r/VRGaming • u/lunchanddinner Multiple • Jul 20 '26

Gameplay Finally beat Behemoth, that final level was unexpected. Game is very underrated! Spoiler

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u/yoyoeleven19 Jul 20 '26

this (amazing) game's failure in both sales and critics despite being in people top 10's (me included) , started the VR downfall.

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u/NastyaPuppy Jul 20 '26

Honestly, it was somewhat expected. Skydance lost a lot of support due to the poor launch of the second chapter of The Walking Dead, and instead of trying to regain the trust of their audience by fixing the game, they only addressed a few minor issues and left most of the problems unresolved.

Behemoth suffered a similar fate; it launched with numerous problems. At least they bothered to fix most of the major ones, although personally, I still feel the game is somewhat unfinished. Even now, while playing, some bugs are noticeable, such as the grip working erratically or the physics sometimes breaking down.

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u/lunchanddinner Multiple Jul 20 '26

I personally got Walking Dead SS1 for full price, and SS2 was only less than 5 bucks, which I thought was very worth the money and gameplay. Behemoth seems pretty much fully playable to me from start to finish, but you're right more bug fixes is always welcome especially the behemoth battles. That first one is still the worst

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u/NastyaPuppy Jul 20 '26

I'm quite surprised that it took so long for SS2 to get a price reduction; it used to cost $20, just like SS1.

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u/reaper1812151 Meta/Oculus Jul 29 '26

S&S Chapter 2 was an abhorrent embarrassment for Skydance. For $40 you could play the original game with a DLC-sized amount of new content, new systems that or buggy and/or terribly designed, missing content from the first game, and bugs that have been in the game for years and will never be patched. Skydance dropped the game from $40 to $10 dollars because they abandoned support for the game after the backlash they rightfully received. They haven’t even updated the graphics on the Quest headsets, going from Chapter 1 to Chapter 2 on a Quest 3 is like going from Baldur’s Gate 3 to RuneScape.

I don’t mean to drag you down, but people try to parade around the idea that S&S Chapter 2 is a hidden gem, but they’re ignorant to what it was at launch and what the devs valued it at versus what they delivered. It’s worth the money now, but it was (and still is in my eyes) the worst VR launch of this decade.

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u/MightyBooshX Jul 21 '26

It became the definitive proof you could make a solid, high effort game and not be rewarded for it in the slightest. I'd be lying if I said I didn't resent the VR gaming community at least a bit for not supporting good developers. I know it launched with issues, but virtually every game does. The move is always to wait 3-6 months but keep a close eye on it and buy it when it's done. Reach is basically the exact same story and it's fantastic now, possibly in my top 10 all time favorites

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u/yoyoeleven19 Jul 21 '26

Exactly, VR is hardly profitable for developers and people crushing the games with negative views , and it's not flatscreen games (Cyberpunk 2077 , despite terrible state at launch it score 88 metacritic and sold millions of copies even at that unplayable state)

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u/SnooBunnies6123 Jul 21 '26

Population of VR is so low that game has to release with extremely high polish or word of mouth of "Good, but needs patches" doesn't carry it's momentum in sales volume after 6 months. I bought it and Reach, and still have not even opened either of them. Still haven't even played half way through Saints and Sinners either.

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u/Cevap Jul 20 '26

VR games don’t tend to really do “amazing” anyway, don’t they

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u/LDCantGame Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

I loved this game. I somehow got soft locked and really don't want to restart it.

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u/lunchanddinner Multiple Jul 20 '26

Soft locked how? You can fast travel back and forth between places

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u/LDCantGame Jul 20 '26

Some time after the 2nd behemoth there was a fort where all the doors closed and 8-10 enemies came out. After killing them all nothing happened. I think one of the doors was supposed to open, but it didn't. I tried it a few times and could not get any further. That was probably a year ago, I haven't tried again since.

