Oculus Quest 2 Game Review – Onward VR

Onward VR

Onward VR is a military-sim shooter for the Oculus Quest that focuses on realism. The game asks you to set your height, dominant hand and turn method to feel like you’re holding a gun and moving with it.

Engage in gritty infantry combat across various multiplayer and co-op game modes. Chase down enemies in a Hunt or hold off enemy forces during an Evac mission.

Multiplayer

Two significant competitors for the top spot of multiplayer shooters on Oculus Quest 2 are Contractors and Onward. While both have merits, each is different in some crucial ways. Onward VR is a slow-paced tactical shooter where careful thinking and precision are essential to victory. The fun in this game isn’t running or jumping into a room spraying bullets; it’s crouching, walking behind a wall, peeking into windows and waiting for an enemy head to appear. It’s a mil-sim style shooter where the low time to kill means that even a well-placed shot could spell your doom.

Onward VR offers various Multiplayer modes, each with its unique set of rules and gameplay challenges. For example, you can play in the traditional Search and Destroy style matches or take part in more strategic missions like Escort the VIP (make sure one player with a pistol makes it to either of two points on the map, and if they die, you lose). The game also has a Gun Game mode that’s a lot of fun and a bizarre Spec Ops mode that’s pretty much a Team Deathmatch, but on a foggy map where only one team can see each other.

The game also features a Single-player mode where you can hone your skills against the game’s AI enemies in various scenarios. These include Hunt, where several enemies are spawned, and you must shoot them all to win, and Evac, where you must hold off the enemy until your team can make an extraction. These modes are fun to play and can be a great way to familiarize yourself with the game’s weapons, though they tend to dry up after a while.

The AI in Onward VR can vary in quality, with some being incredibly smart and others feeling cheaply made. They don’t always seem to have any tactics and can often be seen immediately, so it’s essential to pay attention to your positioning. In addition, you can use a technique called “pre-firing”, where you shoot at an enemy before they’re within sight range to guarantee the first hit.

Loadouts

Loadouts are a massive part of Onward, and this game supports many different ways to customize your weaponry. In addition to your standard loadout, you can also add extra optics, bipods, and other attachments. This way, you can tweak your gun to the perfect configuration for the situation. In addition, Onward allows players to rebind input commands, which is especially helpful for people who use Windows Mixed Reality.

This feature can be accessed by pressing the Menu in-game and selecting “Loadouts”. You can then choose the type of loadout you want to create. Then, you can save it for future use or share it with other players. This is a great way to try different weapons and find your favourite ones.

Unlike most shooter games, Onward has very few game modes. The primary mode is a Search and Destroy match with no respawns or revives. Initially, this mode can be a bit boring, but it provides an excellent place to practice your shooting skills and learn the game’s controls. It is also a great way to test your reflexes against the AI.

There are also two other game modes in Onward, Spec Ops and a World War 2 game mode. Spec Ops is pretty boring, but it is an excellent way to test your weapons and see which ones you like best. The World War 2 mode is more exciting but can get boring quickly with the same weapons being used repeatedly.

In a multiplayer game, you can choose from four roles: Rifleman, Specialist, Automatic Rifleman, and Designated Marksman. Each role has two loadout slots for a total of eight loadouts. Some loadouts are role-exclusive, but most can be used across the roles. The weapon selection in Onward is much better than in Contractors, and there are many options to play around with.

The weapons in Onward have a more realistic feel than Contractors. They have a much more realistic recoil, and firing full auto feels more like actual guns than airsoft guns. The weapons in Onward also have a more natural sound, so you can hear the report of each shot as it goes off.

AI

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The first significant update for Onward will arrive later this week and will bring many new features. Players can now rebind input commands in VR, and a new option called Virtual Gunstock Mode helps alleviate tracking dead zones that can occur with inside-out tracked headsets like the Oculus Quest.

Onward is a first-person mil-sim shooter designed for virtual reality head-mounted displays. It’s a bit slower-paced than some faster Call of Duty experiences. However, it still provides an engaging tactical combat experience with many weapons and environments to explore. It also uses the Quest’s motion controllers to provide a more realistic experience than most other VR titles.

The game was initially released for PC VR in Early Access in 2016 and garnered a hardcore fanbase. Meta acquired developer Downpour Interactive last year, and it recently announced that the game is finally coming to Quest this July. Downpour also plans to release the full consumer version of the title, including cross-play support with PC VR headsets and a custom map builder. A ranking system will also be introduced, which the Early Access version of the game lacks.