Budget Cuts

Budget Cuts is an independent virtual reality stealth game developed and published by Swedish[4] studio Neat Corporation.[5] The player is tasked with escaping an office building using a portal device, while evading enemies.[6]

Budget Cuts
Developer(s)Neat Corporation
Publisher(s)Neat Corporation
SeriesBudget Cuts 
EngineUnity[1]
Platform(s)Windows, Playstation VR
Release
Genre(s)Virtual Reality, Stealth, Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Budget Cuts gives the player a portal gun, which allows the player to navigate their surroundings. This device, when activated, shoots a projectile in the direction it is facing, and allows the player to have a 360 degree view of where the projectile landed through a small and movable heads-up display that tracks to the device. The player can then teleport to the new location if desired.[7][8]

A core mechanic of the game is throwing knives and scissors to enemies. These can be thrown, and will hit a target with the sharp point of the object. It is intentionally designed this way so that a good aim will always cause damage to the target.[9]

Plot

Budget Cuts is set in a company called "TransCorp," filled with human-like robotic office workers and security guards. There are no other people to be found, except for a voice over the phone, Winta. Winta informs the player that people have been disappearing, and the protagonist is the next target of an unspecified group. The player must escape the office buildings of TransCorp, while hiding from supervisors, walking security guards with guns.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
MetacriticPC: 76/100[10]
PS4: TBD

The game was received generally positive reviews, according to Metacritic[10]. IGN writer Mitch Dyer said that "might be the best, most interesting VR game I’ve played."[11]

References
  1. "Budget Cuts - Neat Corporation is proud to present The Performance Update - Steam News". store.steampowered.com. 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  2. "Budget Cuts on Steam". Retrieved Jul 16, 2020.
  3. Graham, Peter. "Budget Cuts Is Coming To PlayStation VR In May". VR Focus. Retrieved Jul 16, 2020.
  4. "Neat Corporation". Twitter. Retrieved Jul 16, 2020.
  5. "Test du jeu Budget Cuts sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. "Budget Cuts is the future of VR right freakin' now". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  7. "Budget Cuts is like Mission Impossible crossed with Portal in virtual reality". The Verge. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. Staff. "Video: Pulling off portal locomotion in the VR game Budget Cuts". gamasutra.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  9. "Long-awaited VR stealth game Budget Cuts to release this Thursday". pcgamer. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. "Budget Cuts for PC Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved Jul 16, 2020.
  11. Dyer, Mitch (Jan 27, 2016). "Valve VR: Hands-On With 12 Vive Games". IGN. Retrieved Jul 16, 2020.
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