Block the beats! Audioshield puts you at the point of impact for every hit in your songs. Block incoming orbs with your shields and feel the music. Works with any song file, plus online music streaming and Song of the Day.
Very Positive
2,735 Steam reviews
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really wish this game was still being worked on. It has great potential and I love it
THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD IN VR
Love this game and its quit woroutish.
I like this game for workouts. when you add wrist weights and do the workout mode, it is fantastic.
Such a great VR Shooter. I am not usually a fan of rogue games but this one is such a blast. It really scratches the early Serious Sam style shooter.
Mesmo no nível mais difícil o jogo é parado, com interface defasada, resolução embaçada, sem qualquer atualização ou adaptação para hardwares atuais. A diversão é quase nula, qualquer outro jogo de boxe ou ritmo dá de mil a zero neste. Não recomendo a compra à ninguém.
Antes era copado, pero desde que sacaron la opción de elegir tus canciones, el juego murió, marco una época, pero ahora ya no tiene sentido y se volvió aburrido y gris. NO RECOMENDABLE.
Highly recommend game! Still going strong in 2025! Ability to use own mp3 without any additional tools, makes this game even better! Want some good workout in VR.... PLAY IT!
I've had VR since the Oculus DK2 came out. I jumped ship to Vive when the Rift was sold to the evil empire and bought a Vive, then moving to a Vive Pro. I didn't bother moving beyond that because until recently I'd been stuck on a 1080ti. Back in the early days, most of my VR time was spent in Elite Dangerous or PCARS2. And, to be honest, I don't really care for rhythm games.
Flash forward to the Winter Sale 2024. I have just built a new system over Black Friday and was looking for some VR titles on sale. Also, I'm 50 and a bit out of shape, so I wanted something that would get me some FUN exercise. I thought, you know what, I'ma try Audioshield, I remembered it from back in the day and figure, worst case, Steam refunds, right?
The first song I loaded up, made me smile. But playing the game, smacking the hell out of those arrogant blue, red and purple orbs (they think they're SO much better than green, orange & burnt sienna orbs) was super fun. I will DEFINITELY be planning on playing this daily. Curious to see if it will help shed some lbs. But regardless, it IS super fun and I'm betting will be more so once I put some of my own music on the new PC.
I know that at the sale price of $4.99 USD that it's a no-brainer, even all these years later, to pick it up and honestly, I regret not having jumped on this years ago.
Vive Pro/7900 XTX/7600X/32GB RAM
[h1]Audioshield[/h1]
Não vou recomendar pois infelizmente achei esse jogo fraco e desinteressante, no meu caso não sei se foi que esse jogo envelheceu mal e talvez por eu já ter jogado outros melhores desse gênero, mas esse realmente não conseguiu me prender. Acho que dá até pra passar um pano considerando que sim é um jogo antigo, lançado em 2016, ainda bem no comecinho do PCVR e que tem até uma mecânica boa de criar fases a partir de músicas que vc tenha no seu computador, mas mesmo assim quando comparado a outros jogos de Ritmo, a gameplay desse é entediante. Outra coisa também que me incomodou, foi a falta de som quando você atinge/erra, não há nenhuma indicação sonora nisso e todos os jogos de ritmo que eu tinha testado até hoje tinha algum som nessa parte que eu acho bem útil e nesse não tem infelizmente.
A classic.
[Index user]
I know its a very old game, but it was still compatible and I thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. It is very sad that this game hasn't been maintained into 2024. It had so much potential to rival Beatsaber and the other rhythm games, purely because it can generate a level from any song on your computer.
Alas it is barebones, stutters on levels with any background other than black(even on lowest graphic settings), hitboxs seem uncomfortable, game makes no effort to avoid nearly impossible notes, and I'm frequently blinded by notes and spark effects and miss what is hiding directly behind, cant change colours (I honestly HATE BLUE in any game in this genre), no option to change menu size or distance (way to close to the eyes and large), and no audio or visual cue for failed/missed hits.
Idk if I missed something, but this was a pretty poor VR experience. The ui is very unconventional and primitive, the gameplay was very lackluster, and playing to the beat never felt very impactful. Even the music was meh. Nothing really to write home about. The shield gameplay would've been great if used in a different game and refined a bit. The core gameplay of the shield feels pretty good, but not enough to redeem the entire game. Overall just feels like a discount Beat Saber and even then it's not worth the $20 price tag. Good thing I got this on sale -.-
Trust me, you will sweat, you will need to... acquire your music, but it is worth every minute.
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A mi me gusta mas que otros juegos del estilo en VR, y por 4,87€ merece bastante la pena si tienes unas htc vive, valve index, quest 2|3, etc..
Si te gusta moverte pero eres un perezoso y no sales a caminar, quema grasa con esto.
good in its own right, but its track generation is what really elevates it. removes the roulette of whether a song i like has a chart in other rhythm games.
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[h1]Audioshield: ¡Ponte los Guantes Rítmicos y a Sudar la Gota Gorda![/h1]
[h2]Resumen[/h2]
¿Te apasiona la música al punto de querer golpearla? Bueno, en Audioshield, tus sueños de dar puñetazos a los beats son una gloriosa realidad. Convierte cualquier canción en un épico maratón de noquear notas al ritmo. ¡Diversión asegurada mientras te esquivas una demanda por maltrato musical!
