Vertigo 2

i have vertigo 2 and 1 they are very fun games and i have the into the Aether dlc super fun

goes hard

probably the most fun, full feature length VR game ive ever played. start with the first game and know the second is even better! good vr initiative controls, fun gunplay, weird multidimensional alien madness and more! my one complaint is it needs a sprint button or something so i can teleport less.

Beautiful VR game ! and Bhaptics , thats awesome !! :)

Pretty fun game.

Your VR legs should pe pretty good for this one. One of the ''cut scenes'' actually made me kneel in front of this Demigod because I felt like I was going to fall over if I dont. It was after I had to drink something in order to prove I am worthy..This alone was 11/10 for me

The first one was very good and it was one of the first VR games I truly enjoyed. I have played many other games before I finally decided to play the second one.
The first shock was that it does not work with openXR. This combined with a game that is not the best optimized meant it took quite some resources to run it well especially for the graphics.

Now for the good part...just like the first one it is a very good game ! Like it starts slow and just keep getting better! With a clear inspiration from HL universe with a big dose of Ricky and Morty vibes :)) The world is way bigger with cool weapons and great boss battles! Despite the simple graphics it has many breathtaking moments. There is no hand holding, it really feels like a actual game instead of a theme park for VR.

This game is so cool, man. I don't really like this style of graphics for vr, but this game makes it stick out.

masterpiece

I was looking for a fun new game to try and found this. I played the demo and enjoyed it quite a bit so I bought the full game in hopes of completing the entire game in a single sitting "for the sillies".

After completing about 5 chapters, I went into the pipe at the end of the level where you're in a Recycling Chamber that dumps trash into lava, after going into the pipe my game crashed, SteamVR crashed, and every time I opened the game from this point onward, it'd crash my SteamVR. I gave up after about 30 minutes of trying to fix it and just decided to refund the game.

For the record, there is no reason this game should've crashed at all let alone my SteamVR based on specs alone as I have 32gb of DDR5 RAM and an RTX 4070 Ti. While I did enjoy the game for the brief time I had it, I did not enjoy it breaking my SteamVR.

Wow, just wow. Highly recommended for Half-Life fans.

Good Game
Poor Performance

This is a review of the optimization and bugs more than game. I had to buy it again ALSO on PSVR2 since it was shutting down my PC, despite being able to play most VR games as Alyx on Medium settings. I lowered the settings and it still struggled. If your PC far exceeds the requirements then get it otherwise it could be a problem. PSVR2 runs decent enough.

Using a Quest 3 I played through this the first time on hard difficulty. It was tough but fair. The amount of detail from story, secrets, references, and combat variety kept me wanting to see what was around the next corner. There were many moments where I was pushed outside of my comfort zone in terms of the types of situations that you find yourself in, which was a welcome change. You can definitely see the Half Life influence, but it does not detract from the experience. I wasn't expecting to want to play NG+ due to how long it ended up taking, but I can definitely see myself coming back to this game at a later date to try some of the other playstyles and to discover the rest of the secrets. This doesn't even touch upon any mods they may have, which I have not checked out.

Easy recommend. Do make sure to use locomotion settings that you are comfortable with.

amaz

This game is vertigo. truly vertigo...

you can become ether a communist or a religious zealot. 10/10 no notes.

Starts off fantastic, ends up terrible.

Allow me to explain.
The game begins with fresh story, memorable characters, beautiful locations, witty banters, hilarious jokes and very satisfying combat mechanics. Then, after half-way through, the game just forgets all that and forces you to fight off waves after waves of the same enemies without a break, just to progress a little. That is incredibly annoying when you are physically standing in the middle of your room and holding up your hands (gun) for hours.

But, should you buy the game?
Hell, yeah!
This is one of the few VR games outside of Half-Life: Alyx that is not a tech demo disguised as game or just straight up mobile game that happens to run on PC.

This is a full PCVR game.

From what I heard the dev refused to scale down his vision for the game to fit mobile headsets. For that alone he deserves our support.

Just...maybe next time balance the game a little better.

I love everything about this game. The graphics look great (on a rtx 4090), the worlds change a lot on different levels so it never gets boring, the creatures are cute, the humor is like a breath of fresh air, it's just great.

Not that fun and the double handed guns feel very awkward

Rick and Morty meets Half Life. My favorite VR game so far

holy peak

Much more expansive and fun than what I was expecting, with a few genuine moments of awe. Overall, just great fun. A very nice VR title.

