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An award-winning roguelike VR shooter with realistic gunplay & immersive light magic. Ascend the ranks of The Light Brigade to unlock new weapons, upgrades, classes, and abilities as you fight to restore light to the darkness.
The Light Brigade is a vr, action and shooter game
developed by Funktronic Labs
and published by Funktronic Labs and Creature Label.
Released on February 22nd 2023 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 1,087 reviews of which 973 were positive and 114 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.78€ on Eneba.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer
- Processor: Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- VR Support: Oculus PC or OpenXR
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An enjoyable and satisfying Rogue-lite game with a focus on a slower approach to combat, utilizing cover to your advantage whenever possible. It wont satisfy a run-and-gun high octane itch, but if you're looking for a slower paced, careful Rogue-Like VR shooter with WW1/2(I forget which;;) era weaponry, this might be your game. The basic gameplay loop is choosing your class (Which determines your weapon loadout and a few small things) and embarking on a run. At start, you only have 1 class unlocked, and getting to level 5 with that class unlocks a new one, and so on. There are several classes to unlock this way, and getting to 5 doesnt take TOO long so you get to try each class and their weapon to see what you like best. As far as the runs, each stage your progress through is a small-ish, randomly generated area lined with various amounts of enemies. Most enemies are humanoid soldiers, with 1 or 2 exceptions. Those soldiers have a range of weapons, either SMGs, Rifles, explosives, a bird, and some have purple glass/crystalline armor that needs to be broken to deal more damage, and a few others like a mage, or shielded sniper. But basically as speaking to the lore of the game, the enemies you encounter will mostly be humanoid soldiers with guns similar to yours. For stage layouts, its typical a handful of small stages followed by a Boss encounter stage. There are currently 3(?) Bosses in the game, and I'm unsure if more are planned, but in that regard a full run from beginning takes me about 45 minutes, though depending on special encounters and your level of familiarity with the game, YMMV When doing runs you'll find power ups in many forms as you progress. Silencers, Sights, Baubles, Magic Abilities for your gun or special magic that is class specific, Cards, and so on that provide buffs for the specific run you're on, like any Rogue-like game. Most of the pieces for your gun provide boosts to damage, like explosive, raw numbers, or poison. Cards offer more variety of power ups, though you aren't going to find any wild "Builds", just improvements to your damage and survival. Persistent Progress is made by "Banking" EXP at certain locations at the end of stages. You earn Exp by defeating enemies, praying for your fallen brethren, or items like shattering pottery around the map. If you don't bank your Exp, you lose it, but aside from a few power ups that boost your damage based on held exp, there is no real reason to not bank your exp at every opportunity, and there are plenty of opportunities in runs. You can then spend that Exp at your base camp, the Exp earned on one class can only be spent on that classes upgrades such as primary and secondary weapon boosts and unique class trait improvements, with the exception of an upgrade vender who offers generic bonuses applied to all classes. There are some small complaints i have. Some of the classes just feel worse than others, especially with the slow playstyle the game encourages and requires, a class like the Shotgun one just feels like a death penalty and it didn't click for me. The bow class felt awful on higher difficulties because the ammo you expended to kill armored enemies was far beyond what they would drop in return, and I found myself (for the first time ever in the game) completely running out of ammo and it being a run ender. But this is personal preference, and you may end up loving the short range guns and classes, I simply preferred the rifles more. Theres also some complaints I have about enemy render distance in specific zones. Theres on instance near the end of the game after a one-way ramp where theres a large group of enemies at the end of a tunnel/hallway, but they dont load in until you're about 1/3rd of the way through it, and that area has no cover except for maybe the stairs at the beginning of said hall, meaning if you didnt know about the enemies you were walking into you might end up getting jumped by a group of high level enemies in an exposed corridor with no cover. But thats about it. Fun little game, know what you're getting into, and goodluck!
