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Audioshield

Block the beats! Audioshield puts you at the point of impact for every hit in your songs. Block incoming orbs with your shields and feel the music. Works with any song file, plus online music streaming and…

95 5 April 2016

Audioshield is an arcade developed by Dylan Fitterer, released 5 April 2016 on Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.

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What Audioshield is

Audioshield is an arcade game developed by Dylan Fitterer and released in 2016. It is available on Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Audioshield is a 2016 music video game created by Dylan Fitterer for the HTC Vive. The game generates levels based on music supplied by the player. In the game, the player blocks incoming notes with a shield of a matching color. Audioshield received mixed responses for its gameplay.
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How it plays

It is played from a auditory perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Audioshield holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 27 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1050ti / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Audioshield launched on 5 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together and Quantum Break. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together, Quantum Break.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Audioshield — frequently asked questions

When did Audioshield come out?
Audioshield was released on 5 April 2016 for Meta Quest 2, Oculus Quest, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Audioshield?
At minimum, Audioshield needs Intel® i5-4590 / AMD FX 8350 equivalent or greater, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1050ti / AMD Radeon™ R9 290 equivalent or greater graphics, 900 MB available space of storage.
How many GB is Audioshield?
The PC version needs about 0.9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("900 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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