Worth The Buy. Updating my early access review from 3 to 5. Game has improved significantly since it was first released, and the developers actively release updates. All suggestions from previous review have been carried out or exceeded. Now the game is much more intuitive for beginners, and there's a survival mode for practice against the AI. Wands is also an active community game, as seen from the Oculus events.Hoping it's not too much to wish to see any of these:Team Battles - 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3 queuesMultiplayer Survival - Up to 3 people against the AI hordesGhost Tower - This is super wishful thinking, but it would be very cool for this style game to have an AI of our characters to fight when offline
Great starter VR Game!!! When searching for VR games you usually have a choice between military shooters, space exploration and gladiator type arena games to get any semblance of action PvP. Wands was simply a breath of fresh air. Movment is built on a "click-and-point" teleportation system that is fast and easy yet can be tracked and sometimes blocked by your opponent, so balalncing isnt an issue. Wands have 4 slots to fit Spells into. They range from fast electric attacks that do alot of damage or slow fire balls in which you can control the path of said fireball. Where this game really shines is in the maps. Each map is alive. It moves to either help or hinder player. Rising and falling platforms, Gas that fills a room to force you to move to another one and a large skeleton that will rise out of a lake of magma and slaps the harry potter glasses off of you. Player count is a little low and its hard to find opponents passed 8pm PAC. Other than that game is great!
Great concept! I could love this game if it was expanded on a bit more with features like : an captivating, yet simple "story mode" to add a bit more identity to the game. Next, add generic sound board that emphasises both subtle & dramatic events like: spell casting motions & critical hits/dodges to increase the "pressence factor". Last, you guys need to add easter eggs, special events, & tournaments to keep players coming back!
Can't find friend. The game looks like fun but I really want to play with my friend. We can both see the same people out there to duel but we can't see each other. I have no idea why she doesn't appear on the list. I would rate this higher but I really want to play with my friends.Update: I saw below that the reason may be that she's on a Go and I'm on a Rift. Can you explain how we can find each other in a public duel? I can't find her there either. She has health issues and I bought her the go since she doesn't have a pc to play a rift. This is one of the only ways she can kind of get out and do things with people so I'd love to be able to play this with her.
A VERY fun game with Severe problems. ITs a very fun game, but the tutorial skips out on the fact that wands have effects, and how you're supposed to heal(I've had to teach atleast a dozen ne wplayers how to do it). matchmaking is extremely annoying, because it throws you to the wolves making you go against people WAY out of your weight class(it needs a "please dont match me against this player for 24 hours" button). The last wands are too expensive, and by my count take more than 12 hours of grinding to get one(this is a generous estimate), or 48 hours of grinding to get all of them. The developers have "fixed" this problem, by scheduling events on specific days where you can get extra dust, but it feels like slapping a band aid on a amputated finger, it's not a great solution. Fun, but REALLY needs to fix it's issues, in fact if the above problems are solved in the future I'll come back and change my review (if possible) to five stars, and actively try and get people to play it, because when you're not dealing with those problems it is VERY fun.
Strategic 1v1 Between Oculus Devices. Played this on an Oculus Rift CV1 with my brother on an Oculus Quest. Gameplay was smooth as butter and neither of us had an advantage over the other in terms of hardware. Different spells are more useful depending on the size of the level. Reaching level 10 allows you to pick another set of spells, which helps overcome the advantage one may get based on the size of the map. Currently, I wish there were more maps or the ability to mod and add maps. The ones that exist are beautifully designed. The VR controls are well implemented and easy to use. The tutorial and a little practice will get you over the learning curve. Every VR game is slightly different when it comes to rotation and teleportation. This one feels natural after some practice. Overall, I recomend this game especially for crossplay between Oculus devices (very few games support this).
Most addicting game I've found on VR. I've played pretty much every VR game available, and while some have wow moments, this is the only one that keeps me putting on the headset. There is definitely a learning curve, which I think discourages some folks when they first give it a try. But I promise if you give it more than a quick glance, this is the game that's going to keep you coming back.
A VERY fun game with Severe problems. ITs a very fun game, but the tutorial skips out on the fact that wands have effects, and how you're supposed to heal(I've had to teach atleast a dozen ne wplayers how to do it). matchmaking is extremely annoying, because it throws you to the wolves making you go against people WAY out of your weight class(it needs a "please dont match me against this player for 24 hours" button). The last wands are too expensive, and by my count take more than 12 hours of grinding to get one(this is a generous estimate), or 48 hours of grinding to get all of them. Fun, but REALLY needs to fix it's issues, in fact if the above problems are solved in the future I'll come back and change my review (if possible) to five stars, and actively try and get people to play it, because when you're not dealing with those problems it is VERY fun.
Great for crossplay with friends. Wands isn't going to absolutely stun you like some other VR titles, especially if you have been playing VR for a while. However, for my friend who just got an Oculus Go, we found this as one of the handful of games we could play between Rift and Go. For that purpose, it is very good, and is probably the best candidate for crossplay between the two systems. However, if you're looking for just Rift/Quest multiplayer, there are better options available.
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