First of all, this is a very nice video with nice pace, editing, and very interesting content. I already played and finished the first Asgard's Wrath. In the beginning, it was just like you described AW2. However, once I learned how it works, I fell in love with it. That being said, here are some suggestions 1) Have you tried AW2 after the Quest 3 upgrade? While it doesn't make it as good as PCVR, I find the difference significant and just tips it over to the good enough graphics category. It is a huge deal because while the graphics aren't groundbreaking, they stop being distracting, and you enjoy the game more 2) Have you tried "Give me Wrath" level difficulty? The fact that it is more challenging forces you to think about your attacks and defense in more clever ways. I think comparing the gameplay pysics to Bone Lab is really an inaccurate comparison. The game has to stay accessible and Bone Lab is an aquired taste. It is unrealistic to ask for such level complexity for a game intended to please as many people as possible. 3) it seems you are still thinking about VR games from a flat screen perspective. When you say the main character you play has no personality and you only hear the mortal human characters talk, you must realize that the main character is YOU! You are playing in first-person perspective, and it doesn't make sense if your character starts talking to himslef. When the mortal characters are talking, they are talking to you as the God that is taking control of their body but not their minds. This is much clear in AW1, and maybe that is why you dont understand it well. Just like Moss1 and Moss 2. The reader doesn't say anything because the reader is the player himself. 4) The puzzles are actually very engaging and challenging. I also had to use walk-through videos for AW1, but I can tell you they made it much clearer in AW2. In AW1, I was often lost and didn't know where the game wanted me to go. But with adding the compass in AW2, they made a big improvement. Anyways, I really wish they made a PCVR version of it for best graphics, but for me, the experience makes it more than worth it.

I muddled my way through the first puzzle room and then just stopped when I got to the second one. I love a good puzzle but along with all the other tedium I felt I was putting up with, it just put it over the edge for me. It's a shame because it looks like there are lots of gems in this game if you are willing to go slog through a lot of frustration, which I am much more willing to do on a flatscreen game where I can be completely comfortable and don't have to worry about a short battery life. This game gives me a headache after a couple of hours, and with the relatively short battery life of my Quest 3 it just feels more worth it to spend that time not being unnecessarily frustrated. Thanks for the review! Love your videos.

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I just wanted to say that this is a great video and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on more vr games in the future.

information: it was confirmed a few months ago that Asgard's Wrath 2 will get a graphical update for Quest 3 which will bring a 4K texture pack to the game, so you can expect good improvements in the graphics, this update should be out by the end of April or maximum in early May.

This video is a masterpiece! The editing, script, and pace is just perfect. I got to the red bird part then quit after going through the anoying puzzles, wandering, and getting stuck at parts when the difficulty ramed up dramaticly

Look, I like the game and all but people overhyped this game like crazy. It’s basically a vr Ubisoft game with some cool mechanics and some great dev support and continued features. I love vr games and I love rpgs, and it’s definitely worth playing if you’re into those things, but it’s no witcher 3 or baldur’s gate 3. There’s no actively hostile publisher nonsense and it’s a good time in general but a legendary game needs to be a legendary game whether or not it’s in vr, not because it’s in vr.

I JUST REALIZED IVE BEEN PLAYING THE ROUGELITE MODE WITHOUT NOTICING TILL NOW!!!! Im gonna have to give this game another try

I got rumble vr after your video in it, and in the first week I had 30 hours. It’s the BEST

Just discovered your channel. New sub

i like how u included nimso, his project is awesome

Finally, the review comes.

I just bought my quest 3 today and im very excited to try this out😊

VR needs an OoT-like title, and not one where you control a little friend. Not to knock Moss, it's great. But I want a small open world, descrete, unique dungeons, fun traversal, and gentle, simple storytelling.