[h2]Aspectos Importantes e Interesantes[/h2]
El juego es como ese amigo que siempre está listo para una fiesta. No importa la música que elijas, ¡Audioshield te arma un concierto de luces y acción al instante! Tiene soporte para las canciones de tu biblioteca personal, entonces, ¿Eminem o Tchaikovsky? ¡La elección del DJ eres tú! Plus, es genial para quemar esas calorías del postre del almuerzo (o del desayuno, sin juzgar).
[h2]Aspectos por Mejorar[/h2]
Aunque golpear notas voladoras es divertidísimo, a veces parece que el juego tiene vida propia, con algunas inconsistencias en el tracking. Además, visualmente podría tener un upgrade. De vez en cuando, uno quiere más que solo luces y formas abstractas volando, un poco más de varianza no estaría mal.
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[tr][th]Criterio[/th][th]Puntuación (0-10)[/th][th]Comentarios[/th][/tr]
[tr][td]Jugabilidad[/td][td]8[/td][td]Super adictiva pero cuidado con mover muebles del salón accidentalmente.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Dificultad / IA[/td][td]7[/td][td]A veces sientes que la IA se fue a tomar café, otras, que está en modo vengativo.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Contenido[/td][td]6[/td][td]Buen inicio, pero ¿qué tal más modos de juego o personalizaciones?[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Video / Gráficos[/td][td]5[/td][td]Funcionales pero te preguntas si el arte lo hizo un estudiante en prácticas.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Historia[/to][td]1[/td][td]Es un festival de música, no una novela. Historia no aplicable realmente.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ambientación[/td][td]7[/td][td]Te sientes en una disco virtual, pero a veces más club de barrio que Ibiza.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Efectos[/td][td]8[/td][td]Los efectos visuales cumplen, pero después de unas horas quieres más espectáculo.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Música[/td][td]9[/td][td]Depende de tu gusto, pero la habilidad de usar tu propia música es un puntazo.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Voces[/td][td]0[/td][td]¿Voces? ¿En serio? ¿Cuenta el \ouch\ cuando te golpeas accidentalmente?[/ensitivity][/tr]
[tr][td]Diversidad[/td][td]6[/td][td]Puedes pelear con cualquier música, pero fuera de eso, no hay mucho más.[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Total Puntuaciones[/th][td]57/100[/td][td]Un juego divertido pero mejorable.[/td][/tr]
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[h2]Conclusión de Compra[/h2]
[b]Cómpralo con descuento[/b]. Audioshield te dará horas mismísimo entretenimiento mientras te transformas en un maestro de ceremonias de tu propio rave casero. Pero, realmente brilla (literalmente) cuando lo agarras a un precio más amigable con tu cartera.
For some reason I only have the blue (left) shield. The red one is on the ground and I can't pick it up. It is not a problem with the controller. Any thoughts?
This game is a true joy. Dev Dylan Fitterer, if you read these reviews, please know how much I appreciate the work you did on this and specifically the work you did to let us use our own music. Seriously, you rock dude.
Bought the game for its Youtube feature, was removed and haven't played since. That was all the way back in 2018.
Wasted money. Wish i could still get a refund since i only have 1,7 hrs
ranked beat saber player here
this game began by picking a random incorrect room direction and offered no way to fix room rotation.
the game offers no customizations of any kind to switch the colors of left and right, annoying anyone who has played beat saber or has been on a boat or airplane, so there is no way to switch them back or use different colors or you are colorblind.
this sin might be forgivable, but they have committed an even bigger sin of [b]not registering hits that you are not directly looking at[/b], which is pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid for a VR game and removes any chance this game had for competitive play.
about half the spheres come from directly overhead and none from below, resulting in you having to have your neck in uncomfortable positions for a long time, which is annoying.
additionally, the number of songs they have to play are pretty minimal, and they have resorted to searching your computer for content instead.
this game is barely worth the $5 sale price, and you should definitely avoid buying this game at full price for $20.
there are so many better games out there, go play those instead
fairly boring type of game, i dont like beat saber either, rythem games are not my thing, not sure why others like them... just feels like fly swatting with out the flys...
I love Audiosurf, want to get fit, and have a passionate hatred towards orbs - this is excellent! :D
This feels like swimming through your music, punching evil jellyfishes in bass-fueled FURY, it is wonderful! :D
Like with Audiosurf, to have the most fun, you have to take the time to git gud (that's a good thing), and all the way from starting out at Normal (easy) to becoming 'one with the game', and shredding the craziest patterns on Elite, this is a proper sport! You WILL get soaked in sweat, and you WILL feel ALIVE!
Who knew the best motivator to exercise was video games!? :D
(video on Steam shows 'medium' difficulty by the way, it gets way more intense!)
[h2]Important technical tips[/h2]
[b]Sync[/b]
Oddly, "Audioshield (literally) puts YOU (fail) at the point of impact", NOT your shields (win) - this is why some people complain about music sync being 'off' - the game doesn't account for you extending your arms (wtf).
The solution here is very simple: You can effectively adjust the sync by standing ahead or behind the foot markings on the floor.
Standing just behind the marking, with my toes almost touching the marked heels is what works best for me - the orbs become perfectly synced with the moves, awesome! :D
[b]Orb height[/b]
Audioshield calibrates to your height just after the level loading screen, or when you pause-unpause! If you get orbs uncomfortably low, it's probably because you leaned down to scratch your leg at the wrong moment - pause-unpause while standing tall to fix it!
[b]Level generation[/b]
The orbs may be synced to a different instrument than you expect - adequate(-ly tuned) audio equipment and higher volume will quickly make it obvious. It'll sync to vocals too, which actually works surprisingly well!
