OST 3 has been heavily teased
edit : and two minutes after writing this I see that OST 3 is already on Spotify and Apple Music
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Beat Saber VR | OT | May The Force Beat With You
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edit : and two minutes after writing this I see that OST 3 is already on Spotify and Apple Music
I played through all the new tracks now. They're very nice.
But at least on Oculus Quest the game has severe frame rate issue now.
Its looks like they have introduced a visual upgrade for Quest with the lated patch. Walls have some transparency now and the cubes have a little more detail/geometry now and look more like the ones on PSVR.
But, its not worth the abysmal frame rate.
On Expert+ at least it never felt completely smooth and several times in every song the frame rate drops notably.
Edit: Looks like I'm not the only one with these issues, I would recommend not updating on the Quest until the performance issues are fixed:
But at least on Oculus Quest the game has severe frame rate issue now.
Its looks like they have introduced a visual upgrade for Quest with the lated patch. Walls have some transparency now and the cubes have a little more detail/geometry now and look more like the ones on PSVR.
But, its not worth the abysmal frame rate.
On Expert+ at least it never felt completely smooth and several times in every song the frame rate drops notably.
Edit: Looks like I'm not the only one with these issues, I would recommend not updating on the Quest until the performance issues are fixed:
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Really good songs on the OST3... felt awesome... unlike the camelia pack.
That said, did they change something in scoring? I ask because I almost SS Overkill and got SS on legend first try...
Prior to this patch I had never SS'd a song... It always felt impossible. I just got my platinum trophy S2
That said, did they change something in scoring? I ask because I almost SS Overkill and got SS on legend first try...
Prior to this patch I had never SS'd a song... It always felt impossible. I just got my platinum trophy S2
Here are the Patch Notes
They added a better swing angle detection, this might affect your scores.
The color picker is more of a god send than I thought. I hate when they change the default colors for certain songs.
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The developer said there's indeed issues on the Oculus Quest version, but not from the latest update. Seems they are investigating it now.
I found a new awesome track.
Vivaldi + Beat Saber = amazing
Also, I love these stupid S3RL tracks.
Yeah, I don't know. It's a little weird. Right after the update I had massive drops. But by the next day the massive drops were gone. But it still generally feels less smooth than before the update.
But its okay, its not unplayable.
I'm just a bit sad that I lost all my local highscores in the transition. Or at least I can't load the backup without downgrading to the previous Beat Saber version.
Vivaldi + Beat Saber = amazing
Also, I love these stupid S3RL tracks.
Yeah, I don't know. It's a little weird. Right after the update I had massive drops. But by the next day the massive drops were gone. But it still generally feels less smooth than before the update.
But its okay, its not unplayable.
I'm just a bit sad that I lost all my local highscores in the transition. Or at least I can't load the backup without downgrading to the previous Beat Saber version.
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Woo! Panic! At the Disco pack coming next week! What do people want to see included? I'd love and expect This is Gospel, but also (and I don't expect this) New Perspective from the Jennifer's Body soundtrack. Also This Green Gentleman, but I don't know if that would quite fit BS.
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It was in early access and was cheaper than the PS4, until it exit early access earlier this year and the dev bring it to the same price as the PS4 one.
Getting into maps with streams and drumrolls opens up a whole new aspect of Beat Saber.
It's crazy. It feels like everyday I find new maps which are more fun than anything I played before.
Blasting through those streams of blocks is so insanely satisfying. Its such a weird state of mind since you don't really think about what you are doing but just follow the instincts and intuitions the music and visual cues have thought you over the past few months.
This is probably old news to rhythm gamers but its new to me and I love it.
Also the mod support for Quest is just ever increasing.
Sidequest is so convenient and well made, getting customs songs onto the Quest is like a matter of seconds.
Now there is a fitness tracker as well.
A hitscore visualizer mod and the ScoreSaber integration are also done(but haven't been updated to work with the lastest Beat Saber version).
The community makes this game really something else.
I really don't get why there isn't buzz around this game on here. Are so few people into VR?
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The Quest has silently become my most cherished hardware investment of this generation and it like 90% because of Beat Saber.
I can only recommend it to people who feel like they've done everything in the PSVR version and start to lose motivation. The game has so much more to offer when dive into the user created content, it's insane.
It's crazy. It feels like everyday I find new maps which are more fun than anything I played before.
Blasting through those streams of blocks is so insanely satisfying. Its such a weird state of mind since you don't really think about what you are doing but just follow the instincts and intuitions the music and visual cues have thought you over the past few months.
This is probably old news to rhythm gamers but its new to me and I love it.
Also the mod support for Quest is just ever increasing.
Sidequest is so convenient and well made, getting customs songs onto the Quest is like a matter of seconds.
Now there is a fitness tracker as well.
A hitscore visualizer mod and the ScoreSaber integration are also done(but haven't been updated to work with the lastest Beat Saber version).
The community makes this game really something else.
I really don't get why there isn't buzz around this game on here. Are so few people into VR?
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The Quest has silently become my most cherished hardware investment of this generation and it like 90% because of Beat Saber.
I can only recommend it to people who feel like they've done everything in the PSVR version and start to lose motivation. The game has so much more to offer when dive into the user created content, it's insane.
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What is the general experience like modding Beat Saber on the Quest these days?
I know there are tools to make it easy to do so, but will my scores still get reset every time the game is updated? Will I lose any of my scores / data from the official songs?
If it's generally unstable or unreliable, I'm still going to sit it our for now.
I know there are tools to make it easy to do so, but will my scores still get reset every time the game is updated? Will I lose any of my scores / data from the official songs?
If it's generally unstable or unreliable, I'm still going to sit it our for now.