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I've played dozens of VR games ever since the Oculus CV1 was released, and I will say that almost all the games I've played don't come close to how addicting and fun this game can be. It is truly a gameplay focused adventure and I wouldn't doubt it if some of the inspiration was taken from the "In Death" VR game, which was a simple but fantastic game back in the day with endless generated dungeon levels and mechanics, enemy spawns and AI, and the "Holy" vibes similar to this game. Pros: - Weapons feel rewarding to shoot and the weight of the weapons feel fair. - The sound is bright and just right for each interaction and reaction. - The challenge ramps up as you beat each run and helps you consider taking your time and be aware of your surroundings for better strategies. - The roguelike/roguelite features are very good so far. - Praying mechanic is a nice little gimmick for the game and adds to the charm and story. - Graphics are passable but that alone is not the reason to buy this game. The gameplay interactions and gameplay loop alone is worth the price. - If you like WW2 weaponry, this has you covered if you have that sort of itch. The "Cons" list below is only small gripes I have with the game but it certainly isn't a deal breaker Cons: - Only a small handful of enemy types that you see regularly throughout the runs you play through. I've only ever encountered the wolves and birds once or twice, while the rest of the time is just enemy soldiers and slightly buffed soldiers, which I suppose is fine for the time being. - Where's my MP40? I know there are other smg's and auto rifles in the game but... C'mon haha OVERALL, The Light Brigade is a fun and addicting time to be had and I wish more VR developers would consider the replayability of their games to be like this. The nice thing about this is that the developers are still hard at work adding in more and more features and biomes to explore. 9/10 Let us pray... P.S. Seriously though, where's my MP40 ??
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Best VR rougelite. Guns feel weighty, but smooth. Maps are random, in a good way. Very replayable. Very snappy, very addictive. Most of my hours are on Quest version, which is no different than PCVR version. Overall, probably the top single player VR shooter available (besides ITR)
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It's THE vr roguelike shooter to go. It has everything you want. Great weapons and VR weapon interaction, pretty big variety of classes, challenge. Also the decarations and the atmoshpere are top notch. Just give it a shot.
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I have not completed a run at this point, but this is a good game worth the time to get into it. You must move slow and stay behind cover and crouch! Standing up in the open will end your game fast, which could get you wound up if you did not know. The guns that I have used so far are very different, and so they require different strategies to use, which adds to the depth. The shooting is solid with good feedback when you hit enemies and when your weapon is empty. The graphics are really simple, but serve the purpose well enough. To be critical, here are some of the issues I have had - The levels are just about boring. You have too many of them where right as you go into the level there is a bottleneck where all the enemies just pour in. I have found the high ground to be far too much liability as it exposes you too much. Possibly this is different with the other classes I have not unlocked. Also, I have had a few run ending bugs with unkillable enemies and enemies stuck in walls that could still shoot me. Other than those issues, this is a fun game. Edit: After a few more hours and understanding how to actually upgrade things like health and card rarity, I thought I would finally be able to beat the final boss. I was wrong. Like a few rouge like games, the final boss is a supreme run ender and not what I would consider "fair", at least on the entry level difficulty. After over 15 attempts, I have had enough. Still a good game, but getting a full run done on easy isn't anywhere near easy.
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The Light Brigade is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
The Light Brigade is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
The Light Brigade received 973 positive votes out of a total of 1,087 achieving a rating of 8.47.
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The Light Brigade was developed by Funktronic Labs and published by Funktronic Labs and Creature Label.
The Light Brigade is playable and fully supported on Windows.
The Light Brigade is not playable on MacOS.
The Light Brigade is not playable on Linux.
The Light Brigade is a single-player game.
The Light Brigade does not currently offer any DLC.
The Light Brigade does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
The Light Brigade does not support Steam Remote Play.
The Light Brigade is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Funktronic Labs
Publisher
Funktronic Labs,
Creature Label
Release
22 Feb 2023
VR
VR Only
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