First Playthrough:
This has instantly become my favourite game. Just finished my first playthrough and I cant help myself but want to jump straight back in. From a gameplay perspective everything just feels *right*. Weapons are all solid, fun to use and look incredible, enemies each have incredible design and killing them feels so satisfying. Boss fights are all unique and have heart racing moments. The story is so good, it's rare I play a game with a story and actually feel like i'm making actual world-altering decisions but everything in this game feels connected and the story had me hooked from the opening cutscene. Some moments in this game are actually jaw dropping-ly beautiful, I found myself taking moments just too look around at where I was and take it in. Sometimes I find it hard to truly imagine what a level *is* when playing games, in some games levels are just a web of interconnected hallways that make no sense but this game has a real sense of reality that really helps keep the player grounded and the sense of scale amplifies that. Going into my second playthrough soon, hope to find the rest of the secret weapons I missed!

A game hasn't made me feel genuine excitement and happiness for a while but this really captured that and the fact it was developed by Zulubo alone has genuinely inspired me too. 10/10 will play many times in the future.

36 Hours:
This game still holds up as easily my favourite VR game. Everything I said above still holds true and the more I play the more I seem to enjoy it. As of the time of writing this there has been some major updates to the game, one that adds 3 whole new ways to play the main campaign, one turning it into essentially a VR boomer shooter! The love and care that is put into this game is immense and it really shines through. The beta sandbox mode is intuitive and fun and the community already has made some incredible stuff to keep me playing and I've loved my albeit quite little time messing with the sandbox tools. With the introduction of the sequel feature in sandbox there is also mini campaigns being build by the community which is just unheard of in the VR space right now and im really excited to see where it goes especially with the features this game provides.

With PSVR 2 release on the horizon I'd imagine more people will be checking out the reviews of Steam before purchasing and if you're someone looking into this game at all I'd take the plunge. The Vertigo Universe feels lively and fun, the gameplay is fluid and intuitive and the design is nothing short of beautiful. Play Vertigo 2.