feeble grinds are near impossible to stay in unless your going extremely slow or get lucky and the ledge locks you in from no skill of your own.

5 - Manuals are POSSIBLE and can be ALMOST mastered but you have to account for when the game just randomly bugs out. Making them less enjoyable in lines due to their randomness.

After a disappointing launch, I still have I high hopes for this game. I hope the developer listens to the community and makes the necessary changes for this game to become FUN FOR ALL. Not just for some. I will not be refunding the game as I believe in the future of the project. That being said, I CANNOT SUGGEST BUYING IT until it gets bug fixes and updates down the line. In its current state, its not worth the headache.

I don't like D&D and somehow I already have 40 hours in this game. yeah, it's a banger.

UPDATE:
FINALLY BEAT THE GAME. MASTERPIECE. Through multiple attempts at play though's and people always falling off after the first act. I'm so stoked to finally complete it with a trio. Easily one of the greatest games ever created. Characters, dialogue, world building, game play and story are all TOP SHELF. Its easy to be deterred by the game play if its your first turn based top down, but STICK TO IT. It'll easily be one of if not the best game you have ever played. Completed at 256 Hours.......and I probably haven't seen so much.

Probably the best VR shooter out there! It may not offer the same amount of maps and modes as Pavlov, but the game play feels really polished. Super fast paced and a blast to play with friends in a full squad. I cant wait to see the future maps and game modes they release. A must have if you like VR title! Only issue is that its a little hard to run on low end PC's but i'm sure it will be even more optimized over time.

Goated.

THIS GAME IS INCREDIBLE, If you use the Valve Knuckles. That being said, if you use the Vive Wands. I cannot suggest this game yet. The wands have touch pads. A lot of the controls are mapped on the touch pads, which are touch sensitive for other controls. So while trying to turn off the safety on my gun, it will turn my character around or make them look left or right. For movement and locomotion, the touch controls are super sensitive and there is a toggle run feature. This makes accidental movement extremely easy. In a game where stealth is part of the core game play, This blows your cover frequently. If you are willing to deal with the inconveniences. Then the game seems like some of the best VR can offer right now. I personally find it currently unplayable or extremely annoying on the vive wands, so I can't suggest it. Maybe one day if I have the cash to drop on the valve knuckles then I would consider revisiting.

This is probably the best FREE vr game I have encountered so far. For those who get motion sickness from hoping into heavy movement based games like population one. This is a great introduction to movement and multitasking in vr. Highly suggest even if you play it just once.

This game will produce some of the most fun, stressful, and collaborative multiplayer experiences you will ever have. Its all about the group you play with and the strategy you take. Whether you play stingy or greedy, the result is always the same, a force wipe. So gather some resources, build a base, and start getting sendy. This game just gets better every hour you put into it.