Black Trail VR

About

"Black Trail VR" is a first-person shooter set in the gold rush era, where you switch between a bounty hunter and a native warrior, each with unique abilities and weapons. Engage in intense combat, complete objectives in varied environments, and uncover the mysteries of ancient artifacts. After the main campaign, test your skills in the Bounty Hunt mode to earn rewards.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

69%

Audience ScoreBased on 52 reviews

gameplay8 positive mentions

graphics4 negative mentions

The game offers a unique VR western experience with a decent campaign and engaging gameplay mechanics, including a variety of weapons and character perspectives.
Throwing mechanics are well-executed, providing a fun and immersive experience that stands out in the VR genre.
The developers are responsive to feedback and have shown commitment to improving the game post-launch, which gives hope for future updates and enhancements.

The game suffers from outdated graphics, clunky animations, and poor enemy AI, making the overall experience feel cheap and unpolished.
Controls are awkward, particularly with the Valve Index, leading to frustrating gameplay moments such as weapons sticking to hands and ineffective reloading mechanics.
The game is considered overpriced for its current state, with many players feeling it lacks the content and polish expected at its price point.

gameplay
34 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
24%
68%
9%
The gameplay offers a diverse range of mechanics and a unique wild western setting, engaging players with elements like revolvers and dynamite. However, it suffers from linearity, jittery controls, and some dated design choices, which detract from the overall experience. While certain mechanics, like the smoking feature, are well-executed, the game is criticized for its budget feel and lack of depth, leading to a relatively short playtime of around 3-4 hours.
- “The gameplay has quite a diverse variety throughout the campaign.”
- “This keeps things interesting and engages different VR mechanics to master for each section.”
- “Unique gameplay mechanics, wild western setting, revolvers, dynamites, safes!”
- “Please fix the safe mechanics on level 3, make the controllers vibrate or something to simulate a real safe because that was the most annoying thing I've ever dealt with in VR to date.”
- “TL;DR - a VR western shooter that has a lot of potential but is held back by some major gameplay design choices that feel dated when compared to other VR games from the past few years.”
- “The graphics, gameplay, sounds, and content all scream budget-shooter.”
story
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
36%
54%
11%
The game's story is engaging and presented through the perspectives of two characters, maintaining player interest despite its linear and somewhat arcade-like structure. Players appreciate the immersive environment and enjoyable gunplay, with many replaying the main story multiple times across different difficulty levels. Additionally, a bounty hunt mode offers a fun post-game activity, enhancing the overall experience.
- “The graphics are nice, the combat feels good, the story is brilliant and the environment is on point.”
- “The story has been engaging so far and I would recommend this game.”
- “The story is told through the eyes of two characters.”
- “It is linear and somewhat arcadey, but I had no issue with this as the story and presentation kept me engaged and I enjoyed the gameplay.”
- “I wish we had more western games for VR, especially those that feature full smooth locomotion and a story campaign.”
graphics
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
40%
40%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players finding them outdated and reminiscent of a budget shooter, leading to frame rate issues even on high-end hardware like the RTX 3080. Conversely, others appreciate the visual quality, noting that with optimal settings on powerful GPUs like the RTX 3090, the graphics can perform well. Overall, the graphical experience seems inconsistent, with significant variation in player satisfaction.
- “The graphics are nice, the combat feels good, the story is brilliant and the environment is on point.”
- “Using index res 300 - 350% with an RTX 3090, I get solid 80 fps with all graphics settings maxed - including 8x MSAA.”
- “The graphics are also extremely outdated, and I was getting frame rate drops with an RTX 3080 until I dropped the graphic settings quite a bit.”
- “The graphics are bad.”
- “The graphics, gameplay, sounds, and content all scream budget-shooter.”
replayability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
While "Black Trail" is noted for its linear gameplay, players feel it offers sufficient elements to provide decent replayability, despite the limited content available.
- “There's not that many right now, and it would help me with the replay value.”
- “Black Trail is a very linear experience, but I feel it does enough to feel like a proper game with decent replayability.”
stability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users express concerns about the game's stability, highlighting issues with glitches that hinder performance. They believe that improving stability and refining combat mechanics could enhance the overall enjoyment of the game.
- “If they could make the game run well without the glitches and clean up the combat, I think it would be a fun little game.”