HORIZON VANGUARD

If you're not a fan of older arcade quarter munchers you might not be a good fit for this one - the completion rate for the first and 2nd boss is 50% then 16% - but if the idea of playing a light gun and shmup at the same time seems rad you'll likely dig it. Thankfully the difficulty is partially mitigated by being able to practice zones you've reached with unlimited continues before attempting a run from the start. I also found I had better luck dodging using the radar for a few seconds to figure out the boss's patterns versus staring at it during the fight. The tutorial could probably use to spell out some of the slightly less obvious mechanics like some enemies being immune to pistol shots, or what the colored circles around incoming shots indicate, and having shots from behind hit can be a bit annoying in a couple spots, but overall it's a lot of fun.

Exceptionally hard and very good VR interpretation of both shmups and on-rails shooter. Only been able to unlock a few zones so far, but it's a blast! The mechanic of looking down on your bike to see a top down view of the playfield to more easily dodge bullets is genius, and simultaneously blasting ground enemies with the bike and lining up pistol shots feels amazing. Runs smooth and My one complaint is that II wish there was a mechanic to hold down a button or trackpad on the movement controller to slow my speed to more easily dodge dense patterns. Will be playing it more!

This is what I imagined future video games would be like when I was a kid dumping quarters into arcade machines in the 90s. It's easy to jump in, challenging to get far - but that's great because it's not demanding more coins whenever I die. I picked this up in early access and thought it was already pretty strong, but with more varied levels and unique boss fights, it really shines.

A fun arcade shooter played from a first-person perspective. A good amount of challenging levels and a high degree of replayability.

fast pew pew. yes.

I'm not a big fan of bullet hell shmups but this is a great take on the genre.