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Experienced on the Oculus RIft with Touch Controllers

Looked quite promising at first, but soon, massive dissapointments crept in.
First thing to throw up red flags for me was the error message that greeted me at the launch screen, stating that my Vive controllers werent supported and that the game would launch in desktop mode. In the end, that error didnt really amount to much, as it launched just fine in VR and worked with my controllers. Unfortunately, that relief was short-lived, and upon opening the game I found that the resolution was ungodly low, to the point where text on the menus were almost unreadable.
This, I found out, was a Vive exclusive error, which to this date has not been addressed. A new error has popped up recently, an error preventing me from playing the single player horde mode, again, yet to be adressed.

Overall, this game had tremendous potential and was beautifully polished (from what I could make out with my lowered resolution), played like a dream and was, for me at least, something that felt like a true game for VR.
Its a terrible shame that the developers have seemingly vanished, because this is the first indie VR game I've encountered that doesnt feel cheap and hastily thrown together.

I got a couple of matches in the free demo, enjoyed it and bought it to get more features options.

Movement is good, there are three mech classes, light, medium and heavy with different weapons and abilities.
Havnt explored multiplayer to its full potencial yet but i feel there is a lot of fun to be had there.

So i decided id try the single player campaign.

During the intro when one first gets into the mech i was really excited, you have more precise control over the hands and arms, moving your hands inside the cockpit causes the mechs arms to mimic the motions, you can punch things (missing from the multiplayer i think) and one feels really powerful, i got the VR giggles which i havnt got in a long time.

Then the game starts and you notice that all the control you have is over the arms, guns and shields, the mech walks by itself, singleplayer is a rail shooter :(

Im gonna give it a playthrough but i was dissapointed that single player has no free movement.

Singleplayer looks a bit nicer than the online mode, i cant put my finger on it precisely but i think resolution is lower in the multiplayer variant for some reason, might be a bug.

Update:
Im on vive and i downloaded Methados controller bindnings and made two changes.

Now my controls are as follows:
Left touchpad for movement, click it to jump.
Right touchpad clicks for snap turning.
Grip buttons toggle shields on/off on respective sides.
Top buttons change weapons.
Double click and hold on the right top button recenters HMD position.

With these settings the multiplayer is a lot nicer IMO.

Don't expect to jump in and start a team based game as you'll be waiting forever for anyone to join. The Devs have not allowed the ability for players to simply drop in alone to expereince navigating around (off rails) instead the Developers ask that you exit the game... join a channel in Discord to team up and then go back into play a session... WTF !! are they thinking ?

At this price one would expect at least the ability to drop into a scene in solo mode.

Till then this game gets a big ass NO GO zone. ( not worth it )

With the Hellfire update, I highly reccomend this game. The multiplayer aspect this adds is amazing - feels like you really are in the mech. Really hoping the Multiplayer community continues to grow on this one.

Devs - please add the ability to add bots to a match! That would really future proof this game.

F U C % I N G AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS.....is the only thing I was craving from ARCHANGEL. The rail portion of the main game was an instant classic for all of us who love our mechs but this free roaming gameplay just imbedded this game into my heart (right there with cybernator & mechwarrior from my childhood super nintendo days) & reminds me of "why" I play games. Call me old school when I say I prefer to play alone and envelop myself into the storylines of my gameplay, but a handful of multiplayers are done right and let the devs take a bow as I admit, THIS IS ONE OF THEM! I had the very fortunate opportunity to jump into combat with one of the developers on my first mission and the fun I had was something I hadn't felt since the good old days of going to the arcade and standing next to another random gamer, looking over there shoulder and ultimately deciding to drop our weeks allowance in quarters, hitting the "2 player" button and trying to kick the NEO GEO's ass lol. EXCELLENT JOB GUYS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3SLTm4aFD0
The Huge Multiplayer Update on May 25 completely changes the game and adds a lot of value to the game.
Now the game no longer just on rails, you can free roam in Multiplayer. Currently only 2 v 2 TDM is available, I was able to get in and have a full match without any issues. It was so immersive that you can fully controls your mech. Jump, turn, walk, shield, switching weapons, look around etc. My young dream of piloting gundam in cockpit somewhat fulfilled.

