Overload

I've played a few six-degrees-of-freedom shooters before, and while I don't remember liking them, I figured it's been a while, so I gave Overload a try. It is the highest rated game of the genre on Steam after all.

Sadly, the attempt didn't last very long. I found little excitement in the game mechanics. Aside from the novelty of moving around in 6DOF zero-gravity, which I'm not even sure is a positive, as it only furthered my disorientation in the already labyrinthine 3D level layout, it was a pretty basic game about moving, dodging, and shooting. Sure, there's different weapons and upgrades, and other small things, but it doesn't really change the game. It seems very much like the "boomer shooter" genre (the naming origins of which I still don't understand), which I have tried plenty of times to know is not for me. The focus is more on speedrunning or getting high scores, as well as repeating the same content over and over to get better. Maybe it's good if you like that genre, but it's one of my least favorites.
I did notice nearly all reviews talking about a game by the name of Descent, which is a game from the 90s made by the same people? I guess the postive review score comes nearly entirely from old fans of that, happy they got a modernized version of something they used to love. Honestly, 20 years ago, I would have loved this game too.

Overall, I don't like Overload. I blame it mostly on disliking the genre, but if you like simple shooters then maybe it's worth a try. Supposedly there's nothing better than this in the 6DOF genre. But yeah, personally, I have no ground on which to recommend it. I just don't get what makes these games interesting.