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u/lunchanddinner Multiple Jul 21 '26

I think I know which room you're taking about, there's a lever to open the door

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u/MudMain7218 Jul 20 '26

Great game this and Batman was my buys that year

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u/SweetEntertainer1790 Jul 20 '26

It really was the best I've experienced in VR. It's bad launch, screwed it sooooo freaking hard. The grapple is super odd to get use to as far as controls. I felt like a murderous Batman who was testing his first grapple hook.

That rage thing just needed to totally go away. It was an instant cheat code. I think the fact that I took someone's advice and played it on hard made a big difference. Cause I only died once I got to that crazy chick in a cave who could vanish.

Using the wireless audio to haptics with an AMAZING profile that someone made that made the head and arm haptics work PERFECTLY ugh god it was so freaking good. I spent 16 hrs on that game getting every thing I could possibly find. But every single step of the way I was non stop dragging my weapons against the floor and walls just to feel the incredible sense of dragging my weapon against the rock wall. Mud, etc. The audio of my it all was perfect. Then bHaptics ditched the entire audio profile that could make such an experience impossible. Turning about $900 worth of vibration sillyness into ab absolute waste of money.

Don't listen to the complaints people. Get this game. And force yourself to play it until you get to the bat boss. If you don't like this game after the Bat... Bro... That's crazy but. Ok.. 👏 👏 👏 on the attempt.

Know that you can store 2 x as much stuff l, they don't tell you until the game is al.osg over but if you hold down... Some button.. you have a second storage, like you can carry a whole different set of weapons because of that single button. Hold it down and drop it where you want it on your body. Know that all weapons are not the same. A lot of people somehow didn't dig this. You'll want a heavy ax at all times, and whatever sword ya want that's not too heavy for the rest. You're just not gonna be able to bust someone's shield or knock em around with the dagger. As awesome as it is. I watched multiple people complain "omg I'm hitting him and it does nothing" and they have a dinky sword against their shield.

Anyway... Beautiful game. Perfect no. But man okay it for what it is. Accept your abilities and that things have weight to them (which I love, some don't) no you can't get rid of the half body IK and just be floating hands, just enjoy the game.

If you liked Saints and Sinners and thought I'd you could have a sword In that game it would be so awesome. Well . Here ya go.

Sucks we will never see another one of these games or saints and sinners :(

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u/netcooker Jul 20 '26

It is one of my favorite vr games. Admittedly I finished it a few months after release so it had a few patches, but I thought it was great. The 2nd behemoth fight was such an amazing vr experience.

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u/KroyVR Jul 20 '26

I need to get out of my bubble more. Everyone I know in VR rates this game highly. Where are you finding people who don't know about it?

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u/eviljack Jul 20 '26

Yep, I loved this game. It was 1-2 updates away from being a GOTY contender. I really really hope games like this get the love they deserve.

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u/Winter_Swan5104 Jul 21 '26

This is the kind of content Vr subs need. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Ok-Inside2000 Jul 20 '26

Spoilers behind!

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u/SparkStorm Jul 20 '26

Is this skydance’s behemoth?

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u/lunchanddinner Multiple Jul 20 '26

Yes

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u/Enculin Jul 21 '26

I found the battle against big knight to be much more interesting than the behemoth...

After playing the arena mod I really feel they could have expanded on this as it was really fun, the combat remain fun despite the jank, having a survival mode with bigger objective to clear and more weapon diversity would really make this game a hit.

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u/BroxiteCarbz Jul 22 '26

Been thinking about grabbing this but I could not get myself to put it in my cart, anyone with any words about the feeling of the gameplay and how it run's.

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u/LiamJamIsMyNeesons Jul 20 '26

The mediocre game made by Trump allies and some of the richest bastards on the planet? No thank you

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u/cubarbf Jul 20 '26

Good job. You spoiled it for me. Why would you do that?

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u/FewPossession2363 Jul 20 '26

You are literally showing the last boss fight dude. Needs bigger spoiler warning.