It's decent. Great art and writing, but it's a bit "legacy" as far as a VR experience goes. It's all gaze-based, which is a bit of a bummer.
Definitely worth it if you like Tim's work.
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PCVR Game Discussion Thread - A New Era of Gaming
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It's decent. Great art and writing, but it's a bit "legacy" as far as a VR experience goes. It's all gaze-based, which is a bit of a bummer.
Definitely worth it if you like Tim's work.
Thanks for the reply. I've had my Vive about six months now, and I seem to do fine teleporting in various games but my attempts at direct movement lead to queasiness. Some people have suggested that using Natural Locomotion is a way to ease into direct movement, but like I said, any indoor situation where the walls are close by (be it DS or Skyrim) brings on the problem as the walls move by. I had a similar experience years ago with Mirrors Edge on PC...I was fine outside, but narrow rooms, corridors, and stairways were a problem because the game required you to move fast. I have no problem with pancake corridor-type FPS as long as I can move at my own rate, so it's not like I'm really susceptible to motion sickness. I think in VR my body is just too sensitive to the disconnect with moving through indoor VR space while my real body is still.
edit: Incidentally, I find the Vive very comfortable to wear, but if I have it on a bit too long I'll feel the pressure on the back of my head, but that usually takes about an hour.
We had a thing where with any jitter, or getting to close to a wall would bounce me back involuntarily, that would bring a major headache. So i can understand that. There are just a lot of little things that might add to the feeling. Also the speed at which you move might trigger it. Messing around with values of the game did that to me quite a bit. From too fast, to the sudden stop of flying into a wall. I dunno if i can stand more now that i am used to it, but i do know that Horus was made with that in mind so its lesser to an extent.
I like the teleport mode tho but its a bit jarring.
That's the trade off for well crafted beat maps which Beat Saber obviously has from the trailers. I like Soundboxing a lot but relying on community made maps is really hit or miss to the point that sometimes I don't feel like wading through the selections. It would be nice if BS could get more songs though.
Does anyone know if it's releasing in early access or is this the full release?
Thanks for the answer! I guess I'll wait what Oculus will do in the near future.
Before a possible investment in a new headset, I'll move into my new house in one and a half months. First project will be an entertainment room with a dedicated VR space. I'm hyped.
I introduced my wife (girlfriend at the time) to Psychonauts a few years ago, and when Rhrombus of Ruin was announced, we contemplated getting a PSVR just for that even though we had a Vive and a Rift... She LOVES Psychonauts now and she even named our dog Raz. Today is the day we've been waiting for forever. I'm so excited to finally play that game with her tonight!
They're planning to support custom songs in Beat Saber (not auto-generated songs):
https://steamcommunity.com/app/620980/discussions/0/2860219962087536167/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/620980/discussions/0/2860219962087536167/
That's awesome, congrats. I'm renting a condo right now and the bedroom is pretty small. I have plenty of space if I push the bed over to the wall but I can't wait to have a house with a room or basement space I can dedicate to VR.
Day one. Can't wait for incredibly stressful levels made by the community.
That's good news at least, guess I'll hold off my purchase until then. I might have to finally buy Audioshield or look into Soundboxing.
Yeah, wait for at least a more definitive announcement if it's a must-have feature for you.
Not that I know of.
What are the must haves on Steam? I want to get a couple since there is the VR Spring sale now. I haven't spent a dime on a VR game yet (played most of the good free ones + Fallout 4 I got free with the Vive) since I was waiting for a sale like this.
I own about 25 of them already, and you almost can't go wrong with any of the featured titles and most of the games in the "More" section.
Picked up these for about $18 total :)
Monstrum
Vertigo
Scanner Sombre
Pinball FX2 + Walking Dead DLC
There are a ton of hidden gems on sale, and it's a great chance to get stuff you might have glossed over.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&vrsupport=401,402
^ If anyone knows a better way to find ALL of the games in the sale, let me know.
Monstrum
Vertigo
Scanner Sombre
Pinball FX2 + Walking Dead DLC
There are a ton of hidden gems on sale, and it's a great chance to get stuff you might have glossed over.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&vrsupport=401,402
^ If anyone knows a better way to find ALL of the games in the sale, let me know.
