Its because most reviewers will just take the game at face value and base their review on the 1 and only experience of the game they had. Shoot to the rhythm, its a rhythm based game. I never thought I would have to use the term "uncultured swine" in a serious manner but damn, some reviewers really are uncultured.
Finally made up my mind to buy a VR and just bought the game today and I had no idea it was a rhythmic style game. I would have eventually found out but first 3 hour play through.. I almost like the intensity of not knowing. Makes it more chaotic than following a rhythm and I thought the music was there just for background noise. Awesome game though no doubt, no matter how you play it. Anything to get the blood pumping.
I like how you're actually creating your own rhythm and playing along with the song. I'm able to shoot to the beat, but being able to throw in quarter notes or half notes and get creative is where the true depth of this game lies IMO.
Wow, thanks so much for this. I'm surprised the in-game tutorial doesn't doesn't highlight playing to the rhythm. Having been a Guitar Hero fanatic in the 2000s, this makes the game so much better, and I can clearly see that the developers intended this based on when the enemies pop out, their armor level, and shot duration. The "on-rails" auto running actually seems quite similar to the Guitar Hero fretboard coming at you.
I think it’s because it’s so you decide how you play enjoy the game for yourself without putting pressure on you. I don’t think the developers want to have impact on your playstyle.
I was so confused cause I'm a drummer and I was watching other players play this and they weren't on beat with the music at all. I swore that's how it was supposed to be played but no one was doing it. Watching you play I now know I am right. haha
@@CircuitLord I don't think that's the players fault exactly, the game could definitely do more to show the player when it's the best time to shoot for maximum score.
@@Strikerdoodle I mean, it's not that hard. You shoot with the beat, and the music is there to show you "the beat". And if you're still struggling, there's even a vibration metronome thingy that vibrates your controller a bit on every beat to help you find it if you're having trouble.
if you have a gun and bad guys... who wants to sync up there gunshots to the beat. just have fun with it and blast away, the music is awesome though. and each to their own. i guess since im in the minority that doesnt find beatsaber fun it makes sense i prefer to play pistol whip like an awesome fast paced fps with baddass music instead of a rhythm game..
You make this look so easy, when i was palying this mission I felt like I was almost gonna break my back as I was crouching and bending all directions dodging stuff put you do it so casually
I always thought pistol whip was just beat saber and I didn’t wanna spend another 25 bucks for a beat saber shooting game but after seeing this im gonna get it. Great video!
pretty damn impressive. i personally prefer to just play it as a shooting game with awesome music. much more fun, and then dont feel silly with the syncing of my actions to music. but i am still very impressed with this. clearly the way you are supposed to play.
one small detail i think a lot of people miss is that the sound that the bullets make when they pass near you tunes itself to the song based on the key. very subtle but makes the experience a lot nicer
CiruitLord: This is how you're meant to play Pistol Whip. Everyone else: Alright guys lemme show ya this backflip while i make a 360 noscope in the air.
Honestly the hardest part for me is shooting on the beat when i know i'll have to dodge. I don't have any issue staying on beat but noiw seeing this i know i can do more as it felt at time slike i could not tap fire more than twice in time. No idea wher ei got that from. Ontop of that i'm fighting years of time crisis an dfps games wher ei just shoot as enemies appear on screen haha.
I know this comment is very late but how do you shoot on beat so well, even after practicing and focusing on beat a lot I never can get a good score, I've only gotten a b once.
Rye in a way you have to remember to CONSTANTLY MOVE but make sure you’re moving to your idea of what the beat is. It took me forever but I can play this song almost perfect on hard now. Best song ever.
Is is how the game was made yes, but I find the game just as entertaining while just going Rambo shooting the hell outta them soon as they pop up, that's my jam!
I stil dont get it. I play it like theres a beat like every single second there is "dum" and enemies go bright for a seceond and the I shoot them but it seems to be wrong
If you play the game like this, it gets easier, so you SHOULD do that. But there are stages where you shoot in-rythm even if you suck, since they spawn in rhythm.
there is three ways to play; 1. you shoot on the beat with the right amount of bullets per enemy and do some sweet melee on beat aswell. 2. you add some modifier like deadeye and see how bad your aim is without the assist. 3. John Wick mode, fuck the beat. just kill and survive the lvl. I am more of a 3 than a 1 but 2 is fun sometimes aswell.
