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Recommended
38.5 hrs last two weeks / 1,656.2 hrs on record (1,365.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Aug, 2021 @ 10:20am
Updated: 23 Apr @ 6:13am

Early Access Review
After 5 years its time to revise my review for this bastard. VRChat is so many things at once, that about everyone can find something in it. I hate many things about it, yet the opposite is also true.

Lets start with the best and most important: User created content. Create whatever you want in Blender and Unity, upload it for everyone to see and visit, really. Well of course its not that simple, but you get the idea. Imagination is the limit. Same goes for avatar creation. Its probably impossible to visit every single place uploaded to VRChat. From the weirdest original content, to game map imports, or just stunning scenery. Looking for horror worlds/escape rooms to tackle alone or with a handful of friends? Visit your favorite places from all the games you played? Or just trip balls in some shader infested ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dimension? Its all there, just for you.
But we know the real reason why your here, femboy avatars. Yes, YOU stinky.

The social aspect is why people are generally abrasive of VRChat. Everyone immediately thinks of toxicity and trolls when you mention it. Its just very sad, but unfortunately also true. Public lobbies are just full of children, people that think loud + slur = funny, and the e-tards in front of their precious mirrors, blasting the shiddiest music known to man. BUT, you dont have to engage, ever. You may visit any place at any time, alone or just with whoever you invite into your own private instance. You can play VRChat without ever meeting anybody else. Bet you didnt know that, huh?
If you are looking for social gatherings tho, there are also many different communities and active events held, such as underground Rave parties, or generally DJ events. All scheduled and hosted by professional artists.

Maybe you are looking for some spice? Welcome to the world of erotic roleplay. VR sex, okay. Youll awkwardly bang each others avatars or something. The concept is too cringe for me to have ever tried it, but no shaming around here. (This statement isnt valid anymore... oopsie.) How, you wonder? Well silly, if you can create and upload content, you can also create avatars with interactable and functioning reproductive organs! Now connect that with your full body VR gear, and say goodbye to real life forever. This is how cis men become omnisexual furries.

Monetization. The monthly subscription is fine, it gives you cool benefits and is fairly priced. People can buy in game currency, and shop avatars through the in game menu. This is pretty awesome actually, as you dont need to shop on Booth or other sites, and go through the painful process of getting accustomed to Unity and Blender, but that also means no personal customization. Creators can also monetize their worlds, some game worlds for instance offer skins for weapons, or other small benefits. My favorite fishing place has a purchasable feature that allows you to sell fish at any time.

If you love exploration and creativity of any kind, just want to have fun with friends, or look for simple pleasure, then I deeply recommend it. Otherwise you shouldnt expose yourself to this trainwreck.
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10 Comments
20 Jan @ 4:45pm 
Probably not my cup of tea but thanks for the nice read anyway. :steeped2024:
20 Jan @ 8:04am 
Ah, should boot it up again, someday, when Vito gets that brutalism tour going again! :skullb:
I mean, you only get the credits roll in VRChat if you manage to get laid IRL because of it, so obviously.

@crows So if a Man is where the Angel meets the Ape, then a game is... uhh... where "Soul Wreckers" meet "Steam Store Products"?
20 Jan @ 7:15am 
Björner definitely took the gooning route on his review :lilimjoy:
20 Jan @ 6:44am 
@Vitlök: Ha ha, it was exactly your review that I was thinking of! What can I say, you made a great case for the game being this wonderful "machine for transforming the soul" (I'm playing Pathologic 3 atm and borrowing their metaphors :). Kuri described it better as a "Steam Store product". Can you blame me? :)
20 Jan @ 5:11am 
@Oni dont forget 2 straight guys in anime girl avatars idling EXP in a fetish world, just to explore suction cup machines. (Definitely not us)
But... it is a weird psychedelic extra-sensorial trip! Phantom touch ain't no joke.
19 Jan @ 9:58pm 
I will never forget 2 Donald Trumps having e-sex with an e-girl, and a Trump was licking said e-girl feet. Afterwards all three of them had a shotgun wedding while multiple people including minors were watching. In the background, my friend's model was spazzing in and out due to his VRchat dying and people are laughing loudly about it.

Public instances are a trip.
19 Jan @ 9:42pm 
But at least I can get a clearer idea of what this "bastard" actually is now. Other reviews I've read just made it seem like some weird psychedelic extra-sensorial trip.
19 Jan @ 9:29pm 
This all sounds like some lab experiment where aliens are studying humans to me.