Beats Fever

Interesting Idea, but terrible execution.
I love the fact you are free to hit stuff in any way you want, you just have to hit it.
The world design is also pretty good, loved it.

But...
The choice of having a semi translucent wall as the HUD, that also acts as the point the notes arent allowed to hit is weird and aggrevating.
You are clearly meant to stay behind it so you see the HUD, but if you do you cant reach the notes, so you have to be as close to it that its annyoing to play and you cant see it either way...

the other thing: my hands constantly went through the notes without hitting them...

I only have half an hour in the game and the only real complaint I have is it feels like I am playing with my nose nearly touching the screen. It would be a lot nicer if I could stand back far enough for the play area to be completely withing my field of vision and not have my elbows tucked right next to my body and still be able to hit the notes at the perfect time.

Good for crafting a fantastically beautiful background! Recommend

A pleasant music VR game.
The time between "game start" and "play start" is rather low, which is good for quick sessions.

Those who don't like the style of music in other major music VR titles may enjoy the more traditional playlist of this one.

Beat Saber is a fantastic game. But, even though it's less polished, I prefer Beats Fever. The level design and gameplay are a lot more interpretive, inasmuch as the level design includes long, sweeping motions, not just beats. E.g. guitar and synth solos have you tracking curved pathways through 3d space to match the tune.

Something else I really like, which some may feel is poor design, is that levels often have you hitting notes outside your field of vision. I.e. you have to remember hand positioning on one side, while visually attending to more complicated patterns on the other, making you put the first side slightly out of your field of view. It works well, and adds a unique challenge. It means you have to constantly scan the play field and make strategic choices about your body position. Often you will be handing off the sweeps between controllers to hit incoming notes. It feels incredible.

As far as I could tell from the one song I tried, the Perfect hit requires holding your controller up against the edge of the playspace (i.e. against the wall) and waiting for the note to arrive. Staying within the bounds fails notes, and if you reach out past the bounds, it gives Greats. I'm not sure if that's how it's designed but since there was absolutely no guidance (tutorial, introductory song, not even an options screen), that's what I understood from it.

I suspect it's supposed to be a Osu! VR clone, in which case what you're actually looking for is "Holodance".

I'm on Windows MR (listed as supported) and using a fairly small play-space, so it's possible I was just unlucky and happened to have a play space that precisely matches the dimensions of their "perfect" line.

Also, volume was way too high, painfully high compared to the other games I played this session (Airtone, Holodance, Beat Saber).

Overall impression is that the developers are not looking around at what other VR Rhythm games are doing, and didn't realise there's better Osu! VR-clones out there to learn from.

It's also possible they were first to have the idea, and "tutorials" are a later innovation?

If you don't care to get too physical like some of the other beat rhythm games force you to do then this is a go to game. I have some major health issues I am dealing with right now so this was about just as much as I could handle. The graphics look good and the immersion is there. It just might not be as deep as some may care for. Still it is worth a buy because it something to help take the stress out of everyday life. Isn't that why we listen to music anyway? This just adds a little range of motion to the experience. ;-)

A lot more simplistic than I was hoping for, like Audioshield but scripted and less movement needed. The preview videos make it look like you need to hit/smash the notes, but really you just need to hold out the controller and poke/catch them. If you're a rhythm game fan looking for a Bemani kind of challenge, turn back now; I'll recommend Airtone for that.

Pretty solid soundtrack at least.

The game is actually good, have nice graphics and cool songs, pretty nice scenarios and in average a cool user interface.

HOWEVER... i asked for a refund of this game, the reason was not the game itself but it's competence... I bought beatsfever, audioshield, boxvr and soundboxing at the same time, so i had the opportunity to try them all.

I know myself and i know that having all this games i'll not play something with only 40 songs, i really care about "replayability" and having another few games that can offer me more (mapping youtube and mp3 songs), for me doesn't make sense to have this.

When I looked at the videos on the store page I wasn't sure about the sticks somehow. However I gave it a shot and I enjoyed it. Therefore I recommend it.

There is a set number of songs you can choose from, which means all the beats that fly at you are on time, because they have been "hand crafted" by the developers, so to speak. Most songs are dance and indie/rock - you will also find some country and even a tango, but they have all been "dancified". I don't really think it is necessary to resort to that to create the enticing rythm that will make you want to play, but to each their own.

I do like the gameplay, as I found that most notes came at you when they were supposed to. When you compare this to a game such as Audioshield then you appreciate it even more, since Audioshield uses an algorithm to create the songs' beatmaps. However that also means that you are stuck with the selection of songs provided by the developer, and there are quite a few songs in this game that don't match my tastes. There are a number that do.

