Fresh Tracks VR

Interesting mashup of Pistol Whip, Until You Fall, Oh Shape, and Beat Saber. Between slashing obstacles and enemies, switching tracks to collect "whyspers," and jumping and ducking, there's plenty of action to keep you engaged. This can also be bad, though. The start of a run is pretty chill, but the boss sections get so frenetic it's impossible to keep track of what you're supposed to be doing (it's like Beat Saber expert++ on steroids). I can only play with No Fail on plus buffs to keep my health up, which seems lame but better than having to restart constantly. This honestly isn't very enjoyable to me. I wish there was better balancing of difficulty. However, the best music doesn't kick in until the boss fights either, which is motivation to make it through one. If you play long enough, the movements do become a little repetitive. I thought there was potential here for a fitness game. I was disappointed at first that switching tracks can only be done with the joystick, but it turns out it has to be done so quickly that real body movement would probably be very demanding and too difficult (you can squat physically or use the joystick though). This also means you don't need a l…

I'd been waiting for the VR version ever since it got announced, and I'm having such a good time. It feels so much better to play standing than seated, since you can really lean into the full body motion of gameplay. Music so far is great, love the visuals and I'm happy. My only real complaints are that you can't turn around 360 degrees during levels (only the starting area when you first load it up), the game keeps telling you to look forward. Which might seem strange to complain about (its effectively 180 degrees) but I want to look everywhere when I'm not in a level. I also don't understand why you to press both the X and Y button simultaneously to pause (at least, you do on Quest controllers). Could that not be one button alone? Still, these are minor quibbles overall and I hope more people play it. Would recommend!