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Not Sure Why This is Praised – Feels Unfinished and Clunky

I really wanted to like Vertigo 2, but I’m honestly confused about why it gets so much praise. It has so many frustrating design choices that make it feel unfinished and unpolished.

Movement is a Complete Mess
The teleport system is hard-coded to your movement trackpad, meaning you constantly teleport by accident while trying to walk. On the other hand, when you do want to teleport with precision (like in platforming sections), you can't prevent your character from walking at the same time—leading to endless frustrating deaths. Why on earth can’t we rebind our buttons like in other VR games? Who thought this movement system was a good idea? It’s awful.

The World Feels Large but Empty
At first glance, the levels seem expansive and impressive, but there's almost nothing to interact with. A huge part of what makes VR games immersive is the ability to play around with objects, yet Vertigo 2 feels lifeless in that regard. There's no incentive to explore beyond the occasional secret room for weapon upgrades—ammo refills automatically, and there’s no rewarding scavenging or hidden details to uncover. You’re just moving forward, ignoring everything that isn’t a combat encounter.

Combat Feels Cheap, Not Challenging
If exploration isn’t the focus, surely the combat makes up for it? Unfortunately, no. The AI is dumb and predictable—either charging at you brainlessly or awkwardly running into objects while shooting. To compensate, the game just makes enemies ridiculously tanky and lets them deal massive amounts of damage. Even basic enemies take a full magazine to kill. Instead of being fun or strategic, fights feel like bullet-sponge slugfests where you just dump ammo into damage-sponge enemies while trying not to get shredded in seconds.

Final Thoughts
There’s so much wasted potential here. The game could be great, but it's held back by baffling design choices and a lack of polish. If the devs want to make this enjoyable, they need to:

- Fix the movement system (or at least let players rebind controls).
- Balance the combat—increase player health, reduce enemy damage, and add more enemies instead of just making them tankier.
- Make the world actually interactive so exploration feels rewarding instead of just something you rush through.
Until then, I can’t recommend it. Vertigo 2 is a frustrating experience that constantly gets in its own way.

this is an absolutely top-tier VR game easily on the level of alyx and budget cuts. insanely well-executed and an incredible ambitious follow-up to vertigo. i loved it

im chris

When your health reaches -7000, your anus prolapses

great game

A lot better than Vertigo 1, but still... it's a meh game. Don't know why it has so many good ratings.

The gun play feels weak, not very satisfying.

YEYSYEYSYEYYSYSEYSY it's like ULTRAKILL but instead you teleport and kill aliens AHAHAHAHADSHGHGSHUG Officer 13 is so epic (Why isn't Officer 4 here :pensive:)

10 out of 5 stars! This is without a doubt, the best VR game I've ever bought, hands down. I've probably played hundreds of VR games on 3 different heaedsets over 8 years, and this one beats them all. If you're even curious about this game, it's absolutely worth the purchase. This game should be the golden standard of VR games.

The best way to describe it is 'sarcastic half-life parody'. It is fun game with good graphics and great views sometimes. You will encounter many half-life and portal easter eggs, memes, funny heroes, evil communist robots and religious fanatics and many many more. Interactions with the VR world are on good level. For a small team of developers this is almost а masterpiece.

It has some flaws tho. Music most of the time does not fit the game. Enemies AI is really bad and there are too many enemies, shooting them became boring routine and killing them does not give you any satisfaction of the victory. Bosses are tough to the point where you wish to lower the difficulty (I made it on the first lava boss because cluncky movement did not allow me to evade attacks effectively). It took for me approximatelly 9 hours to complete and believe me, it is long game for VR and I wish it was shorter. Game desigh decisions like - find 3 keys in 3 locations to proceed or we will place quest item needed for alternative ending few chapters before final chapter so if you miss it you will have no options in the end - the only healthy reaction for that is facepalm. Shorter games that gives you more concentrated impressions are much more better.

best vr game period

Vertigo 2 is like no other vr game, after my years of playing vr games vertigo 2 is def fun the most polished well balanced and longest story Vr game I’ve played 11/10 ❤️ performance is top tier too btw

Really enjoyed this game, it is becoming one of my favorites.

Zach Tsiakalis-Brown is a genius and a gift to videogame players

I'd rank this game the same as Half-Life Alyx. Absolutely essential for owners of VR hardware

This game is fantastic and easily one of my top favorites. It's even more amazing that this is all created by one person. You can tell that someone very familiar with VR gameplay has created this. From the weapon interactions to the graphics, it's easy to tell this was tailored by someone who loves VR.

