Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is Coming to PS VR This Summer
How the team behind Vader Immortal made lightsabers feel right in virtual reality.
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Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is Coming to PS VR This Summer
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Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is Coming to PS VR This Summer
How the team behind Vader Immortal made lightsabers feel right in virtual reality.
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Vader Immortal is decent as far as VR experiences go, nothing crazy, but seeing Vader standing next to you is pretty great.
This is kind of cool but ultimately I found it quite lacking. It's a bit like a theme park ride, and the best bits are in the second episode when you get to engage in some of the cooler Star Wars power fantasies. The third episode was a bit of a let down after that.
Ahhh I thought it was fully , that makes more sense. Damn got my hopes up.
It's pretty neat, especially if you like Star Wars. Grabbing a blaster with the force while blocking shots with your saber is pretty damn cool.
Sweet! Looks like my PSVR has 1 final round of use with this, Iron Man VR and The Walking Dead VR game.
I understand that, but why didn't it get a new release date when Last of Us Part II & Ghost of Tsushima did? Seems weird.
It's a pretty good game with moments of brilliance. A bit too much standing and being talked at. But throwing and catching a lightsaber is pure joy. Makes me wish we had a Thor or God of War VR game.
I have a Quest *and* a PSVR, the PSVR is amazing for gamepad VR games (Resident Evil, WipEout, Astro Bot...), but the moves are meh. I hope it's going to be okay but part of the fun in Vader Immortal is to be able to turn around and play lightsaber like frenzy, I feel like it's going to work as well on PSVR :/
Same here. Honestly didn't think this was going to happen. Great May the Fourth surprise!
Meh, this wasn't a very good "game" - was really disappointed in it actually. Each episode is barely 20 minutes long and there's just not much at all to do.
If you could get all three episodes for maybe ten bucks, it could be worth it for star wars fans, but full price for each one felt way too much to me given how many other good VR games are out there for the buying.
If you could get all three episodes for maybe ten bucks, it could be worth it for star wars fans, but full price for each one felt way too much to me given how many other good VR games are out there for the buying.
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Not a particularly excellent series of games, but they're cool if you're into Star Wars. On Oculus the games were very cheap, too (I think ~$10 per episode). FWIW the graphics really are as nice as those screenshots would have you believe.
Not to say the games are long or anything, but they're really 40+ minutes each.
As an experience, it's pretty cool and seeing Vader up close was a genuine 'holy fuck' moment. The meat and potatoes of the game IMO is really the dojo mode. If you ever daydreamed about being a Jedi and wielding a lightsaber, this is as good as it currently gets. PSVR has sold the most VR units and this should sell well on the platform.
If it's not I'd be surprised. There is a big ass Oculus Studios logo when you boot up the game.
This is interesting, because it seems like it was a somewhat "internal" project by ILMxLAB and that EA isn't involve at all, despite them holding the licensing rights for SW videogames
edit: I guess that shouldn't be surprising. Just saw the Lego SW thread and realized EA wasn't publishing that either. Nevermindd
Although this still makes me annoyed we never got a lightstaber game for the Wii motion+ ;_;
edit: I guess that shouldn't be surprising. Just saw the Lego SW thread and realized EA wasn't publishing that either. Nevermindd
Although this still makes me annoyed we never got a lightstaber game for the Wii motion+ ;_;
It's a cool game, don't go expecting much, each episode is an hour so it's about 3 hours long and gets better as you go. It is very immersive and the feeling of the saber is great.
The main reason to get this is the dojo which is a fun arcade like experience that will test your jedi skills. The first one is simple, it starts to get really cool with the second one when force powers are in the mix. That said it's pretty demanding from a motion recognition point of view, I wonder how PS move will handle it.
The main reason to get this is the dojo which is a fun arcade like experience that will test your jedi skills. The first one is simple, it starts to get really cool with the second one when force powers are in the mix. That said it's pretty demanding from a motion recognition point of view, I wonder how PS move will handle it.
To be honest, the gameplay isn't all that great, but it's an entertaining Star Wars experience and definitely worth playing if you're a fan. Like it was mentioned already, the Lightsaber dojo is some good simple fun too.
ILMxLab isn't an oculus studio though, and the announcement does not mention Oculus Studios either.
Just Announced: Vader Immortal is Coming to PlayStation VR! - ILM Immersive
May the 4th be with you! To celebrate Star Wars Day, ILMxLAB has just announced that Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series will be coming to PlayStation® VR this Summer. All three episodes will be available together as one individual purchase, bringing the complete VR trilogy together. “We are...
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I've been playing a lot more PSVR while in quarantine, so this is some of the best news I've heard in a long, long time.
Not on PS Store yet, but it's 10 per episode on oculus, so maybe 30 for all 3?