Of course the story mode is also quite good with top graphics and still worth a try if you haven't played.

Don't get too excited. It's just a train ride version of space invaders. You have no control over your movement or progress, you just control two gun crosshairs and a couple of shields. Very disappointed after reading it was awarded best VR game of 2017. Utter dross.

I had a blast playing this game. I know some people find the idea of being on rails hard to stomach, but you get over that quickly. Having the game control the general leg movement meant you only had to deal with the head and arms which correspond to the controls we've got. That made it very intuitive. Further, the action is fast enough that you can easily feel overwhelmed in later stages with just keeping up on the number of enemies coming from all sides. You'll be switching weapons on both arms, using shields on both sides and trying to target enemies, missiles and incoming fire alike. In all, it's plenty challenging for fun.

If you've got a VR control set for your computer, don't miss this game. It was one of the types of experiences I was looking for when I paid all that money for the kit.

Reading some of the other reviews, I noticed people complaining about glitches and vr issues. I had none. My Vive controls were right on and didn't require any modifications or tweaks to make it go. Either they implemented a patch that I never saw or this problem doesn't affect everyone.

HTC Vive controller does not align with ingame sticks.

Another user posted about this issue: 9 OCTOBER, 2017

October. It still hasn't been fixed. The game is made for the rift only. Don't kid yourselves this is not a game made for the vive.

the graphics at the start are great and it gets you all hyped up, then as soon as you start the first mission it loses that feel and get boring and very repetitive, not worth the buy tbh- fun for like 30mins to an hour max.

1. For vive users, you need to lean a bit forward to use controller properly. I agree that the crossair position needs to be adjusted, but it is definetly playable in its current stage.

2. Game takes at least 2 hour to complete, and have a 15 mins exposition/tutorial. So when you see reviews with 0.4 hour played, it means they gave up half way through chapter 1.

3. It is a rail shooter because managning shield and varies weapon systems will occupy both of your hands. If that 0.4 hour reviewer played a bit more and unlocked more weapons, he would understand how painful it would be to simutaniously holding up a shield, swithching weapon with the other hand, and also manage movement all at the same time.

cool game you guys made! I found some issues though. When playing with a Vive, the controllers dont line up with how I'm holding my hands. I've seen similar issues in other games, and it was due to the game being configured for Rift controllers. If you could add an option to switch to a vive configuration (rotate hands about 45 degrees) that'd be great!

Also, controlls became unresponsive when I reached a certain point in the game, the juggernaut scene. At first I can fire my weapons, but they dont seem to have any affect, then when I unavoidably die, I cant select anything in the menu (retry/exit) and have to kill the game.

As many have said, it looks great, but the moment when you enter the hangar is probably the best of the game. I lost interest already during the first mission - it is just too simple and boring. Nice graphics don't make up for this!

TDLR: Worth the buy especially if you have more than one person who would like to play through. Acceptable graphics, good interface, decent immersion, though its an "on rails" game meaning you DO NOT PILOT the Mech. Under par voice acting, writing. But -- you are blowing stuff up while in a huge Mech - life ain't so bad!

Descrpition:
- Man the weapons of a 6 floor high Mech in VR. Battle your way through waves of enemies with your AI allies (think allies like in StarFox). Expect about 4 hours of gameplay and there are a few times you will feel satsified by the destruction. Best comparision for this game is T2 arcade version but in a mech and in VR. I generally prefer more complicated simulator type titles, but this was worth the playthrough.

Its only natural to have a mech game in VR. This is really the first one. And its not bad. If you shelled out at least $500 on a VR system, $29.99 is a reasonable price point. Given that VR software is still in its infancy - this title does a pretty good job.

Pros:
- You are in a 6 story Mech!
- Immerision - Thats what VR is all about. From the intro, they do a pretty good job at making you feel as if you are inside the game. The introduction was well done up until the story starts but its not good enough to where you care about any of the characters.
- Interface - you don't control the mech, only the guns, but its a simple interface that divides your attention enough to make it challenging a times (I played though on hard and died a handful of times).
- Simple, fun arcade style destruction.

