{"id":76172,"date":"2022-04-12T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.134.249.59\/?p=76172"},"modified":"2022-04-25T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:37:07","slug":"beat-arena-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigbossbattle.com\/beat-arena-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat Arena \u2014 Band from VR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><b><em>Beat Arena<\/em> grants you the opportunity of playing in a VR rock band with classic tracks from Konami titles and the Bemani games.<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I cannot help but feel that the title of this game is directly related to another set of popular rhythm games and that Konami used that to captivate would-be buyers. Somehow there is nothing in this game that even remotely relates to any of the popular block-slicers out there, and the coincidence is in name alone. I wish they <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> copy at least some of the polish or tightly-designed user interface however, because \u2014 as you start to play your way through the game \u2014 you quickly realize becoming a virtual rockstar isn\u2019t all it was chalked up to be. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beat Arena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> manages to not only make you dislike playing virtual music instruments but also makes you wonder how we got to this point in virtual reality gaming in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BEAT ARENA Trailer\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEDoT4lTqsU?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beginning with the clunky user interface, which requires you to hold a button to select an option, you are quickly led down a seemingly never-ending corridor of options and configurations before you even get to the tutorial. You can customize your avatar within these menus, but the generic anime-inspired options seem lackluster and really devoid of any type of personality. Once you begin the tutorial, depending on what instrument you chose, you\u2019ll get a hang of what the game expects from you to turn your random virtual pantomiming into music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guitars are set up like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guitar Hero <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in that they require you to pick through notes or play them together to form chords with your off-hand while strumming to the beat with the motion of your other controller. Where this all falls apart is that you are translating the feel of pressing down on strings to the buttons of the virtual controllers instead of an actual plastic guitar and the timing of strumming is way off in a way that I can only describe as terribly frustrating. I understand why they had to do it this way, but I feel that a simplification would have gone a long way for comfort and usability. The Bass Guitar fares a little better as at least it drops the motion-controlled strumming for the bottom trigger-like buttons, which totally feels like you are holding a pick, and should be the way they handled the regular guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-76173 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena.jpg\" alt=\"Beat Arena\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193617\/beat_arena-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>Keyboard and Drums are the other two instruments available and while they are more fun to play, they ultimately have their caveats as well. Playing the keyboard is at least practical in that all it takes is the proper placement of your hands to hit the right notes, but even then you\u2019ll swear you had them in the right position and you miss note after note. In a music game, the easiest way to lose the fun is to not correctly count the way the player is playing, and that is one of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beat Arena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s biggest problems: inconsistency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drums are the most accurate out of all the instruments you can play in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beat Arena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the attention to note placement and the range of a real-life drumkit is fully realized with the options you have here. The biggest problem comes with the placement in virtual reality, because if you don\u2019t have your hands constantly up and away from the pads and cymbals after each hit, you\u2019ll accidentally hit other parts of the drums causing you to lose points and break your streak. When you get a rhythm going, though, it\u2019s a really good feeling and it makes you wonder why the rest of the game can\u2019t feel that good to play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76174\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193620\/beat_arena_2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>There are plenty of good examples of how to do virtual reality rocking correctly, and I think the best example out there is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rock Band VR<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The idea that you can play through chords that actually relate to the song with fingering positions, freestyle when you want to in some of the most amazingly goosebump-inducing moments I\u2019ve ever experienced in VR, and do so in front of a roaring crowd in the midst of your virtual bandmates is all part of the package. Sure, the setup is expensive as it requires you to go back and purchase a compatible guitar \u2014 unless you miraculously held onto your peripherals back from the age of competing rhythm game outfits. With an example such as that, it\u2019s a mysterious wonder how Konami ended up making a game about the excitement of music so droll and uninspired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know there is some gameplay in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beat Arena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is fun, I\u2019ve experienced it and enjoyed myself during those times, but the problem is that those parts were so rare and fleeting, that the whole moment is mostly remembered as more irritating than enjoyable. The music offered within <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beat Arena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a great selection, ranging from tracks from some of Konami\u2019s classic shooters to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatmania<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> powerhouses, remembered fondly by many. That is why it\u2019s painful to have to experience such poor controls while trying to survive long enough to make it through these great tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-76175 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3.jpg\" alt=\"Beat Arena\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/s3-b3bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/28193623\/beat_arena_3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>Beat Arena<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is ultimately a game that has good intentions but poor implementation. I\u2019ve never wanted to love a game so much but turned up so disappointed that it actually made me question how I was playing the game and who out there is able to make sense of these poor control options. Surely it went through some kind of quality assurance to determine whether they were a good fit, but ultimately, it was left in some kind of \u201cthey\u2019ll figure it out\u201d state, and the consumer is left to assemble fun out of the broken pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beat Arena was reviewed on the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/experiences\/quest\/2301375123298882\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oculus Quest<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but it is also available on <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steam VR<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/widget\/1647200\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"190\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beat Arena grants you the opportunity of playing in a VR rock band with classic tracks from Konami titles and the Bemani games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":76176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9719,2477,1360,8176],"class_list":["post-76172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video-game-reviews","tag-beat-arena","tag-konami","tag-oculus","tag-steam-vr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beat Arena \u2014 Band from VR &#8211; 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