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None of these are working for me, except maybe skip which just displays results without the AI box.

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/12/11/outside-the-box/

This is actually what I like about Pistol Whip. Vast majority of rhythm games are about hitting stuff at the precise moment. Beat Saber could be easily played without any music, you just hit the blocks when they’re in reach, no need for actual rhythm.

In Pistol Whip, you get to choose the rhythm. As long as it’s on-beat, you can shoot the enemies in any order, you can wait a bit, then shoot a bunch in a sequence. It gives you a freedom that most rhythm games don’t.

It’s interesting when making custom maps. Initially you’re tempted to kinda force the player into specific patterns, so that the enemies are dispatched at certain important beats, but over time I’ve come to realise it’s often best to offer up some targets and let them pick the order.

I’d say Pistol Whip is better in almost every aspect, though the mapping community is tiny in comparison.

Beat Saber is the VR equivalent of Tetris. Of course there are more engaging games than that, but it was among the first, with a perfectly simple yet highly polished design.

Last gameplay patch was in the 70s, when they fixed the vertical castling exploit.

How is that bad news? That’s how strikes work.

I’m a big fan of divide / cry a bit because it’s still overwhelming / conquer.

I might fall in that category, depending on how they’d ask me. I have a solid PC I built after crypto stopped inflating the prices but just before the RAM shortage and I’m mostly good, but I’ve got the money and have been thinking I could upgrade soon as a treat. Not at these prices though.

So it all depends if the situation improves in the next two years somewhat. This year? No chance, IMO. next year? Maybe. Maybe I’m too optimistic. But I definitely wouldn’t rule out be building a new PC in that timeframe.

To be honest while I loved the first, midway through the second one even the VR wow factor wasn’t enough to get me excited. There’s that one awesome moment where you see your reflection in a mirror. That has stuck with me but I barely remember anything else about the game.

I did finish it, I don’t regret buying it, but I would never play it flatscreen.

I would have thought the personal data would flow in the opposite direction tbh