Vertigo 2: the Other Boneworks

Vertigo 2 is so good. The gameplay is smooth, the VR functionality is impeccable and it's plain funny. For me at least it's up there with Half life alyx and Boneworks. Certainly as good as Bonelab. And I have never heard of this game before. And there's even a Vertigo 1. How is that even possible?
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[@yourfriendrayzthor7606]

Vertigo is like Accounting, BONEWORKS, High on Life, Half-Life, Trover Saves the Universe and Portal on every type of drug imaginable, and yet it makes complete sense.

[@TiernanHousman]

y e s

[@greendude0420]

Space core, with Wheatleys IQ driving the plot forward

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

@@greendude0420 Why? Space. That's why.

[@robrobusa]

But with the writing and voice acting of a standalone mod. :D EDIT: This comment is purely based on the first 50 minutes of the game, after which I refunded it.

[@DragonPixels]

it released before High on Life

[@DocFleg]

Habie finding the picture of himself was so heartwarming and awesome.

[@HUDcats]

it takes your steam profile picture and puts it in the frame

[@DocFleg]

@@HUDcats aw okay well, that is pretty cool in a whole other way.

[@plaguedoctor5145]

Yeah it did the same for nano

[@SeanoldBeasley]

Mind. Blown. That’s awesome

[@redengineer4521]

I found spy Obama

[@Atlas_966]

Vertigo 2 took around 7yrs to develop and release. It was made by one person, Zach.

[@adamcookie26]

hey I think I know you

[@Atlas_966]

@@adamcookie26 Adam! Me comment was in this video at the start lol

[@LemonyPep]

The wall monster at 6:10 is actually voiced by Anton, the lead developer for H3VR. Also, the walking hotdogs is a reference to H3VR.

[@zoogenhiemer]

I knew I recognized the voice from somewhere!

[@bongwatercrocodile315]

OH DAMN i thought i was tripping there lmao. Thanks for saying that!

[@averageunitydev7089]

The walking hotdogs also have a bunch of guns and will shoot at your enemies for you

[@nikosorf4250]

Bro ain't no way thought i was imagining things

[@Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head]

I thought that sounded like him!

[@alexcrane1397]

I was barely interested in VR before I watched Habie. But now I have a raging need to strap a television to my face for hours on end

[@CardboardBones]

Lol same

[@Bone_Incidents]

And then break your hands and controllers hitting walls because you thought the harder you punch the more damage it does even though that is not how it works at all.

[@johnruta1359]

@@Bone_Incidents i have smacked the shit out of my treadmill so much because steam doesnt think i have the space for vr in my room so i have no borders telling me where i am

[@alexcrane1397]

@@Bone_Incidents Feature, not a bug

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

Personally, I've been drooling over VR for years. I saw the untapped potential it had, which Habie has demonstrated is finally starting to be realized. It's just always been way, WAY out of my budget. However, despite unexpectedly going from living paycheck to paycheck to hypothetically having enough income to buy a good setup on a whim and still be secure, I still can't even bring myself to spend more than about $70/week on food, nevermind dropping like $2k or more on a good PC and VR set lol

[@gijslaumen1354]

"Okay we get it, you played half life" is the most Habie insult ever. This guy was hired by Valve to work on Half Life, Portal, and the Valve index. 😅

[@willstillplys]

ikr, Habie just assumes things.

[@ZeroRelevance]

@@willstillplys I mean he isn’t wrong though

[@MasterTopHat]

I can 100% See why there so many Easter eggs to them

[@evolicious]

fyi, the dev in question works at Valve as a game developer. He got help from Valve to work on Vertigo 1 and 2 while he has been working for them.

[@blastofo]

A group of investors need to throw a few million bucks at him so he can run a 100 employee game studio so we can get a new Vertigo every year.

[@FoxBat38]

Habie may not be pregnant but he always delivers.

[@absolutegoatfuck5019]

Best comment here

[@matthewmiley5961]

Log off

[@BlckstoneV1]

LMAOOOO 😂😂😂

[@balls08]

💀

[@panthinox7806]

why

[@Bonk2027]

This video is my birthday present. Vertigo 2 is so good. Honestly one of if not my new favorite VR game. Played through the entire 6 hour campaign in three days. Sets a new standard for what’s possible in VR

[@inwardpod]

Happy birthday home slice!

[@staryoshi06]

you beat it in only 6 hours????