This is awesome :D Nice to see some rhythm to Pistol Whip gameplay! What software do you use when recording? the camera FOV and smoothness looks great!
No hate but ur supposed to shoot the armored enemies and then pistol whip for the extra points. A chestplated grunt is 1 shot then pistol whip, and a full armor grunt is 3 shots then pistol whip. No armored grunts u just pistol whip :)
How dare you shoot to the beat!! You're suppose to spam shoot the enemies AS SOON as they show up and not even let them shoot at you!! Can't believe you would even think of being clever and shooting to the beat.. The game has cool music in the background to shoot to, totally not cool music for you to shoot TO the beat to. geesh you're just doing it all wrong... adding rhythm to a rhythm game... pfff... (That was all sarcasm btw... and I'm actually really happy to see someone ACTUALLY caring about the beat of the song instead of just shooting the enemies as soon as they show up.. because many people don't realize, if you let them shoot at you, their shots and projectiles you dodge go with the beat to the song as well.)
What's your best advice for not getting hit? Is it just constant head movement? The red circles don't seem to appear all the time. I'm not sure they're terribly helpful either except to alert you to an incoming bullet from your periphery.
yes head movement is key. I found that kinda dancing or bouncing back and forth to the beat helps with dodging and it helps you keep the rhythm but its also very exhausting lol. Try not to stay in one spot waiting to dodge the bullets though it becomes too much, you have to stay moving to throw off their shots.
Yep, pretty much. I just am constantly moving side to side, and up and down, so my head is never in the same spot as the spot they aim by the time the bullets get to me.
Bullets are fired where your head is assuming you don't move. If you can see the shot, just lean out of the way right before it hits you (if another minion fires before you do, they are gonna miss from that same move). This keeps your options open. The more exhausting alternative is to just move in a circle, crouching and standing as you move left and right. Even with a lot of fire you can avoid being hit rather reliably.
Dat game needs mods/more better known tracks so it can blow up like beat saber, juuussttttt don't let it get bought by facebook and do as if you would not support modders whilst making it easy for them with an extra mod folder in the game files
Your accuracy is also part of that. If you're getting 170s, you're hitting on the beat. Bring the gun up to eye level and level the sights. Concentrate on aiming and you'll get those 200s. If you're off-beat, you'll get 100 or less, depending on accuracy. 100 is for accuracy, the other hundred is for on-beat.
Just wanted to say, I saw this video and thought, "What a pointless video, how else would you play it? Of course you're meant to shoot on beat, who doesn't do that? (or at least try to)". Then I read the comments, apparently there are a lot of videos of people who just shoot without going to the beat. Weird lol. Guess that's what I get for not really watching gaming videos.
I die a little inside when I see reviewers having no idea how to play the game. Thanks for showing the world :D
Try omotea the dancing shooting anime girl
@@KePzez Nah, she's entertaining to watch but she's not always on beat
Its because most reviewers will just take the game at face value and base their review on the 1 and only experience of the game they had.
Shoot to the rhythm, its a rhythm based game.
I never thought I would have to use the term "uncultured swine" in a serious manner but damn, some reviewers really are uncultured.
@@KePzez she actually knows how to play tho!
Finally made up my mind to buy a VR and just bought the game today and I had no idea it was a rhythmic style game. I would have eventually found out but first 3 hour play through.. I almost like the intensity of not knowing. Makes it more chaotic than following a rhythm and I thought the music was there just for background noise. Awesome game though no doubt, no matter how you play it. Anything to get the blood pumping.
Circuit lord: So anyways I Started blasting
Rogamer YES! thank God I had my pieces
Haha love it man
I like how you're actually creating your own rhythm and playing along with the song. I'm able to shoot to the beat, but being able to throw in quarter notes or half notes and get creative is where the true depth of this game lies IMO.
yep, it's a ton of fun to do that
Old comment but this is the only way to beat hard levels, knowing how to modify the rythm to hit everyone
Wow, thanks so much for this. I'm surprised the in-game tutorial doesn't doesn't highlight playing to the rhythm. Having been a Guitar Hero fanatic in the 2000s, this makes the game so much better, and I can clearly see that the developers intended this based on when the enemies pop out, their armor level, and shot duration. The "on-rails" auto running actually seems quite similar to the Guitar Hero fretboard coming at you.