[h2]Concept & main gameplay: 10/10![/h2]
I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game! It is wonderful fun, AND keeps you feeling alive, blood pumping! Never regretted getting out of the chair and putting on the old Vive for this!
[h2]The 'supporting elements': 6/10[/h2]
There is nothing game-breakingly wrong here, however, here's a little wishlist of improvements:
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[*][b]Song browser menu SUCKS![/b] (it's the same as Audiosurf 2)
I have a folder of ~250 songs, and I refuse to add navigational steps by organizing them into folders - a huge alphabetical list works great for me everywhere but here! The song entries are huge, all unnecessarily showing the song's cover art (which lags the game to load), AND there's no scroll handle, so you're stuck scrolling up/down at a pace much slower than what you could do otherwise.
This is a lot of text for something relatively minor, but man, I HATE UI which cannot keep up with my intentions!
[*][b]Dead time between the action[/b]
Sure, you need a little moment to get into position after clicking 'Start', and the first orbs arriving, but nowhere near as much as the game gives you. After the song ends, too - sure, it's nice to get a little extra moment in-world, rather than jumping to the leaderboard immediately after the last note, but it hangs on just a little too long.
I understand why some may prefer these timings the way they are, but this should be adjustable in the settings.
Really it's not too-too bad, and the game does at least load quickly!
Another way to reduce overall 'dead time' would of course be to improve the song browser, but besides that, I'd love to see these simple additions immediately to the leaderboard section, the following options: 'Play next song in folder', 'Play (randomly selected song)', and 'Re-roll random song'.
The random selection stuff would help with moments of indecision, too :)
[*][b]Leaderboards[/b]
I'd like to see results from other modes on the leaderboards - I wouldn't mind downgrading difficulty level, or switching to/from fitness mode, if it meant I had someone to play against for an obscure (or new) song, if only there was a way to know!
Playing obscure music in a relatively obscure game, on kinda obscure hardware, finding people on boards needs all the help it can get! (Still, more-popular music is surprisingly well populated with results!).
A possible solution would be to show results from all 3 main difficulty levels on one board, but base the order on an extra number - a 'difficulty-adjusted combined score', where you'd get 100k knocked off the score for every level below Elite. This could be an option for all boards, or could be automatically applied to all songs with only a few results total.
To avoid making things too messy, mode icons could be displayed (optionally instead of avatars), or entry backgrounds/text could be color-coded.
It would also be nice to see timestamps of peoples' results! In Audiosurf (1), it is very satisfying to beat long-standing records, and it's great to see recent competition popping up! Would be nice to have that here, too!
[*][b]Height calibration[/b]
This is kinda minor, but I'm not a fan of making sure to stand tall at the right time every time the game loads. An option to permanently set your height would be nice - just add a dedicated 'set height' button to the intro screen/pause menu, and it'll all be great!
Sure, it's more 'seamless' to have it adjusted without the user knowing at all, but I see this automation causing more trouble than it's worth.
[*][b]Steam features[/b]
Steam achievements are a lot of fun, but the game has none! I'd love some overarching goals besides dominating all the leaderboards!
Steam Workshop! Audioshield is just as moddable as Audiosurf 2 (very!), and I really don't understand why there's no Steam Workshop support! Personally, I'm not super keen on segmenting the leaderboards with modes even more, but still, I'm sure there are people with very creative gameplay ideas, just no good place to share them!
I'd also love to see some custom skins for this! The base game has a good selection of them, but I'd love to see more, especially with interesting dynamic elements!
Coming from Audiosurf, one thing I'm missing here is the sense of environmental exploration - it was very interesting to see what track shapes the game came up with. Dancing in place instead of riding a vehicle, you understandably lose this element, but I'm sure custom skins could bring some of that magic back in one way or another! :)
[*][b]Better fitness mode[/b]
Fitness mode can work great, but only one extra move (ducking) gets repetitive. More interesting stuff could be done!
Jumping, leaning side-to-side, perhaps something to avoid with your hands (but ok to touch with head). Hell, perhaps move/rotate the fighting position itself and make the user change position entirely - make some use of bigger playspaces!
Regarding how things currently are, my biggest gripe with fitness mode is how calmer songs can force you to basically sit on the floor for a while. It's just awkward.
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[h2]In the end[/h2]
Sure, I talked mostly about what could be improved, and how to make the most of the game, but rest assured, Audioshield is totally AWESOME!
I just cannot come up with more combinations of words to describe the sheer fun of playing this thing! :D
Don't buy it on sale, buy it for full price, the raw entertainment here is absolutely worth it, and the dev deserves it, alongside the encouragement to polish this solid 9/10 game over the edge to 10/10!
By the way, if you're reading this and don't own VR kit, I'd say that this game alone makes it worth getting your hands on! You can get an original Vive (full kit) used for $100-$200 now, and Audioshield runs great even on hardware below minimum VR spec (FX-6300@4.7, Fury X, Windows 7 here).
I've sank in some hours but I can only vouch for vanilla Elite mode.
Map is great for some songs but not all. You need songs that the algorithm can create an interesting map.
As for the discontinuation of Youtube support, it was nice to have but I think it is more about enjoying the songs without worrying about the ranking. (I joined before Youtube support was discontinued)
Defo recommend if it is on sale as it is sorta outdated and not main-stream.
I hope you find songs you like and mapped well!