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I beat this game a couple of days ago. It is one of the best games I've ever played. It's rare that I have just as much enthusiasm for a video at the end of the project as the start. The game is just that good. Also please go back and play the first one lol

[@tyronejohnson409]

[@xFrakster]

Hell yeah. Definitely one of the best VR releases in a long time. Looking forward to your review on it. Vertigo 2 deserves much more coverage than it currently gets.

[@RevanPorkins]

Ive been playing the 1st game its very good. Gonna start 2 as soon as I finish the original

[@Stormtrooper990]

I LOVE this game, it is so fun and creative. Very scary sometimes too. It is so cool that 1 guy made this game. HE puts so many studios to shame.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

He puts the whole quote-unquote Triple A industry to shame and wipes the floor with it, nothing less than that.

[@bearwithsunglassesandicecr5856]

It gives me so much faith in the indie vr scene that we don't need to rely on AAA devs to get the good stuff.

[@evolicious]

He had a ton of help from his employer, Valve. So hard to say, he alone, created it.

[@evolicious]

@@bearwithsunglassesandicecr5856 Vertigo 1 and 2 were made with help from Valve. The dev for Vertigo works at Valve as a game dev.

[@timmo21]

It will never stop blowing my mind that ONE GUY made two of the best vr games that are on the market right now

[@evolicious]

ehhhhh, he works at Valve and got a TON of help from them. Credit to him for being the sole dev, but he had the support of the people that literally invented modern VR and currently have the only AAA VR game out, on top of creating the best VR system, to date, so far.

[@RevanPorkins]

​@@evoliciousIdk man I have a index and quest pro ive sat my index in its box to stay for good at this point

[@sacarya1]

Brett Driver (who played Arthur Ford from boneworks and Bonelab) also voiced some people in this game so I thought that was fun

[@gio...3767]

It's games like this that made me wish that both had a VR headset, and the ability to not throw up while playing a VR game.

[@douwe4254]

The throwing up part will go away after a week, about 2 hours of playtime building up from 30 minute sessions. Once you get over it, you'll be able to push 2-3 hours and if you are doing seated sessions, MUCH longer. And the price of a Quest 2 isn't that bad. Buy the Link cable as well and you have yourself a VERY decent starter setup.

[@TurbulentEitri]

VR motion sickness is thankfully something that can be fixed with small sessions to get accustomed to the movement. I personally use a Quest 2 which is pretty great for a wireless headset.

[@mightytoast2693]

​@@douwe4254to add to this, I have found that stick turning is much worse than moving backwards/forwards/sideways, so turning your head/body whenever possible helps.

[@CardboardBones]

​@@douwe4254 ok how do you feel about the quest 2 without a PC? A friend has offered one to me for a good price, but I don't have a gaming PC to connect it to. Im worried about the lowered graphics and limited games being a big downer.

[@FriedProfile]

@@CardboardBones Most publishers try to get their games on standalone headsets rather than PCVR because that is where the larger market is

[@feritye767]

this is what I've been waiting for. THIS level of enemy variety. I'm sick of people just standing still and shooting in vr games, or just running and hitting you. this is the creativity I've been waiting to see.

[@treez2290]

0:54 I didn't know Minecraft Steve was in this game too

[@UrikaTractor]

i absolutely loved this game, i cant wait for anyone to mod this and also sandbox at 4:56 you are able to get that portal gun by going through a secret tunnel in the bottomless pit btw you should upload a video of you playing the autonica chapter

[@Ennybay360]

Urika cameo real

[@ohno6590]

your reaction to seeing yourself in a game is priceless, you deserve this kind of recognition

[@ManimalMoose]

It happens to anyone it just takes your steam profile pic.

[@Fruckert]

On PSVR 2 it's just Brian. Who makes one appearance in this video, ascending into the ceiling of an elevator.

[@ionian525]

Vertigo 1 Remastered is unbelievably underrated, I'm glad you're able to shine a spotlight on the sequel.

[@negrosanchez1678]

how does it compare to #2

[@redengineer4521]

@@negrosanchez1678 I don’t recommend it honestly, it’s really short for the price, extra guns and a sandbox mode cost 8 dollars, and none of the guns feel satisfying to use. The game doesn’t look all that pretty too, it kinda looks like a Roblox game. 100% impressive for one person making it, and not bad, but not great either. That’s just me tho

[@justanotherhuman9238]

@@negrosanchez1678 It's definetly not quite as grand as V2, took me a little under 4 hours to complete, but still a solid vr experience with some good moments. Worth picking up on a sale imo.

