Beasts Shall Rise
Goblin Games Ltd · 2022 · Action Roguelike, Exploration, Looter Shooter, Shoot 'Em Up, First-Person
PC
5 user reviews80% · 5
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About Beasts Shall Rise
About the game
You have been sent by the Vatican on a mission to put an end to Father Shannon's drunken spree that has unleashed his inner demons on earth. Time is not on your side and you must use your skills to keep the clock ticking, earning bullet time, all while avoiding The Grim Reaper himself who stalks you relentlessly throughout the cemetery.
Beasts Shall Rise is a fast paced arcade style looter shooter with rogue-like elements. You will need to keep your wits about you because in this game when you die - it's game over.
You must fight your way through to the enormous cemetery that lies centrally at the heart of the world. There you will eventually find Father Shannon who has been in a delirious drunken stupor for weeks unleashing his inner demons on the world.
Good luck! You're going to need it!!
Oh, and watch out for Midnight Madness Mode.....
Key Features
- Full freedom of movement
- Open World Environment
- Realistic VR environment
- Creepy as hell itself
- Vast array of brutal weaponry
- Limb dismemberment and decapitation
- Fast paced intense action
- Jesus radar
Weapons
While you start off the game with a minimal set of weapons, you will soon discover new weapons along the way that can be swapped out to upgrade your arsenal. But choose wisely and tactically which weapons you decide to pick up.
Control Scheme
Promising full freedom of movement (no teleporting!) Beasts Shall Rise is a single-player first-person VR shooter which allows you to explore the environment however you choose. The game uses motion controllers and IS DESIGNED TO BE PLAYED WHILE SEATED.
Replayability
The game is designed to offer an arcade style experience with a high level of replayability. Spawn points and pathways will change on each play meaning no two games will be identical. BSR has a full weather system and day night cycle which will change randomly with each game start. The game will adjust it's difficulty on the fly to meet your skill level. There are many hidden Easter eggs to be found, some of which are triggered to appear on certain days of the year. Don't play late at night though....or risk finding yourself in Midnight Madness Mode!
Hardware Requirements
BSR is VR only. Currently the game is confirmed as working with Oculus Rift CV1, Meta Quest 2 (via Link/AirLink), Valve Index. Oculus headsets seem to work best running with the Oculus app set to OpenXR by default.
Base spec graphics card is GTX1080 - the game is developed on this card. RTX cards don't seem to handle the game as well as GTX through SteamVR, but there are graphics settings in the game that allow you to find the setup that works best for you. There is support for Nvidia DLSS and NIS. I recommend setting resolution to 100% or lower in SteamVR and disabling SuperSampling. I strongly recommend launching in DirectX 11.
Health Warning
Please DO NOT play Beasts Shall Rise if you suffer from any health issues or are pregnant. This can become a very intense experience and may contain jump scares. Not for the faint hearted! Contains strobing and flickering lights, swearing, smoking, decapitation you name it. By purchasing/playing the game you agree not to hold the developer or publisher responsible for any accidents/injuries/health issues.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I initially gave this a negative review but after I managed to get the game running, thanks to the dev, I decided to change my mind. While there is a lot yet to be included in what is marketed as a rogue-like shooter, there's a lot of promise here to be something very fun. With some time, this could be a great indie shooter. Needs much stability updates and performance balancing. The explosions cause hits to frames before disappearing. Enemies are just hit sponges where there's not a lot of impactfulness. Gun recoil can annoy some people. There's no real "Rogue-like" that I encountered. No menu or options and everything just feels confusing when you have no understanding of what you're supposed to do or how to utilise the crucifix. At some areas, the Zs just spawn right in front of you after you kill a bunch from whence they spawned and that's a bit offputting to just be camped by infinite spawning Zs in the same places. The Zs also feel like they just take so many damage from anywhere with no real purpose to hit certain body parts. Anyway, while there are numerous reasons to complain, this is more a constructive criticism to the dev. Ultimately, optimisation should be primary a…4 found this helpful
I've been eyeing this game for years, so great to see it finally released :) Love the aesthetic of the old graveyard & the Reaper character (which caught innitially my attention way back). Tested it on an original quest & an 6g rtx 3060 laptop gpu. It starts up fine, movement is kinda jittery, this could be related to cable I'm using. Short first impression below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHa5JG2dNcE In all a perfect game for the Halloween season! :>2 found this helpful
This is a strange and enjoyable game. You get straight into the action, it's brutal, no blah blah. The gameplay and gfx are pretty good for an indie VR game and keep in mind that it's an early access so the game is not fully polished and still missing some content.1 found this helpful
This game has a lot of potential but needs LOADS of work. So far you don't get any time to learn how to play before being tossed into the deep end and the zombies are all bullets sponges that sprint full speed at you. On the bright side, the environment looks AMAZING and the enemy models look great too. We will see how this works after it is properly released, but not much is properly incorporated yet. Good luck Goblin Games, lets keep up the good work.1 found this helpful
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