I think it’s because it’s so you decide how you play enjoy the game for yourself without putting pressure on you. I don’t think the developers want to have impact on your playstyle.
There's haptic feedback so you can feel the beat throb in your hands
Don't know if they changed it, but the tutorials on PSVR2 has a level for shooting to the beat.
I was so confused cause I'm a drummer and I was watching other players play this and they weren't on beat with the music at all. I swore that's how it was supposed to be played but no one was doing it. Watching you play I now know I am right. haha
Ha ha, yep, people tend to be really bad at this game for some reason. It's way more fun when you shoot with the beat.
@@CircuitLord I don't think that's the players fault exactly, the game could definitely do more to show the player when it's the best time to shoot for maximum score.
@@Strikerdoodle I mean, it's not that hard. You shoot with the beat, and the music is there to show you "the beat".
And if you're still struggling, there's even a vibration metronome thingy that vibrates your controller a bit on every beat to help you find it if you're having trouble.
if you have a gun and bad guys... who wants to sync up there gunshots to the beat. just have fun with it and blast away, the music is awesome though. and each to their own. i guess since im in the minority that doesnt find beatsaber fun it makes sense i prefer to play pistol whip like an awesome fast paced fps with baddass music instead of a rhythm game..
@@CircuitLord what if i find spamming more fun
that 1:27 - 1:29 move is exactly what I felt that was coming XD
this looks really fun dude, really nice X)
Poor dancing guy. D':
You bet :D It's so satisfying
@@CircuitLord honestly, watching only like 5-10 seconds of that part is much better than the whole trailer of this game lmao
Now pistol WHIP, now pistol NAE NAE
Did you really have to kill my mans at 1:29 ? Boi was dancin, he wasn’t hurting no one
my bad ;)
His hurting his style
You make this look so easy, when i was palying this mission I felt like I was almost gonna break my back as I was crouching and bending all directions dodging stuff put you do it so casually
1 player was just doing slow vertical circles with his head and everything missed. Hard to say from this, since no player shown.
I got I got it, thank you for this. I'mma go back and try it again on easy mode. 👏👏👏👏👏
:D good luck
I always thought pistol whip was just beat saber and I didn’t wanna spend another 25 bucks for a beat saber shooting game but after seeing this im gonna get it. Great video!
This guy: bang bang bang pistol whip em bang bang
Other youtubers: BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
This is the stuff that's convincing me to get a VR headset.
Even after all these years. The fall is still hands down my favorite track to play.
Man that was satisfying! Came here after watching a streamer play it and getting disappointed, thankyou for recording this, makes me happy
This is amazing. The Fall is really the hardest song because the enemies shoot so fast, I struggle even with normal.
pretty damn impressive. i personally prefer to just play it as a shooting game with awesome music. much more fun, and then dont feel silly with the syncing of my actions to music. but i am still very impressed with this. clearly the way you are supposed to play.
one small detail i think a lot of people miss is that the sound that the bullets make when they pass near you tunes itself to the song based on the key. very subtle but makes the experience a lot nicer
You can shoot the armored guys a few times to get extra points before whiping them btw
Dude nice love the way you made it sound if you entered the tournament good luck
A rhythm game that doesn't force you to play with the rhythm but it feels so cool to do that that you just can't resist it
This is sooo much better than mine haha. I just started realizing the beat is part of the game, it's hard to know what to do at first.
CiruitLord: This is how you're meant to play Pistol Whip.
Everyone else: Alright guys lemme show ya this backflip while i make a 360 noscope in the air.
sounds more fun to me, lol. as long as you are having fun, thats all that counts. this guys timing and skill is impressive though.
Now turn Dead-eye and Hardcore on and don't miss a shot for the true true way it's meant to be played :P
agreed
thats impossible, lol. you think you are a good aim. then turn dead eye on and cant even get past the beginning on easy mode..
@@wotever99ninyninewell i can and no its not. I can do medium.
@@Widen03 awesome. I didn't mean literally impossible, it's just hard, very hard.
Agree :) I play exclusively with dead eye, it's wack otherwise (too easy)
Pure SATISFACTION!!!! God-like performance bro.
Thanks!
@@CircuitLord Np.
Me who start to shoot at everyone and everything like freakin killer bean:
LET THE GENOCIDE START
I'm honestly impressed, whenever I play pistol whip I play with two hands for aiming a single pistol
Sometimes when I play Pistol Whip I just looks straight forward and shoot the guys with my peripheral vision.
