HexWind

Unlike anything I've ever played in VR. The visuals are awesome and the combat is super fluid. Using force lightning to decapitate one demonic skeleton with the body of another will never get old. Kickass sound track too!

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I wasn't sure exactly what to expect going into this game, and while it's not breaking any new ground, it is fun and provides a pretty good experience. This is essentially a game that combines Superhot with Until You Fall. The combat and setting are reminiscent of Until You Fall, although at this point during early access, with less weapons and choices, but with a time-slow mechanic like Superhot. As far as game quality, everything looks good and everything runs great on my system. If feels fairly polished, and I would say that for an early access game, it's already better than a lot of VR games out there that are considered to be completed. Nothing feels "janky," which is a big plus. That doesn't mean it doesn't have it's flaws. For one thing, the levels feel the same for the most part, just with different colors. In addition, the "background" environment is filled with skeletal bodies and other creatures that are just decoration and not actually enemies, and this can cause some confusion between what is an actual enemy and what is a background decoration. This may be intentional, though. But overall, this is a well made game and is definitely fun considering the early access. When more choices, weapons, and options are available, which I assume will be the case, this could turn out to be a pretty worthwhile game.

I don't have much experience in VR, I have played maybe 50 hours total. I do however recognize when a game is fun. HexWind seems excellent from what I've played. If you like feeling cool and you like beat-em-ups or slashers then you'll love this. The game is very very close to bug-free, only thing I noticed where some jank when trying to throw spell in a natural (but uncool) way, it seems like the game expects you to want to swing wide and stuff. Not really a problem Developers are super cool too, Buy the game! It's awesome, will play more definitively!!!

Note: I played the open beta on Quest 2, so my playtime is closer to about 2 hours. Remember the end of Half Life 2 where you get the upgraded gravity gun, and you spend 10 minutes flinging combine soldiers into lasers? HexWind gives you that power, a light saber, and the time dilation from SUPERHOT in the first five minutes, then asks you to kill a horde of demonic skeletons. The game is still in early access, so there's a number of rough corners, particularly with some of the UI interactions, but the sword combat is fun. Deflecting projectiles at demonic skeletons is fun. Learning that I can do Quake bunny hopping and proceeding to dance around enemies for 10 minutes is fun. It's still very early, but HexWind is some of the most fun I've had with VR combat in a long time. Sword + Gravity Gun + slow motion = fun.

Ich besitze viele Spiele, hatte aber bisher kein Spiel, was so viele und regelmäßige Updates im Early Access erhalten hat - sehr professionell und es ist total spannend die Entwicklung zu sehen. Ich habe das Spiel in einem frühen Stadium auf der Quest gespielt und diese Version hier auf Steam ist eine enorme Weiterentwicklung. Jetzt ist es auch aus dem Early Access raus. Die Entwickler Charm Games haben bisher aus meiner Sicht immer tolle VR-Spiele gemacht und ich mag deren vorige Games "Form" und "Twilight Path". Diese Spiele waren im Kern Exploration und Puzzle Spiele - dieses Spiel ist ein komplett anderes Genre, nämlich ein Action Roguelite. Ich würde es als eine Mischung aus "Superhot" und "Metal: Hellsinger" beschreiben. Mich hat das Spiel sofort in den Bann gezogen. Mit einer Zeitmechanik wie bei "Superhot" bewegt sich die Zeit nur, wenn wir uns bewegen. Nur im Gegensatz zu Superhot ist hier viel mehr los, viel mehr Action. Die Varianten und Möglichkeiten die Gegner zu besiegen und das Level zu schaffen sind sehr vielfältig. Man muss parieren, ausweichen, dashen, mit einer Art Zauberstab/Lichtschwert schlagen und schießen und es gibt auch Zaubersprüche. Die Gegner sind sehr unterschiedlich und abwechslungsreich. Die Mechaniken sind hervorragend umgesetzt, es macht Spaß die Gegner nieder zu metzeln. Man sammelt Totenköpfe, die besiegte Gegner zurücklassen, schaltet neue Tarotkarten frei, sucht sich die Wege selbst uvm. Die Grafik ist gut, die Musik ist super und der Sound ebenso. Ich kann das Spiel empfehlen - es bekommt von mir 8.5 / 10 Punkten. Ich muss aber noch viel entdecken, hab bisher erst an der Oberfläche gekratzt. Es funktioniert technisch einwandfrei, ein paar kleine Bugs sind noch drin, aber nichts grobes - es ist schon sehr feingeschliffen. Gespielt hab ich es auf einer Meta Quest 3 über Virtual Desktop, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super.

Super fun so far! The enemies are genuinely spooky, especially when they sneak up behind you. Combat is very fluid and the spellcasting is unique and satisfying. Once some more content gets put in I can see myself sinking some serious hours into the game

Full disclosure: Was given a creator key. Although there are a few bugs here and there, the overall product is a blast. It's got a simple but fun loop and the combat/action is top notch. They make great use of common VR mechanics like slowing down time unless you move.