Recent reviews by STrottsky

+ Great game if you need something to turn your mind off to after a long day
+ Scenery is great. However, you won't pay much attention to it unless you drive very slow
+ Can help with driving anxiety to a small degree
+ Workshop addons personalize the experience
+ DLCs are worth it (when they're on sale)
- Tutorial and early game is not very engaging
- Random events and detours can be either funny or trip-ruining

+ Short and educational puzzle game with four levels. Relatively simple
+ Nice 3D environments for a free game
+ Interesting historical narrative about Polish Resistance against the Bolsheviks in 1920
+ Leon Trotsky
- Voice acting is a bit cheesy

Interesting political commentary for such an obscene game.

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From the 1200+ hours I hammered into this game, the accounted experience of mine changed overtime, drastically.

- When I first joined, the community was thriving with social interaction (yes this includes the knuckles trend). I would log on every evening after class and experience VRChat's oddities, meeting some friends that I still hang out with outside VRChat now. However, as time went, a lot has changed with the game because of the community and developer decisions.

- The social interaction this game had dwindled quite a bit from my experiences. The game has countless amounts of worlds being pumped in the game like its a life support system. In context, it shows the creative senses of the community, which is good. But when I see an abundance of avatar worlds with copy/paste MMD models that are very similar to ones in another world, it gets really old fast. Games are fun first few plays, then same fate happens. Maps I used to go on like Doki Doki High School are complete ghost towns nowadays. Popular maps being ones with a mirror in proximity of it.

- From what I seen a lot now, I sometimes call the social aspect of this game "Mirror Chat". A majority of the time I would go online hoping to meet some friends, and it would be a satisfactory experience. Nowadays, I would lift the Rift off my face, and ask myself why did I even bother going on today. I would go into worlds, and lot of people are standing in the mirrors with groups of friends, just talking, maybe even dancing if they have full body. I do psychologically understand the narcissism of looking at ones online self, perhaps even wishing they looked like that. No offense to these folks, by all means they can look at the pixels they are as much as like. But to me, its a hinderance to the social interactions the game used to have compared to the present. Going up to these groups would lead to very minimal, almost no social interactions. And in difference, I would go up to those not standing in the mirror and I was able to socialize, even making friends. However, my next point has led to a hinderance to this.

- Last summer was the introduction of the trust and safety system, in idea I thought the game was going to get a lot better with finding people in public because of the hack/crash epidemic (Ongoing) in the early days―I was wrong. In idea, it brought a social class system and its caused more negativity than expected. In past days, there was more social interaction when you learned about somebody and gradually decided thoughts about them. Nowadays, I been seeing minimal friendships being made because people are given titles for how they act. Its pure prejudice without knowledge of them. People chose their friends, but at least give people chances, disregarding biased statistical titles of the game. Some do, some don't.

- On the idea of the community, it does offer a variety of personality to suite yourself into. Although, a majority of the online personality is anime centered. It honestly doesn't matter, to ones own interests is theirs. However, what bothers me is the over abundance of sexual content that reeks in this game. It may not be a problem to some, but, if that's the case I think they should up the age rating, even if people don't listen, I would highly recommend do so for those certain parenting types.

( EDIT: From recent experiences of this game, I would like to also include how little optimization there is; despite the safety features and me having a decent computer. That it makes my game almost unplayable at times. This game is messy Picasso of avatars with flashy shaders, realistic physics, sounds, detail. Its unbearable at times. People can be artists, they can use their skills to create amazing avatars. But the common sense of going into a public where some don't have good way of running the game, its barren. Seeing dancers with lights, feathers, high detail fur, facial gestures and realistic dynamic bones is some common examples. I used to run this game with no problem, now I have worries that I need to give CPR to my PC after I have to hold down the power button.)

( EDIT 2: Very small addition but last summer, the developers had promised an eventual release of the so-called playmaker that would improve the variety of creative worlds—It doesn't exist. This statement will be wrong maybe in the future, but in the meantime, its currently the developers saying to us Sweet Little Lies. Listen to your community devs. They want to help improve the game, don't leave it up to JUST us to make the game, and only intervene when there is bugs and glitches we can't really fix. )

- Today, I still play the game, but scarcely. Its dwindled social opportunities have led me to depressions, and divides of friend groups I have got into playing this game. Nowadays, I plead to my social friends to help me find ways to get out of the house. If you are looking for something to make friends and practice socializing. You are a little late. THIS IS NOT THE BEST METHOD. Look at other games like this before deciding. Even better, Go outside and potentially explore a hobby that would lead into socializing.

If you insist, go ahead, its a different experience per person.