Why ZENITH is the BEST VR RPG (for now) 

Quest 2 Accessories I use: VR Cover Face Pad: www.amazon.com/Interface-Replacement-Standard-Not-Machine-Specific/dp/B08HMQK73M?crid=3JBYUP5U8JMPM&keywords=vr+cover+quest+2&qid=1687229730&s=electronics&sprefix=vr+cover+quest+2%2Celectronics%2C134&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=virtualbrorev-20&linkId=7c73abe1e8821d9374dfa4697d1f6b99&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl BoBoVR M2 Headstrap: www.amazon.com/BOBOVR-M2-Replacement-Pressure-Comfortable/dp/B08YR8LFH3?crid=3O92XS3U4Q4JQ&keywords=bobovr+m2&qid=1687229699&s=electronics&sprefix=bobovr+m2%2Celectronics%2C183&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=virtualbrorev-20&linkId=0799a1a8406530df1cbb2f12990b526d&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl Kiwi Controller Grips: www.amazon.com/KIWI-design-Controller-Adjustable-Accessories/dp/B09J859M24?crid=L75TC3LMC8YT&keywords=kiwi%2Bquest%2B2%2Bgrips&qid=1687210701&s=electronics&sprefix=kiwi%2Bquest%2B2grips%2Celectronics%2C112&sr=1-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=virtualbrorev-20&linkId=e400e426059a9accfdcb46b1f2583232&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

It's a lot easier to socialize in Zenith than in "social games" like Recroom. You can just join some people while they are fighting monsters and they will most likely talk to you and let them join their team.

Zenith was okay, but it really is a hollow shell of what a VRMMORPG could be with the right talent and an appropriate amount of resources. The dev team behind the game is scrappy to say the least, and that just doesn't cut it in this genre. I'm getting similar vibes from Ilysia.

I got this game on launch, I think. I remember playing a bunch, but falling out after a few weeks. Even coming back now, some things just feel...unfinished. Shops have very limited stock and are all in weird places, and the main city feels really empty, but seeing all the new features makes me really want to get back into it. That and the really good cooking mechanics. Also woodcutting.

There really should be more VR MMORPGS. I can imagine what it'd be like playing other mmos on vr like Everequest, WoW, Guild Wars, ect.

I thought it would be nice to add in my two cents as a Zenith only creator. There is a reason I have stuck with this game even when people ask me to branch out, there is nothing like this game, and it only takes one moment for a game to become viral, not only have we not seen that moment but I do believe it will come. However the vision of the game won't make it popular, games like rec room didn't become popular because you could play frisbee, it's because you could do it with others. There needs to be way more focus on community, even if it doesn't expand the main game. Ex: The game can be completed solo no problem expect for a few bosses / PvP has no support for any sort of leaderboard or competition and is hidden in the board game tab / Housing has no discoverability / There isn't any support for guild homes or any community areas I love this game but I don't play it often unless I have a niche moment. 1.3 was great, as someone who doesn't want to grind dungeons for 50 hours, searching for rare creatures and building a house is what is fun to me, lot of creativity and replayability there. I don't talk about my opinions of the game too much to keep my content decently formal but even though I stick with Zenith there are obvious flaws, and it's addressing those flaws that will improve the game. (They should've kept super gliding)

Real talk, i played it for a couple hours a year ago, and just the cooking profession was so damn cool. my buddy and i spent most of our time on the game just doing that. as we were whipping it up, another guy came up and started telling us about all the nuance of the gliding system and then spent another hour just jumping off buildings and playing with the gliding lol. genuinely a cool game, i should get back into it

As one of the people who was able to play in the betas and since launch, this game has come a long way. I love seeing how people understand how big of an achievement this game really is and are enjoying the experience. Great video!

Just got recommended this video. Crazy that this got so many views, and now Zenith is being left behind. I'll never forget you, Zenith

Playing since launch. I loved the community and guilds. Then the game slowed down in player growth. Dungeons and raids were cool but got repetitive quickly. Pets are great. I was all about getting a pandowl and hunting for them was my favorite thing. Now im hunting the Dazzling Pandowl and stil having fun. The game paid for it self 50 times over 👍😁

This is the type of game I let and grow while I forget about it and a couple years later I come in and go absolutely nuts!