盾兵训练器
Got a music library of MP3s or FLACs? Or maybe a bunch of Special Edition soundtracks kicking around on Steam? (We both know the answer to that last question.) If so, you'll love this game. I've been playing it for 40 minutes during my lunch break every weekday for months now after getting back into VR. It's the only VR game I play with any consistency at this point.
I keep coming back to it for a couple reasons:
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[*]No matter how obscure, you can play any song as long as you have the file. You can even play stuff you make, if you're musically inclined.
[*]This game really gets you moving. The right song on the higher difficulties can be amazingly brutal, especially if you really get into it. You'll start seeing note placements that look impossible but become so, so satisfying when you learn how to nail them without chucking your controller.
[*]The color, type and relative placement of "notes" are somewhat different every time -- that's by design (and I believe there's a mod out there that lets you disable it, if you're so inclined). You can get a good feel for the general pacing, but execution is on the fly. IMO this is a good thing, as it lets you keep revisiting the real bangers without getting bored of them.
[*]It's intuitive and elemental. Put it on the black background and crank the difficulty, and it's just you and the song. I actually have to set an external timer to bring me back from full-on goblin mode.
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You might see some reviews here and there talking about inconsistent mapping. From my experience that's based on two things: the difficulty (Expert seems to get the closest) and the song file itself -- the algorithm is looking for contrast to define where "notes" are and establish timing, so if your track is just a mess of mids with some highs, it's going to pick the highs out more consistently than the mids and may miss stuff. Means some genres really shine, and songs with poor mixing (and certain live albums) don't fare as well. But the way it reads the song also leads to some really, really cool interactions with stuff it likes that's produced cleanly. E/IDM and electronica are absolutely killer, as is pop and prog. Metal gets a bit iffy depending on the artist and album.
Still reading? Well, if you pick up this game, get North Circular by Squarepusher (it's a track from "Feed Me Weird Things" and should cost you a buck). Put it on Expert (don't worry, you won't flunk out like in Guitar Hero) and just watch for what happens at around 1:10. It's a great example of what you can find exploring songs. Also, if you have the Furi soundtrack, you owe it to yourself to play it.
I am a 45 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my Son, who is 14 now. My son got this game from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching YouTube. So I decided to make a Steam account and get this game to see if I could maybe play alongside him. I loaded into the game, picked my character and world and started playing but I was stuck on what you where supposed to do. I asked my Son for help and he hosted a game for me to join. I loved it as it was the best time I had spent with my Son since my wife had died. This game has ever since brought me and my son closer again and now we actually spend time together outside the house together as well. This game reminded me that there's fun to be had in everything, and it has brought both me and my Son many happy memories.
The first VR game I ever played. Spent so long trying it out on the demo set up that the electronics store kicked me out.
10/10 would be embarrassed by the retail workers again.
love this game
This is the predecessor to beat saber... this isn't a horrible game. it was the game that I can salute when it went to the grave for its contributions.
Great if you are a musician or really enjoy music. You can pick any song on your hard drive and the game auto generates the file.
Great way to get exercise when you are snow bound.
Outdated amateurism. in 2016 maybe it made sense, but today it's a complete junk, only can save it very low price.
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[H2]2023 Review:[/H2]
This game has not been updated in a [b]LONG[/b] time (Last update: 13 Sept. 2019)
No longer has Youtube support
Is rather clunky in both game and menus
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I would recommend going with Osu!, AudioSurf (non-VR) or Beat Saber (VR).
Great game
Top. Allows you to use your own music library
TLDR：它唯一的价值：自动曲谱生成，特别差。作为音游其音符的表现形式也不合格
[h2] 作为特色的曲谱（音符）自动生成质量很差 [/h2]
在别的VR音游里（指砍方块和Ｒａｇｎａｒｏｃｋ)
都会提到一嘴，啊，我们的曲谱是人工编写核对的，质量上乘
我就非常好奇，音游不是大多数都是人工曲谱么，怎么还要提一嘴，而且计算机作为如此强力的一个工具，它为什么要表现出对自动曲谱生成的恶意呢？
[h3] 可能问题并不出在计算机，而是这个破古董 [/h3]
其音符的生成逻辑非常迷惑，而且拍子卡的也非常脑溢血。当时乐理没学好我没法表述它怎么坑爹，我只能说有这么回事，建议自行找视频看看它的效果
[h2] 作为音游，音符路径不明显，没有打击反馈 [/h2]
音符会像打飞起来的高尔夫球一样落向你的脸上
问题是要如何判断哪个音符在前
1.高度；2.大小
但如果这两个球不在同一高度，并循着不同高度的抛物线呢？
结果就是音符稍微多一点，就根本分辨不了前后。
与此同时，由于它音符生成的问题，轻重拍子不分，打击反馈几乎没有，再加上辨识不了前后
玩起来压根就不是在“踩拍子”“击球”
更像是在一个垂直的触摸屏上打地鼠，而且还不是打，根本不敢往外挥手
Not supported or given warning for those with sensitivity to certain light/noise . It has caused frequent attacks due to my Aspergers Syndrome. Steam does not allowe a refund and the devs refuse to updatre the game for 8 years now. Ridiculous because theres barely any other vr rythm games. Also the graphics are bad
[h1] B Rank Game [/h1]
[i] Better then doing homework [/i]
Not bad not bad at all. Another excellent dace/music game with a different slant on the game play.
Audio trip you dance
Synth riders you sway
Beat sabre you chop wood
O shape you contort
Audio shield you protect the earth from meteorites.
