Recent reviews by IKILLPXLS

Early impressions based on playing about 5 or 6 songs.

This game is legit. It plays like a good hybrid between Beat Saber and Airtone. The majority of the gameplay feels like Airtone in that you have to place your hands in the way of the gems that come at you, and it plays like Beat Saber in that there are also special gems that require you to swing your arm in specific directions to hit them correctly and there are walls that get you moving and ducking around the play space.

There are only 10 songs at the moment but they're all licensed (Lady Gaga, Zedd, Benny Benassi, etc) and they're all choreographed by the programmer's wife who is a dancer. And that's what really sets it apart from Beat Saber IMO. Whereas Beat Saber maps have to kind of trick you in to approximating dance choreography, these maps are built specifically to choreographed dances (there's even a Rez like figure you can toggle on or off that shows you the moves while you're playing). This gives the game a different feel that makes it worth having alongside BS.

They also give you the option of doing a quick version of the song or doing the full version which would come in handy for parties (a decent amount of the songs approach 5 or more minutes). 10 more songs are supposed to be added for free before it comes out of early access but I'm interested to see what the custom scene looks like when they get the promised custom song editor out.

Graphically it's pretty impressive with kind of a synthwave 90s trapper keeper vibe going on that extends to the varied backgrounds that change pretty frequently and drastically over the course of a song. One minute you're looking at lasers fly by, the next you're in a surreal desert. Pretty cool.

The game overall is pretty polished for an early access title too. Menus are handled really well, there are a decent amount of options out of the gate, and the overall package feels very professional.

Difficulty is pretty up there. I've only played a few songs on Beginner and a few on Regular and Regular is no joke so there's lots of room for challenge in the game (for context, I can comfortably play Beat Saber songs on Expert). I kind of wonder if Beginner will be a little too hard for casual players though. The game could probably use a difficulty level easier than that.

Besides that, my only issues with the game at the moment are that there aren't that many songs at the moment (10), and that I wish you could change the colors of the gems that fly at you. A large part of the difficulty for me at the moment is wrapping my head around which color is which hand after playing so much Beat Saber (there is an option to flip colors in the menu).

Other than that, the game is great and I imagine will only get better in time when they add more songs, add the custom song editor, and possibly add new modes.

This game is legit. The gameplay is very unique for a VR rhythm game and it takes advantage of the format really well. There are 25 original tracks, all in the Japanese rhythm game vein (If you're familiar with Cytus, Voze, Superbeat: Xonic you'll know what I mean), but there's a good variety between them. The difficulty ramps up real hard outside of the basic difficulty, but half the fun of this game is going to be mastering the songs. It also happens to be a pretty beautiful looking with some eye popping colors and a very polished presentation. It even has a main hub room where the main character speaks to you (fully voiced) and explains things about the world you're playing in and you can unlock a few little toys to play with there. Overall, it's really good. If you're in to Japanese rhythm games and the music in the trailer is up your alley, I definitely recommend it.

Game is great. It's like if you added depth to Rec Room's dodge ball mode, let you play on the paintball maps, then added Mario Kart style powerups. It has a bunch of great maps, bots for when no one is online, a single player mode, a surprisingly cool spectator mode while you're dead, and even unlockable heads. So much fun!

This game is really fun! Yes, it is a wave shooter, but it sets itself apart with two main points:

1. BULLET HELL APPROACH
Enemies (which are pretty varied) shoot a large variety of bullet hell (aka SHMUP) style bullet patterns at you that usually come at you slowly. Since only your head takes damage, this means an enemy might shoot a ring shaped pattern of bullets at you and you’ll be able to dodge it by putting your head directly in the center. Patterns get really crazy and when you have a lot of enemies later in a level, things get hectic. You also get points for dodging that way so there’s a risk reward of stepping out of the way completely, blocking bullets with the shield, or going for the fancy dodge.

2. LOADOUT CUSTOMIZATION
It has a LARGE variety of weapon/defensive customization possibilities. Before you start you basically build your gun out of I think 4 parts with multiple choices for each part. Each one has significant differences which allows for a lot of variety. Want to build a shotgun pistol with explosive ammo that bounces to the next enemy? Sure. How about a fast shooting machine gun with a laser sight and an ammo clip that recharges instead of having to manual reload it? Go for it. The recent update added a bunch of different shields as well which vary from small shields that reflect ammo back, to ones that you can place in the space around you.

All that together makes the experience pretty unique. The graphics, art, and presentation are all top notch (though the voice acting lines are a little dumb/annoying). The devs are pretty communicative and update often. Right now I believe it only has an endless mode which is really the only drawback but the gun customization makes it pretty replayable while you try to test out different configurations and a campaign mode is in the works.

Great piece of software. Though it's not going to replace Ableton Live any time soon, it's a very capable music tool while also being simple enough for newbies to play around with and have fun. The dev makes pretty significant updates very often and is constantly improving what was already a steal at $10. A very fun way to make music for both pros and amateurs.