Subscriber earned. Well done soldier

This review completely nailed it, covering nearly all the main aspects of what is expected from a new AAA VR game, in details. Your tests are incredible, keep it up ! subbed. Also as personal feedback : the graphics turned me down. They could have made a PC quality first and then lower quality options to make it Q3 compatible, but they preferred to constrain it to Quest3 quality for flagship reasons. It's not a good strategy imo. (they seem to have regretted it, judging by the latest graphic overhaul)

I agree it didnt quite match my hype nor was the pacing during the in between stuff particularly fun but when the game does shine it can have some incredible moments. The scale, boss fights, and over length of the game is definitely something vr needs. This video inspires me to finally beat it.

was wondering if i should buy it, thanks for the info

I mean it's just the puzzles for me man. I could give a flying fuck about solving a puzzle in VR. It's stopped me from playing this game several times now and it's a shame because everything else is pretty enjoyable. I don't get some "ah ha" feeling when I solve the puzzle....I just feel relief of being able to move on.....

As someone who's recently gotten into VR, this game has been really good at helping me get my VR legs. I don't know if I'll stick with it but it's a great choice of pack-in game IMO.

You and i are the only two souls that are awake and think independently. I still can't wrap my head around it: why does everyone else love this game SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much? Even those people i met online, who i believe have no incentives to lie or to promote this game, have only amazing reviews about their own experiences. I was like a crazy person wondering, am i crazy or is the whole world crazy out there. Thank you!

I've played and I would give it a 9/10

Yes, yes it is. Once you get through the few hour intro it opens up and becomes a zelda esk open world rpg. Best vr game imo.

Hello! In some ways, I agree with you. Asgards wrath 2 is not a masterpiece. But I still believe it is a great step in the future of vr gaming! I felt a lot of the feelings you felt the first time I played. By the time I got two saga 6-7, I just wanted the game to be over. I mostly just stuck to the main quests. Didn't explore too much. And once I got to the final boss and won. I felt sort of.. empty. I tried getting back into it by going to the other areas, but once I had already beaten them. It didn't feel like there was a point. Like you said: "It starts to feel repetitive". So, I decided to restart the game but instead of just booking it to the end. I explored, did side content, and what I found... I enjoyed it a lot more. I found things I didn't even know were there the first time I played. Learned a lot more about the characters you meet. Did you know that bes originally was a friend of set before he betrayed Osiris? Bet you didn't. You learn all these amazing things and experience so much. By the time I was at the 10 hour mark same as you. You were at the second character already, but me? I was level 12 exploring Caves and doing requests and side quests in saga 2. I got better armor, better weapons. Which in turn made the combat more fun because it wasn't as challenging in result of the better armor/weapons. My companions were stronger because I also upgraded them. There bonds were stronger. At first I thought Subira to be kind of a jerk. But now knowing her story through growing her friendship, I realized she was abused and just wanted to be loved. So much stuff I missed when I only focused on the main quests. A bit more I want to talk about. About the invisible walls and limitations.. I grew up playing the older games like prince of persia sands of time, super mario sunshine, legend of zelda ocarina of time. Those games always had invisible walls. So I just kinda got used to it. It might feel like its immersion breaking for you. And I understand that. But, it really isn't that big of a deal. Anyways, overall I recommend playing through it without rushing it. Truly take your time and explore everything. And I truly think your opinion will change. If you read this far, thank you! Hopefully you take my advice. As always great content and whatever you may believe as your opinion is fine! Your a great content creator keep up the amazing work!

I played this game and Into the Radius at the same time, and Into the Radius hooked me on way better

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Im only a few hours in this game, im really enjoying it but i definitely agree with almost everything you've said. Its very disappointing you cant interact with the world around you more.

I found it pretty fun but I don't know if I'll play it again Edit: I fell asleep and came back to the video I may change my mind about not playing it again Your video showed me so much I haven't seen yet So I thank you for that P.s. I got a sweater and it is awesome Love the old retro virtual boy ad

2 months later, Did you finish it?

Played it for 6 hours And I was really enjoying it And then it got repetitive and I haven’t touch it since maybe I should try hopping back in again🤔

As the fan of the first one, i gave this one my maximum patience. I really lost it when i was wondering in that empty desert. Not even some rocks to fill each frame. All the enemies are so repetitive. All the explorations are so predictable, except for some big puzzles. I still don't want to give it another try after the texture pack came out. Masterpiece my ass.

It is the best game i ever played. you guys dont know what quality is.

