Beat Saber (Review)

[@EtienneYT]

Sorry if my footage doesn't look the best. The Quest 2 is an actual headache to work with in terms of recording gameplay (among other things), so I tried my best to work with what I had lmao

[@Rayanial]

It's ok!

[@uunnnnnnnn6890]

it looks good IMO

[@spicykoreannoodle]

dun worry rhythm game man

[@bracoeth]

the fixed perspective fucks with my brain in a way that no other perspective has

[@iiVitality]

yeah, if you ever want to make more beat saber content, you should probably get the rift s or htc vive. you can mod them heavily and that included camera mods for recording. i personally use rift s, and aside from some slight problems with the controllers i have no complaints. it’s worth the price

[@paydaygh9388]

“One of the most cutting edge rhythm games” Ha.

[@Sinnohy]

nice pun ikr

[@mysticalrandomness4282]

At first I thought you meant it wasn't the best cutting edge rhythm game...I get it now

[@Denyah_]

Actually so awesome to see you giving coverage to the game

[@themoldylog]

Denyah

[@LooLooLand]

Denyah

[@cladiotto]

Denyah comment

[@Coolguy12601]

Denyah

[@floatyoatss]

Denyah

[@tornadoef6251]

Oh my hes playing the cool game!!! :O :D

[@splinkw7329]

Thank you for noting the poor quality of OSTs and not focusing on the casual play of this game. This is almost never noted in most reviews of this game. I only have 120 hours in this game but I feel you really covered all of the things I love and hate about this game.

[@GnubVR]

Yeah the only track in the OST i ever play is spin eternally on expert+

[@splinkw7329]

@@GnubVR That song is pretty good. The other camellia songs are pretty decent as well.

[@GnubVR]

@@splinkw7329 my problem with them is that they're either charted poorly or just old charts that aged poorly, the one exception in my opinion would be Cycle Hit for it's really fun jumpstreams

[@FuriousVR]

Glad to see Beat Saber coming up more and more on the channel. :D

[@Coolguy12601]

hell yeah a review on my crippling addiction imo scoresaber is the key mod, it's a massive motivator to keep playing and improving and ranked is hella fun well until it isn't, then it's actual pain

[@samanatu4123]

Woah a cool guy

[@Ballissle]

Accurate

[@ETANisme]

Great video! I'm glad you also highlighted the community dedicated content as part of the review rather than just the base game alone. All of the modders and mappers put a lot of time to make the game what is it today and I feel like you hit it right on the money with this review.

[@Jaydz]

im so glad you are finally giving beat saber some more traction. This game has such an amazing community and I absolutely love playing this game. I'm so glad you are having fun on this game

[@astrais]

lol I see a replay of mine in here. Nice video, just want to add that using quest or quest 2 by themselves is limited, but they are both great headsets for beat saber if you are using a link cable. I'd love to see the competitive beat saber community grow.

[@jacobelliss8970]

Did not expect to Astrais here lol

[@samanatu4123]

Astrais moment

[@fatbeanzoop]

nice video, it's crazy how with such little hours you get a lot of fun out of the game, and as you improve you'll be able to do the tougher charts and open another world of content, it just keeps going

[@fraies]

now this is epic

[@carrot3558]

anomaly

[@qqrz9975]

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[@_prismiy9987]

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[@epicmoo3410]

anomaly

[@jaboooob]

anomaly

[@FinduroVR]

I think my favourite part about Beat Saber is how there really is no skill cap, like as long as you play sorta regularly you'll almost endlessly improve at a pretty quick rate and it feels really nice. Sure there's ups and downs and all that, but since its so fun to play improvement comes quicker and easier than you'd expect. Especially with sooooo many custom maps of varying difficulty and that focus on different skillsets! I 100% agree with everything on the OST as well, thanks for bringing it up and shedding some light onto that :) Honestly can't wait to see more of this game in the bigger rhythm game community, it totally deserves the recognition and I'm sure anyone who gets to try it will want to play it forever :)

[@runneypo]

The skill cap is the same as with all rhythm games. The limits of human movement and perception

[@TheFatDemon]

This reminds me of one of my all time favorite videos on Beat Saber "A Love Letter to Beat Saber". I have about 200 hours on Beat Saber and all of what you mentioned I wholeheartedly agree with. Great video.

[@antimatter3084]

Cool game but it isn't as good as Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix.