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How long is it? I played the prequel but it was quite short. I like how you move around with the jet gas gun thingy
Holy fuck balls i just stumbled across Beat Saber... i'm nowhere near skilled enough to play this but my god i must buy this and fail miserably lol! Looks amazing!
I got Duck Season, the gun sounds are great and the it brings back the nostalgia but is there much content here?
I think there's a lot of neat stuff, but it can be real grindy to see it all, seemingly. I haven't seen everything for this reason.
Just got started with PCVR. I am using Trinus and Nolo with my PSVR, it took a little trial and error but it works pretty darn well.
This spring sale is just what i needed, i'm planning on getting that Sariento/Eternal Warrior/Dead Effect 2 pack. I also picked up Just In Time Inc for the kids.
This spring sale is just what i needed, i'm planning on getting that Sariento/Eternal Warrior/Dead Effect 2 pack. I also picked up Just In Time Inc for the kids.
OK thanks for the info. I just picked up Tilt Brush (50% off), totally forgot all about this one.
Thanks! Yeah, these all look pretty good. I'm really enjoying Serious Sam VR TFE, so I'm gonna pick up that Croteam bundle for $50. Got a couple of others picked out as well, but I don't want to go over $100 so this is gonna be hard. All weekend to decide though.
Ark park adds free locomotion today
https://steamcommunity.com/games/529910/announcements/detail/2857973322447031813
https://steamcommunity.com/games/529910/announcements/detail/2857973322447031813
Pavlov has always been an insane deal. Feels so great to play. I think it's quite polished. Lots of fun to be had.
Tilt Brush is at a great price for the Mario Paint of VR.
There's a lot of decent deals on a ton of titles, but I think I already own everything I'm interested in in PCVR.
Tilt Brush is at a great price for the Mario Paint of VR.
There's a lot of decent deals on a ton of titles, but I think I already own everything I'm interested in in PCVR.
I would say 4 to 5 hrs. Depending on the pace. If you play coop maybe 5 to 6. Across 8 chapters. This is the full realization of a game from the vertical slice that was prologue.
Nice - thanks!
I tried it briefly during my Viveport free trial. I only got through the tutorial and then a few minutes more. Personally wasn't too impressed. It was very janky. My first go at the tutorial, it bugged out and something dropped to the floor, leaving me unable to pick it up to proceed. Maybe there's some workaround, but I couldn't find it.
I bought Invisible Hours on sale a while ago but finally booted it up. It's cool so far. I like the idea. It's a great VR experience so far.
Also I bought Pinball FX2 VR for $6 on Steam and it's also fun to just get the base tables at $2 a piece. Pinball translates really well to VR. I am using an Xbox controller w/ Rift though and it seems to need to be booted in Steam not Oculus Home for the controller to work correctly. But, get over that and it's great to have the VR and depth perception of Pinball. Too bad additional table choice seems to have dried up.
Also I bought Pinball FX2 VR for $6 on Steam and it's also fun to just get the base tables at $2 a piece. Pinball translates really well to VR. I am using an Xbox controller w/ Rift though and it seems to need to be booted in Steam not Oculus Home for the controller to work correctly. But, get over that and it's great to have the VR and depth perception of Pinball. Too bad additional table choice seems to have dried up.
I've been eyeing that up for a while and was hoping it would be on sale now, but it's still full price :(
Still, Skyrim VR will keep me going until at least the summer sale.
Which VR FPS did you suck at?
Pavlov is kinda medium speed. You can also play against bots, which only go from easy to medium as a challenge, really. It can be real fun to do go akimbo against the bots and such.
Yeah. One of the community guys on the Steam forum let it out that they had abandoned any additional VR work (quite a long time ago). It's all we're getting until VR starts proving profitable for developers. Season pack 1 is still very good IMO. Maybe it's because I was always a fan of Paranormal and Earth Defense (looked aweseome even with 3D Vision), but I think it's a pretty good selection of tables. I'd certainly recommend them.
Onward and REC room are the first that come to mind. I play a lot of operations in onward but its so hard to get into multiplayer since everyone already knows all the hiding spots on every map.
Eternity Warriors to me feels more like an VR game for an Arcade. It even has a mode for Arcades. The gameplay itself isnt that bad, but cant compare to other Waveshooters like Arizona or the Serious Sam one.
haven't played vanishing, but I enjoyed Mage's Tale. Its roughly 10 hours long with a balance of puzzle solving, combat and exploration.