[@metroided34]

@@redengineer4521 It is better than 90% of the vr marketplace though

[@brandonlarson523]

personally i absolutely loved it. im playing through vertigo 2 right now and i have to say they are pretty close in terms of enjoyablilty. It is expensive for only taking around 4-5 hours but there is one boss fight that was one of the coolest encounters i ever had in vr. the weapons kinda suck in the beginning until you get the second gun which is suprisingly smooth and fun to use. Also the levels are great and you just have a blast solving puzzles and killing enemies. Also the last few missions with the last gun are pretty great.@@negrosanchez1678

[@FrontwaysLarry]

Vertigo 1 & 2 are my favourite bottled up fever dreams playable in VR, and I cannot express how happy it makes me to get completely floored sometimes with the weirdness it presents. Loll

[@Versailles18]

HABIE! There are like seven secret weapons in the game, portal gun included. You can have it in that part of the game. Don't forget to explore around because honestly that was the best part of the game for me, searching for secret weapons. And they're actually pretty useful too.

[@rosecity_chris]

It's games like this that always make me really hope VR continues to grow and evolve to its full potential. Actually inhabiting game worlds is so much fun, especially when so much imagination is involved.

[@evolicious]

It won't. Facebook bought up the market with a cheap data-stealing device sold to kids to use with social apps, and boomers occasionally using it for workouts during quarantine. The gaming market for VR is essentially dead. Which is why there has been a major refocus for the VR industry to move to XR in the workplace, which has also recently fantastically fell flat on it's face since literally no one wants that (Quest Pro, Hololens2, Varjo XR3, Apple w/e). Just a week ago, Facebook and Apple have both stated they want to push back to gaming, but, the devices being used, are low-powered mobile devices. The VR enthusiasts that helped create this market and create the best VR games we have today, no longer use VR. The developers that enjoyed working on VR see that no market exists for PCVR and cannot be financially incentivized to create quality apps, or do anything in the VR industry at all. VR development burnout is at it's last phase, with developers either straight up lying about the apps capabilities (Vail), or just deciding to close down the project becasue working on mobile andriod is a nightmare. VR youtubers, such as Habbie are either new to the space, making overhyped game reviews, or reviewing new VR hardware. The rest have disappeared all together, and these VR youtubers will move onto other things soon enough once the content is caught up. My suggestion is to not bend over to invest into VR unless you already have a very good gaming PC, and have money to burn on a decent VR system, and with that all in mind, be prepared to go through the burnout stages we all went though during VR's 7 years of existence. I'd say an average of about 500 hours total in content before you run out of apps to try. Majority of multiplayer content is plagued by screaming children, so it's best to avoid any and all multiplayer VR games. Try the top tier games/apps like HLAlyx, Boneworks, Vertigo Remastered and Vertigo 2, Walking Dead S&S, Virtual Desktop, SuperhotVR, Compound, and the early gold titles like Gorn, B&S, Hotdogs horseshoes handgrenades, and VTOLVR. Ported and modded content in key, like Skyrim VR, Half-Life 1 and 2 VR, Quake 4 VR, racingsims, MSF2020, etc. There are plenty of great MP titles, but they are just too overrun by small children that will scream obscenities to you, in EVERY lobby. Best to just straight up only play SP titles in VR to avoid early burn-out. Hardware side, get a Valve Index if you have a lot of money to get the best (most immersive) VR experience, otherwise, just get a Quest 2 with the bobo battery strap or just wait for Quest 3 that is coming this year. For the love of Gaben, do not buy the PSVR2, any WMR, Vive, Varjo, Pimax, older Oculus kits, or anything else. Massive waste of money. Do not buy any of these devices, they all have gimmicks and fatal flaws that ruin the experience. Sincerely, someone that has been doing VR since the beginning, owns all the hardware and software, ESL VR, and knows what is best, concerning VR.

[@Sarahm2261]

You good?​@@evolicious

[@yeti4269]

3:01 I love how short the membership warnings have gotten

[@carlosfranklinsouthsidemurder]

Habie, words cannot express how insanely happy I am that you made a video on this absolute masterpiece of a VR game. Not because it inspired me to get it or anything since I've already played both Vertigos and have been in love with this series of games for years now, but because hopefully it will inspire other people who haven't heard of these games before to actually give them the level of attention they deserve.

[@roonvr7115]

I use habie uploads to track how much time has past recently and how much time it felt like. I just look through all the recent vids and when I watched them.