This game is a shooter. The environments aren't very interactive, but where that lacks the story, style, and gameplay pick it up. I love the style and attitude of this game.

The boss battles are very tough. Managing reloads is an important part of combat here. Sometimes battles can be too tough and it encourages me to look for the right spot to stand or to find the right bunker to pick off enemies or overcome bosses. Maybe this is a bad trait of the game.

The bHaptics mappings are good, but they seem a little strong. I might just favor subtlety and dynamics over a full force all the time kind of haptic experience. It does seem fitting for the futuristic weapons to have such feedback.

I can't get this game to play for me,it's choppy and the frames dips all the way down to like 10fps i done tried several times for the longest to play this the demo worked fine.

Holy crap, this was made by one person and it completely destroys the AAA VR industry. This is a fantastic vr experience and should be added to any steam library.

Vertigo is 100% my favorite game franchise of all time. The gameplay, writing and visuals are all perfect, this game really takes VR to the next level with its immersive feel and interactive environments.

I'd definitely recommend playing Vertigo Remastered first, which is a remake of the original game using updated assets from Vertigo 2. I wouldn't say its as good as the second game but it's still a really fun experience that I personally had a blast with.

Vertigo 2 has tons of replayability. Whether its via the in-game mutators and alternate character styles, playing with / making custom levels, or even speedrunning. If you're a fan of the Half-Life series or into VR, please give this game a try.

There are only 3 other story based VR games with a level of quality comparable to that of Vertigo 2.
2 of those 3 games are from popular flat-screen series that are simply too big to fail, & the other is an Oculus exclusive.

This game is beyond worth it, but for the love of God don't play it until you have played a worse VR game.
It is simply THAT good.

An absolute masterpiece. The creativity in this game is next level, and there is so much detail spent on small details (secret weapons / locations), and settings to make the user experience better, like the angle the gun sits in your hands. Whats even crazier is this was primarily made by 1 guy! There is so much good about this game, so much variety in the locations and enemies, and its just pure fun with the story, I highly recommend you play it right now! The only complaint i had was with the teleportation being on the move stick (i play on a quest 2). I kept trying to walk and accidentally press too hard, and suddenly would teleport. The game was difficult but felt balanced, it really made me an expert at getting head shots like no other game has done.

After not being that much of fan of boneworks and bonelabs i can say that if those games didnt satisfy you like you expected this is definitely the game to go to. The level design is brilliant and feels almost souls-y in a way, the guns are extremely unique and need some time adjusting to, the enemies are unique with only a few retextured ones (dw they make sense). I followed the story well even though i never played the first one, and the characters are super likable. Easily my favorite vr game of all time, if you have a vr headset you have to check this game out.

That one singular person was behind this is incredible, its by far one of the most advanced vr games I've seen, and the developer should feel immensely proud of them-self.
Every aspect of this was creative and despite the spike in difficulty with each boss, i found myself enjoying the experience,
It's more than comparable to its contemporary's and in most cases outshines them.
The guns were fun to use and the upgrades felt progressive and impactful, the characters for the most part were funny and charming (when not monolouging or expositing) and the environments and enemies were so varied that i never felt i had seen the same ones for too long.
The music as well was a fantastic part of the ride and it was almost always fitting,
Feel proud of yourself dev, this is a fantastic experience and it was truly something special to experience your work.

The Top three Best Vr games of all time. 1# Half life Alyx 2# Boneworks 3# Vertigo 2 This game is fucking amazing!!!! like wow this game is a breath of fresh air dude!

Honestly this is exactly what I wish Half Life Alyx was. Don't get me wrong that game was really good. But this is my personal bestVR game of all time

Vertigo 1 was so impressive that it was primarily a one-man show, done by a teenager. When He did the remaster, it added a lot of polish.

Vertigo 2 is even more amazing to see, because we Zulobo Productions and Tsiakalis-Brown really up their polish and presentation. Vertigo 2 is an essential VR game.

It's not without it's problems, but it is very deserving to call the half-life series it's major inspiration, as it captures the feel of those games perfectly, with it's own comical tone and presentation that keep it unique. It does push it's overall plot to the point of parodying the half-life plot at times, which is fun and funny, but also does also feel a bit derivative.

My biggest issues have to do with control quirks.

There is no way to adjust the aim smoothing and it is quick "thick," making aiming feel too floaty. I prefer a snappier aim and don't mind some input jitter to have it.

