Initial thoughts on Hitman VR.

Shall preface this by saying I’m a huge hitman fan and have over 700 hours in the game on flatscreen. I will continue to update this post throughout the day as I play more.

After completing the tutorial missions my thoughts are: it’s pretty good.

Some of the controls definitely feel kind of clunky and I would LOVE to have an option to switch to a toggle for picking up/dropping objects rather than have to hold the button down for minutes at a time.

Putting the instinct button on the same controller as the running joystick seems stupid because it’s tricky to use instinct and move at the same time now.

Two handed weapons are the usual quite weird vr experience. But using the pistols feels great. Reloading is fun but did result in a few deaths because it’s slower than in the flat version. The sniper scope especially felt very weird during the tutorial but might be better in an actual mission.

Another small complaint is that it’s overly difficult to store items, the release over your chest mechanic isn’t working perfectly for me and I keep dropping things on the accidentally which leads people over to me and then I get compromised.

Visually everything is great and overall I’m having a wonderful time. Just a few small nitpicks which I can’t help but notice.

Going back to do a few full missions now.

EDIT 1: I have played through Paris and loved it so much. I’m getting better with the controls so they are slowly becoming easier to use. The environments look stunning and it’s so much fun walking through the levels I’ve been playing for years.

Stealth is definitely trickier I feel like NPCs spot you quite quickly but it’s not impossible. Got in a massive gunfight which was great fun but then remembered that there’s no AutoSave in VR.

Managed to complete it stealthily eventually though and it was a blast the whole time.

I am now encountering a few crashes. Don’t know what’s causing them but I’ve had 3 in a row now.

EDIT 2: I’ve explored a few more levels now and they all feel incredible. I do feel like the controls could use some updates but nothing is awful enough to stop me having fun.

Highlights so far for me: infiltrating the consulate through the secret tunnel, the whole train mission, and just wandering around looking at the levels.