PowerBeatsVR you punch rocks, that's pretty darn good as well.
Get them all for the work out of your choice.
GOOD EXERCISE
Got it in sale, best 5€ I ever spend on a VR game
I like rythme game and this one is really fun, sometimes the balls aren't in rythme but it's not really a problem
If you like music, this is fun...and a great workout too!
After removing the YouTube search section, it's practically useless.
Ja... Audioshield, schwieriger Titel (zu beschreiben).
Ich war begeistert, als ich sah, dass man seine eigene Musik direkt einbinden kann. Ich hatte mir auf Youtube und hier bei Steam die Videos dazu angesehen und hab es mir gekauft. Letztendlich gefällt es mir nicht. Das hat mehrere Gründe.
1. Egal was ich auch einstelle, irgendwie ist dieses Spiel immer auf "Schlafzimmer"-Schnelligkeit, ich habe nicht das Gefühl, dass das irgendwie fordernd sein soll, egal ob langsamer Song oder Techno, ich werde dabei eher müde.
2. Leider gibt es im original (mods nicht getestet) scheinbar sehr wenig Einstellmöglichkeiten zum Verhalten des Spiels, ich hätte mir eine Option gewünscht, in der man die "splatter" Effekte der Kugeln runterstellen kann, mir ist der Standard da etwas zu krass, ich habe keine gefunden... da ist Beatsaber im Vergleich doch etwas Userfreundlicher in der Anpassung.
3. Ich konnte nicht ganz feststellen, wann die Kugeln aus verschiedenen Richtungen kommen, ob das Zufall ist oder je nach Song anders, teilweise kommen sie so steil von oben dass man wirklich hochschauen muss, das ist auf Dauer unangenehm.
4. Irgendwie... warum auch immer, haben die Kugeln kurz bevor sie auf einen treffen ein kurzes "ruckeln", egal welches Lied, das lässt einem das Gefühl von einem unflüssigen Spiel zurück. An meinem Setup liegt das definitiv nicht. Gespielt wurde mit HTC Vive, Ryzen 5800x, 32GB Ram und 2070RTX - Auflösung im Spiel 1280x ~
Letztendlich konnte ich mich mit dem Spielprinzip nicht anfreunden. Dazu sei gesagt, das Spiel ist allgemein sicher nicht schlecht, ich hatte keine großen Bugs oder Fehler! Für mich ist es das einfach nicht, ich bin da eher von der Beatsaber-Seite.
Even years later, it's still a lot of fun. The addition of the fitness mode really makes this a great workout, especially when combined with epic music like Two Steps From Hell or the like.
Better games out there. You can use custom music though but it's not great.
без восторгов
прикольная, если каждый день гамать то можно использовать вместо фитнес тренера))
wide variety of songs. you can choose your own as well. good game great mechanics. challenging
i only have 13 mins on this game at the time of writing this review because i packed up my VR set and am trying to move. if you wan't a VR game to dance and move to...you are almost certainly better off with beat saber and trying to find custom maps that are your skill level. but this game is also pretty fun and can use your own audio files to put music in. the backgrounds are pretty nice pieces too.
It's like a worse version of beat saber, but it's fine
Ein wirklich sehr schönes VR Zappel / Fitness Werkzeug! :)
Mit dem herausragenden Feature eigene Musik verwenden zu können. Was sogar zumeist auch ganz gut klappt und schöne weitere Workouts kreiert.
Klar alles geht nicht, Beispielsweise so was wie der Song ,,Penetralia'' von Hypocrisy, ist viel zu schnell für den Algo bzw. würde man auch nicht wollen das nach DEM Takt (stellenweise), einen die Murmeln entgegen geschleudert! ;) Gediegener Death Metal wie etwa der Song ,,Contact - Wait Out'', von Bolt Thrower, klappte hingegen und kreierte brauchbares. Und beim üblich verdächtigen für so was (Elektronisch wie Trance, GOA, Psy etc.), funktionierte es eigentlich durch weck ganz gut.
An gebotenen Spielmodi dürfte für jeden was dabei sein, habe zwar bisher noch nicht alle gesehen, aber mein Favorit wird hier vermutlich dennoch der Fitness (ohne Ex), bleiben?!
Treib zwar schon relativ viel Sport (ca. 15 Stunden die Woche), trotzdem das hier nun eine wirklich schöne Ergänzung für den Bereich Kardio (bzw. lässt sich vielleicht anderes dieser Richtung, dadurch sogar ersetzen, na mal sehen?)!
Von mir bekommt Audioshild also eine klare Empfehlung! Und hätte es nicht gedacht bzw. hatte ich VR unter diesem Aspekt bisher so quasi überhaupt nicht auf dem Radar!
(VR Hardware: Valve Index)
Its a neat concept, but i can not recommend it nowadays.
Its very basic, very outdated and the mapping is whack.
I am really way too spoiled of newer games now and audioshield sadly isnt being updated anymore for a long time now
A cool VR adaptation, but not for me.
Same clunky menu from Audiosurf2, but its easy enough to use and you don't spend long in there, after that, the visual element of see the whole song flying towards you is awesome and probably my favourite part.
Then the gameplay is just too clunky for me, and just leaves me wanting to play handmade maps on Beat Saber. If I want to play my own songs I'll stick with what I already love with Riff Racer or Audiosurf2.
Definitely pick it up to try at least, it just might be your cup 'o short black.
