Not played it in VR, but it's an amazing game if you can get the right people to play with. I used to play it over the phone with my buddy.
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PlayStation VR Launch Thread: Welcome to The Real World
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Not played it in VR, but it's an amazing game if you can get the right people to play with. I used to play it over the phone with my buddy.
What did you expect?
I took some gameplay of Windlands, probably my favorite vr game, the movement just feels so good when you get used to the low g swinging. So far i have played 4 hours and i'm missing too many collectibles and i have collected 5 out of 8 shards. I'm probably going to be playing a lot more of it trying to get some consistency in my swinging, this could be quite fun to speedrun.
Why almost every vr video out there has some dude yelling on a facecam? It's so annoying to search for vr videos of new games.
Why almost every vr video out there has some dude yelling on a facecam? It's so annoying to search for vr videos of new games.
Steve McQueen
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Thanks for the vid. Still thinking about buying it. I'm afraid I'll get dizzy
Regarding VR vids on YT...I feel just the same. I hate people yelling in the cam. Guess they think they are funny and have to shout out to be noticed. Sad really.
Savantcore
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Nah seriously though,
turning around and having the walls and shit changing all around me. Was mad, and yeah, only possible (or at least only this effective) in VR.
Nah, they could have done it the same with a controller(Bioshock did something very similar in all three games for instance), but that finale certainly was a very impressive and surprising use of the headset tracking in VR.
Thanks for the vid. Still thinking about buying it. I'm afraid I'll get dizzy
Regarding VR vids on YT...I feel just the same. I hate people yelling in the cam. Guess they think they are funny and have to shout out to be noticed. Sad really.
Yeah, if it's anything when i started the game my knees were a bit wobbly for the first session but after that i have slowly lost that weird feeling of imbalance. Though there hasn't been a game yet that has made me physically ill. The game also has some comfort options but i turned them all off when i started playing thinking that if i had all of the control i would get used to it faster.
Edit: Oh shit, i just thought that Windlands might not support move controllers on the ps4, which would be bizarre as hell. I haven't tried the game out with a controller so i can't say how fun the game is with more traditional control scheme.
Edit2: They are planning on adding move support in a future patch. Source
Until Dawn is cool, but holy shit the tracking is horrendous for me. Haven't had too many issues in other games, but the guns were jittering and off focus the entire first level and any head movement off to the sides would cause the image to jump and bounce around making me feel ill.
Will futz with settings before going back in, but it was a real bummer as the game is pretty great. Even though I am just sitting on the couch, it literally felt like I was on a rollercoaster being jostled about. The few scare moments really got me too. Just one of the more effective rail shooters I've ever played. Just wish it worked as intended.
Will futz with settings before going back in, but it was a real bummer as the game is pretty great. Even though I am just sitting on the couch, it literally felt like I was on a rollercoaster being jostled about. The few scare moments really got me too. Just one of the more effective rail shooters I've ever played. Just wish it worked as intended.
MisterCTwo
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It's fun! It's a first person platformer and you use the hooks to climb and catapult yourself through the levels as you move from platform to tree to platform etc. looking for gates, crystal fragments and so forth. You're totally unlimited in movement and can go in any direction. It's the first of the PSVR games I've played that has convinced me first person games with full movement can work in VR. It's also the first PSVR game that made me feel a little queasy but it wasn't too bad.
Yep I have this issue from time to time too, also another where the interlacing seems to screw too
Screen should go right to the edge but resolution seems to screw unsure why, figured it was Driveclub messing with the resolution as that's the game it seems to happen the most with.
Probably already answered, but I believe you need to power down the The PSVR to go back to a regular screen. The low res effect you are seeing is because, the PSVR screen has higher pixel count in the center, and less around the edges, and so the image is rendered to match this. Lower res in the periphery of the image.
I've also had that bug once, powercycling fixed it.
I sure hope they'll be able to fix most of the PU's numerous(!!) issues in the future via firmware updates. Including making it properly support 4K and HDR (without making an entire new revision of the PU hardware). Having to unplug it for non VR stuff is fucking stupid and completely missing the point of it having passthrough capabilities exactly so you shouldn't need to unplug it in the first place.
I sure hope they'll be able to fix most of the PU's numerous(!!) issues in the future via firmware updates. Including making it properly support 4K and HDR (without making an entire new revision of the PU hardware). Having to unplug it for non VR stuff is fucking stupid and completely missing the point of it having passthrough capabilities exactly so you shouldn't need to unplug it in the first place.
It does seem to accumulate over time, yeah. If you're using PS VR a lot right now, then it's probably better to just shut down your PS4 completely at the end of the day. I'm on a VR break now, thanks to World of Final Fantasy, so I'm back on using Rest Mode for now, but a complete shut down does seem to prevent some track/drifting issues from building up.
Yep I have this issue from time to time too, also another where the interlacing seems to screw too
Screen should go right to the edge but resolution seems to screw unsure why, figured it was Driveclub messing with the resolution as that's the game it seems to happen the most with.
Close the PSVR application you have running in the background. This only happens if you are still running a VR game in the background
It's doubtful we'll see super-sampling in VR. You have to remember it's actually independently rendering two separate images at two different angles. I think it's probably a bit more reasonable to assume we'll be getting crisper visuals, so if the work were done on games like Drive Club or Here They Lie, they would look less blurry. But I don't think we can expect Pro-level visuals on the headset.
