Range is HOT!
- March 9, 2021
- Winter Bear Studio
Get on Steam"Range is HOT!" is a VR shooting simulator featuring 36 courses with handgun, rifle, and shotgun challenges. Players can participate in in-game tournaments, practice with moving and static targets, and try out different firearms and optics. With regular updates adding new courses, environments, and weapons, there's always something new to explore in this competition shooting simulator. * 36 multigun courses and 10 practical shooting classifiers * Wide variety of targets, firearms, and optics * Regular updates with new content and features
PC
Virtual Reality
Windows
Oculus VR
Reviews
- The game offers a fun and engaging experience for competitive shooters, with well-designed courses and realistic gun mechanics.
- The developers are active and responsive to community feedback, showing commitment to improving the game and adding new content.
- The graphics and sound design are praised, with many players enjoying the visual representation of bullets and the overall aesthetic of the game.
- The game lacks a significant amount of content and variety in firearms, making it feel limited and repetitive after a short playtime.
- Controls can be clunky and frustrating, especially on certain VR systems, leading to a less enjoyable experience compared to other VR shooting games.
- Many players feel the game is overpriced for the current amount of content, suggesting it should be sold at a lower price point.
- graphics7 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 14 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews; while some players appreciate the visual quality and detail, particularly in competition stages, others feel that the overall presentation lacks depth and texture, resulting in a somewhat flat appearance. Performance issues, such as sporadic frame rate drops on high-end hardware, and the absence of customizable graphics options further detract from the experience.
“Nice graphics - amazing how you can actually see the bullet fly.”
“The graphics are great.”
“Controls are good, graphics are fine.”
“The nicest thing about it is that it has really nice competition stages, and I completed a few. It's good, but feels lacking somehow, like maybe it needs some more texture and graphics because everything just becomes a very basic blur. All weapons have zero scratches, dings, etc. All in all, it feels flat and basic.”
“On my RTX 3080, I was getting mostly 90 frames per second, but I did experience frame rate drops sporadically, which really shouldn't happen given the quality of the graphics.”
“There are no graphics options either.”
- gameplay6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by realistic gun mechanics that stand out compared to other games in the genre, though some users find the handling clunky and less fluid than competitors like "Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades." While the gun mechanics are enjoyable, the overall content of the game is perceived as lacking.
“The gun mechanics are great and really stand out compared to other games with weapons.”
“The gameplay is fun in terms of gun mechanics, but the content could use improvement.”
“The gun mechanics and handling are super clunky compared to Hot Dogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, which offers extremely easy movement while still being able to operate every function on the firearm.”
“The gun mechanics are as realistic as possible considering it's a video game.”
- story3 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The reviews do not provide any insights into the story aspect of the game, focusing instead on technical performance and tracking issues experienced with the Oculus Quest 2.
- replayability3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- -33 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game offers high replayability, particularly for fans of action and practical shooting, as players are motivated to repeatedly run stages to improve their times and achieve penalty-free runs. This encourages obsessive play and continuous engagement with the content.
“If you're into any sort of action or practical shooting, the replayability is obviously very high. It's easy to end up running a stage over and over, trying to shave that 0.5 seconds off.”
“If you're into any sort of action or practical shooting, replayability is obviously very high; it's easy to end up running a stage over and over trying to shave that 0.5 seconds off.”
“There is replayability as you'll want to run the courses until you're penalty-free and also as fast as possible.”
“Obsessively replayable, and they've only just started.”
- music2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game is frequently criticized for being repetitive and annoying, with players expressing a desire for an option to mute it, as it becomes bothersome after a short period of play. Overall, the soundtrack contributes to a sense of boredom, detracting from the overall experience.
“The game gets boring after an hour; I can't even turn the music off. It gets annoying after like 20 minutes of playing.”
“There should be an option to mute the music; it gets really annoying after a short period.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- -100 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game "Range is Hot" faces performance issues that detract from the overall experience, leading some users to recommend waiting for improvements and additional content before purchasing at full price.
“First impressions: although it struggles with performance, the range is hot and fun, although it is lacking content right now.”
“I wouldn't pay full price for it until it has more content and performance is better though.”
“First impressions: although it struggles with performance, the range is hot and fun, although it is currently lacking content.”
“I wouldn't pay full price for it until it has more content and performance is better.”