Honestly the hardest part for me is shooting on the beat when i know i'll have to dodge. I don't have any issue staying on beat but noiw seeing this i know i can do more as it felt at time slike i could not tap fire more than twice in time. No idea wher ei got that from. Ontop of that i'm fighting years of time crisis an dfps games wher ei just shoot as enemies appear on screen haha.
Yeah, it can be kind of hard to do it, but once you're good at it it makes the game a whole new level of fun.
There's also a bass sound for the pistols you can use that also sounds epic. Also great accuracy!
with aim assist lol.
@@gek3674 still, its nice accuracy
I know this comment is very late but how do you shoot on beat so well, even after practicing and focusing on beat a lot I never can get a good score, I've only gotten a b once.
Virtual Saber make your own beat out of the beat of the song and it will come
You can go into the game settings and turn on the metronome function and that will cause your controllers to vibrate to the beat for you!
Rye in a way you have to remember to CONSTANTLY MOVE but make sure you’re moving to your idea of what the beat is. It took me forever but I can play this song almost perfect on hard now. Best song ever.
I’ve gotta get this
^_^
I could see @gundrummer playing this, right up his alley. I can’t stop playing it.
This man is the new John wick he never misses a shot
This game is much more fun with aimbot off.
I'll try
something really satisying about you shooting on the beat
Almost as if that's the point of the game
Satisfying.
This is why they need a more in depth tutorial: going over shooting to the beat , dodging, armored enemies, and of course, pistol whipping
I focus on the drums and i use the gun as a snare sound to keep me in time
When I played this I kept going outside the bondrie area lol
I just imagine this guy shuffling and shooting everybody HAHAHAHA
This stage killed my legs
Love The Fall, always played Lilith Though
Yeah, I don't play like that. i am all over the place shooting like a lunatic like its life or death lol
Great video thought :D
When I play it's just "bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang- Oh I'm out of ammo"
Damn I really wish more levels were as bright and upbeat as The Fall.
Considering I've only see your gameplay here and played it myself, is everyone else playing it differently or something?
A lot of people miss the point of the game and just spam bullets instead of shooting on beat.
@@DM0M0 when you first play it, you kinda get overwhelmed imo but slowly start understanding it
Is is how the game was made yes, but I find the game just as entertaining while just going Rambo shooting the hell outta them soon as they pop up, that's my jam!
I love vr rhytm games but i dont get this one, guess i gotta try it for myself
Is it gonna come to psvr?
The graphics may be too intense to be on Psvr but we can still hope
@@griz8540 The developers said a PSVR release will come at post-launch for PC VR and Quest, but not right now.
@@griz8540 The graphics are nothing special and better on PSVR than the quest lol. If it can run on quest it can run on PSVR.
Yes soon
@@griz8540 yet its on the Quest you dumdum
Does the order of spawn play a role in prioritizing targets?
why am i watching this I don't even have VR
Lol
John wick simulator
lol this is how its meant to played.....Omotea says hold their beer.... :D
I stil dont get it. I play it like theres a beat like every single second there is "dum" and enemies go bright for a seceond and the I shoot them but it seems to be wrong
Dude has 15 bullets in magazine but plays like it holds 5
If you play the game like this, it gets easier, so you SHOULD do that. But there are stages where you shoot in-rythm even if you suck, since they spawn in rhythm.
How are people playing if not like this? That's the whole point.
Goddamn that was clean af 👌😎 What headset do you use?
man beats one level on hard and its the way its MEANT to be played
yeah
what is the ring on at your feet?
The desert eagle is a mod?
there is three ways to play;
1. you shoot on the beat with the right amount of bullets per enemy and do some sweet melee on beat aswell.
2. you add some modifier like deadeye and see how bad your aim is without the assist.
3. John Wick mode, fuck the beat. just kill and survive the lvl.
I am more of a 3 than a 1 but 2 is fun sometimes aswell.
Now for modifiers!
I don't understand how to play on the beat.
are those ragdolls a part of a mod? (the way they disintegrate)
This is awesome :D Nice to see some rhythm to Pistol Whip gameplay!
What software do you use when recording? the camera FOV and smoothness looks great!
