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RAID VR Demo Impressions: A Rock Solid Gameplay Loop With Peculiar Design Choices

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RAID VR Demo Impressions: A Rock Solid Gameplay Loop With Peculiar Design Choices

We checked out the PC VR demo for RAID VR as part of this week's Steam Next Fest and found a promising gameplay loop that plays it a little too safe.

Imagine if the charming Border Bots met an extraction shooter like Ghosts of Tabor somewhere in outer space and had a baby. That's RAID VR in a nutshell. You take on the role of a pseudo-intergalactic customs agent, scanning ships at a checkpoint for potential contraband. If a scan reveals a ship carrying illegal goods, you board the ship and remove the offensive cargo by force.

The Next Fest demo starts you at rank 4 and ends when you reach rank 6, which took me a hair over thirty minutes to do. Also, note that the demo only supports two-player co-op whereas the final game will support four players.

At the start of your shift, spaceships line up in multiple lanes that you can switch between with your control panel. You have a list of icons representing illegal goods to check for, varying by type and color. After the scan completes, you have a limited amount of time to decide to let the ship pass or intercept it. Choose to intercept and the ship is tractor-beamed to you to board and engage in combat with the smugglers. All of this works very well, with an intuitive control panel that all makes sense on first sight. The colorful cel-shaded art style, as it usually does, looks fine in the headset and the sound design complements the gameplay well.


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