[@BelisariusCawl]

Thank you Gamer Battler for speaking the truth

[@Pokaroquai]

For me, Disney Mix was also good and underrated.

[@DrakeShaw04]

It’s not at all fair to compare it to Mario mix considering how amazing that game is, it’s truly in a league of its own and for anyone to even consider the thought of a game being as good as it is utterly idiotic

[@ethanzhang5683]

Awesome review, glad to see the larger rhythm game community noticing modded beat saber more and more. a note about Time dependence (TD), it's basically a measurement about how much timing matters when trying to acc a block. It's not really an intentional scoring mechanic, just a by-product of the 3-dimensional nature of the game that can be abused. Having low TD does not mean you have worse acc, although for most people it would make it harder to get high acc. Newer players don't really have to worry about time dependency, it's a fairly advanced technique that's only really used by top players going for high acc plays on mid to high speed maps. If you're a new player, just aim down the middle of a block for the most points. hope this helps.

[@Flash244MCGaming]

Lower time dependency is better for acc because it’s means timing doesn’t affect acc as much

[@harbgy]

sick review

[@Flash244MCGaming]

“Death metal has no content” is true for newer players but if you get into competitive it’ll be half the stuff you grind for pp

[@abstr4kt598]

Best Beat Saber review I've seen. Covered so much more than most do, thank you!

[@Binginator]

thank you so much for pointing out that the OST songs are bad, mods are a must need for this game. Edit: id love to see you get really good at beat saber lol, thatd be great

[@Windyson]

this game entirely changed my health and is fun at the same time

[@Fainted_soul]

Great video actually made me smile that this game is finally getting the recognition it deserves

[@Edmard]

Glad you're getting into this dude!

[@oliviamay]

MY MAN PUTTING SAINT PEPSI IN THE BG

[@Inscolosus]

beat saber getting more attention :o

[@trexwithlasereyes9524]

Yes stamina man

[@justitgstuff5284]

The Quest 2 can be used like any other PC headset over wifi or a link cable, so it won't be limited if you use the PC version of the game.

[@ThySpoon]

ah yes no death metal. the severe lack makes me upset

[@DrakeShaw04]

Same bro, I wish someone would make a bunch of infant annihilator maps and I wish they would only be stamina stream maps, if someone mapped Ov Sacrament and Sincest it could easily be a top ranked map

[@pepsiman397]

Beatsaber to me is one of the most awkward feeling rhythm games i've ever played, and some of the easier charts are more charming and fun than the difficult ones that just devolve into swinging up and down at 200 bpm

[@gdjosef]

Wrist Injury Simulator 2018 Aight, time for my actual opinions for this game, that I've barely played. I've seen someone (or close relative, to be specific) and it's definitely a mind blowing game that's fun but at the same time hard for the player base who want it. Official OSTs in the game get tiring quickly and I'm happy that custom songs are an option (very needed option), overall, with my first impressions with the game, it's not my usual cup of tea, but it certainly is a great game to try out of curiosity. 8.5/10

[@Gingy_Music]

About the workout element . . . i managed to get my heart rate to 201 with this game

[@mimixis]

205 in Synth riders^^

[@Bizzy825]

he playing the beto seba

[@HellF1re24]

fax

[@HellF1re24]

Neat review!

[@miskeeping]

god this feels like a fever dream to finally see.. thanks for covering beat saber!!

[@Fauxyde]

not to mention when you get access to a VR headset you can play TONS of other amazing experiences and games, rhythm games included, like synth riders for example. SPECIALLY if you can connect it to a PC. big huge recommend for me, it’s easier to get into VR than ever right now (unless you hate facebook which i do too but, not much you can do about it)

[@Birdassasin]

Bought Rift S mostly because of Beat Saber. After 3 months, I got over 100 hours in it and play it pretty much every day.

[@centroid.mp3]

same

[@megvmean]

How much space do you need to play Beat Saber? I want to buy a VR Headset, but i don't have that much space.

