AVICII Invector: Encore Edition

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AVICII Invector: Encore Edition takes to the stage for the most complete performance yet, featuring 35 tracks (including Peace of Mind, Freak and the chart-topping S.O.S) all set again SEVEN unique worlds to blast through.

Tears of Joy.

I have long loved Tim's music and Avicii Invector on the Ps4, so when I heard this was coming out on the Oculus Quest 2 I got really excited. That might not sound huge, but as someone who suffers from Major Depressive Disorder and Anhedonia, trust me, it really is. I'm only about 35 minutes into playing it on the new platform, but overall I'm hugely impressed. I've only ever had issues with the free flying portions of the game, and either the new medium or your coding magicians have managed to smooth those choppy parts over. I like that the movies were kept in that comic style, although I'm sure some would complain. And I'm sure some would complain of price, without knowing that a decent chunk goes to the Tim Bergling Foundation, which was set up (originally) to help tackle issues like mental health and suicide awareness and prevention, and has gone on to tackle additional issues like climate change and nature conservation. I doubt I will find much wrong with this game in the near future, and look forward to thoroughly dissecting this game. Thank you for the smile.

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Poor controls

I have this game on Xbox one and absolutely love it. Unfortunately the control configuration for vr has made it very frustrating. Going from console with all abxy on the right side to this, where those buttons are split between left and right is difficult but doable. What bothers me more is that no motion controls were used. For any movement other than abxy, motion sensors should have been used, making the game not only more immersive but more user friendly and fun. Having to use a thumb stick means you're constantly needing to either move your thumb from joystick to a button on the same controller lightning fast or means you have to keep switching up between using left and right joystick which adds even more confusion to the button configuration. A quick upwards, left, or right movement with the controllers should have been implemented to achieve jumps and left/right rotation. Still recommended but I'm just very disappointed with the controls and will never achieve the scores and level progression I did on console. The game could have and deserved to be planned out better.

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I want to enjoy this so much more.

Have to be honest in saying that I didn't really know that much about AVICII but after watching the trailer and googled a bit I heard familiar songs. I like rhythm games and I figured I'd love this game. But as with other games (which they're working on) I struggled with this game with my visual impairment. Really really frustrating as it's so close to being a really enjoyable game for me. The music is great and varied, visuals on the backgrounds are really nice and as others have said feel very retro sci-fi in feel. The music is really great so far. But.... I have 2 big issues with the game personally. 1 the buttons are sometimes hard to see and the colours are often far too close so I can't easily tell button A from B. I just found it really frustrating and that threw me off so much I just lost concentration (that and an overactive baby playing didn't help so much this time). My other issue is it just feels like a lazy port. We have VR, we have motion controls. We have full movement with the oculus controllers. Unless I've missed something the quest isn't really used. For example guiding your ship.. I'd love to be able to wave my arm and move the ship. A few optional motions integrated somehow would have been nice too like waving your hand down for A and up for B...(with proper thought). It has to be possible to implement something especially for the full quest game asking price. I'd love to work with the devs and make the game more accessible to all as I think a few tweaks could make a huge difference and make the game more enjoyable to all. :) I'll happily up my rating once something is in place. I did sit on the fence for a refund on this one too but I want to give the devs a chance as the music and potentially the game is great.

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Maybe I was wrong

I first played Invector back when it first came out on PC and I remember thinking that the game would be amazing in VR. Low and behold almost 2 years later I'm a little disappointed. First off by NO MEANS is this a bad game, but it could have been so much better! The first issue I had with the game was the controls, they are very hard to learn, even for someone who has completed the game on both PC and Switch. My main problem is the A and B buttons and specifically the colours of them, the 2 are barely different colours, I wouldn't have mentioned this of one of the buttons was (for example) green and the other blue, but in the game A is dark blue and B is a lighter shade of blue which personally really confuses me and I end up pressing the reverse of what I'm meant to press. I would also like to note that having the strum button as the grips would have been a better idea than having them as the trigger. I think adding the option to remap the controls to the users liking would greatly improve the user experience. The same could be said for allowing the player to customise the colours of the notes. Do I hate this version of Invector? No But is it what I wanted from a VR version of the game? Also no I think if a later update would add the features I mentioned the game would quickly become my favourite version of the game, but as it stands I don't see myself going back to the game after I've finished it. Not a bad game, I cant stress that enough, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

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Worth a quid for sure

Best £1 I've spent. This is a relaxing rhythm game where you mostly press LT, a and b - and sometimes the direction button. The pacing feels right - I'm usually terrible with rhythm games but found this one easy and enjoyable like it's something to do while relaxing and watching the visuals - really makes you pay attention to the music. There's pauses where you go through a portal and just fly and don't need to press anything and just guide the ship through some rings and listen to the music. Using Quest Games Optimiser you can bump up the resolution and it's smooth like butter on the quest 3. After each level there's a 2d cutscene. Each 'world' has 4 songs you can complete in any order to unlock the next world. I've completed 2 worlds so far, need to get to world 4 to hear my favourite song 'levels' by avicii so I'm motivated to keep playing. You can play this just sitting down, no exercising required. I wish they'd update the controllers to be the quest 3 ones instead of quest 2 controllers - not that you ever look at them - but the rings on the mesh are unnecessary and make it harder to see the buttons. I don't get motion sickness from it - if you can handle rollercoasters in vr you can handle this just fine - plus the camera follows your ship and looking at a stationary object helps your brain with motion sickness.

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