I originally posted a review when the demo first came out detailing the exellent presentation but lacking enjoyable gameplay. The developers replied more recently and kindly asked if I could give the demo another go. So today I did. The demo has changed from the first time I played it, again they've stepped up the polish, it's very charming. The problem still remains, the gameplay is dull. Sorry devs, you're clearly talented guys, the visuals, style and original steampunk weapons are lovely. I played the latest demo for 5 minutes and gameplay just isn't fun. The crawling clockwork rats just aren't interesting, and the weapons lack punch when connecting with the rats. Which is odd as smashing the boxes and barrels is convincing. It clear a lot of work has gone into this title, I'd recommend anybody to try the demo before purchase, maybe this game just isn't for me.

very bad

Love this Game, Could of got it for free but i paid for it and gave my free key away because i think the Devs deserve the cash for all the hard work. I love streaming this whenever i do everyone always asks what game it is because its so much fun. The choice of weapons, the humor which is so typically British and the details that have gone into making this are all top notch. I love it i think you will too.

It's been a while since I was excited for a game that was this disappointing. https://youtu.be/lWlf0cUp3NE SteamHammerVR claims that it is "A truly immersive story adventure..." and I find that to be borderline false advertising. I don't believe that Wave Shooters would fall under the 'Adventure' genre even if they do have a story. SteamHammer drops you into the middle of a London intersection about to be overrun by rat-bots with no context or backstory. You're then picked up by a guy in a blimp for equally lacking logical reasons. He then shoves you in a steampunk Ironman suit and sends you out to kill more rat-bots which for some reason want to suddenly attack a single house that you then have to protect. As far as stories go, it's all over the place. To be fair though we could poke holes in most RPG stories starting hours so we'll skip that. The delivery of the story I did find rather interesting. The thematic black and white TV with the audio slightly out of sync was amusing a...

Wave shooter... again.... :/

Wow! Just Wow. This is not your standard common all-garden wave shooter (infact there is a barely any shooting). Not only is it visually stunning but game play is awesome! I like the magnet weapon the best but the amount of things you can do with the various weapon combos is so much fun. It is definately authentic 'Steampunk' and the characters and story are well thought out. I love the Doctor character he is very funny and very well portrayed!! The enemies range from scary to downright hiliarious too. The Pub level is definately my favourite!! This is already one of my favourte games!! Very good price for what you get and I can't wait for more levels!! Highly recommended.

First off, I only played this game for 15 minutes but I don't feel like my problems with the game are going to be fixed with more game play. Maybe one of them, but I haven't got the patience to keep at it. I'm going to try to be as constructive as possible. If you're considering a purchase of this game, the things I disliked may have no effect on you and it might be an awesome game for you. It just wasn't FOR ME. [h1]Stuff I liked[/h1] [list] [*] The game has a really good Steampunk aesthetic going. [*] The graphics are OK. Some of the textures seemed a bit dark to me but that could be chalked up to a design choice [*] Voice Commands! This is the best thing about this. You can just say one word and switch to some default loadouts! [*] You can combine weapons in several ways so there is some potential for interesting strategies [/list] [h1]Stuff I disliked[/h1] [list] [*] The narration/voice in this game is made to sound "old timey" which fits in with the steampu...

[h1] Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers [/h1] This should be more fun than it actually is. This is the case where the whole is not more than the sum of the parts. This game has a nice variety of weapons, enemies, & upgrades. It has some nice set pieces. Steampunk robot wacky universe with a cooky narrator and a strange menu system. Yet somehow, this game falls short of where it should. Part of the problem is that enemies seem kind of dumb. Instead of making enemy AI good, it's just let's throw as many enemies at the player as we can. Your weapon arsenal is pretty slow and can't keep up with the horde. So it's just a matter of running away and trying to eliminate as many as possible, rinse and repeat. Like old school Serious Sam, but not as quick, frantic, or fun. There is full locomotion and snap turning (with the A or X button on your Touch controller). You can also at times press grip to blast forward. Strangely, there's several areas of the map that you can't t...

I was able to get on with the game now thanks to a patch/fix. Everything that I had a problem with, (grabbing and holding objects) were fixed. I played a level and was very impressed. Very intense gameplay and I'm sure other who enjoy "hold the line" type games will like this also. Thanks to the creators for addressing the issues and taking them seriously. It is indeed a challenging and worthwile game.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! THIS game is totally the reason why I bought VR! The atmosphere both visually and audibly totally immerses you in Victorian London it is stunning and this game is a massive bang for your buck with loads of different locations and all sorts of different tasks and gameplay types to complete. I won't spoil the story but it is beautiful, funny, silly, scary but actually ingenious and I think steampunk fans will totally love it. Strangley, whilst I really enjoyed the Story mode in here, the seek and destroy arcade style wave shooter mode version of the game is extremley addictive, at time of writing I haven't tried them all but will be back in there for another high score attempt soon. Voice Commands are AMAZING! Springhorn guy is HILARIOUS Weapons are challenging but totally worth the learning curve, favourite for me is the Magnets. Nice to see a game go from demo and ealry access and not only be completed but tick all the boxes of what VR should be, this is a mu...