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Suit Up as the Armored Avenger with the PS VR Marvel’s Iron Man VR Bundle, Plus Download a Free Demo Today
- Thread starter Loudninja
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So, played the whole demo now, twice.
Here's my review.
It's pretty good. Not unbelievable great, but really good. I want to play more.
The graphics are good, not 100% native resolution wise, unfortunately, but actually not too bad. They found the perfect spot between native res and non native res so you notice it's not 100% sharp but also not too blurry that it disappoints you. That coming from me means something, cause I'm normally super critical when it comes to resolution.
The feeling is fantastic, you need a bit to really get into it, that's why I played it twice, but once you have the perfect setting, which was smooth turning for me and every motion sickness help off (Definitely recommend that), it's smooth as butter.
It's a bit confusing why you only fly vertically, even in the game world itself, which doesn't make sense but they probably wanted to keep it 1:1 cause you're standing in reality, but then there are also sitting scenes which breaks with that rule, so I don't know.
Also think the helmet feeling isn't good. Everytime the helmet activates it feels like you're Mysterio and not Iron Man, if this size comparison is even enough.
Oh and the frame rate drops here and there while being in the middle of the fight, they need to polish that.
But otherwise it's pretty good, it's fast, it's great to control, the move connection was good in my tests, no big problem here. And it feels fast.
Wish we had the movie actors as voices but it's not a MCU game, I know. 😛
Here's my review.
It's pretty good. Not unbelievable great, but really good. I want to play more.
The graphics are good, not 100% native resolution wise, unfortunately, but actually not too bad. They found the perfect spot between native res and non native res so you notice it's not 100% sharp but also not too blurry that it disappoints you. That coming from me means something, cause I'm normally super critical when it comes to resolution.
The feeling is fantastic, you need a bit to really get into it, that's why I played it twice, but once you have the perfect setting, which was smooth turning for me and every motion sickness help off (Definitely recommend that), it's smooth as butter.
It's a bit confusing why you only fly vertically, even in the game world itself, which doesn't make sense but they probably wanted to keep it 1:1 cause you're standing in reality, but then there are also sitting scenes which breaks with that rule, so I don't know.
Also think the helmet feeling isn't good. Everytime the helmet activates it feels like you're Mysterio and not Iron Man, if this size comparison is even enough.
Oh and the frame rate drops here and there while being in the middle of the fight, they need to polish that.
But otherwise it's pretty good, it's fast, it's great to control, the move connection was good in my tests, no big problem here. And it feels fast.
Wish we had the movie actors as voices but it's not a MCU game, I know. 😛
The PSN Description said:
I don't remember Iron Man's Ironic Armor. Who'd he design it to counteract?
Great demo, tutorial took a bit of getting used to, story mission went a lot more smoothly; suiting up was awesome, "it makes you FEEL like Iron Man". Too bad I won't be able to get this at launch, but really good first impression.
So I guess this is the only way I can get some move controllers since they seem super rare and overpriced
Isn't this the game where you can spin around full 360° with moves due to the gyro based prediction?
That was awesome. I only played the story mission once so I was quite bad at turning and going forward instead of up / going up instead of forward but a bit more play time will fix that.
They did great with not making me feel sick with flying through the air. Astro Bot made me feel sick due to the camera moving forwards on a horizontal level design so how they solved that with a 360 degree environment astounds me.
I highly recommend trying the demo out.
They did great with not making me feel sick with flying through the air. Astro Bot made me feel sick due to the camera moving forwards on a horizontal level design so how they solved that with a 360 degree environment astounds me.
I highly recommend trying the demo out.
lol this is my same experience every time I dig out the moves for psvr
In 2016 I bought a PSVR by itself for $400, no controllers, no tracking just the headset/breakoutbox/wires and it still required a ps4 or to work even better a ps4 pro. In 2019 The Oculus Quest released for 400 and it currently is a pc/standalone hybrid headset that also comes with controllers and hand tracking. Something tells me by 2021-2022 we will have a similar leap for less money.
That was a blast, the controls feel good but aiming and moving takes a little getting used to. Perhaps not the best weather for VR with it being so warm but I might get it day one. Good stuff.
Need that bundle in NA. Can't play the demo due to now Moves but there is no way I'm not getting this when it releases (unless I can find Moves haha!).
All PS4 Moves use micro USB. Unless for some reason Sony is now producing PS3 Moves, it'll use the same port as the DS4.
Oh ok. I had to replace mine a while back (after owning PSVR) and couldn't find any like that in the used market. Thanks for the info
It's heartbreaking how badly this feels restrained by the Moves. The IQ, core mechanics, sense of presence, it's all there but the Moves and light based tracking make 360 degree movement nearly impossible and the game is clearly trying to push you to rotate constantly.
I'm still in, it's Iron Man VR for God's sake, but I'm disappointed that this wound up a PlayStation exclusive while Sony is still sitting on decade-old controller technology that is clearly pushed beyond their limits here.