The exploration and puzzle solving was my favourite aspect, theres a ton of hidden rooms that sometimes have their own puzzles to solve to unlock new crating items or a new secret area within :P
The combat is "ok". not much depth to it which I believe vanishing realms may focus more on. You're restricted to spell casting only, no melee. Its an early vr release that shows the potential of vr rpg games. The 2nd half of the game is great, the 1st half can feel very repetitive with the enemies being goblins. The 2nd half really changes things up, Just a shame they do it so late.
It's still a game I recommend though. :)
1st hour of game (this was recorded after i completed the game so i knew how to solve each puzzle, so on first playthrough this might be more like first 2 hours):
I have a mini review in the vid info too.
The end of the vid does show a boss battle at 46 mins in though if you dont want spoilers.
There's probably going to be lots of noobs in pavlov because of this sale. I had fun in my first games last night and I'm no spec ops soldier.
Thanks, think I'll give it a shot with the 2-hour return window in mind then.
That's a hard one. They're pretty different. Vanishing Realms is shorter and focuses mostly on shield + melee combat. It's really satisfying slower paced combat where you block and parry and wait for openings. It also has bow and arrow and some spell casting but that's kind of secondary.
Mage's Tale is longer and focuses purely on spell casting. There's some depth to it but not a whole lot in actual execution though it's still fun. That said MT is a lot more polished as it's not made by one guy (though don't get me wrong, Vanishing Realms is pretty polished) and feels like a "full" game with voice acting and a story etc with lots of secrets hidden around. It's hard to go wrong with either. Just a matter of what sounds more appealing to you.
One thing I like about Pavlov is that it's fun even when you're dieing. Just go in to a team deathmatch game or any other where you respawn and it won't really matter if you're doing well or not. Shooting the guns alone is pretty satisfying and so is every kill even if you die 4 times out of 5 encounters. Onward is a good game, but I don't have a lot of fun with it since a lot of rounds I don't even get a shot off and end up spending most of the game at the death camp lol. Pavlov is a lot faster even in the single spawn Search and Destroy modes so dieing isn't that much of an issue.
With the Steam sale, I'm interested in picking up a rhythm title. Can anyone recommend AudioShield vs. Airtone, or am I better off waiting for Beat Saber?
Some people consider Vanishing Realms an abandoned early access title, the positive reviews don't lie tho... for 12 bucks I'd buy it. You get 4 to 6 hours of an action RPG out of it, focus on action and exploration. Mechanics do not go deep into any system, it's all superficial and theres not really a story, it feels more like a proof of concept but I really enjoyed it back in 2016.
(No idea about Mages Tale, nearly 40 bucks, I'm not going in for that price!)
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They are very different, a closer comparison is Audioshield vs Soundboxing or Airtone vs Holodance. Audioshield is not a rythmgame in the traditional sense, Airtone is hardcore rythmgame which ramps up in difficulty fast. Airtone doesn't have a youtube feature to play new songs, so you're stuck with the genre this game goes with (japanese pop music).
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I've bought Dash Dash Run for 99 cent and Sprint Vector for 19 bucks... thought I'd contrast and compare them as they seemingly try to do similar things. The first looking like a very low budget indi game through and through and the latter like a big budget game...comparatively.
I'll try to look into them in the next couple of days.
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Bought Mages Tales.
Heads Up. The 25% Mages Tale Coupon that people got works on the -25% the game is off now, so you get it for around 45% off.
Heads Up. The 25% Mages Tale Coupon that people got works on the -25% the game is off now, so you get it for around 45% off.
ahh... god damnit. And here I thought I'd be safe from this Steam Sale considering I've been spending all my time in SkyrimVR, and plan on keeping there for another good 40+ hours... I might actually get this now.
I recommend Thumper. If you are into breaking a sweat I would recommend BOXVR as well. I also have Airtone, Audioshield and Racket. You can't go wrong with any of them. Airtone is harder for me (kind of like Guitar Hero) than Audioshield and I like how my own music matches Audioshield (play on harder difficulty is better) but Airtone is more polished. Racket is more like the old Breakout game and is better with other people. I am also really eager to get Beat Saber though. Sorry I didn't really make a decision for you because I like them all, lol.
I wouldn't consider Racket NX a rhythm game. That said, it's pretty good.