As I didn't know any "Beat Saber" type game before, I was a little lost when I startet “Smash The Beat” on the Oculus Go. But it's easy to figure out how things work. Some time ago there was a huge update, making things much better. So if you read old reviews, look at what version they used, it’s probably the old one.

So, without further ado, here are the rules!

• Smash the boxes in the directions of the arrow on them. If you don't hit them in the arrow direction, you get a miss.
• The gear wheel can be hit in any direction, it is kind of a joker.
• Don’t hit the skulls, they are bombs. As I didn’t know any game of „Beat Saber“-Style before, I didn’t know I shouldn’t hit them – they actually count as points. But… they reduce the multiplyer and that’s the catch: hit them and you never reach high score
• Hit the skulls! If you go for fun and not for high scores, hit the skulls, they are greatly animated and make boooom once you hit them. If you are not so competitive, just hit them!
• If you missed a box or didn't hit it in the right direction, a small lilac cross flies away from you.

   

Smash the Beat has 3 different levels and all of them have some differences, its not just the speed that goes up.

• The easy level is just yellow blocks and a nice speed. Nothing to worry about 😉
• Change level to normal or hard and you can change the colour of your hitting tool. The boxes are either yellow or blue now and you only get points when you hit with the right colour. Use your trigger to change colours between hitting.
• The hard level has more blocks than the other two levels, making it really challenging.
• The hard level has different combinations, the really mean ones are going from outside to inside, hard to smash, indeed! There are some songs where you really have to get up to speed!