It's clear this is "included with purchase," just as you mentioned, because it will hook newbs (like me) on VR. Seems completely fair to point out how it's maybe not great for the uber experienced, fight focused, gamer.

I felt the same way. Glad someone finally said it

I just got the quest 3 and this game came with it as it does. After about 3 hours I had to put this down. It looks great but there's no weight to any of the combat. And a lot of it seems to be meant as spectacle but if you're a long time VR player it's really nothing new. Half Life Alyx imo is still the gold standard

You can get dungeons of eternity with a quest plus subscription

I mean the graphics now much much better especially with game optimiser if I pull up the graphics better than many games in my PS5

I agree this game is nowhere near perfect, not even GOTY materia. It was worth 60 to me because it included Asgard's Wrath 1 so it's more like I got two games for $30 each. (I fully completed that game before starting this one). I think some points made in the video are just personal preference, though. The first thing to come to mind are the puzzles, I actually quite enjoyed those, that "aha" moment when everything clicks makes me feel like the smartest guy in the world (I know that's just an illussion because puzzlesn in games are designed to be solved after all), but that's probably because I enjoy games like The Legend of Zelda. I also enjoyed backtracking, coming back to old areas once in a while with a new ability unlocked to get items I couldn't before, but that's because I enjoy Metroidvanias. I also liked the restrictive, timing-based combat, but I do feel it was a bit less focused and chaotic than AW1's combat. Speaking of AW1, That game was a lot more linear, but it felt better paced, it reminded me a lot of God of War 2018, but with Zelda puzzles too. AW2 feels more polished in certain areas AW1 lacked, and I hope AW3 combines AW2's polish with AW1's restraint, that would result in a game we could truly call great.

This was a good review brother, but why compare pcvr graphics to standalone and not even mention it 🤦🤦

This game gets so good when you invest like 10+ hours

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Can we get a "Song in the Smoke" review?

so basically it's not a short lived cheap tech demo or rougelite (despite having one built in) so bad game? It seems you can't win here even when we have a dev that makes a fully fleshed out open world RPG that has more content and things to do than any other VR game on the Quest.

I had basically the same experience as you, but I still haven't convinced myself to keep playing. Especially when I could be playing Dungeons of Eternity instead. Great video though! I almost completely agree with everything you said and it was very well put together, as usual from you.

I personally loved the game, one of my favorite of all time, puzzles werent great., tedious at times, But I fought from distance with all characters, and combat was fun, I loved playing as each character and upgrading, in my opinion everyone should play beautifull game

For me my biggest complaint is JUST the combat. I've grown so accustomed to physics-based combat like Blade and Sorcery that anything even a little arcade-esc in VR melee combat just kind of falls flat for me. Im fine with all the exploration stuff because its nice to have a breath of fresh air between combat, and I actually like the puzzles. My only other complaint is the lack of loot that barely makes the game feel like an RPG. I want to wield a big ass greatsword and I want the collisions with the sword to feel like its actually crushing bones, not some tiny hatchet that barely has feedback when you attack.

Im soo annoyed as to why the controls are stuck in 2016 vr era Why do i have to hold a button to spring ? To jump ? To slide ? It really kills immersion for me

I have the same complaint about the puzzles. Honestly I watched wolfinvr too to help me lol

I personally like rides

so is this game still good

To be honest, the game is really made for people who are just getting into VR fr beautiful game still tho

Honestly, I just waiting for Blade and Sorcery’s crystal hunt mode to come out

Asgard's wrath might be a great game, but I can't play for more than a few minutes before getting motion sickness, I can play contractors and beat saber for a long time, no problem, but for some reason I get a headache when I'm playing asgard's wrath

I just got a Quest 3 and started playing this game for about 4 hours. I really like it so far but your review made me realize why one word kept popping up in my mind. Tedious. I wasn't sure why at first because everything looked great to me. There's so much to do, so I should really like it. You nailed it on the head though. It's scripted and it's tedious. I'd enjoy the fights and then the boss fights so much I wanted to keep going but then it felt like I'd suddenly hit a wall when a puzzle comes up. I'd have to context switch because I want more combat but now I have to try to solve a puzzle, and there are no hints like you've pointed out, so I have to take off my headset, google or youtube the solution, then go back in. It really does ruin the flow. I find myself just stop playing completely at times because I'm taking off my headset to go search for the solution to a puzzle. So I just put it off and don't play again for days because it felt like something I don't want to do. It felt like a chore when it should be enjoyable.

