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Vanguard V for Google Cardboard – Casual Game Review
Vanguard V for Google Cardboard is a Casual/Adventure game from Zero Transform L.L.C., first launched in 16th July 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 67+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Vanguard V for Google Cardboard Stand Out
Vanguard V is a fast-paced 3rd person rail shooter, designed for Virtual Reality
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Vanguard V is a fast action VR experience that takes you on a journey from the low orbit of our planet, down to the very core. Designed for VR from day one, Vanguard V is a celebration of control, design, and amazing music.
Production of this title is a collaboration of eight team members. Much of the talent was sourced from dedicated people in the reddit community. From voice acting to chip tune music, reddit has been instrumental in making this VR experience a reality. The power of the internet is truly amazing.
Vanguard V is an all-new Virtual Reality action game that takes the best aspects of flight and adventure. Driven by music, story, and innovative VR design, Vanguard V is a celebration of gameplay to welcome Virtual Reality to the world.
You play as Qu, who has tracked the parasite menace from worlds afar and with the help of her A.I. companion, BiT, is fighting to save the planet's inhabitants from utter annihilation. Fly in low orbit while re-entering the atmosphere, skim the waters of the ocean, dive into the tunnel from the initial impact and make your way to the center of the planet to exterminate the source of the parasite infestation. Lock on with your VR targeting system and blast through the alien threat!
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Vanguard V for Google Cardboard is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 16th July 2015
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Download & Availability
Vanguard V for Google Cardboard is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Vanguard V for Google Cardboard on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game is lit!!!! Just update it with more maps and everything then youll be good to go!! P.s- please make a campaign.
Really great! It's obvious a lot of effort was put into this. We can't wait to se more! (As a side note, adding Bluetooth controller support would really help out those people with a trigger-less viewer).
This game was awesome! We can't wait for the full version. We're headed over to buy proton pulse now to support the making of this. Great work.
This was amazing!!! We watched the whole thing the through and enjoyed every second!! We can't even remember how many times we jumped back in our seat!!!! VR did a great job on this one.
This game is super cool. Only some small cons but they aren't even worth mentioning. It's super cool and it's one of our favorites. We highly suggest you download this app.
Probably the best an most action packed VR game on the App Store. Waiting on the new content though.
This game is an old arcade style game with animie art influences.controls are amazing it feels very smooth and fun too play. You get to shoot and dodge objects all while flying in space support this group buy their game! Help them add more/ complete the game. You won't be let down. It's pretty immersive and fun to play.
Vanguard V is what phone VR needs: a serious, immersive game that works with a very limited control scheme. Because your character shoots automatically when you use your head to aim at targets, it ends up feeling quite a bit like Rez (which is itself getting a VR release on PS4, so the basic gameplay works fine in VR).
The one level in this game is extremely well done. The controls are built correctly for VR. Just wish there were more levels.
Probably the best Cardboard VR game we've tried so far.
Easily one of the best VR games on ios. Other developers should take notes.
This game is amazing it is just that we don't know how to shoot without the cardboard plz help.
We love the game it has some of the best VR games we've ever played. Please add more levels.
This is a fantastic game for google cardboard! Amazing graphics and 3rd person with incredible sound. Great game! Worth getting.
How do you shot or can you not.
Bit flickery, this is a great application of what's to come.
This is a step into the future of entertainment.
This is the best VR app ever!!!! It combines head tracking with 3rd person shooter games and it's so great.
Only things left are for them to add more than one stage, a possible boss fight, and a plot. But damned if this wasn't exactly the gameplay we were hoping for.
This game is awesome. The graphics were much better than all of the other VR games we downloaded, but we had some issues. We have and IPhone 6+ so we couldn't always keep track of our character when she went off the screen. Plus, there is only one level we are really hoping for more game content soon because this is an awesome game.
We downloaded a few apps to go with our Cardboard VR setup, but this game was head and shoulders far superior to pretty much everything else we DLed. Great graphics, great sound, we're really hoping for more content in the future.
This game is one of the most amazing games to play on a VR headset, it's a fast and responsive game. Sadly it only has one level, we hope the creator will make more levels and expand on this game.
This game is very fun, a great use of VR technology! Anyone with a VR set should get this app! However their is only one level, the description says that you would go down into the planet, but you never do. Are there going to be more levels.
Good graphics and animations. Cool HUD, and just an adventurous game.
This game is by far the best use of VR on the App Store. If you have purchased a google cardboard you MUST get this. Very well made, amazing.
WOAH!!! Is all we can say. Just, please add more levels.
We thought graphics and audio were great. We're just a bit frustrated we downloaded something that didn't have much game length in it.
Incredible game However, we were disappointed by only only one level.
Great game. But can use a few more levels than just one.
Best Cardboard game we've yet played. Too bad it is so short, but we're glad to hear that it is going to continue to be developed. We're about to buy your other game, Proton Pulse, in support of further development of this game.
What kind of controls do you need for this game? Like for example when it say press the "trigger" to start. We have a VR headset but no additional controls.
Was a cool game but you can only play one level.
This app was great with our 6s. Just upgraded to the 7 plus and the images don't line up right. Was looking forward to using VR at a higher ppi. Hope this gets fixed.
Crashes hard immediately after the screen prompts to place the phone into the cardboard. Screen goes blank, can't exit app, and after a few minutes the phone reboots.
Really nice graphics and audio. Full stereoscopic 3D. 3rd person virtual reality. We're not sure if it's because we have a larger iPhone 6 Plus, but at the extreme edges our character goes out of view. Hard gameplay because you have to shoot and avoid space debris at the same time. Not quite sure what we're supposed to be aiming at either.
This game doesnt even load but, Im sure its still a good game if it did.
Graphics are great, but gameplay is kinda dumb.
Just a black screen…literally nothing. We used to play this game a lot and it was great now its nothing.
Game takes forever to download only to not work at all. Why is it even still on here if it doesnt work? Thought Apple was high end when it came to their products [app store].
Ive reinstalled it multiple times, waited for 10 minutes, and nothing happened. The app is just a black screen.
Downloaded and the flashing screen is terrible iphone6 plus.
First off, the game crashed almost immediately the first time we opened it. After we opened it again, it didn't crash, but everything we were supposed to look at was set behind us, so we had to rotate our head 180 degrees to see anything. And there are no settings to adjust at all. We are not turning our sofa around in order to play this game, nor will we sit backwards on it.
We got a shinecon VR . But could not start with hands free movement . Not able to play :(.
We don't wanna watch a little patch of content on a portion of the screen. Full up the whole screen for us iPhone 6plus users, will ya? It makes the experience feel tiny.
The iPhone 6 crashes ever time the game opens. Sad that it didn't work.
The game crashes at the main menu. IPhone 6s running iOS 9.2.
Just a black screen with audio using iPhone 6s.
After the title screen, only shows black screen with audio. Using iPhone 6.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 352.68 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Zero Transform L.L.C.
Last updated: 16th July 2015 | Genre: Casual, Adventure | Developer: Zero Transform L.L.C.