Con:
- Story: Short, predictable. does not make you care about any characters, BUT it gets the job done enough to keep you playing through the entire game.
- Graphics: They aren't that great, but they do the job and don't burn up your GPU. Keep in mind that the headsets are not very high resolution at this point so devs have to pick an artistic style and go with it Compare to an arcade game in a movie theature back in the day.
- Voice acting: meh at best
- Cannot skip cut scenes if you die and have to replay, but the game is not very hard even on hard so its not that big a deal.
- Bugs: There are a couple of bugs that kick in where you cannot shoot incoming missiles and where you cannot use the game selection menu which is a problem when you die forcing you to restart steam and the game (you will lose progress but they levels or not that long nor difficult).

During my plathough I ran into these bugs 4 times toatl. Annoying but was not a deal breaker and I'm sure they will get fixed.

Archangel is a marvellous idea over a weak gameplay. Your mech is just outstanding, great design and details, massive scale proportion. In the intro/tutorial you feel so powerful and the indirect hand control of your giant robot works as it should.

Sadly, this is the peak of the game. Many complained about being on rails: great arcade games are usually on rails, I'm perfectly fine with this as soon as the gameplay is fun and compelling.

In Archangel you have to do four actions:

1) shot with crosshair (60% of your time)
2) to use your shield to block enemy shots (38% of your time)
3) to punch something (1% of your time)
4) to grab something (1% of your time)

It if wasn't for the story and the huge mech, Archangel would be an extremely boring seated shooter. And the story is not that good.

Is it a disaster? No, I don't think so. It very depends on how much you loves robots, I like them a lot but love also good games. Here you get just the robot, at this price doesn't worth for me.

AAA Title. Very Polished. On Rails shooter like no other. Very well presented. Excellent story and commentary. Scale is immense. My only criticism, too short. Main campaign took me 2.5 hours. But I loved it so much I’m going back for another play through on harder difficulty, this is awesome. 6700K - 32GB Ram - 1080TI - Running SS 3.0 : smooth as and looks amazing. My New VIVE demo game. Well Done Devs!

You can tell a lot of time and effort has been put Into this game even the intro was a wow factor, I love the world environment really feels like you are in a big mech especially with the controle of the huge arms each side of you..The only thing I could really pick at the moment is the sound of the guns could be a bit louder..other then that runs really smooth on my 1070

Really fun and immersive game, had a blast.
- a little short, 2.6 hrs is what it took me to see the credits on mormal difficulty :(

Straight forward, high quality railshooter that hopefully receives more content in the future.

It's shooter on rails, but wait to judge this game. The sense of scale in this game is just phenomenal. Gameplay is pretty simple, but you'll be amazed by the feelings this game can give you. Haven't felt anything like this in VR until today. My expectations are exceeded.
PS:Sry for my bad English.

We live in times where you can feel like you're actually sitting in a giant mech, while fighting bad guys, and this from the comfort of your home.

PRO
- presentation, menu and in-game interface are high quality, they got AAA written all over them
- music, sounds and voice acting are excellent
- the cockpit and mech arms are really impressive!
- the graphics of the surrounding world are good enough (would have loved even more detail)
- a built-in story to keep it even more interesting than just shooting around
- so far, during my short play (approx. an hour), I encountered no bugs whatsoever
- multiple difficulty settings and even a permadeath option
- no need to fiddle with settings : everything is perfect right-out-of-the-box
- plays with motion controllers
- it's a seated game (for people that think we already have enough standing games in VR)

CON
- it's on rails, so people expecting to move freely with the mech can possibly be disappointed
- as mentioned previously, the surrounding world could me more detailed, buildings don't have a very realistic look
- the menu doesn't have a quit button
- I don't think it's possible to grab or hit airplanes with your hands or fists
- sometimes a savepoint can be unforgiving
- it's a seated cockpit game (for people who love playing standing and dodging physically this can be disappointing)

If you like more or less casual games where you don't have to think too much, shoot around, enjoy the graphics and music, games that make you feel like you're in a mainstream action movie, then this is it. Think 'Gunjack on earth' with a story.

If you like your games dark, twisted and smart with an intriguing and original story, or you're looking for VR games that are more physically challenging, this might not be for you.

Bottomline : excellent mindless (seated) shooting entertainment on rails for dads and sons :)