HORIZON VANGUARD
David "Tain" Williams · 2020 · Action, Shooter, Linear, Singleplayer, VR
PC
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About HORIZON VANGUARD
✦ AI summary
Pilot your hovercycle through intense arcade-style action, weaving between enemy fire while unleashing dual weapons against ground and aerial targets across 15 branching stages. Horizon Vanguard fuses classic bullet-hell dodging with light gun precision and VR immersion, delivering white-knuckle speed inspired by legendary arcade shooters like Burning Force and DARIUSBURST.
Blast your hovercycle through the enemy's crushing forces under a bright blue sky!
Drawing inspiration from saturated, hectic, and skill-based arcade games new and old, including games like Burning Force, Border Down, and DARIUSBURST, Horizon Vanguard is a VR action game that aims to combine the speed, focus, and density of arcade shooting games with the immersion and input capabilities of modern VR technology. Use your hovercycle to dodge enemy fire and attack armored ground targets while taking aim with your pistol to destabilize and destroy aerial foes! Use your radar to get your bearings when overwhelmed!
Drawing inspiration from saturated, hectic, and skill-based arcade games new and old, including games like Burning Force, Border Down, and DARIUSBURST, Horizon Vanguard is a VR action game that aims to combine the speed, focus, and density of arcade shooting games with the immersion and input capabilities of modern VR technology. Use your hovercycle to dodge enemy fire and attack armored ground targets while taking aim with your pistol to destabilize and destroy aerial foes! Use your radar to get your bearings when overwhelmed!
Features
- Support for PC VR headsets and flat-screen traditional monitor play
- Unique mechanics mixing bullet hell dodging and light gun accuracy
- An arcade game structure: short, dense, and challenging
- 15 branching stages full of unique environments, enemies, and bosses, with access dependent the player's ability to find hidden intel
- Comfortable movement in VR while maintaining a blistering sense of speed
- A catchy, melodic soundtrack by Ken Snyder (aka coda)
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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.4 found this helpful
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!3 found this helpful
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.1 found this helpful
A fun arcade shooter played from a first-person perspective. A good amount of challenging levels and a high degree of replayability.1 found this helpful
fast pew pew. yes.1 found this helpful
I'm not a big fan of bullet hell shmups but this is a great take on the genre.1 found this helpful
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