For instance, it’s too hard to accurately throw a grenade right where you want it to land. Some aspects of the gameplay need some refinement, though. For instance, enemies will often attempt to kick live grenades back at you if there’s enough time left on the fuse. The enemy AI demands a more aggressive playstyle than I’ve experienced in VR, resulting in some tense action sequences. Occasionally, the plot will cut you loose to battle in some of the largest VR environments I’ve played in yet, and that’s when all of the game’s movement and shooting mechanics feel like they’re at their best. The game’s frenetic shooting requires you to become adept at reloading and aiming down sights. Unsurprisingly, given the studio’s pedigree for making games like Apex Legends and Titanfall, this game is at its best when your objective is to simply gun down all of the enemies. Really, the only things you’ll become intimate with are your weapons. I’ll take these over just standing still, but they feel forced.
This could involve having a weapon tossed at you to catch, solving a very simple puzzle, or pushing a button or turning a crank that, for no reason at all, only you are specifically qualified to do.
There are more warranted breaks in the action along the way to make room for “Hey, we’re in VR” moments. These sections that sandwich the action mostly drag on the momentum. When you aren’t shooting your way through the campaign’s six missions, you’ll be stuck listening to cliched banter. That lack of depth extends to the game’s story and characters. Even the most polished detailed locales feel somewhat lifeless to walk around in. I want to turn dials on old radios to listen to music of the time, open drawers, throw folders, and just generally make a mess of everything. Outside of your main objective, there isn’t much else to get distracted by, which is often what I find to be the most fun thing about exploring worlds in VR. The environments you’ll visit in the campaign range in size from an attic to the sprawling beaches of Normandy, France, but they rarely feel like real places. But for a console shooter making the jump to VR, it’s sorely lacking in intimacy - a necessary ingredient for any virtual reality experience. It has the weaponry and set dressing players have come to expect from a first-person shooter set during WWII. Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, the new VR-only title from Respawn Entertainment, can’t get by on authenticity alone.
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