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[Hot Coldman]

not my tempo

 

[GavinGT]

Now this is fucking rock n' roll

 

[John Rabbit]

i legitimately laughed at the axe destroying the drum.

 

[Zaph]

giant bomb sux, cynical assholes!!

now those gametrailers fellas, they know gamers, am i right? I AM HYPE FOR CONSUMERISM

How am I doing?

 

[Dimmle]

giant bomb sux, cynical assholes!!

now those gametrailers fellas, they know gamers, am i right? I AM HYPE FOR CONSUMERISM

How am I doing?

uncanny

 

[mrklaw]

Amazing to see the turn in here. Thread went from "this is amazing, and they're clearly having a blast" to doom-and-gloom over Jeff's sobering, pragmatic comments.

It's very simple: the Vive carries the highest price tag, and there's a physical barrier to entry here that's not present with the other headsets. That makes the threshold for recommending it wholesale a whole lot higher. That's obvious, and it makes sense. Pretty much all the reviews that came out today said the same thing.

I don't see these comments as a knock against room-scale VR or the Vive itself. It's just reality, no different than the spec requirements for any modern game.

For example, if Cyberpunk 2033 comes out and requires a Titan X to run, you're going to see reviewers take that into consideration, and while the game itself may be amazing, if you don't have the money for the card, it's a non-starter for a majority of the audience.

With that all said, the Vive is the Swiss army knife of VR right now. It can do everything: seated, standing, and walking around VR with tracked controllers as a standard.

I think perhaps devs could help by not being quite so set on room scale. Many games that support standing room only (which isn't much space) should also be adaptable to a sitting experience as long as you have space to move your arms. I think that could remove a lot of the worry about beign able to make enough space - people still think they need acres of room from the demos that were being done by Valve.

 

[stump sock]

Drew runs with the hatchet

i legitimately laughed at the axe destroying the drum.

me too, and then jeff nodding with approval

 

[Death Metalist]

Jeff is speaking my language, now I want to play this game in VR just to destroy shit.

 

[Compsiox]

nope, nor final approach, Hover Junkers, Cloudlands Minigolf, Descent Underground, or Budget Cuts.

So they've pretty much avoided the best stuff outside of Audio Shield and The Lab.

Payed off by Oculus

Spoiler

/s

 

[jaypah]

Done with the stream. Its doing nothing but make me second guess my $887 pre-order (fwiw, I agree with GB, but still want to get this), heh

Have fun fellas, I'll read the rest of the thread later.

Really? For me it's just an entertaining way to weed out a few early games that I may have tried otherwise (and may still try, depending on their reason for not liking them). Hell, I can't wait for mine to arrive. May is so far away...

 

[GustyGardens]

If someone built a proper VR drum set, I'd like to see Alex play around with it and put it through its paces.

 

[newsguy]

Wow, I started the stream at 10 and things were great in here. I leave for a few hours and it's doom and gloom. What happened?

 

[Brinbe]

hahahha that's gonna be in the best of GB video

 

[Raide]

Wow, I started the stream at 10 and things were great in here. I leave for a few hours and it's doom and gloom. What happened?

Reality set in.

 

[Z3M0G]

Thank you. I just stopped in here to see how things were going since I can't tune in. Evidently the last few pages aren't really representative of the stream.

The stream has been pretty rough for the past couple hours though... I think the last descent thing they played was that Contraption game.

 

[Velkyn]

giant bomb sux, cynical assholes!!

now those gametrailers fellas, they know gamers, am i right? I AM HYPE FOR CONSUMERISM

How am I doing?

I'll say this Vive stuff looks more fun and interesting than the Oculus stuff they did last week, which just looked like gimmicky crap to me, or "normal" games like Lucky's Tale that happen to be on VR.

Yeah, there's no doubt the Vive has shown way better so far.

People in this thread might be misreading some peoples' opinions, I feel.

If money were no object, I'd buy this in a heartbeat. I was actually looking at system requirements earlier. But I have a GTX 560 Ti at the moment, and an i3. I'd need a new processor and GPU minimum. I'm also in Canada, where PC components are way more expensive. Also, the Vive is $1100 here. A new platform at $1800 or so is a really hard sell. That's one and a half times my rent.

It kind of makes me depressed, because I've always been someone who wants in on the ground floor, but I honestly don't see these headsets getting less expensive anytime soon.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Wow, I started the stream at 10 and things were great in here. I leave for a few hours and it's doom and gloom. What happened?