It's just OBS and the SteamVR Mirror :)
@@CircuitLord Oh awesome, thank you :D
Achievement: Tampex mode
So basically beat saber with guns
No hate but ur supposed to shoot the armored enemies and then pistol whip for the extra points. A chestplated grunt is 1 shot then pistol whip, and a full armor grunt is 3 shots then pistol whip. No armored grunts u just pistol whip :)
I still don't get it, are you going to the song or just making it up.
Nothing sounds right to me.
I still don't understand the point :/ and I have a good ear but I can't really hear it.
What is this level called? Where is it in Pistol whip?
The level is "The Fall" on hard difficulty
I don't care if you get additional score. All I know, is that I have to take Bottomless Burstfire and kill.
What vr do you play on?
Finally
How dare you shoot to the beat!! You're suppose to spam shoot the enemies AS SOON as they show up and not even let them shoot at you!!
Can't believe you would even think of being clever and shooting to the beat.. The game has cool music in the background to shoot to, totally not cool music for you to shoot TO the beat to.
geesh you're just doing it all wrong... adding rhythm to a rhythm game... pfff...
(That was all sarcasm btw... and I'm actually really happy to see someone ACTUALLY caring about the beat of the song instead of just shooting the enemies as soon as they show up.. because many people don't realize, if you let them shoot at you, their shots and projectiles you dodge go with the beat to the song as well.)
:D :D Thanks lol
2nd
Are you cross dominant like me?
This might help me from getting C's on this game.
I think he forgot the point of VR
the REAL video starts at 1:20
This game helps me with exercising so if anybody wants to like get fit get pistol whip it’s only $30!
Wow
One comment please dont reload every single shot
What's your best advice for not getting hit? Is it just constant head movement? The red circles don't seem to appear all the time. I'm not sure they're terribly helpful either except to alert you to an incoming bullet from your periphery.
yes head movement is key. I found that kinda dancing or bouncing back and forth to the beat helps with dodging and it helps you keep the rhythm but its also very exhausting lol. Try not to stay in one spot waiting to dodge the bullets though it becomes too much, you have to stay moving to throw off their shots.
Yep, pretty much. I just am constantly moving side to side, and up and down, so my head is never in the same spot as the spot they aim by the time the bullets get to me.
Bullets are fired where your head is assuming you don't move. If you can see the shot, just lean out of the way right before it hits you (if another minion fires before you do, they are gonna miss from that same move). This keeps your options open.
The more exhausting alternative is to just move in a circle, crouching and standing as you move left and right. Even with a lot of fire you can avoid being hit rather reliably.
Imagine showing how something is done and missing headshots.
Imagine watching the video and missing the point of it.
@@CircuitLord lol you’re soo deep
@@uncreativeprocess Thank you!
Worth noting- game only scores for the fact you hit, not where you hit.
@@YourCrazyDolphin then you’re not a real gamer.
Dat game needs mods/more better known tracks so it can blow up like beat saber, juuussttttt don't let it get bought by facebook and do as if you would not support modders whilst making it easy for them with an extra mod folder in the game files
people play it differently? thats how i play.
Uncultured swine: PEW PEW PEW BANG BANG BANG!
Men of culture:
Do you have any hint on how to get the tempo of the music ?
Because i always get a few 200 and then i only have ~170 at best
Your accuracy is also part of that. If you're getting 170s, you're hitting on the beat. Bring the gun up to eye level and level the sights. Concentrate on aiming and you'll get those 200s. If you're off-beat, you'll get 100 or less, depending on accuracy. 100 is for accuracy, the other hundred is for on-beat.
No one :
The quiet kid:
Try without aimassist :)
Close. I like 2 guns and no aim assist, but otherwise legit. And The Fall IS the best track, no question.
But how does everyone else play it? 🤷♂️
ok
Such a big deal I say play how you want it’s fun both ways
Ohhhhhhhhhghhh 😂😂😂😂
I just shoot.
You're missing out on the fun
Do people really not know you are supposed to shoot on beat? For christ sakes people, it's a damn rhythm game 🤣🤣
Nice aim
Just wanted to say, I saw this video and thought, "What a pointless video, how else would you play it? Of course you're meant to shoot on beat, who doesn't do that? (or at least try to)".
Then I read the comments, apparently there are a lot of videos of people who just shoot without going to the beat. Weird lol. Guess that's what I get for not really watching gaming videos.
Games to easy to do a beat with auto aim. Turn the deadeye on