Amazing! Orbs generating AI for custom songs is crazy good! If developers would implement a feature that allowed players to stream music directly from Spotify this game would be 11/10.
Good for fitness, same as Beat Saber.
Uh rather uninspired, those balls floating towards you, there's no real feel for the rythm or flow only sometimes you can vaguely notice the balls are timed to the rythm. The reason is that the tracks are generated automatically from the audio files, the result may vary but it is a bit generic, with simply more spheres appearing when there is a lot of sound but that doesnt mean it's timed well to the beat.
Instinctively you want to hit those spheres but you got shields and are supposed to stand still wait for them to slowly hit the shield instead, rythm games benefit from activity rather than passivity though, it's not really a grippy concept.
I wished Dylan had rather turned Audiosurf into VR, racing towards the center of the view to the music is already hypnotic in 2D, but it's the more in 3D.
The game also has the very same basic menu as in Audiosurf, appearing like old HTML websites, a decent UX experience would also improve the overall experience.
Like Audiosurf it had a YouTube integration that had to be removed for legal reasons, but there is a fellow community member who provides a custom dll that reenables this.
Great game for exercising in VR. Uses my own music files, has leaderboards and difficulty settings that are fun.
It's an alright VR rythm game, the best part about this one though that it has over beat saber is you can port music into this one, but I wouldn't say the gameplay is better.
Recommended if you have your own source of music.
5/10
Лучше обратите внимание на Audica or beat saber, более приятная графика и лучше сбалансированы ритмы игры
Its the year 2022 and audioshield is still unbeaten... I just got into VR after finding out the audiosurf devs were behind this game. I was kinda skeptical from recent reviews saying it hadn't aged well but after trying Powerbeats(terrible mapping, yikes), Synth Riders(great game, no custom maps without actually building the track in level maker), and Beat Saber ( I straight up refunded this POS) audioshield still wins out imo. It’s the only game where the procedural generation seems to match and not just be random orb nonsense. Being the first VR rhythm game it’s not a polished looking as the “competitors”. It lacks the option to switch colors up, and Youtube support has to be re-added manually through one of the massive library of mods\enhancements. All that said is so freaking fun :-) as someone who play the original versions of audiosurf and openrct2 more than their successors. I assure you better graphics don’t mean a better game. You won’t be disappointed. Side Note: Don’t “group” thousands of songs and their artwork in the same folder and expect audioshield to not crap itself trying to read track data and generate thumbnails all at once (especially a no-no over a network share O_o it took out my airlink)
Extremely fun. Work out listening to your favorite music, try not to fall over your furniture.
i still love this but I am having trouble getting my music back in after switching computers.
So far it's the rhythmn game in VR that allows me to port in my own music. It's great.
Good workout I burn 400 calories a hour and it's quite a addictive.
This game is great fun!
For me the fact that I can use my own mp3 is right at the top of the list of reasons for choosing this, over similar games.
The song tracking can be a bit off (it will depend on the tune) but I'll 1000x rather have variable results depending on the audio I feed it, than having to pay to listen to pop drivel.
Complaining at the dev because YouTube changed their policy... well the frustration is understandable, but it's pointless taking it out on the dev.
They are just trying to make a good game, in a genre that has a lot of inherent pitfalls related to IP/copyright.
If you create content for YouTube, you'll find out that Google are great at 2 things:
1) Finding a target audience for your content.
2) Screwing everyone over while weaseling the profits away into a tax haven.
Not necessarily in that order.
Streaming services are largely the same ♥♥♥♥.
Grab some of your favourite music on mp3 and have fun with the ballz!
You can listen to music while exercising to it. Nice!
The UI is way too big, makes browsing for music a real challenge. I'd like to set the size by myself.
Also, having music stored on the PC is a bit oldschool. Why no Spotify integration?
But overall, I like this game, Worth buying. 7/10
great simple design for an aerobic exercise game. pairs very well with power beats. both are easy to get into, don't call you an epic failure for missing 3 targets, and generates an experience relative to music in your playlist....... all 3 points are unlike beat saber and were the 3 reasons i bought audio shield and power beats with the refund money i had left over. Devs please add more to the aesthetics options. more backdrops, more then just colored balls, more playstyles. im thinking something like an arcade themed missle defence style layout.
Love it. Thanks QKiller much easier than Beat Saber great exercise 4 songs and I am soaked. I love having access to all my music as well as the free-bees. Must have in your collection!
This is the first time I've ever applied for a refund with Steam. I saw this game rated very highly on the VR Health Institute website and was looking for a fun and challenging workout option. Unfortunately, the music included with the game is dull and boring. While you can add your own custom music, my initial impressions were so bad that I wasn't really interested in going forward with the custom music.
good when it first came out but at this point feels outdated and didnt keep up with the rest of the industry fells like its lost features vs gaining them.
When i started playing this game i was a mere string bean but after what felt like a few short hours i am now a mighty marrow. Good stuff
Ох и всратая вещь. Ужасные дешёвые шрифты, дурацкая музыка, геймплей неудобный и неинтересный. Другие ритм-игры намного лучше
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It is amazing to see some of your favorite songs up i the sky. It also has a mode for a "workout" which is pretty fun. Closing in on 1k hours!
Freaking awesome! Don't need to use an editor or external thing to play your own songs, just play! Obvious comparisons to competitors are just lame, both are just as great. Easy can be super challenging with the craziest of IDM songs.
