Smashing The Battle VR

Smashing the Battle VR arrive for SteamVR after a year of PC, mobile and Oculus (Rift and GearVR) exclusive period. The price is luckily now reduced, it was at 20$ at launch on Home, where the today's price is much more reasonable and in line with the PC version. Smashing the Battle VR is a furious hack and slash game, focused almost totally on fighting and big combos against countless robots. The exploration side is tiny, there are instead tons of unlockables and some powerup for your avatar. The overall amount of things to do, levels to beat, objectives to reach will cover many hours: on the other hand, it's a button smashing over and over so if you don't like this kind of gameplay, get old easily. To me, Smashing the Battle is surely good enough to well worth his price, I've two hours in it and count to spend more. Characterization is peculiar, with busty anime girls with huge blades and armors. The game do not take himself seriously, and I appreciate his irony and surreal dialogu...

Suprisingly funny and refreshing Game in VR. Looks like you're playing with sexy Anime-Actionfigures and generates an Image of how unbelievably wonderfull a real Diablo-like VR-Game could be.

[b]I played this on the Oculus Rift with Xbox controller and had zero issues.[/b] I'm not sure why the dev put HTC vive only, especially on the June 15th update, which might scare potential buyers away. Maybe the dev wants them to go to the Oculus Store page instead, but if so, that's a pretty short-sighted way to look at things. The game plays almost exactly as the video on the store page. It's an action brawler beat em up with many different powerups on cooldowns. You have to evade and attack at the right times. I would say it comes very close to being a buttom smasher, except you can't just evade when you want and you do have to keep track of your cooldowns. Also, there's lots of enemies you have to prioritize and areas to stay away from because of explosions. There's lots of positives, but also some very big negatives. [u][b]Positives: [/b][/u] + Nice stylized graphics + Easy to get into gameplay + Comic book anime story type cutscenes + lots of unlocks/customizables + ...

This is actually alot of fun. Since the trailer doesn't really describe how the VR works, you are sorta hovering over the play field like where the camera would be. It's actually really cool since it looks like a bunch of figurines duking it out. The controls are minorly awkward, it might just be because these type of games should have a game controller rather than 2 seperate controllers. I honestly didn't try it out for long before just using my steam controller instead. The GUI elements also sorta float hover around your character it works really well. The game itself is pretty fun with unlocks and stuff. Plays like the trailer so just take a look at that. This is honestly very worth the buy. It offers something different than the normal VR experience and is quite alot of fun. Pro: *Different than the normal wave shooters associated with VR. *Gameplay itself is fun w/o relying on just being a VR game *Varity of enemies *Sexy Anime Characters are well done, the theme and art are go...

I haven't played long but since there aren't any English reviews yet I thought I'd leave my impressions. This is a decent brawler and the price is right. Seems like it will be kind of repetative in the long run, but what's there controls solidly and the VR is done well. I think third person games work very well in VR, and I hope we get more of them. Pros: The art is nice, the graphics are decent, the models and animation are good, and there are things to unlock in game. Controls better than I expected, but I'll admit to low expecations. Cons: I'm not sure how much variety there will be in the levels, doesn't seem like there will be much. The music seems like it's glitching out in slow motion sometimes. Thumbs up as long as you realize what you're getting.

So in spite of myself, I ended up buying this game, as I was craving third-person action in VR. Despite the... exotic choices made by the developers regarding character models (less delicate version: half-naked anime-esque female protagonist), I actually was quite impressed. It's a VERY mindless hack-and-slash (single button for attack, no real 'combos' to speak of, enemies are dumber than even ___ Warriors grunts), BUT... technically speaking, the game is stupendous. The video uploaded to this channel, I think, is for the 2D version. It doesn't quite communicate how the game looks in VR. Your VR perspective is of the "virtual tabletop" variety, and you basically watch a fully-3D scene of your character running around (with some experimentation, despite it being a static/seated experience, I found that I could actually reposition the "reference orientation" of my Vive, and then move around the play space to make it more like an isometric top-down game). It's unfortunate that the game...

I'm not a big brawler fan, but this is a lot of fun!!

My Specs: GPU: GeForce GTX 1070 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM (15.94 GB RAM usable) Current resolution: 3840 x 2160, 60Hz HTC VIVE New NOTE: I just looked at my game play video and saw that it was at 1440p which is correct but the game looks 10x better in VR than on a 2D screen. The graphics are nice in game in VR. If you look at the screen shots that is a better depiction but still looks better in VR. The fact that this game was on mobile or Rift before has no bearing on my feelings toward this game. If the port is good then it is good for me. In short: the game is fun, graphics are good but the controls may take some getting use to for some people. If you can use a controller it may be more intuative for this kind of game to save wearing the trackpad buttons out. Overall, in the time I played I had a good fun time and this kind of game is definately not my normal genre in VR. Sexy characters are a perk. Buy this and enjoy. Note: The only downside...

It's obvious from the short time i've had with the game, that the team have put an effort in to the vr version of this. The vive controls work perfectly. Movement, special attacks are mapped to the trackpads, basic and combo strikes on both triggers, everything crammed on with a handy on the fly vr reset. The game reminds of a smash tv type, with mele hits instead of guns, enjoyable pick up and play from the start. Seems like there's plenty to be had in the way of progression of the character, xp, armour upgrades, unlocks. I enjoy these types of miniture styled games, this one ranks up there in the fun factor alone with others like blaze rush and final approach, which in VR give you a child like playing with your toys feel, that can't be matched on a normal screen. like the other review rightly points out, it's clear and crisp in it's graphics, and the animations work well. A well worked neat game with everything you expect these days, a welcome edition to the vr space at a decent p...

This is great fun, if a little repetitive. I thoroughly recommend it.