I'm often teleporting when I don't want to because I have a heavy thumb and every VR controller I've ever used has a very sensitive stick-click. I can't think of anything else I'd rather map to the left stick-click that wouldn't also interrupt gameplay. It's something I live with, but it has cost me many lives and took me nearly the whole game to get a feel for. It is a very handy place for the input when you do need teleport, though. So, I don't have an alternative.

The last issue is with weapon selection. The menu selection is read by the lateral movement of your dominant hand, but not rotation. I feel this is counter-intuitive as you don't point at the option but rather swipe to it. I'm not sure the game really explains it well or not; the tutorial menu was gone before I properly read it. It takes some getting used to. I'd prefer it was a pointing action, though, like most VR interfaces.

The graphics are pretty and stylistic and the game runs really well. With a 5800X3D and a 4080, I can run at 150% of the Quest 3's native resolution with everything maxed out except for shadows, which I set to "high," and anti-aliasing, which I turned off. "Very High" shadows causes a lot of stuttering as I move around and the Anti-Aliasing can take up a bit of performance, is kind of blurry, and actually seems to accentuate the stair-stepping because it makes everything warble, even if it smooths it out. The image is much more stable with anti-aliasing off and using resolution scaling to super-sample.

The use of color and lighting is very nice and many scenes look like paintings when you stop to appreciate them.

Gameplay is fun and a bit frantic. Sometimes it's hard to tell if the game wants to be played strategically or as a run-and-gun. The enemies are very aggressive and very accurate shots. You will need to use teleport in fights -- you will not be able to strafe to dodge -- and do your best to constantly move from cover to cover. But sometimes, the "arenas" make it things a bit disorienting and will send enemies from 360 degrees, making it really hard to find safe places to compose yourself, reload, head, and take shots from cover. It becomes a lot to juggle movement, cover, reloading, healing, and timing your shots between enemy reloads.

I've had to cheese some fights because they were just too overwhelming. There is one particular one where you have to wait for a door to open and the game sends a dozen or so enemies at you in an arena that is very hard to navigate without being forced through chose points where you have no cover nor any space to dodge. I quickly found a corner to hide until the door opened, then just lured the enemies over one-by one until they were dead. It was tedious.

Another time, it felt like the only option was to rush through to the unknown and then back-track to kill high-level enemies. This was frantic and I ended up in a room with 4 enemies and a box of grenades. I quickly grabbed a grenade and dropped it at my feet, almost killing myself, but eliminating the enemies. Then I used grenades to kill the high level enemies I rushed past. It was exhilarating, but it was a skin-of-my-teeth kind of thing and I feel like I just got kind of lucky on a combat scenario that could have very easily been a trial-and-error event. That said, it was exciting, and one of the few times the game's franticness really felt fun.

It may be suggested to just run away and try to break their line of sight if things get hot. It's just not every arena allows for a solid retreat. There will be a few times where you just have to push forward and die so you can know what's ahead and approach properly on the reload.

All those critiques aside, they don't detract from Vertigo 2 being an essential VR experience. I only notice these hiccups because they game is so polished and well-paced, otherwise. If this isn't already in your library, it should be.

I'm burned out on arcade & simulator type VR games and wish there were more story centred adventure games with good pacing and interesting mechanics; just feels like the industry is stuck in a monotony of expensive tech demos. I haven't enjoyed a VR game this much since Half-Life Alyx and Boneworks (I was disappointed with Bonelabs and refunded it). I have been on the fence about purchasing this game for a few months, I didn't think one person could make a game this good and my assumption is that people were being overly generous with the reviews because it was made by a single developer...

I really enjoyed Vertigo Remastered and I was blown away by the second game! Both games are a must play for VR players, I don't think you will be disappointed. The developer has put so much passion and love into these games, it has been such a joy to experience this; my only disappointment is that this franchise isn't getting the widespread attention it deserves.

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Easily in the same tier as Alyx

Blend between High on life and Half life: Alyx. Better at being High on life than High on life itself IMO.

Two handed weapons in VR is a terrible idea, HL: Alyx avoids it entirely and Pavlov keeps it to a minimum. The weapons in this game doesnt feel powerful. I spent more time worrying about the jankiness of my weapon than shooting things. The weapons in HL: Alyx/Pavlov feel trustworthy and you don't have to think about too much after you get the hang of it. Performance was also a bit off with weird lag spikes.

I rage quit at the magma boss.

Better than High on life, worse than HL:A. Weak thumbs up.