Of Lies and Rain is a story-driven first person shooter built exclusively for VR. Set in a dark, sci-fi, post-apocalyptic world, at the edge of the real and digital realm. You’ll fight to reclaim your past and save humanity from the brink of extinction.
Giving this a thumbs up because it's a unique experience and I enjoyed playing the first 6 hours or so but towards the end I found it a slog due to the ramping up of the difficulty. I didn't really like the data world sections and I never completed it. I might come back and revisit another time.
In short, it was really boring. It failed to enthrall me in the 2ish hours I played it before I dropped it.
Visually, it seemed to have a cool visual style at first but it got very monotonous. The pacing was very slow.
The pacing is very slow, combat is sparse and I was still bored when I got the second weapons, the shot gun. And the combat itself was...
If you like Half Life Alyx and Tron then you'll love this game. Staring at both the gpu cubes when you pick them up and the 3D triangles you shoot in the Data World never gets old. Really enjoyed the aesthetics of the computer/tech infused elements of the real world and everything going on in the Data World. Very cool visually and enjoyed the gameplay...
Of Lies and Rain is a tough one to review. I will recommend it with some major caveats.
First off this game clearly took a lot of inspiration from HL Alyx. I don’t like comparing vr fps games to Alyx but this one took many design choices from it, it’s hard not to compare them. At first glance this game feels like “we have HL Alyx at home” kind of vibes....