[@FiNiTe_weeb]

@@megvmean im on steam ver with a few mods, its taking up 1gb not counting custom songs, 5.3gb when counting the ~450 custom songs i got (most of my custom maps are ranked scoresaber maps)

[@megvmean]

@@FiNiTe_weeb oh, i meant space as on room space! haha

[@FiNiTe_weeb]

@@megvmean oh lol, well I don't have too much space, I play BS facing my bed, so theres nothing high enough infront of me, behind me there's maybe abit less than 1m space until a wall, as for side to side ig just make sure you can outstretch ur arms fully and dont have controllers touch anything (even when leaning side to side). Though I should mention I can't really play 360 maps due to the wall behind me but like 99% of custom maps aren't 360 maps lol. And I have to be aware of the bed when crouching under walls. Most importantly make sure you can swing your arms without hitting anything. Aside from 360 maps and more than 4 lane maps, both of which are pretty rare, your feet don't need to move at all. As for other games, most of them support controller-based movement and rotation, so you should be fine, but there are a few exceptions, e.g. iirc SUPERHOT VR doesn't.

[@steel5897]

I have 310 hours, playing for a year just about. I thought I'd play casually but I got more and more into the ranked stuff. I'm way too old to compete with the best (the top 100 average age is basically 14), my bones don't move that fast, but it's surprising how well it works as a game even when you push yourself.

[@steel5897]

Oh and I use the Quest 2 but with Link on a PC, I don't even own the Quest 2 version of the game. Quest 2 works very well as a PC headset, no reason to limit yourself to the Quest version of the game. The native quest version sucks because it takes FOREVER for mods to be updated after a game update, it's impossible to be a ranked player on the native version because Scoresaber will literally only work for like 3-4 weeks and then break again. Scoresaber hasn't been available on the Quest version for about 2 months now for example.

[@dzramen]

You sure abou the 14 year old thing? cerret is around 18,astrella also around 18, electrostats >20, and quite a lot of other way older than 14 players

[@trexwithlasereyes9524]

@@dzramen astrella is 16, and even though they dont play ranked, most challenge players are under 18

[@dzramen]

@@trexwithlasereyes9524 but still, a lot older than 14 on average

[@penguiivr5341]

Glad to see you talking about beat saber as someone who plays it. Keep up the good videos man!

[@crookycumbles]

Have you ever tried Spin Rhythm? Curious about your thoughts.

[@rolandli0]

Tetris Effect and Half Life are also some other great games to play with your headset!

[@Personyee]

Hey I know this one

[@Jackamikaz]

3:46 "... there's a thing called Time Dependecy, that I'm just gonna link a document to ..." where?

[@vinnyb1958]

I recently got into VR with the Quest 2 myself. Beat Saber in my opinion is just okay. It's fun and all but it didn't grab me like I thought it would. Now for a different and unique VR rhythm gaming experience, I highly recommend checking out Pistol Whip. It's a very unconventional rhythm game with a weird scoring system, but after you get past that hump of understanding how the game works it becomes truly amazing. Check it out sometime!

[@Bytesy]

lets go

[@trexwithlasereyes9524]

Bytsgry

[@bigbingus2234]

I was just about to ask how you felt about this game because it is my personal favorite rhythm game. You got me into osu and I'm trying to pick up some 4 key games too so I really appreciate your opinions on these kinds of games

[@Tio_MOD]

I just found this channel and I've been fascinated by your content. You have a new sub. Now: maybe you could solve a myth I've been looking for for years and I've never found any information... It's a video called "stepmania crash" or something. Which was about someone playing a marathon in stepmania... But it was only 4 songs one after the other until it reached a combo of approximately 30000... Which causes the game to collapse and close... I remember it 10 or 11 years ago... It really existed or it was just an invention of my mind...

[@bjwoodruff]

The song at the end is Collision Course by Amherst. I cant post a link because youtube will remove my comment but its on here.

[@gibbythebrown830]

It's like guitar hero with ya hands

[@megvmean]

and osu is like guitar hero with a tablet pen

[@MadBrax]

You are VERY much right about the OST packs. Aside from OST 4, it's not very good.

[@alphazetavr1888]

Oh ma gawd you made a review for vr osu

[@raymond2136]

I LOVE BEATSABER

[@lvl27_cubone96]

I still want VR specifically for this game, lol. I'd be really interested to see your impressions on Spin Rhythm XD. I picked it up way back and I think it's pretty interesting, especially with the number of controller options that are available (I play with KB+M, but it's got options for just KB, as well as gamepad and actual DJ controllers) Thanks for the content! I don't often post youtube comments, but I've watched your stuff for a good while now.

