Unplugged
- December 14, 2021
- Anotherway
Unplugged is an interesting VR experiment that is bogged down by hand-tracking technology and strange design decisions. If you can ignore that, it's a whole lot of fun.
Get on Steam"Unplugged" is a single-player musical VR game where you can play air guitar to rock hits from famous bands like The Offspring, Weezer, and Ozzy Osbourne. With a virtual guitar in hand, match your movements to the chords, engage the crowd, and unlock songs, venues, and guitars on your journey to rock stardom. The game offers 50+ songs, 4 difficulty modes, and global leaderboards for competitive air guitarists. It is fully playable with controllers or finger-tracking technology.
PC
Virtual Reality
Windows
Oculus Quest
PlayStation
PlayStation VR2
Reviews
- music36 mentions
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- 69 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
- gameplay9 mentions
- 11 % positive mentions
- 89 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- story9 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 78 % neutral mentions
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- funny2 mentions
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- graphics2 mentions
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- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Unplugged: Air Guitar review --- Shredding in VR has never been easier
Unplugged: Air Guitar is a great concept that works quite well despite using only Sense Controllers to mimic playing a guitar rather than requiring an unwieldy accessory but falls short due to limitations on the type of chord progressions and notes that the PSVR2 is capable of reproducing without hand tracking. A good song list will ensure that most players will remain entertained for a few hours, but despite the developer’s best attempts to ensure the game remains challenging by adding new techniques throughout and multiple difficulty levels, it still becomes rather repetitive.
75%Unplugged Oculus Quest 2 VR review -- Let's start with a C chord
Unplugged is actually a pretty cool way to bring the Guitar Hero format to VR. I was really impressed with the hands tracking, and the setlist is largely good, with a few nice big name tracks along with some lively lesser known ones. I could deal with plenty less Satchel, and would prefer in his stead more direction on what I'm doing, but all and all Unplugged is a rockin' fun time.
75%Unplugged: Air Guitar Review - Rekindle That Guitar Hero Magic
Unplugged: Air Guitar may not sell the PSVR2 hardware on its own, but it needs to be played by every PSVR2 owner. With a fun track list and immersive gameplay, Unplugged beautifully fills that void left by Guitar Hero. Issues aside, Unplugged is more than worth the cost of admission.
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