UNDERDOGS Review: A New Benchmark For VR Arena Combat

What is it?: A single-player roguelike mech brawler that uses arm-based locomotion and physics-based combat. Platforms: PC VR, Quest 2, Quest Pro, Quest 3 (Review conducted on Quest 2) Release date: January 25, 2024 Developer: One Hamsa Languages: English Space required: GB Price: $ Escape To New Brakka UNDERDOGS is a roguelike, arena-combat game set in a not-to-distant dystopian future. The story follows a pair of brothers fleeing an omnipresent AI overlord with only one option left; head for New Brakka, the only city left run by humans. Once there, the only way into the city is through the underground mech fighting pits. It’s immediately obvious how much care has been taken to create a coherent and convincing alternate future for you to inhabit. The narrative is metered out by way of stylish comic panels, with splashes of fantastic art interspersed between the action. The story is fairly light, but also precisely as deep as it needs to be. The sty