[@paulsd9255]

Can confirm VR is worth it for just beat saber. I bought a headset for VRChat but I’ve since pretty much mained Beat Saber

[@Flewrider]

if you need help setting up mods and stuff hit me up on discord (you can find me through modding discord and scoresaber discord) Current top 1 in Germany would love to help you with having a great experience with this game EDIT: Time dependency doesn't directly influence your scoring it just helps with getting better scoring. If you try to hid the middle of a block moving past you it is time dependent as you can imagine. By minimising time dependency by hitting the note diagonal through its fly path you get yourself a better probability to hit the middle. It does not count into the calculation of the scoring on a note from the game itself it just helps hitting higher precision.

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

Less go

[@TsunaSakana]

What background songs did you use for this vid? Also very helpful vid :)

[@D3usExMachina]

Skylar Spence - Saint Pepsi :)

[@Imaproshaman7]

When everyone rates a game as good you know it really is!

[@bruceshark0]

do a video on Sound Space. You can look up maps like “Dangerous Slot” or “New Game Plus” or even “Sweet Compote”

[@shubashubashubas]

as a PSVR player I can proudly say that I used to play Beat Saber for about the first month that I got it, and now I almost never play it since I get tired playing the same shit all the time I am legitimately debating on whether or not I should just buy a Quest 2 for Beat Saber

[@TheDreadedZero]

Can you get any of the custom stuff and mods if you just buy the Meta Quest and don’t own a Pc or laptop?

[@Animkated]

Synth Riders is an even better VR rhythm game.

[@themoldylog]

Yooooo

[@MarioNintendoh]

Catching up with a few people and sharing a VR headset is not super responsible in times of Covid, friend... Explain yourself :P Cool vid, though. Glad you enjoy the game!

[@Sleep1331]

Wait, you can get custom song onto a quest 2? Thought that was only on other headsets.

[@chrxstt]

I’m only here because I looked up “UGK beat saber” but somehow I’m here, I think I’ll stay

[@Gumballer]

Now, Overpass review when?

[@adriank8792]

Quest 2 limited in Beat Saber modding capability? How so? You can literally play the PCVR version if BS on it

[@followback5617]

Should I get beat saber or job simualtor

[@MyFictionalChaos]

Im so glad you did this review because I wasnt sure if I wanted to buy this game. I have a quest and im thinking about getting rid of it bc i would only play beat saber on it. I got it on a whim 2nd hand bc if was so cheap but still wasnt sure if i wanted to keep the console for the sake of the one game

[@frankjager2420]

Honestly for a good while, I thought the game looked stupid. Then I recently tried it. Now I cant put it down and im doing a couple songs on hard, and I include this (plus two more) in my routine gym nights... I honestly knocked it til I tried it and im sorry

[@destinycarrico894]

This might sound strange, but I wish there was a way to play without a VR headset. I only have one working eye, and the 3D effect of VR is lost on me: it's more like just holding my phone very close to my eye, if that makes sense. Otherwise, I enjoyed the game when I had the opportunity to try it.

[@floatyoatss]

i wish i was you man I've been playing the game for 2 years now and now i just feel depressed after playing it also you should get a link cable and play beat saber on your pc if it can handle it the experience is a lot better on pc

[@Kori-ko]

Yeah. The 8x multiplier really makes progression just kind of suck long-term if you're playing for scores imo.

[@stellasilverr]

@@Kori-ko The multiplier has barely any affect on the game, what Floaty is referring to is burning out probably because of rank

[@LooLooLand]

Saber

[@trexwithlasereyes9524]

Elevator

[@HellF1re24]

trex

[@Arnide]

yeah this game is pretty cool

[@Vevvy]

Recognition

[@amethyst8399]

Ayooo any other wrist killers out there!!

[@5UP3RBG4M1NG]

Yo beat saber players

[@nozre368]

I want to play beat saber but i dont have the money

[@swiva2088]

One of the coolest inaccessible games out there lol

[@7kenjoyer]

@@swiva2088 look who it is!

[@swiva2088]

@@7kenjoyerDUDE, hey!

[@thesaucypickle9866]

You said to be sure to get the right headset which one do you think is the best for modding?

[@murphmusic6671]

If you want to mod bs you’re gonna want a PCVR headset, whether that be with oculus link or a native PCVR headset. With PCVR, you get access to more mods and get mods faster.

[@lelxd5811]

Rift, Rift s or index

[@abjoern]

Did you play the steam version with oculus link or did you buy the quest version?

[@Atun-jv5gu]

Beat Saber (Etiew)

[@Cuir123]

Where's that link for time dependency?

[@MadBrax]

Wait a second... was this uploaded before???

