-When operating stuff you can't shoot, while in VR you can shoot and open close stuff.
-You can reload the weapons with force applied to it.
-You can open doors using your weapon barrel
if it was me, I'd be up for just running around in this world. it's so well designed.
seeing the environments and characters and stuff. the gameplay wouldn't even really matter.
like the leaked hl2 beta back in the day, remember that?
not really something to get for "gameplay" but it was still a blast to experience.
I view this in a similar way.
Yup. The game is a top tier production that doesnt come out very often, production value wise, and its the world of Half Life, so it would be worth it just to soak in those fantastic visuals. Nothing more than that.
It's not especially new. It's been around since the early-mid 90's (and before that too, but not really consumer grade).
you are in a virtual world in any 3D game.. VR or not. VR just have better and more natural controls. Letting kids play it for hours could be bad perhaps, because the IPD (distance between your eyes) is not made for them, i wouldn't mess with it since they're still developing.
not sure why you would play VR with other people around anyways, unless you're taking turns to play.
You get nausea the first time you try it. Maybe second time as well. And that's it. However, as cool as it may be, especially the Gunman Contracts mod, and even without nausea, it's not really a pleasant experience. It's cool and unpleasant at the same time.
Before getting it I thought I would play racing games non stop on it. So I got it and I played like 2 races.
It's a bit consuming for me, I get tired of the whole feeling/experience quite fast.
True, VR is a lot more taxing on your body than flat gaming. Heavy set on your face, isolation from the world around you etc, it's fun but not for long binges like you would a traditional game. You need to take a break every 20min or so or you will not feel well (even after getting over motion sickness etc)
You do get used to it and some games are better/worse than others. It all comes down to the movement implementation. HL Alex was excellent, i don't recall motion sickness playing it and remember doing lengthy sessions. Probably the best VR experience.
It wont be a good non-vr game. Its built from the ground up to showcase VR.
Edit: Time played 10.6 hours, and you have to think 50% of that time is screwing taking in the VR experience.
You get nausea the first time you try it. Maybe second time as well. And that's it. However, as cool as it may be, especially the Gunman Contracts mod, and even without nausea, it's not really a pleasant experience. It's cool and unpleasant at the same time.
Before getting it I thought I would play racing games non stop on it. So I got it and I played like 2 races.
It's a bit consuming for me, I get tired of the whole feeling/experience quite fast.
I have motion sickness so it doesn't go away for a lot of people after a couple of times. I do the teleporting thing vs. walking as I will get sick in a matter of minutes walking. But as for playing, I can't play any VR games for very long otherwise I will get sick.
Started playing it yesterday for about one hour. So far it was great. Very high production value for a free mod. Will continue playing today and looking forward to it
borrowed a quest 2 to try some vr games and finally finished this one, i am very impressed at how immersive vr is, seeing shit all upscaled to real world high is just mindfuck. between the games i tried this one is the most "game" out of the rest, follows the same gameplay mechanics etc where other games play like an experience so they feel like tech demos. vr is not a gimmick, and playing this with a non vr mode as is would not do it justice, in fact it would need more things to be added else it would not work. there is no story except the ending and the gameplay is done around vr.
the visuals and aesthetics is so damn good in this, the music all top notch stuff. the ending hit again all the high notes same as when i watched it when it was released, valve surely knows how to end on a high note.
feels pretty pointless cuz literally all the appeal of that kind of gameplay is controlling it in VR. buy vr headset, finish the game, return headset to the shop lol (2weeks up to month time in most of places)
feels pretty pointless cuz literally all the appeal of that kind of gameplay is controlling it in VR. buy vr headset, finish the game, return headset to the shop lol (2weeks up to month time in most of places)
tbh i thought the same but who knows maybe the story is worth it if it ever continues...
The game is the best VR has to offer but still not worth getting a headset. Trust me I tried one just to finish this, I'd be completely fine finishing it with a mod for the story.
Played with the mod.
Feels like a demo version of a Half Life game, its not worth it without the VR part unless you need to experience the story yourself instead of watching the ending on youtube.
tried it too just to compare and difference is immensely. that feeling and seeing that prison at the end in vr and the scale of it u just cant replicate on non vr.
the mod seems to work great but needs more work on the weapons as they are too stiff
Ehhhh I'll wait some more to see how that mod goes.
BTW, just started Black Mesa yesterday and was really pissed about all the odd performance (stuttering and fps drops) at the beginning of unforeseen consequences.
Found out about the dxvk translation layer dll:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Black_Mesa#DXVK_translation_layer
Game now runs incredibly smooth using that dll to "wrap" vulkan around the game's DX9, highly recommended.
Also made me wonder about using it for some older dx9 games now, too...
boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
I had some fun with this game but hooboy does it give me motion sickness something fierce. I felt like i had a really bad hangover the next day too. Feel like teleport made it even worse.
it would be stupid to argue that VR isn't the authentic experience. However one can definitely argue if it's worth $500+ to play the only game worth a shit in VR then leave it to collect dust for eternity.
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) I'd say that's the way.
