Beat Saber‘s $100 Bills is an obnoxious song that I cannot remove from my brain. It’s the musical equal of a bloke sidling as much as you in a pub and asking if you wish to see his armpits. Fortunately, Beat Saber has different songs, and makes slicing beats so satisfying that generally I don’t even care that armpit man gained’t cease grunting about how rich he’s.
If you personal both a Vive or an Oculus and like both music, lightsabers or a very good time, this is likely one of the finest games to throw your VR moolah at. Especially now that it’s slashed its method out of early entry with a degree editor.
Firstly, here’s a a lot better track referred to as Crab Rave.
I haven’t savoured any beats since I moved metropolis and found I’m too lazy to place up cabinets for my sensors, however earlier than that I had a blast. Watching that crab rave immediately painted a smile on my face, rekindling my reminiscences of ducking and slicing and pondering I look far, far cooler than I did. It’s a rhythm game the place every notice arrives when it’s purported to, the place taking part in properly appears like taking part in music. And being performed by it. It’s bizarre.
That’s largely as a result of every observe is made by hand, fairly than cobbled collectively by AI like most tracks in Audiosurf or Audioshield. I’m a wee bit weary of group ranges made within the new editor not reaching the identical commonplace, however I think that fear will show to be for naught. The cream will rise, and I would lastly overcome my deep-seated loathing of DIY.
Developers Beat Games say they’re not done yet, calling this “the beginning”. More music from “big name artists” will drop all through this yr, each in paid-for packs and free additions. The devs additionally point out “many ideas for upcoming features and improvements”, although don’t point out what they’re.
That’s superb. When I performed about seven months in the past, all Beat Saber felt prefer it wanted was extra songs and a degree editor. And perhaps fewer songs that made me need to dunk my head into bowls of porridge.
Beat Saber is out there on Steam and the Oculus Store for £24/$30/€30.
