Shooty Fruity
- January 18, 2018
- nDreams / Near Light
- 1h median play time
A couple of niggles don’t stop Shooty Fruity from being a fun time - but watch out for those grapes. Pack a shotgun.
Get on Steam"Shooty Fruity" is a VR game that combines wave-based shooter action with job simulations. As a retail employee, you must fend off mutant fruit invaders while managing store tasks. Use a variety of weapons and power-ups to survive, and complete objectives to progress through levels. An immersive and chaotic VR experience.
Virtual Reality
PlayStation
PlayStation VR
Reviews
- Innovative gameplay that combines shooting mechanics with grocery scanning tasks, making it engaging and unique.
- Well-polished graphics and satisfying gunplay, with a variety of weapons and power-ups to unlock.
- Fun and chaotic experience that is suitable for both casual players and VR newcomers, providing a good workout and entertainment.
- Controls can be frustrating, especially for users of certain VR controllers, leading to immersion-breaking experiences.
- Repetitive gameplay can become tedious over time, with limited long-term playability.
- Some technical issues, such as crashes and bugs, can detract from the overall experience.
- gameplay22 mentions
- 41 % positive mentions
- 55 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
The gameplay is highly praised for its light-hearted humor, polished mechanics, and engaging challenges, particularly in a VR setting. Players enjoy the unique blend of shooting and cashier duties, which creates a frantic yet entertaining experience, though some find aspects like repetitive tasks and distractions frustrating. Overall, the game is recommended for its charm, ease of controls, and variety in gameplay styles, making it a standout option for VR enthusiasts.
“Light-hearted humor and challenging gameplay; you'll soon find yourself buried in your new job as a cashier at Megamart.”
“Easily one of the best VR games at the moment, super polished, tons of charm, and a great gameplay hook.”
“The mechanic of needing to checkout items to unlock the better weapons in a level is fun, the shooting feels good, and the item breakage looks cool.”
“- repetitive gameplay”
“I did not care for the distraction mechanic combined with hard-to-hit fruit, limited amount of ammo (guns), and having to drop empty guns myself.”
“So the gameplay loop basically boils down to this; while shooting you are losing out on gaining more precious guns, and while scanning groceries you are being bombarded by fruit death.”
- graphics16 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the bright, polished, and cartoony aesthetic that enhances the fun gameplay experience. However, others criticize the graphics for being low-quality or blurry, particularly in certain areas like the main menu and text readability, with calls for improvements in settings like supersampling. Overall, while the visual style is appreciated by many, technical issues detract from the experience for some players.
“I play on PC (obviously) using a Quest 2, the graphics are great.”
“The graphics are easy on the eyes and it's awesome playing it.”
“Great graphics and style.”
“The graphics are pretty bad.”
“Great little game, too bad about the graphics.”
“All I can say in the way of cons is that the main menu/staff room area is a bit unintuitive to navigate, and in my experience, the graphics defaulted to such low settings that I couldn't make out most of the tutorial words.”
- humor11 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized by light-hearted, deadpan, and self-aware elements, often revolving around absurd scenarios like a sentient fruit infestation. While many players find it entertaining and funny, some note that the limited voice acting can become repetitive and annoying over time. Overall, the game successfully blends humor with its gameplay, creating a fun atmosphere that keeps players engaged.
“Light-hearted humor and challenging gameplay; you'll soon find yourself buried in your new job as a cashier at Megamart.”
“The humor is dry and self-aware of the absurdity of a sentient evil fruit infestation, and just rolls with it.”
“Fun atmosphere, deadpan humor, very entertaining.”
- story9 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is minimal, with players noting that it lacks a traditional narrative or campaign, focusing instead on gameplay mechanics like weapon unlocking and mission-based objectives. The experience is described as a straightforward VR shooting game, emphasizing fun and content variety over a deep storyline.
“There's a lot of content as well, between all the different missions, and the slew of weapons you can unlock.”
“Once you unlock a gun, it's permanently unlocked, and you can swap it in and out of your loadout between missions.”
“In the employee break room (hub) you select your loadout and mission, but you can also use the employee shooting range, where you can freely test out all your unlocked weapons.”
“The story feels disjointed and lacks a coherent narrative, making it hard to stay engaged.”
“Character development is minimal, leaving the plot feeling flat and uninteresting.”
“The missions are repetitive and fail to build a compelling storyline, which detracts from the overall experience.”
- atmosphere3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere in Shooty Fruity is characterized by a fun and entertaining vibe, enhanced by deadpan humor. Players appreciate the game's immersive environment and note improvements in atmosphere, user interface, and progression compared to previous titles.
“Shooty Fruity is a great shooter for VR with a captivating atmosphere.”
“The fun atmosphere, combined with deadpan humor, makes it very entertaining.”
“It's nice to see these games slowly improving in terms of atmosphere, UI, and progression.”
- music3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised for its perfect fit, enhancing the overall experience alongside the enjoyable shop ambiance and satisfying sound effects from gameplay.
“Besides the ear-soothing shop music and the colorful shop interior, you will also get great satisfaction from the splash sounds and visual splash effects as you blast the evil fruit.”
“The music is just perfect.”
“Oh, and the music is quite disappointing.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game has been reported to have stability issues, particularly with weapon handling, where players experience bugs such as weapons dropping unexpectedly and disappearing from their hands. These glitches have been noted as problematic since November 2018.
“A little buggy as of November 2018, especially when grabbing weapons with the left hand; they just drop them immediately sometimes.”
“I stumbled upon a few glitches where the guns will just disappear from your hands while grabbing them.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players humorously note that grinding in games like Farming Simulator can lead to unexpected social interactions, such as forming relationships, suggesting that the repetitive tasks can create a sense of community and connection among players.
