Crisis VRigade 2

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Crisis VRigade 2 is a single player and multiplayer casual shooter game. It was developed by Sumalab and was released on November 11, 2021. It received positive reviews from players.

Crisis VRigade 2 is a cooperative VR shooter game that puts you on the front lines to save the city from hostile forces. With a variety of weapons, challenging levels, and intense boss battles, you'll need to stay alert and coordinate with your team to succeed. The game features physical gameplay, upgrades, and customization options, all optimized for VR with no motion sickness. bHaptics and ProTubeVR support offer even more immersive gameplay experiences.

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Audience ScoreBased on 187 reviews

graphics20 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Captures the nostalgic arcade feel of Time Crisis with engaging gameplay and improved graphics.
Offers a variety of weapons and abilities, enhancing the shooting experience and allowing for strategic play.
Provides a challenging experience that encourages players to improve their skills and learn enemy patterns.

The difficulty can feel unfair, with enemies often hitting players from impossible angles or before they can react.
Collision detection issues lead to frustrating moments where shots pass through cover or fail to register.
The game can be physically demanding, requiring players to spend a lot of time crouching or moving around, which may not be comfortable for everyone.

graphics
40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics in the game have received significant praise for their improvement over the original, with many users noting a shift from a cartoonish style to more realistic and visually appealing designs. While some players feel the graphics still lack polish and could benefit from further refinement, the overall consensus is that the visuals are a strong point, enhancing the immersive experience of gameplay. The combination of beautiful levels, improved weapon graphics, and smooth performance contributes to a more engaging arcade shooter experience.
- “Huge graphical update over the original.”
- “Graphics are beautiful.”
- “Definite improvement in the graphics quality, enemy movement is fluid and the gun designs are significantly better (including much more useful iron sights).”
- “Graphics look like an early 3D game without even vertex lighting.”
- “Instead the devs focused on cramming in a bunch of aesthetic crap and locked levels behind completion—which on your own was pretty difficult.”
- “Crvr2 has a long way to go - it needs way more polish with the visuals and audio.”
story
35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is limited, featuring only three missions that players can complete, which some find repetitive and lacking in depth. While the missions offer a degree of challenge and replayability, the overall narrative and enemy variety are described as generic, with gameplay mechanics that can feel monotonous. Despite these shortcomings, players express excitement for potential future content and multiplayer support.
- “Having completed the game, I can 100% recommend this and am excited for more missions and multiplayer support.”
- “Though it only took me an hour to progress through the 3 missions (I have finished the original many times), there is heaps of replay value.”
- “Not much content, 3 missions as far as I can see so far in story and each comes with a time attack mode.”
- “The missions are very challenging to beat if you don't have the money to buy health, guns, or to resurrect.”
- “Still, before you buy, consider this: at the time of this review, less than 10% of all players are able to complete the first of the 3 missions.”
gameplay
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the solid mechanics and intense, fast-paced action reminiscent of titles like Pistol Whip and Superhot. However, criticisms include a lack of meaningful design and feedback, with repetitive core mechanics across levels and some rough edges in VR interactions that detract from immersion. Overall, while the game offers enjoyable moments, it struggles with depth and consistency in its gameplay experience.
- “Overall, the game mechanics are solid.”
- “The gameplay and weapon handling are quite good and satisfying.”
- “Love the challenge, fast-paced gameplay.”
- “In my opinion, the gun mechanics feel off and the reloading process often fails compared to other games.”
- “Additionally, the lack of gameplay feedback is disappointing and it feels like corners were cut.”
- “While some environments and scripted mission beats are nice, the gameplay itself feels like it lacks meaningful design and since the core mechanics are the same in every level, it's really holding the experience of the entire game back.”
humor
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is widely praised, with players enjoying the funny commentary, clever references, and amusing dialogue, such as the Scarface tribute and quirky voiceovers. However, some reviews note that the humor is somewhat overshadowed by the game's challenging difficulty, which can lead to frustration rather than laughter. Overall, while the game successfully incorporates humor, it may not always balance it well with gameplay difficulty.
- “Amazing gameplay and funny commentary.”
- “The developer has a pretty good sense of humor, and if you beat the game, it's pretty funny, specifically the Scarface tribute.”
- “This game has good attributes, good visuals, the gunplay is okay but seemed off-center sometimes, even some funny dialogue. I got a headshot at long range, and the voice over the radio says, 'Jesus, 100 points to Gryffindor,' which gave me a chuckle.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be a mixed experience; while it allows for progression, many feel it detracts from the overall enjoyment due to tedious level replays and long respawn times. The introduction of in-game currency to unlock extra lives offers some relief, but the repetitive nature of grinding can still feel frustrating, especially when combined with challenging gameplay mechanics. Overall, the game could benefit from a more immediate sense of fun rather than relying heavily on grinding.
- “The multiple dips to black after you clear an area feel long and tedious.”
- “Yes, learning the levels, replaying them, and stocking extra lives will get you further - but it's a lot of grinding where I feel the game deserves to be immediately fun.”
- “3 lives and you are dead and have to restart, or, as they added in in-game currency (not real money) where you can unlock new lives and continue from where you die, that you earn from grinding the levels, that you keep unfairly dying on, to then last a little bit longer before you unfairly die again.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Overall, the game's optimization is generally praised for good performance, though some users report challenges when recording on higher-end hardware like the RTX 3080. Additionally, there are concerns regarding Oculus support, indicating that the game may be specifically optimized for a particular VR headset rather than offering broad compatibility.
- “Performance is great as well.”
- “Performance is pretty hard even when recording with a 3080.”
- “Performance was alright with my 1080.”
- “Needs better Oculus support - it seems obvious that the developers optimized this for a very specific VR set.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players highlight the game's strong replayability, particularly when played with friends, despite its short mission length. The variety of choices and unlockable content enhances the experience, making it enjoyable to revisit, especially for fans of the original.
- “My hours played show its replayability, and that's mostly been with a friend on Quest 2.”
- “If you have not played Vrigade 1, then this is a Time Crisis-style shooter. It's very arcadey and the game is short, but it has added replayability due to the different directions you can choose to go and the unlocks added in this version.”
- “Though it only took me an hour to progress through the 3 missions (I have finished the original many times), there is heaps of replay value.”
- “If you have not played Vrigade 1, then this is a Time Crisis-style shooter. It's very arcadey and the game is very short, but it has added replayability due to different directions you can choose to go and the unlocks added in this version.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game has been criticized for lacking originality and excitement, with comparisons made to the 90s game Time Crisis, but without its memorable soundtrack. Reviewers noted the repetitive use of tracks across different zones and highlighted the awkward silences that occur when the music stops, detracting from the overall experience.
- “The music takes you back to the 90s game called Time Crisis, featuring an amazing soundtrack and a cool intro.”
- “The overall music enhances the experience, even if it reuses tracks when you finish a zone.”
- “The impact of the music is felt strongly, especially during the significant periods of silence when it stops.”
- “The overall music is nothing to write home about, as it also reuses tracks when you finish a zone.”
- “It becomes very obvious when the music stops, leading to significant periods of silence while waiting.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization strategy for the game is generating excitement, with many users anticipating it as a potential breakthrough in the VR market. However, specific details on pricing or in-game purchases have not been highlighted in the reviews.