Synth Riders

Synth Riders is one of the most important games of my life, with a personal story attached to it that I'd like to share. It's my absolute number-one go-to for VR rhythm and VR workout games. I’ve struggled with my weight for most of my life, ever since high school. It was only when I reached adulthood and life started to stabilize that I decided to treat myself to a fancy Quest 2. Around that time, I realized I seriously needed to lose weight. Going out was hard, and with COVID lockdowns still a reality at the time, I thought... why not work out in VR? I wondered if people actually did that, and if it would really work? Regardless, in my mind, with enough intensity, it should work, so I gave it a try. I tried Beat Saber, but as much as I wanted to like it, it just didn't click. I tried a few others that didn't stick either. FitXR was great, but it's a subscription-based boxing drill. It built my endurance and left me gasping for air, but I wanted something that made my whole body move. Enter Synth Riders. I fell in love with the game from the very first song I played: 'Tonight' by Sunset Neon. Playing became my daily ritual, same time every day, sometimes even twice a day.…

it's a lot like beatsaber with a twist and some cool visuals it's a bit less polished than beatsaber but it executes it wel The graphics are pretty low def (meta ruins everything) but it fits the artistic style, feels like a retro arcade game in the VR, pulls that off well. very nice visuals the dlc looks cool but personally i don't like micro-transactions.

Much better than Beat Saber.

The most addicting cardio ever. I find myself exhausted, negotiating "just one more song" for around half an hour (or maybe more) every time I pick this up. This game is single-handedly pulling me out of my sedentary lifestyle Better than Beat Saber, it actually FEELS dancy, and as someone with a dance background, there is a special satisfaction in discovering the full-body movements that the head and hand tracking is tricking you into. A friend talked me into trying it by describing it as feeling like you're "a wizard casting spells," and one taste had me hooked. I sought my own VR system exclusively for this! Do yourself a favor and try it, SERIOUSLY

Synth Riders is a VR Rhythm game where you have to move your arms around to hit floating balls in rhythm with the song. Compared to its contemporaries, such as Beat Saber, it gives you more of a range of motion and is easier on the wrists as you are not flicking your wrists around to hit notes (at least not in Rhythm mode). Most of the people I know who play this and Beat Saber would agree that Synth Riders provides an overall better workout since you are moving in wider ranges of motion and you get more of your body involved. The game has a decent starting lineup of songs with lots in DLC song packs and even some freebies here and there. A lot of props have to be given to the Synth Rider devs for putting in a lot of features that require significant modding with Beat Saber to get to work, such as Twitch song requests, custom maps, multiple camera angles, a "Now Playing" song feature, and avatar support (although everyone I know who uses avatars when playing Synth Riders do not like the native feature and go through 3rd-party software instead). Multiplayer lobbies are easy to set up and get playing with your friends, although you have to have the same custom maps downloaded to pla…

Good stuff. Wish it were easier to mod though.