With rythm games you really only have three choices:

1. restrict the song selection so you can make sure that the beatmaps in sync with the music
2. use an algorithm so you can play any song you want
3. pool from user-created beatmaps; this can be hit and miss, as it relies on the person creating the beatmap.

As I mentioned Audioshield I will point out that with a good mod the algorythm in that game isn't that bad. But that does require external intervention.

Movement wise this is better than Holodance in my opinion, but worse than Audioshield. You will find you will twist your wrist more than Audioshield (and in this it is more similar to Holodance), and that you will want to hit the notes more. I find with Audioshield I can dance more, rather than being confined to twerking ;) Depending on the song, Audioshield's movement can feel more like "Tai Chi" (for lack of a better way to explain it!) At the end of 25 minutes of playing this game, I felt my wrists were a little fatigued, because the movement sometime resembles hitting drums. One thing I like and took me by surprise is that some songs will have you do two very different movements with both hands at the same time - that will take some coordination (which I am lacking) but I loved it.

I like the scenery variation. Unlike someone else in these reviews, I didn't find they slowed down my game.

Conclusion: If you like dance songs and you want precise beatmaps, you will enjoy this. It is probably the nicer looking of all the rythm games I played.

You can get a workout from this. I was surprised to see my heart rate raise as much as it did. But if you really want to feel you are punching something and want a *really good* workout, you would want to go for Soundboxing or, even better, Box VR, although the latter is a bit different from all other rhythm games as it was created with the aim of giving you a workout.

So I used to play a lot of Dance Dance Revolution when I was younger, but since I was always a big guy the feet movements weren't as easy for me. I could only get an A on 7 foot or below ;P But then I found the Dance Maniax game(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Maniax) in the arcade at the mall I worked at and fell in love. My hand motion has always been better than my footwork. I played this game on my lunch break every day, and ended up being the top 10 high scores all by myself. I also ended up losing about 50lbs due to all of the excercise.

I have beeen working to recreate that experience for the past 10 years. I've even been looking for an affordable old arcade unit to put in my garage. This game does that and so much more! I look forward to trying to S every level on here, and hopefully get in better shape in the process!

I realyl hope this isn't a one and done thing, and that you guys plan on releasing more songs, because I am afraid that I will get tired of the same songs over and over. But for now this game is exactly what I have been looking for for years, and I'm just amazed that you managed to almost perfectly capture what I see in my head when I'm dancing!

Pros:
The hand-mapped patterns are more interesting than the algorithmically generated patterns of many similar games
Beep Boop is teaching me how to do the robot as a side effect.
Quick to get in and playing: the interface is minimally designed and doesn't rely on laser pointer selection.
No annoying J-Pop filler just to add to the song count (I suppose this could be a con if you're into that type of thing... Just not my preference)

Cons:
Music selection is limited (though, there IS a free DLC at the time of this writing)
Music is not AAA quality; no real ear worms among them

Overall:
There's enough selection to keep my attention for about 45 minutes at a time for 3.4 hours so far and I can see myself coming back to Beats Fever again

Recommended: If rhythm games are your jam and you absolutely NEED big name music.

This is a great game for the Vive. The music selection is limited, but excellent. I find myself going back again and again to play my favourite tracks. I'm looking forward to even more DLC. The environments are not graphically amazing, but they are good. You feel like you're in a bit of a cartoon world from time to time, but that's easily forgotten when the music starts. The fireworks when you're doing well are excellent and only add to the experience.
I have both this and Audio Shield. To be honest, I prefer this game. The notes are timed perfectly to the game, and it really feels like you're playing the music, not just whacking orbs out of the air. I felt like the composer, not just the player.

At this price, I hightly recommend this game and its DLC.

Beats Fever has its moments when you hit the orbs and the sound is played syncronized.
There are different difficulties, but you cannot choose the difficulty per songs. It is either easy, medium or hard difficulty.
Downside in the manual song creating is, there are not so much songs to be played, but thats not the bad one.

It feels very strange with the controls to hit the beats, there is a "wall" to indicate when the "perfect" hit is made.
This mechanic ruins the fun for me. It feels very indirect due to this. If you miss them or spotted them to late the just hit the wall and count as "missed".
Further more you don't need to more, not really. I played some songs just waving with my hands.
That's not what i was expecting from it. The orbs do spawn on a short range which leads to unexpected orbs imho.