[@fakeflake5925]

Dude i spent 199 hours in beat saber but i still don’t understand the scoring or how score saber gives out pp

[@TEC_Sage]

Agreed base beatsaber kinda sucks but it’s truly the community made content that makes it great

[@lelxd5811]

Same with most rythm games.

[@testhekid]

not experienced, but i've heard that thr valve index is better

[@alphabits3763]

What if you did mad rat dead tho😳

[@panicbuttonv1]

Rhythm doctor review when?

[@guitarskill]

I can't play this game because all the songs are either too easy or too impossible. I literally can't find songs that are in my difficulty level. The expert and higher songs all scroll at the speed of light, it's wild that anyone can hit them. I wish they'd add a constant speed option, even if that meant disabling high scores.

[@darryin]

I've never heard so much truth in one video

[@gameboi20]

don't u mean un-BEAT-able i'm gonna leave

[@gianpaguiligan1358]

Sorry if I might go out of topic but, what the heck happened to Funkitten09? Was he banned for something?

[@praupbskyhomk]

Ded

[@pie4breakfast_drums]

Yo! I've been playing Beat Saber since launch and playing though PC is definitely the way to go. You can use the link feature on your quest 2 to run it though your PC which will make modding much simpler. You said that the mods that are available depend on your headset, and I guess that's true in a way, but a better way to look at it is that you're either on quest or on PC. The vast majority of headsets run though PC and modding the game won't pay any attention to what headset you're using as long as you just run it though steam (or through the oculus launcher using a rift/quest or ReVive). I believe there's a way to use link without even having a cable now so if your PC is strong enough to handle running VR, I definitely recommend using that rather than standalone quest 2. I have a Quest 1, Quest 2, and Rift CV1 and I pretty much exclusively use my rift for BS. Also, I definitely recommend checking out Audica! Lot's of VR rhythm games fall a bit flat IMO but Beat Saber and Audica are 2 great ones, but oculus bought the studio that makes Beat Saber so they constantly promote it and Audica doesn't get enough exposure!

[@daltonmasonbestfriend4life]

I’m dumb and don’t know how to mod

[@wjjxkskqkw]

I wish score wasn’t influenced on how hard you swing ;-;

[@sagittarius9237]

It's not actually how hard you swing, but instead how "far" you swing (angle-dependent). There's quite a lot of technique that goes into optimizing each swing so you're not over/under-swinging or using too much energy for each swing, and basically every single top player agrees it'd be an awful idea to base scoring on something like timing instead.

[@wjjxkskqkw]

@@sagittarius9237 interesting, does that mean there is legitimately no rhythm element to it? because, even if there are “streams”, there is a big difference between getting a stream of straight 50’s and 100’s and getting a stream of 300’s, in a game like osu. even though you technically hit the same amount of notes, the difference in skill required is literally ten fold. if there legitimately isn’t a significant rhythm element to it, thats kinda boring to me, no disrespect to the top players of course. the best scoring system of all time in my opinion is clone hero, where misses are penalized but not to a crazy extent, and there isn’t any accuracy element. if all you were doing was going for an fc, you can cheese streams in osu and pretty much exclusively get 100’s and 50’s as long as you overstream. looking at beat saber gameplay it looks and sounds exactly the same to getting bad accuracy on a stream in osu.

[@sagittarius9237]

@@wjjxkskqkw The only real rhythm element is the time window your swing angles are judged in. However, as someone who plays both Osu and Beat Saber, I think something like streams is way harder to cheese in Beat Saber since your swings are direction-dependent, so something like double tapping simply isn't a thing.

[@wjjxkskqkw]

@@sagittarius9237 not even talking about trouble tapping more just over streaming on purpose

[@stellasilverr]

@@wjjxkskqkw Beat Saber’s scoring system is the way it is because of its nature as a VR game; you’re moving in 3 dimensions. There are still timing windows, however that’s not the intentional method of gaining score. Also because of the fact that notes require you to hit them in a certain direction, trying to overstream will result in a ton of bad cuts.

[@faketorchic6645]

oh look hololive at 2:25

[@vanillakeksik]

Nice

[@Seydrey]

Isn't this game incredibly hard? It looks so difficult!

[@KeluInVR]

Yeah it's fun untill you start grinding ex+ ghost

[@ViinnySMT]

crazy

[@paulsd9255]

So basically do not buy the PSVR version, where customs are impossible.

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

I heard saint pepsi