Not really a big deal for me, but I never cared about being able to see my feet in FP games either.
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Half Life: Alyx - Reveal Trailer & Interview (March 2020 for SteamVR)
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Not really a big deal for me, but I never cared about being able to see my feet in FP games either.
Some of those scenes looked like stylized graphics, i.e. cg and not actually in game. It looks great but fuck if I'm spending $700 on a VR headset though. At least there are a lot used Vives on marketplace I guess.
Looks like it will support PC + Quest Link, but not Quest standalone.
Definitely agree with this. Though I am a bit surprised considering how much they worked with the Boneworks guys. I was pretty sure a full body was going to be there, but it's still going to be one hell of a game nonetheless.
It looks great and I'm definitely super interested in this game but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed. I really just wanted a sequel after that damn cliffhanger in episode 2 and it's been so long. I'm still very hyped though and it might convince me to finally buy a vr headset
Pardon my complete ignorance, but what does the Link cable do exactly?
Also would quest be able to run this?
Oculus Link just came out. You can use Quest as a PC VR headset then.
Early implementations sure, but the algorithms got a lot better and they really don't look janky anymore. Hell, I'd say Until You Fall's is the best implementation I've seen even over Lone Echo. And again, look at Boneworks. At least the option to turn it on and off would have been nice which is something I've seen lately.
Its not but I'm not sure if you are trying to downplay the hype or just honestly don't know
You can connect it to your PC and use it as a PC headset with the Link cable. The Quest just becomes a headset, you don't "run" the game off it.
If you have the option of moving around or teleporting, how do they design the gameplay around that? If you're being shot at by enemies it seems like teleporting would give you an advantage, or perhaps a disadvantage because you're trying to point at where you want to teleport?
Link cable lets you hook it up to your PC to play VR games directly from your PC.
The Quest natively running it is probably out of the question considering the minimum specs for it on the Steam page.
You do have 2 hands, so 1 could be used to teleport and one could be used to shoot. The teleport could just work on a cooldown during a firefight.
Actually, in the latest trailer I really didn't like the way the hands moved with body, it's actually my job to do these things in animation and movies (rigger) and the way the hands move and the arm doesn't is legit distracting to me, but to each their own.
As someone who always laughed at and loathed the hype and expectations for Half Life 3...
Holy smokes i think this is going to be a game changer like HL2 was.
Holy smokes i think this is going to be a game changer like HL2 was.
There are a ton of possible reasons why. Busy with other stuff? New actor is more famous? New actor is less expensive? Sounds too old for a younger Alyx? I mean, it's been 15+ years.
I've played lone echo and blade and sorcery, plus other games where you have a body, and I don't think it added anything to my experience. Certainly not enough to overcome the awkwardness of looking down at a torso and arms that don't look or move like mine.
Until they can do body tracking with external cameras or whatever, it seems like the best decision is to not represent what you aren't tracking.
What I loved is that they are playing to so many strengths of VR as a medium like scale and also more notable suspense, for example when her hand is locked in the machine that's doing work on it and shes shooting either side as her enemies come towards her will feel x100 more intense in VR than on an old traditional flat game
I see, so the Quest without the link cable requires the game to have some sort of partnership with Facebook and is exclusive on there?
So in other words, Valve won't port a Quest version?
2020 is truly going to be the greatest year in about 20 years for gaming.
Too bad I dont have a PC to play this on. But looks awesome.
Too bad I dont have a PC to play this on. But looks awesome.
The list is revenue based so the Index is constantly in the top 10.
What you mean? It will work by having story that takes place between two mainline games?
There will be flashforwards in this game. I'm 300% sure about this.Hypeeee "Prepare for unforeseen consequences"
So it's teleportation then for most people. Room constraints will give you a box to play in, but teleportation is still kind of a bum way to solve movement issues. I assume at this point, it'll be years until we solve one of the few problems I have with VR to begin with.
Finger tracking is cool, but not cool enough for me to drop bank on a VR setup in 2020. I can't even scrounge together an extra $1000 to build even a mid-range PC at this point and I'm not going to drop even more on top of it to meet VR for a single game...Half-Life or otherwise.
I hope that, for those not using direct thumbstick movement, they offer the From Other Suns option: when you're artificially moving with the thumbstick, your character's body runs outside of your own, and when you stop moving your perspective zips to your body's new position.
I don't think it's a given that "most people" are inherently incompatible with direct motion. Between FOV reduction and games using slower/more consistent movement, there are a lot of ways to handle game areas larger than one's IRL room and none of them are mutually exclusive.
She has Gravity Gloves? I should have guessed
Look in the background, Xen didn't have comfy chairs :D
Look in the background, Xen didn't have comfy chairs :D