r/beatsaber

Bit of a random question

I suffer from depression, and my therapist suggested I should try to do some kind of exercise or cardio for my mental health.

I'm not overweight or anything. I'm around 1.7m and 70kg, but I'm pretty inactive and don't really do normal exercise, besides walking the dog a few times a week at dog parks and on walking trails, while my wife handles the other days.

The problem is I have really low motivation, and I find most exercise incredibly boring.

The one thing I do actually enjoy is Beat Saber. I've been playing 2 or 3 times a week on Expert and Expert+ for like 1 to 2 hours at a time. By the end, I'm sweating, out of breath, and my heart is going pretty hard.

Would you guys consider that actual exercise/cardio, or is it more just "better than nothing"?

It's straight up annoying and everyone perceives 'good' differently. It doesn't matter if you are good, or if you are bad. Play the fucking game and have fun. Why does it even matter if you are good or not?

Possibly a weird question, I'm not sure, but I've always struggled with finding the motivation to get into VR and play the game. It isn't that I don't enjoy it, I do, I really really do, but it's the buildup that I find hard. I am diagnosed depressed which is definitely a factor as I find other things difficult too.

I guess the best thing I can compare it to is going on a walk or going to the gym. Once I'm doing it I feel good or even great but trying to motivate myself can be really hard. Especially in this instance when I have to set everything up and clear a space

Does anyone else have this problem? As I really want to play the game more especially as a form of exercise but I've just found it really hard.

Thanks!

Ive played the game on and off for years now, first starting on psvr of all things and ive always wondered where the average player was in terms of what tier/difficulty map they could do. Can the average player do most of the beat saber ost's on Expert+? Can they do some but have to do expert on most?

Ive just always been curious about this and now im finally asking

For some reaosn every single time i play a map with vivify the notes glitch and i cant hit them. or they just dont show up at all, and when that happens the map dosent even show up as well, it is insanely annoying. (note that i do have the quest version from github)

I am a new Beat Saber player and when I open the game, I get an age verification failed message. How do I actually verify my age? There are no children who use my headset. Sorry if I am missing something obvious.

I'm curious to hear what other disabled folks think and their experiences playing this game. I have pretty severe chronic pain and chronic fatigue which stops me from standing and means I can only play for short bursts. I've managed to get to beating some 8* maps (ranked on beatleader) but I'm feeling like I'm kinda hitting the ceiling of what I can do physically, as every day I play I have to take like a week off to recover.

I originally started playing this game for physical therapy and I think it's been good for that purpose, I'm curious if anyone else did the same