Twisted Arrow Reviews

The best game I've tried on Vive so far! Very nice bow game. The content is also very good. I'm playing on Medium to have a bit of a challenge, and after 4 hrs I'm still not done with the campaign. Pros: * Story mode * not a wave shooter * Very nice way of movementsystem (teleport to certain fixed points) Cons: * My arms get tired ;)

TL;DR - Solid single player game if you don't mind fixed location teleport. ---------------- One of those VR games that's debatibly a Must Have purchase. Inexpensive well polished single player game that stands out from other wave defense archery titles. This is not another Longbow clone this is a full game. You actually move (teleport) to different positions and progress through a level. Don't just stay in one place. Inclusing some decent story/reasons why you are completing various objectives. (Teleport, not free movement.) Nice variety of arrows and limited energy giving some tactical choices regarding when to use the more expensive toys like explosive arrows. It's not perfect, as sometimes the enemies get unreasonably confused by your teleporting, and the lack of a checkpoint system means you are better off playing on easy if replaying a nearly finished level bothers you. Compared to other more expensive must have VR games like Raw Data, Arizona Sunshine, and Serious Sam, this offers a solid value. And a deal that shouldn't be passed up is it goes on sale. All that said, there are a few people who should avoid it; those who only want multiplayer, those who demand free movement locomotion, and those who almost exclusivly demo thier Vive to groups. Getting a new player familiar with the controls and then through the first level takes a bit longer then you typically give someone in a group/demo situation.

Above average game! This is a gem and should not be missed. Gameplay was exciting and fun and the voiceovers were well-done. I got stuck a few times not knowing what to do next, but soon realized that I needed to explore every available area... so the game pushes you to move around the whole board. This is a perfect addition to the bow and arrow games on the Vive. Very well done!

Fun game, makes me feel like a combination of two of those avenging heroes, what with the bow & arrow, plus the shield. Well laid out controls make game play smooth and slick. Graphics are cartoony/arcadey, but not bad by any means! Good variety in the handful of arrows you have, they come in handy in different locations. Not sure how long the full game is, I’m only an hour in, but liking it so far. I scooped it up on sale, and can already tell there’s plenty of goodness here for the price I paid. Thumbs: UP!

Well-polished arcade style bullet hell bow game. The bow mechanics are solid, and the fixed-teleportation areas actually work really well with the game. The 6 different arrow types (that you always have access to via energy levels) all add a great feel to combat, and this was one of the games I actually got into ducking and dodging for. Even at medium difficulty, this game has had a few challenging stages, and it's been satisfying to continue retrying levels to increase accuracy and score. At the sale price of $5, this was one of my best valued purchases this summer sale for sure.

Great fun with decent replayability. I played through on easy then on medium and I still drop in to do a level or two. Good performance; I never noticed any judder. I thought the fixed-location teleportation system would bug me, but it works really well with the game, structuring combat, movement and levels.

It was fun at first, but quickly got really annoying having to start whole mission from the begining each time I die. I didn't like the aproach of having preset teleport points becasue it makes the game a lot harder for those with small playspaces, as sometimes you just can't step to the side and take cover as intended becase you'd be walking into a real life wall, and then you're forced to face a whole army without any cover... and frankly gameplay just isnt designed to allow for rambo style play as once you got few enemies shooting at you and youre out of shield, your only option is run in circles if you got a huge playspace or teleport back and wait 5 minutes for your health and energy to regen. There were a couple of moments in gameplay where I'd get ambushed from behind by a group of enemies, which meant death unless I played the level before and knew where and when enemies were gonna ambush me. This would be okay if dying was a 30 sec setback, in stead of a 5-10 minute one. Then there is the lack of one-handed-aiming option (holopoint style aiming). For a bow and arrow centric game to not support that is silly. Personally this is what I hated the most, as I'm a seasoned holopoint player, and very fast and acurate with one handed aiming style. Forcing me to use two handed aiming feels like trying to play a fammiliar game with all my keybindings reshuffled.

Great game. Lot of fun. Graphics look good. Bow mechanics work well. Nice choice of arrow types. Would love to see them add more arrow types in the future that could be chosen on the trackpad from your bow hand. Turning the bow at a 90 degree angle to use the shield takes some getting used to but adds to the challenge. You can't shoot and use the shield at the same time. I only played the first level so far but am looking forward to playing more. Well worth the price especially while it's discounted at $15 right now. Feels very polished and is definitely one of the better bow and arrow games out there. For those thinking this is a wave shooter, it's not. It's kind of like Bullet Sorrow or Robo recall where you can point and teleport to different spots. Not that linear though. There are a number of places to teleport to on any given map. Some people will not like it if they are completely expecting free locomotion but it works well with this kind of game. If you could move anywhere it would take away some of the challenge of hitting targets.

This one is truly a hidden gem. Unlike most other bow & arrow games that are either tower defense or wave shooters, Twisted Arrow is a bow & arrow game where you're moving through several very different levels, using different arrows (explosive/freeze/trap/split/regular) to get rid of a variety of enemies. The level of polish is quite high as this comes from the same devs that made Final Approach so it's not a lone dev working in his spare time and it shows. Graphics are quite good and the feel of the bow is nailed perfectly, to me it feels very much like QuiVR but moving through the levels is where it's at. I had concerns about the movement system but after playing for about half hour I understood the design choices and they really built the game around them very well. If you enjoy bow & arrow games, definitely try this one.

This is NOT a wave shooter, it's closer to Bullet Sorrow but with a distinctive art style . Much bigger play area too as you move through a city, sometimes atop cranes or battling it out on top of a skyscraper with armed drones and choppers dropping troops in front of you. There's multiple 'travel points' to choose from and cover like cars and storage containers (lots of destructible scenery) and i thought the movement model suits the game. It's well enough done that you can stake out an area without being 'dropped into it' without any cover. Unlike say Metal Assault, if you have a large play area you can use plenty of space for cover. This is a bow game and thankfully the bow feels really good. Plus there are bow options on the settings menu so you can customise angle etc. Different arrows can make things easier and there are scattered health and energy pickups. I really enjoyed this and it's a delight to play a VR title that's so polished, you can tell these guys have made games before! Best i've played in a while and definitely worth $15. Cons: not much really. Die fighting the boss and you have to restart that level - at least i couldn't see any other option. Normally run a 6700k/1080@ SS 1.5 which i had to dial back to 1.2 as there was some reprojection. 9/10