Granted, that makes the scenes of you and an enemy flailing around with knives look even more bizarre when you do jump into the thick of things. Bohemia Interactive makes some good looking environments to run around in, and Vigor is no exception. One thing you'll notice right away, whether in the hub or in a mission, is how pretty everything looks.

However, a few button shortcuts let you quickly skip around the menus to find what you need.Īfter you've checked things out, grabbed a few weapons, and maybe set a shelter improvement, you head to the map and set out on a mission.

The area can seem overwhelming at first, especially as you try to find everything and get your bearings. There's a gun range, there's a Rubik's cube, and there's a litany of crafting benches. It's a 'safe space' that acts like a hub where you can prepare for your next excursion, construct equipment, train, and generally look around and admire things between skirmishes. Shelter from the StormĪfter a brief tutorial shows you the basics, you arrive at your shelter. It's got a lot of fun ideas, but a lack of context and polish really hold Vigor back from being the money-making F2P game it desperately wants to be. The game has been in the Xbox Game Preview Program (Early Access) for about a year, but it recently came out as a full-fledged title. As I'm looting what's left behind, I get shot in the back of the head.Ī looter shooter from Bohemia Interactive, Vigor comes from the same crew that brought us DayZ. We begin a bizarre dance of missed attacks and jumping.

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