Pavlov

***Pavlov VR*** or simply ***Pavlov***, is an action VR game developed and published by Vankrupt Games. It was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on February 27, 2017.

It is one of the most popular VR games to date, along with the likes of other VR games such as *Beat Saber* and *Phasmophobia*. It is likely the most popular VR multiplayer first-person shooter game to date.

## Premise

*Pavlov VR is a multiplayer shooter in VR with heavy focus on community features and voice chat including proximity chat and radio features. Realistic reloading features and fast paced combat as part of the core experience.There is also many game modes to play the most popular being Trouble in Terrorist Town or TTT and Search and Destroy or SnD, the game also features single or CO-OP games modes like Zombies and The Hide. Play the #1 most popular VR shooter on PC today.*

## Game Modes

There are many game modes including deathmatch, team deathmatch, search and destroy, trouble in terrorist town, the hide, infection, prop hunt, one in the chamber, WW2 team deathmatch, gun game and WW2 gun game. This a run down of all the current game modes.

Search and destroy or just SnD ,is one of the most popular game modes taking heavy inspiration from counter strike and other tactical games.There is two teams NATO and Russia they each have their own unique weapons costing different amounts, NATO's goal in to stop the Russian team from planting a bomb in a designated zone. Russia's goal is to plant there bomb at a bomb site before a set amount of time runs out. You can only respawn after a round has ended and if you die that round you have to wait until the next round. The first round of the game players only start with nine hundred dollars, only enough to buy a pistol, over time players can earn more money by killing enemies and defusing or if on the Russian team planting the bomb. Using the money that you earn you can buy armour for the body or head along with better guns and grenades, if you're NATO you can buy clippers that can cut the top three wires on the bomb instead of entering the nine digit code. The teams switch sides when one team has 8 points then keeping the previous points the game goes to sixteen points and that determines who wins the match.

Trouble in terrorist town or just TTT, is a social deduction game mode similar to werewolf or among us. It is also the only game mode to feature the naked,prisoner,clown,farmer and detective skins. There are three main factions, the Traitors,Innocents and Lone wolf. The traitor's goal is to kill all the non-traitors, there is also variants of the traitors, the assassin which only needs to kill two - three specific players to make the traitors win, and the hypnotist witch can revive one to two innocents turning them into traitors to help them win.The traitors can also buy gear from a menu at the beginning of a game or when they kill non-traitors.The innocent's goal in to kill all non innocents, there are many innocent roles, innocents are the main part of the faction they have normal stats you would see in Death match and are cannon fodder for the better roles.The mercenary is a innocent that can buy all traitor gadgets but if the innocent can't find the traitors they usually kill the mercenary.The Detective is the leader of the innocents and unlike other classes they have a small marker above their heads showing that there detective, they have a set of unique gadgets that only they and lone wolf have. There is two independent classes. These are Zombie and Lone wolf,Zombie starts with a knife and if they stab a player they will die and five seconds later they will become a zombie they win if everyone is a zombie. Lone Wolf just tries to kill everyone the only buffs they have is detective gadgets.

Death Match is a Call of Duty style game mode where you are just trying to kill everyone over the course of fifteen minutes - hour , the person that has the most kills wins.Everyone has access to all weapons and players start with enough money to buy any gun. You respawn instantly and there is no penalty for dieing. Everyone also starts with armor for the head and body.

Team deathMatch is Death match but there is five players on each team that work together to get the most points. Other than that there is no differences or changes.

WW2 team deathmatch or tank TDM is a World War two themed game mode with completely unique weapons and vehicles.The factions included are Nazi Germany,Russia and the United States of America. The factions all have different weapons similar to Search and Destroy German players can't buy Russian weapons and vice versa. Other than that Team deathmatch.

Zombies is where there is one - four players fighting against AI zombie waves until they die or set timer runs out.Players start with weak weapons but every time a wave ends players can find Loot crates marked with a waypoint containing better guns,medical supplies and revive syringes. Unique to zombies you can punch enemies with your weapons and knock the zombies over. This game mode is heavily encouraged to play with others otherwise it is easy to get surrounded and killed. The zombies are around half as strong as normal players and they go down with one headshot with any weapon.

The Hide is where there is one - two "hidden" that are close to invisible monsters that can leap and lunge against Aurora a Russian special forces group tasked with killing them.Similar to Zombies randomly there will be crates marked with a waypoint with bandages,pills,medkits and better guns though the guns may not be needed as players start with weapons that have laser,scope,red dot and other attachments on the guns. The hidden can't pick up weapons but can steal medical supplies from the crates and use them for themselves or as espionage, the hidden can also buy stun,smoke and high explosive grenades, there default attack is by punching the enemy players twice killing them. There is also unique weapons such as the traculazer gun and the flash light attachment with the only other game mode using these are Zombies and Infection both similar game modes.