I'm still in, it's Iron Man VR for God's sake, but I'm disappointed that this wound up a PlayStation exclusive while Sony is still sitting on decade-old controller technology that is clearly pushed beyond their limits here.
Hmmm. This is pretty good. Flight feels right, but seems like it'll take time to master. I'm gonna get that unlock, if it kills me.
I have moves, and they hold a charge fine, but they're ps3 originals. For another £55 new moves seems worth it, psvr 2 is a way off. Smyths preorder in.
I did a double take at this. As Iron Man, you can only ascend and descend? You never move forwards or backwards?
Or do you just mean that you can't do crazy stuff like flying upside down or loop-de-loops?
You can definitely fly in all directions. You can't do loops because your body isn't actually flying, you are standing in your living room, but you have full freedom of movement.
Just to correct you: There is only one PlayStation Move controller and it has a female mini USB charging port, not micro like the DS4.
EDIT: Is this wrong? Is there actually a new PlayStation 4 Move controller with a micro USB charging port?
I bought new batteries a few years ago for mine, but one won't charge now? Guess I'm having to grab that bundle.
Edit. Wait, the US bundle is only for the full setup. Not just the games and two move controls...
Yes on Pro. I expected it to look worse, honestly, they just have to fix the slight fps problems and it could be really good.
No you can fly in every direction and that even really precise and smooth with different combinations of your hand movement, but your in-game model is always standing in the air, the model as well as the hologram model in the helmet, like you're standing in your living room playing this. Even if you boost straight ahead and that's just a little bit awkward.
Oh, I forgot something, I really have to praise the vibrations. I think I've never had a single game before where my move controllers vibrate this hard and this long lasting. Felt really good while flying and boosting.
I wonder if this is the same build that journalists previewed last year, could be majorly upgraded by the time it launches
That's what I did. Before the PSVR came out, I bought any move controllers I could find on the cheap.
unlikely, but I'd bet money on it being a single USB-C cable to connect up, no breakout box/HDMI splitter etc
There are two models of the Moves, the PS3 Moves (Mini USB, white Sony logo at the bottom) and PS4 Moves (Micro USB, black Sony logo at the bottom). They both work with PSVR and according to google some PS3 ones were bundled with PSVR at the beginning, but now if it has PS4 branding it's the Micro USB version. The PS4 Moves have a bigger battery and the micro USB port, but are otherwise identical.
Again no idea where this 'only fly vertically' thing is coming from. You fly all the heck over and you can go real fast.
I just loaded it back up to try the optional challenge missions in the demo and, yeah, still not motion sick and still having a blast.
Flight controls are very intuitive (minus turning with a button), but combat is a little counterintuitive due to button placements and it not really mapping to the type of hand positions you want to do as iron man thanks to the move controller.
I just loaded it back up to try the optional challenge missions in the demo and, yeah, still not motion sick and still having a blast.
Flight controls are very intuitive (minus turning with a button), but combat is a little counterintuitive due to button placements and it not really mapping to the type of hand positions you want to do as iron man thanks to the move controller.
No, you defo fly in all directions. I was zipping around all over, you just have to use buttons to turn your body around. You use your moves in various directions to strafe, go up, down, forward, backwards etc
Thank you! I had no idea. I've had the PS3 move controllers since the beginning.
Downloaded. Can't wait to play. Now... does the game come with Black Sabbath or AC/DC to fly around to?
Yeah, either a new one is out in 2-3 years or there's no successor and it kind of fizzles out. Either way if you're not completely sold it doesn't make a lot of sense to jump in unless you've got tons of spare cash or need more games to play.
I was tempted to pick up a headset for PC but I think I'll keep an eye out and see where things go the next couple years. The tech is getting better and better while the headsets get cheaper.
This demo is pretty good, the flying feeling isnt as good as ace combat 7 but close, I liked the training arena more than the main mission so hopefully in the full game theres more freedom of movement in the missions.
I liked the blood and truth style parts from the beginning of the main mission also very nice.
I liked the blood and truth style parts from the beginning of the main mission also very nice.
just finished, flying is great, need some practice but yeh no nausea amazingly because playing Ace Combat for like 30 seconds made me queasy for hours.
and yeh the moves are just awful sadly, never felt like the hands were 1-1 with me, and just erratic tracking like most other move games unfortunately. still when it works, its pretty damn impressive and fun
and yeh the moves are just awful sadly, never felt like the hands were 1-1 with me, and just erratic tracking like most other move games unfortunately. still when it works, its pretty damn impressive and fun
Just finished the demo. Pretty great, with my only real complaints being not being able to change the VR settings on the fly (heh) and the framerate randomly going to shit every now and then (at least on the Slim).
The flying and combat is awesome. Would totally work and look better on other headsets / controllers but played just fine here. Day 1.
The flying and combat is awesome. Would totally work and look better on other headsets / controllers but played just fine here. Day 1.