HORIZON VANGUARD

This is an arcade style game that plays very similar to games like Starfox (SNES/N64) and draws inspiration from the likes of Gradius and Space Harrier. Being an arcade game, it is very difficult and relies on repetition for you to start clearing levels. The game absolutely nails the art style, music and pacing of those arcade games, with a good amount of polish. It is super fun to play, and mastering it will take you a long time!

Horizon Vanguard is polished, unique, and challenging as hell. Getting a little further each reset is super satisfying and the soundtrack slaps. Arcade/shooter is not my normal genre of game but I'm having a ton of fun with this one, and I might branch out and find more now. Some VR bits you may like to know: -No motion sickness (i get it with some games, none with this one) -Oculus Link works perfectly (i'm on a Quest w/the official link cable) -Don't get startled by a sudden appearance of a plane and punch your monitor >.> i also played in flat screen mode a little bit and after some keyboard mapping (i'm a warcraft baby and have ruined my ability to wasd properly) it was a lot of fun, but I still prefer the VR!

If you're not a fan of older arcade quarter munchers you might not be a good fit for this one - the completion rate for the first and 2nd boss is 50% then 16% - but if the idea of playing a light gun and shmup at the same time seems rad you'll likely dig it. Thankfully the difficulty is partially mitigated by being able to practice zones you've reached with unlimited continues before attempting a run from the start. I also found I had better luck dodging using the radar for a few seconds to figure out the boss's patterns versus staring at it during the fight. The tutorial could probably use to spell out some of the slightly less obvious mechanics like some enemies being immune to pistol shots, or what the colored circles around incoming shots indicate, and having shots from behind hit can be a bit annoying in a couple spots, but overall it's a lot of fun.

Exceptionally hard and very good VR interpretation of both shmups and on-rails shooter. Only been able to unlock a few zones so far, but it's a blast! The mechanic of looking down on your bike to see a top down view of the playfield to more easily dodge bullets is genius, and simultaneously blasting ground enemies with the bike and lining up pistol shots feels amazing. Runs smooth and My one complaint is that II wish there was a mechanic to hold down a button or trackpad on the movement controller to slow my speed to more easily dodge dense patterns. Will be playing it more!

Definitely a tough and enjoyable arcade like game where it feels like your deaths are your fault.

Its like SNES Starfox in VR. Super fun, challenging, and addictive. Logged on to play something else, but can't put it down!

After desiring a House of the Dead 1 VR port, this is the an excellent replacement and highly recommended to those who love retro 90s arcade shooters. It's also nice to have a pick up and play VR game that doesn't reside on room scale, which I love but not all the time. I will say that the game is very hard, which an arcade game should be, but there is a form of a difficulty settings in the options to allow slower gameplay and invincible mode (in case you actually want to see the ending without commitment)

Livestream of Horizon Vanguard: https://youtu.be/0Q9AFZCuXfA I’ve get the opportunity to check out lots of indie games and now and again a game stands out above all others and that is this game. The Style this game oozes is huge and being a fan of shoot ‘em ups this really ticks all the boxes. The music is amazing too. If your a bit old skool your gonna be reminded of many games from back in the day. I do have some ideas though that I have sent to the developers I feel will push this game from great indie to must own VR shooter. I’m always looking to check out retro games in VR, so it’s not often I get to play a new VR game that feels so retro. I love this

Do you like shmups? Do you like lightgun games like Time Crisis or LA Machineguns? Does the idea of playing a shmup and Time Crisis at the same time intrigue or excite you? Horizon Vanguard is that game. And it's incredibly fun!

Excellent game, but so brutally difficult. For the most part, shmup-style gameplay translates really well to VR, but having to rely on the radar in bullet-hell boss fights is kind of a bummer.