History VideoGame / Compound

The game is available for UsefulNotes/HTCVive, UsefulNotes/OculusRift, Meta Quest 2 and [=SteamVR=].

''Compound'' is a 2018 VirtualReality video game developed and published by Bevan [=McKechnie.=] It makes intentional use of [[RetroGaming retro-stylized]] graphics similar to those found in early PC games from the 1980s and 1990s, such as ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/BlakeStone'', but also carries some traits of a RogueLike game in the form of randomly-generated levels. Its [[ExcusePlot simplified story]] consists of the player fighting their way through the enemy-infested floors of the eponymous compound while collecting a variety of weapons, and blends elements of {{Dystopia}} and {{Cyberpunk}}.

Like the old [[FirstPersonShooter first-person shooters]] that inspired its design, the game's plot only serves to provide basic world-building. The story takes place in an undefined future where corporate greed runs amok, and the player's only goal is bringing down a MegaCorp that not only manufactures a virus, but also sells the vaccine for said virus at a premium.

* DifficultButAwesome: The Sonic Pulse Emitter shoots short-range energy pulses that mostly deal little to no damage on their own. However, these pulses reflect enemy bullets, give them a slight homing effect ''and'' amplify their damage. This makes it a fantastic weapon against enemies who have rapid-fire or shotgun-like weapons, and even most of the ''bosses,'' who [[HoistByHisOwnPetard can't take much more than a few of their own shots.]] The pulse is also capable of destroying drones, which are otherwise difficult to hit. The only thing this weapon can't do is reflect railgun shots or acidic sprays, which aren't as plentiful as enemies who can fire bullets or explosives.

* ArtificialStupidity: Enemies make no attempt to evade incoming fire or take up advantageous positions, instead simply taking the shortest path to the player, and will shoot any allies that get between them and the player. This is averted by the green attack drones, which are kamikaze in nature and thus ''should'' fly at the player with all due haste, and the pink attack drones, which will attempt to circle the player while firing a barrage of laser bolts.

* DifficultButAwesome: The Sonic Pulse Emitter shoots short-range energy pulses that mostly deal little to no damage on their own. However, these pulses both reflect enemy bullets ''and'' amplify their damage. This makes it a fantastic weapon against enemies who have rapid-fire or shotgun-like weapons, and even most of the ''bosses,'' who [[HoistByHisOwnPetard can't take much more than a few of their own shots.]] The pulse is also capable of destroying drones, which are otherwise difficult to hit. The only thing this weapon can't do is reflect railgun shots or acidic sprays, which aren't as plentiful as enemies who can fire bullets or explosives.

The game is available for UsefulNotes/HTCVive, UsefulNotes/OculusRift, and [=SteamVR=].

--->'''Final Boss''': Where the bloody hell is the '''''eject button'''''- [[KilledMidSentence *crash*]]

* BeehiveBarrier: The Accountant is protected by an energy shield of this style, which the player must either destroy or circumvent by bouncing projectiles around it to deal damage.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Averted. You can carry no more than three weapons at any one time, though doing so requires you to carry one in each hand, which prevents you from backpedaling or reloading, since pressing back on the movement pad ejects the ammo/magazine of the weapon in that hand and you need an empty hand to reload weapons.