Valid criticisms, but honestly the reason I'm not so huge on the Asgard's Wrath series is that I'm just not that big on Fantasy. I thought the scope of the world was great, and likewise the appearance (with the qualifier, "for standalone" with the second one), detail and general polish. Just not a world that interested me much. Same reason I love Fallout VR (modded), but don't care for Skyrim.

This game has a slow start. Boring environments, puzzles, dungeons, combats etc. But once you get pass the 10 hours mark, everything gets significantly better.

you just saved me from buying this game, aha also please make a review on Survival Nation if you haven't already

Maybe one day ill give this another shake, but playing dungeons of eternity before this one honestly made AW2 look and feel so clunky that i could not vibe with it. The settings for control layout alone, if you're left handed like i am be prepared to have a pretty frustrating time with this game's one size fits all left or right handed modes. Super glad it came with the quest 3 cause i would've felt scammed if i paid 60 dollars for this clunky mess

I asked so many friends "Is this a 10/10? Is this really great? Or is it great FOR A VR GAME?" And yeah now that I've played myself, its cool, but its not a 10/10 :D

Excellent video. I would have devoured this game during my VR honeymoon phase, but I am long beyond that. Sanzaru Games is a quality studio. Unfortunately, much like Assassin's creed VR, it is held back by its platform. While I have many problems with the game, the pacing killed my interest before being able to craft anything, like in Asgard's Wrath. I spent a good chunk of my playtime looting everything possible, yet being unable to do anything of consequence with what I gathered. What Sanzaru achieved with the limitations presented is amazing, but failed the most important aspect of a vide game. It wasn't fun. I couldn't see past its technical limitations. Earning the next carrot wasn't rewarding enough for the effort required. While "Meta" has pushed the VR industry to new advancements in hardware, it has stymied its software counterpart by abandoning the PCVR platform. Also by hoarding developers to eliminate competition, but that is a tangential rant I will avoid.

I get the disconnect. similar to death stranding. when youre a reviewer youre expected to finish all the games you play. which means theyre used to sitting through boring parts. and even if theres a lot of boring parts, if it all makes up for it in the end then its still a great game. regular gamers though will get to those boring parts and just stop playing the game because its boring. if im playing a game thats boring why would I continue when I know 10 other games I could be playing instead that I know for a fact are all super fun?

That second track id is gassss

It would be a better game with free movement like jumping or climbing anything.

Not gonna lie this is a good video but it really misses the mark at one point. One review from IGN is subjective in the playtime. Bro was doing so much shenanigans in the rift that he was probably in there for at least 30 hours. He also got that monkey sidequest which means he had to sift through many requests to also get to that point and he also probably explored a lot. I spent 60 hours to beat the game on Wrath and I was stuck on a few parts and explored and did a few side quests. Around 15 of those hours were in the rifts. You make it look like you have to deal with filler in the main quests when the filler is up to you for the most part. There IS physics based combat, just not B&S style. It’s simple with it as you have simulated weight (not too extreme) of weapons and physical damage are based off of how hard you hit. With the “lack of immersion” that’s definitely a personal thing because Saga 2 is around 12-15+ hours casually and you only are in your Cosmic form when you launch the game, then you head straight to your mortal form. Quite wacky how you showed parts of the game that have invisible walls because if you just open your compass, you are clearly not supposed to go that way. Why would you jump down 60 feet in the air when you can take stairs? (7:01) Why would you go to a bum pile of rocks when the litteral temple is in forward direction? If you wanted to get to that area you could’ve before you approached the temple. (7:16) It’s just more of a common sense thing and the way how the game is coded I don’t think it would work well without those restrictions. You are right about a bit of the unclearness and a little bit of the tediousness but this review turns a little bit “experimental” especially with the comparison. For something that was built on the quest 2 it’s revolutionary, and there’s yet to be a graphics upgrade which is pretty cool. It’s very important to finish the game because the pace starts to pick up after Saga 3, and puzzles get very easy and there is significantly less. I wish you treated this more like a sponsored review.

