You can’t own a Meta Quest without owning at least one rhythm action game. The genre is packed full of innovative titles delivering energetic musical vibes. Joining this selection is techToy Studio’s Symphoni, a game that mixes classical music with conductor-style gameplay. And as our friends over at 131XR find in their latest review, Symphoni is quite the compelling experience.
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Symphoni bridges a gap between games like Synth Riders and Maestro. While the latter focuses on becoming an actual orchestral conductor, Symphoni takes those arm movements and turns them into a modern rhythm action experience.
To ensure some uniqueness within this bustling genre, Symphoni offers a couple of distinctive twists. Firstly, its library of music is entirely classical. No random assortment of electronic, hip hop, rock or other music genres here. Just timeless masterpieces from the likes of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and more.
Furthermore, in a similar vein to games like Crystal Commanders, Symphoni mixes both virtual reality and mixed reality visuals into one cohesive whole. Depending on how you play – or should that be conduct? – your environment will change and alter throughout each song, encouraging you to hit each note.
Symphoni Review
As 131XR explains in its review, Symphoni, at its core, offers a very simple gameplay experience. You have to use your virtual baton to cut through notes at the correct time or hold and move musical orbs. Each sony starts as in MR, so you can see your surroundings. But as you progress and successfully hit each note, a virtual environment will slowly wrap itself around you. It’s a good visual representation of how well you’re doing.
131XR also notes that while Symphoni gently eases players in – and it’s great for VR newbies – the harder difficulty levels ramp things up considerably. So if you’re all done with Expert+ on Beat Saber, this could very well be worth a look. Furthermore, you don’t have to use controllers. Symphoni supports hand tracking, enabling a flick of the wrist to cut through musical notes with ease. Proving a far more natural conductor experience.
So, is this classical music experience worth your time? Check out 131XR’s review of Symphoni below.
Rhythm action rivals
As mentioned, Symphoni joins a hugely competitive genre. While Beat Saber might rule the roost, titles such as Synth Riders, Ragnarock, Smash Drums, Unplugged: Air Guitar and Pistol Whip are some of the many worth mentioning.
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And like many of these, to stay competitive, Symphoni will need to release more music to expand its library. techToy Studio has plans to do so, although it’s unclear when. The team do plan on releasing a new feature called Symphoni Composer. This will allow players to create their own musical challenges and try out user-generated symphonies.
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