And on top of this the graphic design in general was to much visual input for me, colors, objects and text in various colours.

I am sorry but I can't recommend it.

The game is really awesome. The songs are of great quality and are made by the team so the rythm will fit perfectly with the targets. The scenes (cities with a futuristic feeling) are beautiful. Great ui too. The highscores and leaderbords really push you to improve for each song.

Sadly this is unplayable for me. One huge advantage this game could have over the Audioshield is a top-notch music to notes sync. In my case, the beats are offset to music, so the only advantage is gone. Refunding.

The other thing is, no SS options are available, the game looks a bit blurry for me.

Amazing, just amazing, Im having the time of my life playing this, Im a fan of DDR and I can confidently say this replicates the feelings of beats per movement, the rush of the music, the amazing scenery, I really hope this takes off and goes big with more music options and difficulties, 100000/10 Would play forever.

Fantastic game for the price. Wish there was more songs

Pros

• Awesome environments
  
• Great dance songs
  
• Easy to pick up and learn
  
• Great price
  

Cons

1. Lack of songs
   
[*]Normal and Hard songs are close in difficulty

I am 32 and was a huge DDR player back in my late teens and early 20s. This game reminds me of that same feeling. I find the game MUCH easier than DDR but just as fun. The cityscape in Tokyo is my favorite! I wish there was movements I had to do with my feet, but that's not so much the games fault as the lack of technology currently out.

Overall great experience but really needs a bigger playlist. Still, for 11 bucks you can't really go wrong.

Note: 20 tracks in total. Each song has only one diffusely level.

The game is visually pleasing and it offers a well curated, albiet small, set of tracks. The accuracy of the tracking is very good and those with certain martial arts skills may just get some practice ;-)

Others have noted lag in higher particle scenes, but I haven't encountered that yet.

Pros:
- Accurate tracking
- Better pacing than procedural rythym games (*cough* Audioshield)
- Excellent visuals
- Scoring system & achievements

Cons:
- Accidental music selection with off-hand
- Small music selection*
- Lag on certain scenes (I haven't experienced this yet)

*They're doing a content update sometime in the future, no word on mod support though.

A very polished VR-only rhythm game with some major flaws.

Good game. Not great but good. The devs do not appear to add to the game often and there are very few songs. I've made a comprehensive list of pros and cons.

Good features:

1. Snazzy UI with that classic stuck-in-a-computer feel, similar to Assassin's Creed's animus but not quite a rip-off of that.
   
2. Easily distinguished controller model. Easy to keep your controller in sight when there are many distractions.
   
3. Note tracks are very accurate and make you feel like you're playing to the music.
   
4. Because notes aren't generated on-the-fly, the pattern stays the same with each play of each song, so you can practice a song and get really good at it.
   
5. Some of the scenery is just beautiful and fun to look around at, but that same scenery is pretty empty and not well optimized.
   

Bad features:

1. No quality settings, no settings at all, and the menu feels rather empty. I would love to see an option to toggle fireworks and other stage effects to minimize frame drops.
   
2. Accidentally choose tracks to play sometimes just because of my controller position.
   
3. Some scenery can lag the game a lot, even after the many updates and bugfixes. I prefer not to play on the fireworks scene because of this. If the game had some quality reduction options, I would turn the fireworks/particles off temporarily for specific stages. Some optimization would go a long way for this game!
   
4. Music is limited to the dev's licensed music. No custom tracks yet. Granted, the chosen tracks are kinda nice, but I would like to see more songs with lyrics and more replay value.
   

A couple tips for newbies:

1. Pressing the Vive controller's menu button can pause the game! (Go. Go potty. Thank me later.)
   
2. Holding the controller up to the ring/circle that indicates where an orb will be is considered acceptable but it will not give you the highest score possible. To get frequent perfect combos, you have to actually hit the circles/orbs at the timing of the music.
   
[*]You can restart a song from the pause menu if you miss a note. Take advantage of this feature as often as possible so you can get the highest rating, an S!

Overall, Beats Fever is a lot of fun to play and looks gorgeous for VR, but its replayability is pretty low due to a lack of song choices and the song choices being somewhat dull. It has a lot going for it, so it's a shame the devs seem to have stopped supporting it. There are no custom songs, and the only songs update was just a small DLC you had to unlock separately. If the devs would just let us add our own songs somehow, I think it could be a community-driven phenomenon, but in its current state and after a lot of time passing, I cannot recommend this game at any price. Get Audioshield or Box VR or even Holodance before you even consider this game.