Have you ever wanted to just shoot up some aliens? If you said no, you’re probably lying to yourself. Space Ops VR by Fibrum and DevCubeStudio gives you the opportunity to do just that. The creations it throws at you are astonishingly grotesque, especially in VR. The whole game feel absurdly surreal, even more so than other VR games I’ve played.
Space Ops VR involves trying to take back your Earth control points before your opponent can take back theirs, almost like a relay race. There are a handful of different possible stages that can comprise a single course, including anything from touching all the control points in a given area to killing every enemy in sight to even some platforming (I was surprised, too). The amount of variety in this game is really great. At first, I thought it would get stale, but I was greeted by something new when I went back in for a second round, and then a third. The core mechanic of this game is really fun – and why wouldn’t it be? Shooting aliens has always been a great form of pleasure, and this game does it great.
My main complaint about Space Ops VR, though, is that it feels like it doesn’t know what’s fun about it. I just want to shoot up some aliens, but the main point of the game, which is racing against an opponent, seems to deter this most of the time. In order to win before your opponent, most of your time is spent dodging enemies rather than engaging, and I don’t find that as fun. If you’re going to hand me a gun and put some space aliens in front of me, I’m going to want to shoot them. I ended up spending most of my playtime in the single player sandbox mode, where you just run through a normal multiplayer course but without an opponent. This satisfied my urges immensely since I could focus on killing the enemies and capturing the control points at my own pace. There’s a lot of cool multiplayer infrastructure such as playing with a teammate, tagging things, and even emotes, but my only wish for this game is that the kind of reckless behavior I ended up enjoying was encouraged more, since it’s what’s most fun about the game.
Overall, I think Space Ops VR is a good stress reliever and a deserving addition to any VR library, but if you’re not a competitive kind of person or if you just want to relax and shoot some aliens, I would recommend sticking to the sandbox mode. Perhaps some changes in the future could be made to incentivize killing enemies in other modes like dropping gun or health pickups. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing where this game goes.
If you’re interested in seeing gameplay, here’s one of my run-throughs. I tend to stick to the pistol since it’s the most satisfying to shoot, but there are different weapons to unlock as you play the game more.
Score: 8/10
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Space Ops VR is available for PC via Steam. The game requires a virtual reality headset as well as a controller to play.
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