Its pretty good. If you make a backup before updating either Beat Saber or BeatOn you won't lose any scores.
The only thing I have trouble carrying over when updating is my custom track playlists.
I have like a couple hundred tracks sorted in different playlists and so far they always got reset into a single list when I updated and I have to spend some time sorting them again, which sucks.
It's not unstable or unreliable, unless you have a ton of songs.
When scrolling through hundreds of tracks some kind of memory runs full and eventually the game starts lagging and has to be restarted.
Unless you have several hundred tracks that won't happen, though.
Apart from custom tracks you can have customs sabers, custom platforms, a fitness tracker, mapping extensions*, a hitscore visualizer and a ScoreSaber integration, so you can play ranked maps.
However, these mods regularly break when a new patch for the game releases and it usually takes some time until they are updated.
The current latest version doesn't support ScoreSaber for example.
*Some mapping extensions are so wild that it starts lagging on Quest, though. Maybe the lastest patch has improved that, though, I haven't updated yet.
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Still doesn't seem greedy. I'm disappointed it's only 4 songs, but I'm sure they would've given us more if they could've.
Glad to see smaller packs, personally. There are veeeery few bands I'd like to listen to 10 songs, much less play through them several times.
yeah greed is maybe too much, let's call it revenue optimization.
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I think Victorious is my favourite of the new songs. Got through High Hopes and Emperor's New Clothes first try which kind of makes them feel less satisfying though. Victorious is a little frantic in its pace for a mediocre player like me and it has one particular pattern that it builds on throughout the song which is fun to learn.
This is pretty nuts. Custom level where the author basically built a 3D environment with nothing but the wall elements.
It's impossible for the devs to compete with custom tracks, but since thats the reality on all platforms except PSVR, their prices seem pretty ridiculous to most players.
Like, paying 7€ for 4 songs you have been able to play all along for free is a tough ask. And it's not like the maps are better than what the community does.
I don't think this paid map pack solution is a good one.
As a PSVR user custom tracks etc dont come into play when i am calculating value. And so far the track packs have been an excellent time:money ratio for me.
True, but still, that way they're not going to be able to retain a large player base, because at some point you just run out of content.
And they will also not be able to satisfy all genre preferences.
I played pretty casually and had platinumed the game on PSVR after like 3 or 4 months and at that point the skill curve had pretty much peaked because the existing content didn't offer anything more. At that point motivation drops off a cliff. But that was far from tapping into everything the games mechanics have to offer.
Like, the game is such a great foundation, but without the creativity of the community and without the breadth of music genres it just feels incredibly gimped.
I've enjoyed it so far. If you like the first Monstercat pack, this will be up your alley.
So I finally pulled the trigger and got Beat Saber + Imagine Dragons pack. Got tired of waiting for a discount and got it today lol Now I am secretly hoping that it doesnt go on sale in a few days, in the second part of the Holiday Sale - but if it does, I might get some extra music. Haven't tried the game yet because for some reason one of my Move controllers didn't have any charge even though I am sure I charged both of them 2 or 3 weeks ago and didn't use them after that.
Excited to play it later tonight and I hope Facebook will help them release more songs. I don't have any real interest in Panic at the Disco (only one song is nice) and Green Day (never really enjoyed them)... the other packs are just random songs I never listened to so I can't really say if I want them or not. It would be great if they would a bunch of songs from various famous artists instead of making these 'collections'.
Excited to play it later tonight and I hope Facebook will help them release more songs. I don't have any real interest in Panic at the Disco (only one song is nice) and Green Day (never really enjoyed them)... the other packs are just random songs I never listened to so I can't really say if I want them or not. It would be great if they would a bunch of songs from various famous artists instead of making these 'collections'.
Cycle hit by Camilla is by far my favorite song after playing it tens of times.
Rock It by Tokyo Machine (from the Rocket League pack) is pretty close though.
I finally want to start experimenting with custom songs. Are there any of the style of those two I should check out first?
Rock It by Tokyo Machine (from the Rocket League pack) is pretty close though.
I finally want to start experimenting with custom songs. Are there any of the style of those two I should check out first?
The Green Day pack is pretty dang sweet if anyone's curious. Nothing very challenging though IMO. Some minor but still obnoxious censorship.
Haven't played in a while, how can they have a Green Day pack with nothing from Dookie on it? And a Panic at the Disco pack without I Write Sins on it?
I got the game a few weeks ago and surprisingly (for me... but makes total sense) the OST music is a lot better to be played than actual songs from bands (at least Imagine Dragons - and I am a huge fan).
I am playing through the campaign and at first I tried a hard song and couldn't hit a single cut, but starting from the beginning now I can play the campaign songs on hard with minor misses/bad cuts. Really cool difficulty progression, my girlfriend and I are getting consistently better together, I was afraid I would be a lot better than her but that is not the case.
Fuck minimum/maximum movement objectives though
I am playing through the campaign and at first I tried a hard song and couldn't hit a single cut, but starting from the beginning now I can play the campaign songs on hard with minor misses/bad cuts. Really cool difficulty progression, my girlfriend and I are getting consistently better together, I was afraid I would be a lot better than her but that is not the case.
Fuck minimum/maximum movement objectives though
Yeah the skill curve in this game is amazing.
I remember when I thought normal songs on fast mode were hard lol
Yep, I don't think Imagine Dragons is particularly well-suited to the format. I got back and play a few songs occasionally but they are really my go-to only if I need something a bit more relaxed. The other ones are better (even if they have fewer songs).
The skill curve is pretty crazy, it just keeps going. I think the leap to Expert+ was the hardest for me, and there's still a few songs I can't beat after about 8 months of playing fairly regularly.
And yeah, I don't really like a lot of the campaign challenges, they're more annoying than fun to me.