[@Justawaffle12]

Habie I would like to thank you for being my personal shopper, I can never find good games to buy, but you always find gems for me to play, Vetigo 2 indcluded.

[@Beardology]

5:10 Ayyye. I designed that logo! It's cool to not only see it represented by one of my favorite KZbinrs but also to now see it appear in games.

[@Atropos148]

wow, thanks for showing this, it seems like a combination of the best parts of HLAlyx and Bonelabs...and you are the first person i seen show this, so thank you

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

Nice pfp there :)

[@Lunageldia]

I'll come back and watch the rest of this video later because I'm actually working my way through vertigo 2 myself. It's definitely every bit as trippy as it looks.

[@paulbellino5330]

Hands down PCVR game of the year. Loved it from beginning to end. You did not say this but the guy who made this worked at valve.

[@Bumpchunt]

Chuckle: lightly Enjoyed: greatly Pants: shidid

[@SeanoldBeasley]

“The other boneworks” imagine if this game was actually on the marrow engine and Stress Level 0 actually cared about their player base and they licensed the engine to other creators. This game looks awesome. I should probably buy a pc and get out of stand-alone VR

[@DeadBread.]

7:26 Those hotdog people are actually a reference to Hotdogs, Horshoes, And Handgrenades, More commonly known as H3 VR. It's a gun-focused vr game, similar to pavlov, but without multiplayer

[@GregorifElfeNoir]

"It's like you are in the world, but you only see a square of it" A window That is called a window, Habie XD

[@Kylekashi]

Another game to add to my list! Thanks as always habie

[@Ocer.]

Hey! I appreciate that r/thalassophobia edit, it's not anything too crazy but I know it took some extra effort and I appreciate that :)

[@ReverendTed]

Welp, I'm curious how many copies of Vertigo and Vertigo 2 you're about to help sell, because I think it's going on my list, now.

[@RevanPorkins]

I bought both lol

[@covvardice8296]

I just copped this a few days before this dropped I’m glad to see you found it and played it yourself

[@metalman11ty1]

Thank you for this, this game looks amazing and I had never heard of it. I will be getting this.

[@tired_crusader901]

Hey habie i played the demo for this and you can get a portal gun in a office with a giant hole thanks for covering this game!!

[@strikerbiker741]

man i remember habies minecraft vr video and i havent stopped watching him since

[@nightfr09]

You convinced me to buy this game when you posted this :) thanks it was a great ride

[@_gamma.]

I love how you’re the Errant Signal of VR, these videos are so damn good Edit: I need this game

[@plongoid291]

5:11 It shows your steam profile picture. It happened to me as well and I was blown away

[@amoore6785]

Every single day I go on your account I laugh or smile keep up the good work

[@ReactiveHarpy24]

Boundary just released on steam, even though it's not VR it's one of the coolest FPS that I've played. You should check it out

[@PewPewWazooma]

This game is so fking good, every little asset just brims with personality, the game has a pretty much perfect split between serious story and lighthearted humor

[@JohnnyInsideYouTube]

I use a PSVR2 and this is coming out next month, so excited to play this! 10 hour campaign, beautiful setting, and amazing physics. Gonna play this instantly!!

[@splash4485]

whoa! the transition at 2:55 is soo clean

[@randilldo]

This is one of your best works H.

[@Scorpion-vc4nr]

Love the video. I think it would be fun if you played the vr game breachers it’s available on quest and pc vr, and it’s a really fun tactical shooter it’s pretty mush rainbow 6 in vr. Would love it if you made a video on it.

[@ananastudio9680]

I Saw the vidéo Yesterday and right now i juste finish vertigo 1 and about halfway through the second one. Litteraly best story vr game

[@Prismatic_Pixie]

The "state of california" label on the antimatter rifle had me ROLLING 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@seththepotate]

Your videos just get better every week I swear.

[@calebblaze1313]

" *gasp* IT HAS A BUTT!" -Habie, 2023

[@brandonlarson523]

Fun fact, Vertigo 1 has lots of elements that inspired some of the storytelling of Boneworks. Also the early game guns of vertigo 2 were developed yearsssss ago, before the games that im assuming you thing influenced them came out. The developer that made this is actually amazing, he even made a tool for unity that lots of people use to have specific hand poses when picking up certain objects in VR.