Really fun game, admittedly was better when it had the youtube integration - but downloading your music is only a minor hassle - at least you can play to your own music library which you cannot do with most of the other games competing in this genre.
For the most part the algorithms produce orbs that appear in time to the music. Some songs are a lot better than others, and part of the fun is finding those epic to play songs.
The game could use more Arenas - although the 3 arenas that you do get do a fine job of bringing a sense of epic scale to your surroundings, The choice of "shields" makes a difference to how you attack orbs and does influence the gameplay.
Works well on Oculus Air Link via SteamVR.
Back before Beat Saber, this was alright. They got in trouble though and had to remove the ability to search for songs entirely, leaving you to just play the same default songs over and over again (or manually add in all of your own songs), unless they've implemented a change since the last time I played.
You shouldn't really bother with it. Just spend the 10 extra dollars on Beat Saber, mod it, and have way more fun.
Pris en attendant de prendre el famoso BEAT'SABER en solde j'ai voulu que cela soit ma toute premiere experience VR
car j'aurais cru a tord que cela aurait été a la fois simple et pas trop dépensant niveau énergie car restant un peu stationaire, eh bah quenini, si dans un sens on bouge pas trop les pied (ideal donc pour jouer dans un espace reduit) il va cependant vous falloir une bonne endurance au niveau des bras!
cela dit on revien pour bruler nos kilo en trop avec plaisir tellement c'est bon!
et on n'hésitera pas a se prendre au jeu pour par exemple prendre des pose burlesque tout en jouant (perso j'adore le faire .w .)
J'ai remarqué que le jeu a été dév' par le meme qui a faire la license audiosurf", simplement en voyant l'interface des menu (la meme qu'audiosurf 2) et cela m'a donc pas étonner de voir la possibilité de jouer sur nos son Préférer!
Pour ma part et actuellement c'est un grand oui, ça vaut bien les 7€ lors des soldes et meme plein tarif en vrai (apres jvais pas vous juger de le prendre en reduc" .w .)
So I have not put in a ton of hours into this game BUT seeing as how each session I've played is about a song or two length, 3 hours is many many days coming back and playing. I've read other reviews and the cons levied against this game. Namely the main one being they lost the youtube license and I guess you can't play directly from YT anymore. I wouldn't know I've never done that. I find myself in a better position because i COLLECT music. it's a hobby of mine. The way people read books, I go through artists discographies. I have over 980 artists in my personal collection. The main thing i like about this game is it lets you use YOUR music. Not the wack music the games comes with, but the songs you know and love and have been listening to since a child. Wanna use this game to get a workout to Marvin Gaye's let get it on? Why not. You wanna play Pop smoke right after? you can. You wanna switch to Frank Sinatra? You can. And all done pretty seemlessly, assuming you have your music organized. This is why my experience is likely better than most. But it is AMAZING. Even in 2021. The ONE gripe I would make (because i have to right?) is I wish more environments were made available. This game has not gotten a visual update in the years its been released. It'd be nice to see somehing new.
Love it! I've just really started stepping out into the world of VR rhythm games. I've been playing a lot of Beat Saber the last week and really enjoy the game, but was kinda disappointed at the lack of songs that come with the game and DLC is pricey.
I'd had my eyes on Audio Shield for a long time, it was actually the first rhythm VR game I ever wishlisted. I loved the idea of adding my own music. Well I finally got the game and fired it up today. It took a second to figure out how to add my music to the game. Once I did though I couldn't stop for almost an hour!
I finally got to play The Stupendium's song Impossible Geometry... a song about Beat Saber... in a rhythm game! I actually played a bunch of Stupendium's music and it was an absolute blast. Highly recommend that music in this game.
So obviously I like the game... but here's some notes...
1) About Adding Your Music: You do have to have the mp4 files on your pc in order to add the music to your game. Be it with files you've had on your pc for a while... or even soundtracks from steam (I'm gonna play the hell out of Skul's Soundtrack ngl). It's really easy to do. From within the game you can go to whatever drive your music is on, go to the folder, and then select the song. Once you select the song you get to select difficulty, background, type of shield, and then you are off to the races! The game will auto generate a map for your song to whatever difficulty you selected and the maps are pretty damn good. The only way the music situation can make this game suck for you is if you are the kind of person who has only ever listened to music on Spotify.
2) About the Maps: Like I said the maps are really good for being Auto Generated. There is the occasional moment where two different color notes are immediately one after the other, in the same spot, and it's damn impossible to hit. Otherwise they are really good maps. A word of caution though, your first play through of a song may be a bit laggy. The game generates the maps pretty quickly, but once you load in for the first time that song can be a bit wonky. Once you've played it that first time though it plays seamlessly. You can also save a song to favorites if you enjoyed it so you don't have to hunt the song down again. I will say that the beats seem to be kinda off on Normal maps, but once you pump up to hard the maps are pretty good at matching the beat. Honestly the normal ones only seem off cause they have fewer notes.
3) The Youtube Situation: This is a non issue for me but I figured I would address it. I understand that people who purchased the game when it had the Youtube support were upset when the game had this feature removed. I understand it and it is justifiable if you bought the game for that reason. However, to me, this does not reduce the quality of the game in the slightest. Like I said.. if you have an actual copy of a song on your computer... you can play it! There's no limit on how much music you can play. There's no modding involved to play a song you like. You can play whatever song you want... and they won't even be sensored *le gasp*. Seriously, there not being youtube only ruins the game if you don't have any mp3s on your pc or on a jumpdrive somewhere. As someone who never got rid of her files from her MP3 player from "ye days of old" I've got a ton of music to play. As someone who still owns CD's from "ye days of old" I can rip whatever music I want onto my pc and play it freely. As someone who owns soundtracks for various games on her account. Let's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ go! So seriously. If you fall into the category of "Person who has the abilty to get or who has mp3 files" you can play and enjoy this game.
