Vendetta Forever Review (Honest)
I've been actively trying not to review a game by calling it "Like _____ except", but sometimes the devs deliberately make a game that's impossible not to compare to something else so:
Vendetta Forever is like Superhot except time slows when your hand is pointing at a weapon dropped by an enemy, until you stop pointing at it or grab the gun which will then teleport you to where that enemy was(ish). It's very much a puzzle shooter thing that tests your reflexes and forces you to adapt to situations. Some of the levels are simply tests of reflexes or a shootout, while most are set up almost like a pinball machine with your teleporting, time slowing murder frenzy as the pinball.
The style of the game is great too. It also visually compares itself to superhot with bright, solid colors and your enemys being the fighting polygon team.
I think the best part, though, is the theming of a lot of the levels. There's levels based on popculture like the Matrix or Indiana Jones, ones where you are in space or on a plane, or my favorite one where you are a cowboy chasing a lit fuse of dynamite. They are extremely clever and don't all require the same approach to complete, which is great design imo.
Music's good too. Fit the style of the game and had me hype enough to keep that one more try energy going.
The only real downside is really one I keep running into with VR games. It took me all of 5~ hours to beat every level on normal. So if you're like me and you probably aren't going to go back and find all the hidden tapes or play every level on Extreme, that's up to you if it's worth your money.
Though tbh I say that, but $19.99 is like not even 2 hours of Bowling near me so I think I got my money's worth with Vendetta Forever.