Push is a WW2 themed game mode and is the biggest game mode with there being a max of twentyfour players at a time (excluding custom bought servers) where there is a defending side and a attacking. The defending team is defending a bomb site. After one bomb site is destroyed another one pops up, there is three bomb sites that the attackers have to destroy.The attacks also only have a set number of spawns so you can just over run area with no strategy. This is also the only game mode with a class system and large scale vehicle warfare. There is a multitude of classes and here is a list of them. The Assault the back bone of any attack and great for mid to long range combat, the medic a class that is vital for attackers to not lose spawns and lives with a respawn syringe medkit and rifle, the sniper for taking out machine guns and bomb planters this is for the strategic players who know what there doing, anti - tank is for destroying vehicles with the rocket launcher and not really anything else, The Machine gunner class is a made to suppress and clear out, the engineer repairs vehicles, and the CQC is made for close quarters combat with ammo boxes and a shotgun. They all work together to plant and defend objectives.

One in the Chamber is small game mode where everyone can't buy anything and instead starts with a golden deagle with on bullet and that can kill any player in one shot and if the bullet hits they get one more bullet but if you miss you loss the bullet and you must stab the enemy to get another bullet. If you die you respawn and there teams, this goes for fifteen minutes to a hour and who ever has the most kills wins.

Gun game is where players for all where you start with the most damage dealing weapons and work your way to the knife. you start with a rocket propelled grenade and every time you get a kill your weapon gets worse, until you get to your knife and if you get a kill with your knife you win.

Gun game WW2 game but with World War two weapons.

Prop hunt is where there are seekers that hunt the props if the seekers shoot a non prop they take damage this goes until all seekers are dead.

Infection is where 8 players start as aurora forces and two start as hidden with no invisibility. The hidden can kill the aurora force where they will then respawn as a zombie this goes until all the aurora are turned into zombies or time runs out. The aurora can buy supplies and weapons as well to aid them.

King of the hill or KOTH is a WW2 themed game mode where there that if you walk inside

## Maps

Tyou start capturing if there are no enemies in the zone as well this goes for multiple round and the team that has the most captures wins.his will talk about the maps in pavlov and what they look like. most of the details right now will be through pictures. Later in the future individual maps could wikis but right now they are only in the main pavlov page. Also I only own a quest two so if the maps don't with PC and/or PSVR it would be helpful as some maps I don't have or aren't updated could be updated or improved by PCVR/PSVR players.

Siberia is a snowy map with a large prison in the center and is surrounded by watchtowers and large stone walls. In the prison , a cafeteria, storage room and shower. The prison is two stories tall and on the second floor there is a patio land with a small tower. outside of the prison there is a large cargo container that you can walk inside of. on the opposite side of that side of the map there is a basketball court along with a bench press and other weights . there are two planting areas on this map one being in the prison cafeteria and the other being right outside of the large container. The is used in various game modes the most popular are search and destroy and Trouble in Terrorist town, but the map can be used in any game mode aside from push and zombies because of how it's designed. In Search and destroy it is common to have long stand offs between Russia and NATO forces because the map has so many open areas with little cover making the map be one of the most popular search and destroy maps because how strategic both teams need to be to win. This map is very popular in trouble in terrorist town because of how many different ways there are to role play with the prison and the showers, this map also has a lot of hiding spots for traitors and landmarks that any pavlov players knows.

OG containers is the simplest map in the game with the layout being a small two story metal building in the middle of the map and a lot of red and blue cargo containers scattered around. The planting sites for search and destroy on this map the right and left middles with there being a small stack of boxes where you can plant. This map is most popular for trouble in terrorist town because of how simple it is and the building in the center used as either a grouping area or a sniper's nest. OG containers is also popular in death match and the hide because of it's small size meaning instant action and being fast paced.

Bridge is very simple, there are two forts on opposite sides of the map with a narrow bridge in the middle going over a river. On the bridge there are sandbags and crates, in the middle of the bridge there is a prominent orange van that is a landmark for any match on bridge. Bridge is commonly played in Trouble in Terrorist town, Team death match and WW2 team death match. The planting spot for Search and Destroy is the yellow van.

Data Center is next to Siberia and OG Containers in terms of popularity among maps (excluding modded maps) and is one of the first maps developed by Vankrupt Games. Data Center is a medium sized map that has three stories, Bottom: Garage, Middle: Server room/garden, Top: office. Almost every game mode is this map because of how easy it is to roleplay because of the offices and because of the amount of levels it has for fighting and shoot outs, it also has lots of props for prop hunt. This map can also be very unnerving when played alone because of the office and how there are so many hiding spots there are. The main landmarks for this map are the bridge connecting the right and the left top areas and the dark corners in the garage the is pitch black making it a great hiding spot but using this spot is looked down upon by most players because of how it's almost impossible to see the person hiding. This map has two planting spots for Search and Destroy on the top floor on the far right there is a small pillar and on it's backside facing a window there is the planting spot. The second planting spot is in the server room, the center servers can be planted on.

Foundation is a map taking place in a construction zone with two main landmarks, both of the large cranes which double as the two planting spots for Search and Destroy. The map is large and has lots of hills and inclines that can be choke points WIP.

## Externl Links

* Pavlov VR on Steam
* Pavlov VR on PSVR 2
* Pavlov Shack Beta on Meta Quest