[@robertwilson8184]

I've recently got into Tactical Assault: VR (tried on my brother's Quest 2, bought my own just to keep playing) I highly recommend it

[@tioalra6746]

The Vertigo 2 picture is your Profile picture. I found it so funny when I found mine there

[@osprey1645]

I love watching a new habie video.

[@mardukdrake7472]

Habieee we're in tears, you made it bro

[@integraBuff]

I have this game on my wish list and was fully prepared to sink all of my time into it, but then Breachers came out and i cant pull myself away from it.

[@gameknightjek2640]

3:00 Okay, you really made my bust out laugh, that's rare, so thanks you.

[@attackhelicopter8725]

Been waitin for dis one

[@WildHurricane]

I love how the video starts lol

[@BlankGamer001]

More habie content to binge :)

[@drbeandog4209]

Doing a captcha in vr was weirdly fun

[@theblackhole05]

this looks like a must play

[@KayDragonn]

The best part about watching someone play VR is getting to see their genuine, actual double takes and hand motions when they see a picture of their KZbin channel in a game they've never played. That's just a reaction you can't fake.

[@nedek5324]

The dude who made this game worked on half life and portal

[@sanderbos]

4:13 So he influenced himself

[@nedek5324]

@@sanderbos yeah basically

[@TheWhoamaters]

Habie confusing math again is always fun

[@joshd108]

The cheeky valve references through parody made my day when I jumped in

[@puffer2939]

Yay! Awesome vid and please make a vid on breachers vr!

[@frenvr]

You finding yourself in this made me smile so much

[@nickhoude21]

habie when there's a reference to one of the biggest vr youtubers in a new vr game :o

[@YouWereMyConscience]

I've watched a minute and I already want to play this. Brb I'll watch the rest after i've played

[@chadsoucek4678]

I love this game. And yes that’s your steam profile picture. Blew my mind too.

[@Frankythedog64]

your content lights my day :)

[@oofooflemon]

im glad he is covering this game

[@yemon]

oh my god this is amazing

[@G.Giorgio]

That looks soo good

[@SneakybeakyScrub]

i love how the implication with how the water survival thing works is that your lungs still get filled with water and its still incredibly painful and you choke on it except now u dont actually suffocate. i mean yeah you can hold your breath but

[@tlipz1168]

Honestly vertigo and vertigo 2 itches that second half of my vr brain really well. If boneworks and bonelab is how i want to feel in vr then vertigo and vertigo 2 is how i want to experience the world in vr. Boneworks/lab is so good at interaction and physics it feels amazing to play because you can just do whatever the fuck you want to. But vertigo 1 and 2 is so good at spectacle and emersion it just sucks you in and gives you that feeling of playing your first "real" vr game. Im super excited to see the future of vr where those two parts of vr specifically meet. Those two parts (interaction/physics and absolute emersion into a whimsical large world) would be fantastic to see eventually.

[@justicerowe2005]

i thought this was random content in my feed i thought was cool. then i saw how you list your donators, and remembered that im sub'd. lol

[@tayyang2265]

Idk why but I can never tell I'm watching a Habie video until the brains show up

[@itsjustmadd1238]

a little history here, vertigo was one the of the first motion control vr games made, it came out originally back in 2016, and then finally it got a remaster, so technically this is the original boneworks

[@sirspamalot4014]

Yet another VR game to be added to my list one day when I have the time/money to play VR again.

[@ScourgedTeeRee]

5:30 that's so adorable man no way

[@TryppsDota]

Super excited for the breachers vid.

[@Leep458]

Dude! I'm playing through this right now. Omg so funnnn

[@AroGrooves]

another banger from habie147

[@unclepecos3512]

I was so mad when I found this game because I had thought I played all the best single player VR games and steam had never once recommended either Vertigo 1 or 2 to me. It's like steams trying to hide the game for some reason.

[@cookout420]

I like how everyone universally loves habie147

[@alexgagulax2866]

7:33 it's a reference to Meat Fortress

[@dr.fukwad1407]

2:55 ok yeah, that was clever af dude gg

[@exter1op145]

The goblin behind bars in the sewer looked like a ds1 reference to me

[@firepaw2597]

Love you Habie! Thanks for all the great VR game suggestions!

[@nobieone3747]

habie is king of vr

[@Seagull077]

i always appreciate a good spykids refrence

[@thalmorjusticiar1]

I honestly always forget that I've watched this channel before until I get to the patreon section. it's iconic.

[@greendude0420]

High on life if it had a habie picture in a frame

[@sardinesinatincan1924]

3:00 looks like the bread from TF2 Expiration Date