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New Boneworks video - VR Physics & Combat Realized
- Thread starter jediyoshi
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It's deliberately meant to look like a bare simulation as part of the story that evolves over its course, if you check their past VR games, they were very stylized.
There is. Even in the video they said your goal was to get to the clock tower in the distance.
I want to see if Half Life Alyx has this level of interactivity where you can stuff enemies into lockers but they're too p h a t
Oh I know. I just hope it's really good and focused on telling a story :)
We haven't had this type of sandbox before, though. It'd be great to have a good narrative driving force but I'm mostly looking forward to just messing around in the world.
It looks cool, but people have hyped this up so much (especially pre-HLA reveal) that I worry this is another Budget Cuts.
Still bothers me that Budget Cuts did not receive an update for the Knuckles controllers, but they are working on Budget Cuts 2..
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The Budget Cuts hype problem was the years that passed between its demo and release, it wouldn't have had the same bad taste if it had came out in a more timely manner. There's no 'unseen' problem here for a game we know that's coming out in a few weeks.
Sure. I'm hyped myself, especially given the fact im buying a VR next week.
I just hope they consider hiring a writer (if they don't have one) and creating something more story-focused, because with their dev skills that could be something cool and would attract potentially more gamers to VR. I've noticed mainstream gamers are not really that impressed with such sandboxes when they see them on YouTube.
The most hilarious thing was D just stuffing a zombie into one of the lockers in an entirely organic manner rather than it being a dedicated mechanic.
The kickflip reloading, the creativity when it comes to getting a box off the top shelf, stuffing a dude into the locker... That's the sort of thing you simply don't get outside of VR, and they're all an organically doable as part of the physics system without any extra mechanical programming.
The kickflip reloading, the creativity when it comes to getting a box off the top shelf, stuffing a dude into the locker... That's the sort of thing you simply don't get outside of VR, and they're all an organically doable as part of the physics system without any extra mechanical programming.
I'm very excited for this, looks good.
Brandon and his friends have been playing VR games for awhile, so I'm sure they have a list of things they want to see and do.
Brandon and his friends have been playing VR games for awhile, so I'm sure they have a list of things they want to see and do.
In a traditional game that flip reload would be a dedicated button and you would do it every single time to be super badass. In this game you will think of it, pull it off and be amazed that it actually worked.
It's seeming like it's time to buy a headset. I thought I could wait a couple more years, but this and Alyx have proven that to be false.
You can probably play the entire game using just that magazine/clip as a weapon/throwable/distraction device - the level of agency will be pretty fantastic.
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Damn, this looks amazing.
Does anyone know how much this would benefit from the Index controllers vs the Oculus Touch? I own a Quest with Link, as well as a first gen Vive. Wondering if it's worth purchasing the Index controllers for the vive, or just stick with my Quest/Link and Touch for this one.
Does anyone know how much this would benefit from the Index controllers vs the Oculus Touch? I own a Quest with Link, as well as a first gen Vive. Wondering if it's worth purchasing the Index controllers for the vive, or just stick with my Quest/Link and Touch for this one.
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This is their third VR game
If you're referring to the aesthetic somehow, the game "takes place" in a software simulation.
Don't sleep on Asgard's Wrath, Stormland, Beat Saber, Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, Lone Echo 1 and 2.
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Art and animation are two of the most expensive things to do in a game. They take absolutely forever to do and professionals are generally very expensive. Mechanics comparatively are easier to do, honestly. Imo.
For some reason I rarely include it in my recommendations. I'm not sure why, I should probably add it in more often.
I love a good story in games (Disco Elysium is in my top two games of the year for that reason), but I don't think its necessary for everything, particularly action oriented games. The appeal of Boneworks IS the physics system and the possibilities therein, and it isn't like its just a wave shooter or Garry's Mod like sandbox either (though there is that lovely fuck around mode shown in the video). If you watched the video you can clearly tell from what Brandon said that it has a story relating to going into a simulation "for the last time", and in prior videos he's discussed how those mechanical headcrab things try to latch themselves onto you to further nest you in deeper layers of the simulation kinda like Inception.
These guys are really talented but I think its somewhat unrealistic to expect them to have the resources to hire a dedicated writer like Valve has with Laidlaw and company. That's a privilege most studios don't have, you typically need to be interdisciplinary wrt coding skills and do other things on the project. It wouldn't surprise me if the general plot was crafted collaboratively amongst the team which is perfectly fine.
I'd love an amazing narrative as a bonus for Boneworks but moreso be pleasantly surprised if it's that involved beyond some environmental storytelling and light set pieces. Their previous game Duck Hunt had some great use of that and was one of the creepier things I've played in VR. It uh, goes places you wouldn't expect a Duck Hunt tribute to go to that's all I'll say :P
Anyone know if this will launch in early access?
Apparently theres plans to add Index support but they're busy with BC2 at the moment
Pretty sure it's not an early access release. They've never given that perception and I don't think either of their two other games released in Early Access (though they did add a lot to Hover Junkers after release).
Really upsetting that they won't be handing out review codes for this. I hope it gets the coverage it deserves without them
