Holodance (Steam VR)

VR Shop Score – Silver Award

System: Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows MR
Price at Time Of Review: £15.49
Comfort Rating: Green
Genre: Music and Rhythm
Input: Tracked Motion Controllers
Best Playing Position: Standing
Multi-Player: No
Age Rating: PG

 

Description: Holodance was the first VR rhythm game shown to the public, mid 2015. Since then, it has evolved from “Dancing with Dragons” with only a few songs specifically produced for the game in its environmentalism themed Story Mode (WIP, see Early Access), to also letting you play your local music library as well as any of the 60,000 ranked maps for you! for more than 12,000 songs in Holodance Free Mode. Play in almost 20 diverse environments, ranging from a tropical beach or underwater environment with dolphins and whales to trippy abstract tunnels or asteroid fields:

Review: Holodance is a game that sadly got overlooked and never really ended up reaching its full potential. Like most VR Music and Rhythm games, this one does feel pretty good to play when the beats are in check and even when it uses your own music doesn’t an OK job of making it fun. But for most gamers, there is simply not enough content here to make it worth a purchase. Sure, it feels good to play, but to play with your own songs requires some effort and is not natural at all. If you are bored with Beat Saber maybe give this a look, but I would wait for a sale price before making a purchase.