1 person found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3.1 hrs on record (2.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: 16 Apr, 2017 @ 9:43pm

Early Access Review
A very polished early access VR Game. While Raw Data gets a lot of publicity, this game seems to have flown a bit below the radar. It's a shame, since I'm quite enjoying it (for the record, I like Raw Data, too). I find Sariento to be a little easier to get into if I'm just looking for a quick game. The shooting is spot on, and I like the variety of weapons in your arsenal.

This game feels, to me, like a VR take on classic games like Shinobi/Ninja Gaidan ... the ability to slow time and change jump trajectory in midair feels very ninja-like. The weapons all have a good feel, though I find the sword fighting to feel a bit "floaty" ... but that's more of an issue with VR than this game. Since there is no real haptic feedback, I pretty much flail when using the sword. It's effective, but doen't feel realistic.

I'm not super-prone to VR motion sickness, but I'm not an iron-stomach either (Hover Junkies makes me queezy after a bit) ... this game does NOT make me motion sick. Not sure why ... perhaps it's the way time slows down while jumping. I can easily play for an hour and feel fine.

I do really like the reload mechanism in this game - AND the fact that they offer two options for reloading. It's better than Raw Data and Arizona Sunshine, IMO.

My gripes are few - a bit more ammo in each level wouldn't hurt - I'm not a perfect shot, so I do miss a bit, but it seems like the game is designed to force you to switch to melee by the 75% point in each mission. Also, each weapon has it's own ammo type, so there are a bunch of bullets in each level that you find, but can't use. I believe that this is a design choice, but I really like the gunplay so I'm always kinda bummed when I need to switch to swords. You could, hypothetically, load out with multiple different weapons, but I've not enjoyed that strategy.

It would be nice if you could swap your guns with guns dropped by dead enemies. That way you could improvise if you've run out of pistol ammo but just choppped up a guy with an SMG ... grabbing said SMG would be cool. (Maybe you can do this and I just haven't figure out how).

Bottom Line: I recommed this game - it's a ton of fun if you're looking for a new shooter.
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1 Comments
Yong  [developer] 18 Apr, 2017 @ 2:42am 
Hey G3R5H, many many thanks for your time and effort in giving us a nice review. We really appreciate it a lot. It means a lot to us devs too that Sairento VR is being compared to a big title. We'll certainly do our best to live up to everyone's expectations!

Noted on all your gripes. Well you know what, we do pay serious attention to all feedback and will definitely internalize them within our team to see what we can do to further improve. That's how all these options came about in the first place, by listening to players and see how we can cater to different stomachs.

Do look forward to our updates coming in May that will showcase more enemies and new maps.

You rock dude! Keep on slashing!