Beat Saber

Beat Saber
Developer(s) Hyperbolic Magnetism
Publisher(s) Hyperbolic Magnetism
Engine Unity
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation VR
Release
  • Windows
  • 2018-05-01 (early access)
  • PlayStation VR
  • TBD
Genre(s) Music
Mode(s) Single-player, Party

Beat Saber is a 2018 virtual reality rhythm game created by Czech-based indie studio Hyperbolic Magnetism in which the player slashes blocks representing musical beats with a pair of energy blades resembling lightsabers. The game has been released in early access for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality on Microsoft Windows PCs,[1] and is expected to come to PlayStation VR at a later date.[2]

Gameplay

The game includes several songs, each with four levels of difficulty. In each song the game presents the player with a stream of approaching blocks in sync with the song's beats and notes. The player uses VR motion controllers to wield a pair of lightsabers that are used to slash the blocks. Each block is colored red or blue to indicate whether the red or blue saber should be used to slash it (red for left and blue for right), and marked with an arrow for one of eight possible directions to slash through the block. There are also blocks with dots instead of arrows, which players may hit in any direction. When a block is slashed by a saber it is destroyed and a score is awarded, based on timing accuracy and physical positioning of the cut. In addition there are occasionally mines that the player should not hit, and obstacles in the form of oncoming walls that the player's head should avoid.[1]

In its early access version, the game includes a single player mode as well as a party mode which features a leaderboard generated based on names entered after each song played.

Release

The game was released simultaneously on Steam Early Access and the Oculus Store on May 1, 2018, featuring two game modes (Single and Party) and 10 songs.

An editor was announced for release, which would allow for the creation of custom user songs,[3] but it was later postponed indefinitely. On June 25, 2018 the developers announced that multiplayer was being worked into the game.[4]

The game is expected to come to PlayStation VR.[2]

Reception

During Early Access Beat Saber received overwhelmingly positive reviews, becoming the highest rated game on Steam less than a week after its early access release.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Beat Saber: Everything we know about the VR rhythm game". Windows Central. April 5, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Oloman, Jordan (June 10, 2018). "E3 2018: Beat Saber Coming To PSVR". IGN. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "VR rhythm game Beat Saber, now the highest rated game on Steam, releasing level editor next week". PCGamer. 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  4. ↑ "Beat Saber Developer Is Currently Working On A Multiplayer Update". UploadVR. 2018-06-25.
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