It's a great first step, I'm sure many Korean and Japanese MMO developers are keeping a close eye on it to see what to do and not do for an MMO VR game. If even one of those developers that are coming out with really visually stunning MMOs makes a VR one it's gonna be HUGE

wait this is like the coolest thing ever, why has no one else attempted to make a VR MMO yet

Amazing video dude, my personal experience with the game is quite the opposite actually, but I havent played the game for like a year. Last time I played however I got bored very quickly, theres a lot to do, but nothing of you what you can do is particularly fun. Ive played 100 hours of beat saber, and 200 of pavlov. Those games might not be as big in scope as Zenith, but I think they do their job so well that it doesnt matter. Pavlov and Beat Saber really nail their mechanics, I feel like Zenith is trying to be so much more than it really is. As someone who plays MMO's Zenith is by far the only game ive ever gotten truly bored of. I know they dont have the budget of some of the bigger MMO studios, but it just sucks becuase Zenith is a fantastic social platform, but the MMO part is just not great. I mean Ive never played a game with more boring combat and quests and ive played lots of MMOs. I really want to like Zenith so you've convinced me to give it another go. This video is well put together so you earned yourself a sub :D Just hoping I can enjoy it the same as you have! Zenith is 100% the best MMO in VR, but last time I played it it just felt like VR wasnt quite there yet, both with how dead the game was but also becuase of the mechanics. But im gonna be more open minded and try it again

I played Zenith the day it came out on psvr, but wasn't the best first experience because the servers kept crashing and loading and eventually I got into different games, after seeing this video and all the updates they added since I first played, I'm definitely going to get this on my quest! (But I should probably get a better headstrap first lol)

BRO COVERS GENUINELY GOOD VR GAMES. subbed instantly, never heard of this or you but I’m locked in with you now.

Looks ambitious, janky, and great! One small step closer to Ready Player One. I love some of the locomotion mechanics like gliding, grappling hooks, and ziplines. Those are really fun in VR.

Tldr: this is a fun game that is worth the buy in price. The devs aren't great about fixing bugs, but if you make friends with a late game player, you will be able to side step the major annoyances. One thing the devs are very focused on is expansion of the game, so if nothing else you have lots to do. The biggest thing is that you need to find someone who knows the game early on. There are a lot of bugs that can soft block new players, and even though they've been around for ages, the devs are slow to do anything about it. A prime example is the traveling merchant in skyland. The hut needs to be built like many other things by contributing resources you collect in the game. I repeatedly fed resources, some rare, some not, to this damn hut and have nothing to show for it. It was to the point I was about to quit the game for the second time to shelve it for another few months to give the devs time to work on it, when a friendly player ran by and helped me out. The problem being, there are some buildings in the area that are time locked and you do have to keep feeding them resources to use them. This was not one of those buildings, but there was nothing differentiating it from the other so until a more knowledgeable player took pity on me and corrected my ways, I was doomed to waste materials I didn't know the value of yet. This is one of many such bugs that can easily end your playthrough with a very negative impression of the game. However it was this mishap that also led me to one of the better parts of this game, the community. I was playing solo as I tend to do with a lot of MMOs so I can get a feel for the mechanics myself, but given the current state of the game this is just not advisable. Luckily there is a fairly friendly community and given the devs utilize the toxmod system, they are generally respectful and helpful. You will get the odd 10 year old spewing obscenities or being intentionally annoying, but the game has a built in ignore, block, and reporting system that allows you to mute players at the click of a button. Thankfully due to this system and the genuine love most players have for this game, the former is more common than the latter. All in all, as the the reviewer stated, this is a big game, but not a pretty one. You certainly have a lot to do, but as with most MMOs, a lot of it is busy work. The benefit to playing a VRMMO though, is that you are experiencing it all in first person, and with your own "hands". The fighting systems specifically are pretty well flushed out at this point and can get pretty fun in later game aspects like raids and dungeons. As with any VR game there are struggles outside of the ones the game intentionally throws at you like tracking issues and hitbox interactions, but overall it is an engaging experience.

This channel made me want to pick my oculus back up!

Such game would be cool when Full Dive VR comes along.

This game wasn't bad, it definitely had combat elements down pat for what it is and my mates and myself enjoyed it however we had to stop playing it, 2 minor patches and stuff was becoming more and more broken with chests clipping through walls, npcs missing, tears (collectibles) not even rendering with half an eye invis and the other eye pink with missing texture. It's sad we had to put this one down and we'll definitely return if they fix these things. One of the most important aspects of an rpg is the experience along the way and this game was doing it well.

I'm planning to buy the quest 3 and already thinking on what to play on there and after watching this video, Zenith is definitely high on my list now. It is only sad it cost (just as beat saber) $30, so I think I first need to choose between this and beat saber and I think I'm first going for Zenith maybe, because it looks amazing and lots of fun! Thank you for sharing and the great video! Keep up the good work!

I just started playing zenith yestwrday, its amazing. I love it. The social aspect is just awesome, i thought it would be a ghost town but as a cross platform game, ive already made 15 friends in zenith. What a chilled non toxic community. Yes there are lots of kids but some are mature and there are definitely a good amount of adults as well. What a great game

I loved this game. Haven’t played in almost half a year due to my eyes. I loved playing chess with friends. I might have to come back and try out the cyber ninja

I wish the UI of zenith was more immersive. Like instead of a huge screen in-front of you, it could be a smaller screen like the quest tablet mode.