They stopped playing the more fully realised games.

 

[NumberThree]

Is there a sledgehammer in Modbox?

 

[kvk1]

this is fucking COOL

 

[Death Metalist]

I think people are not even putting the prices of these games in consideration, for what they offer, it's fucking insane.

 

[Zaph]

Yes yes

More things like this please

 

[Brinbe]

The true application of VR right here.

 

[newsguy]

They stopped playing the more fully realised games.

I see. Yeah when it was the lab and job simulator they were having a blast. Bad software is bad software, every launch has a ton of it.

 

[jaypah]

Wow, I started the stream at 10 and things were great in here. I leave for a few hours and it's doom and gloom. What happened?

They stopped playing things that have been generally praised and started playing some things that even sound sketchy on paper. There are still quite a few games that have had good impressions that they haven't played yet. All in all it's only adding fuel to my hype fire but YMMV.

 

[Hot Coldman]

This one seems like it would hurt your neck.

 

[kingocfs]

They should remake Black and White for VR.

 

[stump sock]

If someone built a proper VR drum set, I'd like to see Alex play around with it and put it through its paces.

that would be rough. it's hard enough playing with audio interfaces with even a few milliseconds of delay, I can't imagine the input lag on these controllers approaching anything near functional for something like that

 

[wenis]

Man I'm kinda sold on the Vive, but no way I can afford one monetarily or space wise right now.

They should remake Black and White for VR.

 

[Wunder]

They should remake Black and White for VR.

yessss

Man I'm kinda sold on the Vive, but no way I can afford one monetarily or space wise right now.

let's get a timeshare goin

 

[Death Metalist]

This looks pretty cool.

e: Yup, as I said with these prices, 40$ lol.

 

[NumberThree]

$40 for this or $15 for Modbox

Hmm I wonder.

 

[Z3M0G]

Another proper game, but with a $40 price tag.

So far it seems like:

"Early Access" - stay the fuck away
$20 or less - stay away
$40 - probably actually worth playing

 

[newsguy]

They stopped playing things that have been generally praised and started playing some things that even sound sketchy on paper. There are still quite a few games that have had good impressions that they haven't played yet. All in all it's only adding fuel to my hype fire but YMMV.

I'm super hype. The detractors are literally judging hardware based on some early access crap they're showing.

 

[Mihos]

$40 for this or $15 for Modbox

Hmm I wonder.

Wait for the Daily Deals!

 

[wenis]

let's get a timeshare goin

absolutely. lets do this.

 

[kAmui-]

They should remake Black and White for VR.

That would be awesome! I'd be into that.

 

[serenewarfare]

The Vive stuff seems super cool, but the room-scale considerations completely kill it for me because I have nowhere near enough space for it.

 

[Death Metalist]

Yeah fuck those birds! I mean don't fuc-

 

[John Rabbit]

This actually seems like a game.

 

[giant_frying_pan]

Disco air horn flight control is neat, but maybe not 40 dollars neat.

 

[Mihos]

The Vive stuff seems super cool, but the room-scale considerations completely kill it for me because I have nowhere near enough space for it.

The entire second half of the stream is seated experience stuff.

 

[Brinbe]

OUCH HAHAHA

bollocks

 

[Tagyhag]

I know the stream isn't over, but I really hope they start playing the other acclaimed games as well. Would be a shame for people to think this is all Vive has.

 

[Hot Coldman]

yo this looks boring

 

[kvk1]

 

[kAmui-]

I'm not saying it is comparable, but people were upset that the Witness was 40 bucks. And I totally understand why these games are that expensive. The install base just isn't there yet to cover the costs if the games were too cheap. But honestly I just don't see how this could be worth the price.

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

I know the stream isn't over, but I really hope they start playing the other acclaimed games as well. Would be a shame for people to think this is all Vive has.

What are the other acclaimed game that require floor space?

 

[alexbull_uk]

I'm not saying it is comparable, but people were upset that the Witness was 40 bucks. And I totally understand why these games are that expensive. The install base just isn't there yet to cover the costs if the games were too cheap. But honestly I just don't see how this could be worth the price.

Yeah this game looks decently fun, but it needs to be £5.

 

[Exuro]

What are the other acclaimed game that require floor space?

Have they played The Gallery or Budget Cuts yet?

edit: speak of the devil.

 

[ratcliffja]

I've been multitasking here at work, but is this Final Approach VR?