Each edition of So I Tried... involves a member of GameGrin staff making a snap judgement based on the first 30 minutes of a game in their backlog. For this edition, I had a go at Budget Cuts, a game I picked up as part of a steeply discounted "VR Essentials" Bundle during Steam's summer sale. Eclipsed by the likes of Arizona Sunshine and Superhot VR in the same bundle, I had no intention of playing it any time soon. Cut to three weeks later after I finished up with those games.
What I thought it was
I didn't go in with too much information about this game. Based primarily on the first trailer on the games Steam page, it seemed a little bit like The Stanley Parable meets Portal meets Superhot VR. It features enemies that don't look too intimidating, with a simplistic and fairly ordinary art style. I also observed bland-looking 26. GameOn Magazine environments that give the impression of a dystopian future where humanity is all but exterminated by their robot overlords.
What it actually is
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