As someone working on getting their vr legs, my stomach turned upside down the moment you said grappling hook

love to see that people are actually giving this game the fame that it deserves

0:55 That clip alone sold me The only time I've seen one bow split into two melee weapons is in my current favorite animated thing (Underverse) and that alone is enough for me

i played zenith when it came out, grinding it out and stopped playing since then. but i havent realized how muuch bigger it became

why im watching so much vr games videos i dont even have a vr headset

I'm glad you brought up performance on Quest 2. After the most recent updates it's far worse than it used to be (in my opinion). I notice frame drops way more consistently then when the game launched. Makes it hard to spend large amounts of time in the experience.

1:22 wow, okay. I legit raised my eyebrows at that list. Goddamn!

I love Zenith! It has been my favorite game since launch. I do have to force myself to take time off every now and then so I can give the rest of my VR library some love.

Its crazy that SAO the game in the anime came out in 2022 and Zenith came out at 2022 too lmao

waiting on full dive VR makes it better to look fowards to when this exists!

Underrated youtuber of the month award goes to Virtual Bro Reviews

I wish there was a vr game similar to all those amazing isekai animes we all love

If full dive ver is ever a thing games like these are what I’m going to play

Try A Township Tale. Probably one of the best games i have ever played for vr. Very similar to this game actually

If you want another one of those hard to find “complete” vr games then I cannot recommend “Into The Radius” enough.

I just got the Quest 3, can’t wait to play this on next payday.

i cant wait to look at zenith with steam vr through the new quest 3

zenith is the best social experience i had in vr

I reviewed the game a bit back, one of the devs responded with a "try the game again we added a new class :D" then i explained the problems with dungeons, grinding, ui, gameplay, and overall soullessness of gamepaly lol

I am definitely making a play through on this game! Thanks for telling me about it!

I played on release and I saw a lot of new additions in this video, I already know what Im going to be playing this afternoon

Just subscribed. As an early supporter of Zenith (I found out about it in 2020), I really appreciate this video. I pre-ordered Zenith and played it on release. I can remember the chaos of the release day, just due to the sheer number of people trying to log on. When I finally got on, the game music sent shivers down my spine. I had been waiting for the game for 2 years, and I've been a massive fan of VR MMOs because of SAO. In the first week, I got around 40-50 hours. Unfortunately, as of late, I haven't played much of it. To give you some reference- the last time I logged on myself and actually played the game was October. I have kept up with the updates and the new features, but I just haven't found the time to log on. Especially considering the same thing happened to my guild, so I don't have any people to play with (I also have massive social anxiety 😅). Right now, I'm looking more forward to Illysia than Zenith. I guess I burned myself out.

This game deserves more recognition, it keeps growing and adding more content every day, the devs are looking to support as many platforms and add new VR features as possible, heck, I think it's the only VR game where you can play with players PCVR, PSVR, PSVR 2, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3 all together using the best of what headsets on these platforms can offer. PS: I know they abandoned the original PSVR and Quest, it's a shame, but at least it's still available on PCVR, PSVR 2 and Quest 2/3 and they can all play together.

Thanks for the helpful video 👍🏼

You've earned my sub with this video, keep up the great content!

This game runs so much better and looks so much crisper on the PSVR2…it’s fun all around for all systems tho

that game had a lot of hype during it's launch, there wasn't enough server for everybody on day1 but now it's empty

Everyone talks about Sword Art Online, but I've watched 100's of animes where the entire world starts to revolve around some sort of VR RPG game where real life feels like the game. The main character then continues to exploit the entire world and gets 1000000's of Yen like no one else. I can't wait until something of actual high quality appears and there becomes a large skill gap and like 30 classes to choose from just like the animes. Right now we just aren't there yet.

I'm grabbing this the moment the quest 3 arrives

I think this game looks and feels like old school Runescape which is exciting to see because hopefully it also serves at the OG good game for VR in the future.

i dont have VR but this is the game that i most want play

the game is great I ordered it 2 weeks ago and it is highly recommended for everyone best psvr2 game so far

Duuude what!, i haven't played this game in 2 years its crazy to see all the new gear and classes i moved over to oculus i plan on getting this

Zenith on quest is definitely not graphical, but on PCVR, it looks insanely good, its the most beautiful game I have played.

Walked into the game looking for SAO, met some other newbies and went on a baby quest, had the virtual mmo combat and team experience, needless to say i got my SAO. I can tell i’m gonna sink tons of hours.