4) Graphics: Omg I love them. You have a selection of a few backgrounds to play on and there's nothing "spectacular" about any of them, but they are nice. Where the graphics are really cool in this game is that when you first start the game... way off in the distance.... you can see tons of little dots of red and blue. Those are your notes... coming at your face. It's honestly really cool to be able to see just how many notes are going to be coming your way as you play. They don't show up a few seconds before you hit them. Nah nah nah. You get the full scope of what you will be doing almost right out of the gate. A few songs I played I saw those dots in the distance and was like "Oh ♥♥♥♥ I'm about to get wrecked..."
5) Controls: The controls are simple. You have shields on your hands and you smack the orbs. Put hands together to smack purple notes. If you wanna get some extra movement in and get some aggression out then feel free to punch them. Simple mechanic. The only thing is that it seems like if your shields aren't somewhat within your FOV that you will miss notes which is kinda annoying. You also can't move much. There is an area highlight that you have to stay in and if you move out of that little square you will miss tons of notes. Not really a control here, but a mechanic. You don't seem to be able to "fail" a song. Which is something I really like as it means I can just play and enjoy the song. I won't have my song suddenly ended because I missed a few notes. At the end you see how well you did and it's just kinda all about beating yourself and your high score. So it's not about failing, it's about how good you did.
6) Difficulty: It really depends on the song. I found some of the songs I played were super easy on normal... and not awful on hard... but some songs just kicked my ass in hard difficulty. Which I loved :) tbh
7) Exercise: Omg this is a work out! There is ALOT more full body movement in this than Beat Saber as the notes fly in from a pretty wide FOV. Notes can also come from slightly above you so you have to look up to hit them and then look back down to hit more. It's not rapid head movement, but head movement. The wide FOV makes it so you have to look around and move your body around more. If you decide to actually punch notes rather than just gently tapping them it adds even more to the work out.
Conclusion: This is a damn good game and highly underrated. Again the amount of music you can play is limitless. Even more so than modding because with modding YOU have to make your map or hope someone else has. With this game you can play whatever you can get your hands on easily. It's far more of a work out than any other rhythm VR game I've played so far. It can be a bit laggy at points but by far this does not make the game unplayable by any means. The only real downside I could think of is that it takes like 30 seconds to load a song in for the first time... so when you first start playing you need a bit of patience. Once you have a library of maps built up though you'll be golden.
I like this game.
This game is incredibly powerful
The procedural generation has its ups and downs but when it hits it really hits, and its always at least okay in my experience
this game will give you a workout too
Highly recommend for anyone with a vr headset
P.S. you can get the youtube integration back with an easy to install mod, check this link:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/412740/discussions/0/1745594817444647136/?
Enjoy your music and beware Workout EX or whatever its called. It's rough for those as out of shape as I.
Played on Oculus Quest 2 via Virtual Desktop/SteamVR
As someone who loves Audiosurf and has hundreds of hours invested in it. This is an amazing virtual successor to that game.
I was weary since I didn't quite like the second iteration of Audiosurf. However, this game is great! Its simple, which isnt a bad thing at all. Cant wait to play more of this!
This game is dead, just get Beat Saber.
i come back to find youtube removed
you can now only us songs you have downloaded on your pc
it is impossble to refund but the game has materially changed and now my purchase is worthless to me
do
not
buy
Does what it says, and a good job of it. If you need something like this, worth the price,
This game is so much fun! I enjoy that songs can be imported like in Audiosurf. There's lots of exercise that is not realized because the game captivated my attention. Only thing I can think of which is a problem with all VR games right now is crossbuy. I would like to play this on the Oculus Quest 2 without having to be connected to the PC. Kind of hesitant buying it 2x at full price. Other than that I can't think of why not to get this game. This is a must have for anyone new in VR. If anyone knows if this is a crossbuy game that would be very helpful and a great surprise.
stick to beat saber
Used to be really good because you could just play any song from YouTube. An update removed YouTube support so now you need the music file on your computer to play it. That was the one feature that made this game really stand out among its peers and if that feature was still in, I would recommend this. As it is, there are plenty of other VR rhythm games out there.
Actually it's still pretty good to be fair
I thought it would be similar to Audiosurf, or at least as fun as Beat Saber, but it's not
I like the idea of being able to have my own music playable in a rhythm game, but it doesn't feel good while doing it.
Im sure this game was fun when it came out, but a lot has changed since 2016, and there are better VR Rhythm music games out there now.
光剑祖师爷，支持本地音乐，但可惜不再支持youtube音乐了。
The original "Beat Saber" in my opinion... but instead of slashing, you're defending. Was great before they lost the Youtube music license, but you can load in any song you want from your library and it will create maps for you, still plenty of fun to be had and different enough from beat saber to be unique and challenging in it's own way.
They took away the ability to play along to YouTube videos and they lost me
This game, as I would describe it, is dope as hell. Since you have to provide your own music, I recommend people pick up "cinchaudio". It's software that's $25, but can record audio and track names+artists from Spotify or YouTube. This game is excellent exercise and is a lot of fun.