I did the exact same thing with that injured bird part... the game is painfully misleading there.

I got guest 3 and I get it for free 😭

l am like... poor But am glad that this platform is growing into something more substantial

I got it for free to my Quest 3. My first impression was kind of bad graphics, and really bad mechanics :/ Would not recommend.

Definitely not a 10 out of 10 for me. I cant even enjoy this game with out motion sickness as it don't have teleport? Ive played many games half life alex, Arizona sunshine 1 & 2 etc and loving dungeons of eternity hopping around having hours of fun with no issues. Thanks for good honest video maybe they can update tweak the game. But I was disappointment and deleted off my headset. Cheers.

Not a 10 for sure but still a great game!

No it’s not that good in my opinion. If IGN gave AC Nexus a 7, I don’t know how tf they gave Asgard’s Wrath a 10

What I am hearing is that its a 10/10 VR game for people who dont play VR usually.

i stopped the game after an hour bc of the gameplay. i felt like a toddler. i really love vr for physics based games. prefer ghosts of tabor more than contractors showdown for example

The fighting mechanics are janky and it feels like they cram puzzle after puzzle to fill run time

It's a pretty good game but its just too many puzzles for me.

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I’d give it like a 6-7 it’s not bad but it’s far from the best game I’ve ever played.

I hate in game tutorials so much. If you need to actually break the 4th wall to tell the player how to play it's because your UI is ungodly awful.

It’s good but not a 10. Alyx existing already drops AW2 to a 9 at best. And I say that as someone who got it for free without even buying a Q3

So, basically, it's not even a vr game, but a flat screen game with vr support, for some reason advertised as as one?

I have sort of fell off on this game 40+ hours in... I still think it is a great game... it's just too much. The game tries to be too many types of games at once. RPG is about stats and items, while action VR is about the sword play and ranged accuracy. This game tries to do both at once and then throw puzzles on top. It's off putting to do a perfect parry and counter attack to see it do 1% damage, then die immediately because the enemy happens to be 30 levels above you... in a cave next to the starting area.

For me game drags for ever. Pacing is its biggest issue. Second to this is collecting junk. My friend asked me if empty crates are a main enemies in this game.

Played 20mins, not touched it since

It's too linear. Feels like I'm playing a storybook. I, as the player, don't really have any impact on anything. It's a pleasant hack and slash puzzle game. Just not for me.

well, i will never play it - simply because i own an index instead. the only reason i would EVER get a quest is if i wanted to travel with my gaming laptop and a vr headset. but despite not sounding like it - i am not made of money. sorry meta - you could have had my 60 dollars, if you, you know, released on pc.

SO TRUE

Well thats disappointing. I was thinking about getting a Quest 3 just for this game. Now im thinking i just stick with my PSVR2

Its too expensive, if blade and sorcery is 20 this should NOT be 60

I was immensely disappointed by AW2 compared to what it was being hyped up to be. There is a lot of content and nice graphics but the fun aspect is too lacking for my liking.

I like it, gameplay is fun, but not a fan of the egyptian theme.

Only 3 views in 14 seconds, really fell off 😔

Its very average. It's like a aaa studio went full steam ahead to make a VR game without understanding what a good VR game is. Games like Alyx and red matter 2 are good. They are immersive, interactive, there's no HUD.

On my opinion no sadly 😢😢

Thanks uninstalled. felt the same way

56 views in 8 minutes? Man you fell off

the game is average, its not 10/10 for sure. Since there are nothing similar in VR.. they got a higher score. I only storm through the campaign and didn't bother w/ the side contents. VR really is a hit or miss w/ melee/fantasy games. It's only good for shooters, the melee physics are awful in most games.

It is really well made game, but I just didn’t like it that much. AC Nexus was way better

Asgard wrath 2 didn't appeal to me, even as free. The gameplay seems flat. Also, if done right stylized graphics can be really good, but here it looks like they oversaturated all and is really bad not just because is low fidelity.

too many puzzles

Yes... And no. Yes and no. Its really good. Dunno how good THAT good is. But probably not. XD