Used to grind this game then it got old might go back now I’ve seen the new features

"Creatures to catch and summon" Captions: "Pokemon simulator LOL" 😂😂😂

Game looks sick, I’m going to have to download it plus subscribed :)

Legendary ZENITH video

I wish before i die, i can play and try a vr mmorpg just like in some anime. As a gamer , that's one of the most fulfilling experience.

i love this game but i wish the mage had a staff or just used the hands instead of just guns basically

OK, that intro got me to sub, very good and I look forward to your input and info about more VR games.

I just got the quest 3 and I am so excited to try this game

hey man just here to say great channel and cant wait for more videos :D

i keep playing a bit and forgeting abt the game and everytime i hear about it there is something new thats crazy these devs are so good for always updating their game

Awesome video and review! Just bought it on PSVR2, love all the features and different things to do in this game, can’t wait to give it a try! :)

been looking into this one, thanks for the review

i love this channel and i found it a few minutes ago, third video i am watching lol

makes me want runescape vr lol

I remember when it was in early access and haven't seen it since. DAM

May I ask HOW THE HECK DO YOU NOT HAVE A MILLLION SUUUUUUBS??? Underrated champ.

I actually got Zenith on release day. It's been amazing to watch the game grow with all the new mechanics and areas and even a new class!

dang i played this game a bit when it first came out but got bored, and holy they added a lot of new stuff

I honestly wish the cooking system would get a huge overhaul. I love that this game added cooking, but it really feels like "Baby's First Cooking Sim". I get it, this game isn't a cooking sim, but they can at least make it so the items don't glitch through your hands. I'd seriously spend weeks grinding cooking skills, finding special ingredients, and selling them to people.

this is the reason i stoped playing zenith for a while i wanted to wait for a whole bunch of new things so i can just grind my heart away

"man this game looks neat!" *checks steam* *mostly negative* "oh"

I bought this game when it first came out and was bummed out, but it looks way better than what it was on launch so hey imma reinstall and see it.

Just got this for Quest pcvr cant wait

Basically sword art online vr but you can log out

I use the Bobo and I like it. It gets a little heavy after a while but helps with weight distribution

I'm definitely checking this out

I love how it’s not hundreds of hours into thousands of hours it takes like eight months to get legendary gear. It’s so hard but so much fun if you get into it.

Wow this game got so much updates im happy i played it since day one

This video is an interesting perspective of someone who sees Zenith as a "VR social experience with extras" and not as as a full fledged RPG. Definitely not to say that point of view is wrong, but for people who look at it as a game first instead, there's a lot of other issues with it beyond just crafting and performance. The best and worst thing about Zenith is the fact that it's a VR title (and available directly on Oculus). It's one of the few titles of it's kind in VR, but it makes development a lot more expensive and limited to a standalone headset's hardware, limited reach due to VR being expensive. They originally (and still do?) planned to bring it to Desktop, however the gameplay doesn't stand up to any other desktop MMORPG. Combat is bland and repetitive, enemy AI is horrible and randomly walks away in the middle of melee combat or through walls, you can parry (not an explained mechanic) some telegraphed attacks and not others, the tutorial doesn't cover even 20% of the existing systems or even point to you how to reach them (for example in the video you had to explain to your new player friend how to grab the multitool as the game doesn't tell you, and unless you've played other VR games you're stuck). It's a solid 4/10 game all things considered.

I hope more people will be giving the game a shot with the 2.0 update! A lot of people seem to get bored after a while, which i understand, but i think the main thing always bringing me back are the people. Make some friends, join some community events and you'll fall in love again, at least that's what I think ^-^

The _only_ reason I got bored of Beat Saber is because I ran out of new songs that I enjoyed playing it on. There are about 40 songs (original and modded) in Beat Saber that I really like, but I know there are literally _hundreds_ of other songs that could be added that I would like to try.

Imagine the pvp be like broken edge , Also imagine drawing a lighting symbols to fire a lighting bolt and that agianst a giant boss

HOLY SHIT THEY UPDATED TF OUT OF THIS GAME- I LAST PLAYED IT WHEN COOKING BARELY WORKED

If this video doesn’t convince you, don’t trust the reviews(mostly) it’s pretty much just people complaining about the grinding and removing a movement glitch, so if you’re fine with all the grinding, then you should definitely get it

This game did what a township tale couldn’t

while you wait for it to be updated in Zenith, "A Township Tale" while simple, has some of the best crafting I have played.

A shame the weapons that orher players are holding are just floating in the air. Zenith is more like awesome elements of what a mmorpg should have but it missed the basics. Like actually hitting an enemy instead of an avatar which just has points that go down.

Orbus VR, probably the first RPG style game in VR

Not going to lie, that cooking mini game looks incredible

There is a similiar game called Township Tale and it's free