Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual!

I want to give this a good review, I WANT to love this game, but man, it's SO lackluster and short. It's NOT worth $30. It's honestly barely even worth like, $15. Seriously. It's that bare-bones. You basically can't interact with anything in the way that you would expect in MOST VR games. Food? Oh yeah, I can eat it, right? Nope. You can barely interact with food past just picking it up. Oh, I have a weapon: Let me try attacking the main characters to see how they react... Nothing. Even something as basic as just smacking them, I expect SOMETHING based on how interactive the old games were. The world is also really, really tiny. You literally only explore one tiny block in their main city, along with some even smaller mini-game locations. This wouldn't be an issue if there was ANYTHING to do past aimlessly walk around. You can't even run, as far as I can tell. You have to leisurely stroll. I will say, the boardwalk is very large, but sparse, so walking around it is very frustrating and boring. In the very few instances you get to work on puzzle solutions, half the time the solutions don't seem to work at first. Also: If you get any hint from a character, make SURE you pay attention, because they will NOT repeat themselves. The in-game menu hints are ridiculously vague and unhelpful, especially when you just need a simple reminder about what you're doing because you took a break. If the main character literally says "here is the solution", why can't that be what the hint is, not some vague "help Max __" How specifically??? (Also, not sure if it was just my game, but the 'blue' Shlurpee at the gas station area wasn't working at all. The red would fill the cup, blue wouldn't do anything.) I like the bones of this game, a lot, the vibe itself is really charming, but it feels incredibly... empty. Like someone else on here mentioned, it feels like a VR demo, like it's someone's first VR game they've ever worked on. It works, it functions, but it's really, REALLY boring. There's like, nothing to do basically other than listen to them talk. The original games were SORT of like that, but even their personalities seem toned down, ESPECIALLY Sam. Also you could interact with basically anything in the original games, whereas here you can barely interact with anything... Also, word of advice with minor spoilers: Do NOT take a break during the final boss battle with the Aquabear, when Max is a giant and you're doing the cuckoo clock, safe and ship wheel puzzles. I did that and came back, and I was floating so high up in the air that I couldn't interact with anything. I was basically softlocked. I had to redo the entire last stage, excessive climbing and all. If there's ever a major content update to this game (which I sadly have a feeling there never will be), I'll gladly re-review and update this with my thoughts.