§ Game · 6DOF reviewed · Quest 3
Beat Arena
Interestingly, Beat Arena includes music from Konami's library of classic arcade games. Knowing this, I was excited to see how they had arranged the soundtracks for titles like Gradius, Lifeforce, or Scramble for this gameplay format.
§ The review
2.5Avoid
Beat Arena
By Andrew Anderson ·
Read the full review →§ At a glance
PlatformsQuest 3GenreRhythmYMMV
StandingReleased26 August 2021DeveloperKonami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
§ Game info
- Publisher
- Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- Price
- $29.99
- Headsets
- Meta Quest 3S, Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest
- Posture
- Sitting, Standing
- Languages
- English, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico)
- Internet
- Internet connection not required
+ Pros
- Drums are briefly entertaining
- Sheer breadth of songs and campaign branches
- Some of the Konami source music is charming
− Cons
- Motion-control guitar strumming is wretched
- Cumbersome menus and hold-to-click inputs throughout
- Asynchronous multiplayer in place of any real co-op