Not nearly the same production values
Alright
. Haven't played the VR-versions yetGiven there are a whole suite of tricks in the GPU that can directly affect rendering for VR (e.g. the FP16 processing, which can be used for rendering the parts of the display that aren't in the players view; the edge tracking which can be used to significantly reduce aliasing), not to mention the CPU bump, yes I think we will see some dramatic improvements in some titles.
And yes, supersampling is completely possible. The PS4 isn't rendering to two panels, it's rendering to one panel split in two, so it is still rendering to a single 1080p screen (ok, so you have the 1.4x requirement, which in itself is a kind of supersampling anyway, which is one of the reason Bound looks so clean) so a native render at 1800p displayed on PSVR will be supersampled.
SJRB
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Neat, gonna try that tomorrow.
Make sure to disable the seated box in the options menu
Also you might wanna have a couch behind you just in case
Battlezone is getting a pro patch. Not sure about rigs but i would assume both are.
Rigs is confirmed to be getting a pro patch, read about it on the PSVR reddit. Here is a link to the reddit post that details all confirmed Pro VR titles
Neuromancer
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That's by design, Sony wants people to be able to look down and see their hands/body etc.
Jacksinthe
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How is this even possible with the unit pulled to your face? You may get some bleed but the nose flaps and shape of the blinders you can't make out anything.
To help anyone else with light bleed - the blinders have an inside lip, reach in and pull it out to expand the lip on your face. It's soft but it gets rid of it.
Also, be sure to tilt the back UP some so the HMD sits SQUARE to your face. Everyone I've seen try this thing on always puts the back end too low, causing the HMD to not sit square, exposing the bottom more. Doing this you can also fit almost any headset on over your ears no problem.
Neuromancer
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But that's exactly what Battlezone is doing.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/284372/BATTLEZONE_PS4_PRO_SUPPORT_ANNOUNCED.php
Edit - I was wrong about farpoint
Jacksinthe
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Not Farpoint, IIRC.
They mention they double the pixel real estate, but it wasn't running 1080p to begin with. For all we know maybe they are just hitting 1080p on Pro.
I haven't read anywhere they were supersampling on pro, IIRC.
Neuromancer
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Ah ok
Sangetsu-II
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If you place the back of your headset any higher, it will improve. It did the job for me
+1 , I also did this.
First get to the sweet spot of the headset where you can read all the text and then just raise the back of the headband higher.
Light bleed problem solved. Either that or wait for a third party rubber protector.
CitizenCope
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Thanks for the light bleed tips. I think I just have a huge noggin and honker where I can't get that perfect fit with no light bleed.
ronaldthump
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Does this mean I have to buy battlefront now for the free star wars PSVR game/demo? EEeee. The next time its on sale, I'll consider it.....
Mayor_McCheeze
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Is battlezone any easier since the new patch?
Can you play all the campaigns in co-op?
I've been tempted to pick this one up.
Can you play all the campaigns in co-op?
I've been tempted to pick this one up.
Jacksinthe
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Man. Until Dawn on Psychotic(?) Difficulty is the real deal. 1 life. Made it to spider boss and he laid me out. Damn.
Even playing in VR since launch the feeling of presence is still there and good! At this point I don't even care if visuals improve. Give me a wider periphery and rock-solid tracking and I'm good with PSVR2.
Still loving every minute I spend in the Matrix
Even playing in VR since launch the feeling of presence is still there and good! At this point I don't even care if visuals improve. Give me a wider periphery and rock-solid tracking and I'm good with PSVR2.
Still loving every minute I spend in the Matrix
So its obvious that the release bundle is sold out mostly everywhere in the US.
I was not surprised with ample stock say on eBay. So i kept an eye on those auctions and if you purchase at the right time, you can get them for roughly $450-$500 (plus some ebay bucks and no tax).
I recently scored a bundle for $425 shipped, no tax and since its the Taco Bell one, it includes $40 PSN credit. Not bad I say. I have my old PS moves which I will be reselling to save some more. Not only that I have $45 ebay bucks. I didnt use them because the seller had a 1 rating at time of purchase but I didnt want to lose them if I had to cancel the auction. (PS: seller shipped item and has tracking so I feel confident this person is legit)
So I will be using the $45 ebay bucks to buy a $50 PSN code on ebay to buy more games on PSN.
So that one dude that sold it to me scored some nice cash while I scored the bundle for around $385. You guys think this was a good purchase? lol I had this on Amazon on preorder but it was going to be $550 including tax so I cancelled. (also due to fears it was gonna suck) So I believe it was worth buying one like this. I wasnt even thinking of getting one after cancelling but the feedback has made me anxious to get one.
I look forward to posting some feedback on my experience but I may wait until the Pro is release
I was not surprised with ample stock say on eBay. So i kept an eye on those auctions and if you purchase at the right time, you can get them for roughly $450-$500 (plus some ebay bucks and no tax).
I recently scored a bundle for $425 shipped, no tax and since its the Taco Bell one, it includes $40 PSN credit. Not bad I say. I have my old PS moves which I will be reselling to save some more. Not only that I have $45 ebay bucks. I didnt use them because the seller had a 1 rating at time of purchase but I didnt want to lose them if I had to cancel the auction. (PS: seller shipped item and has tracking so I feel confident this person is legit)
So I will be using the $45 ebay bucks to buy a $50 PSN code on ebay to buy more games on PSN.
So that one dude that sold it to me scored some nice cash while I scored the bundle for around $385. You guys think this was a good purchase? lol I had this on Amazon on preorder but it was going to be $550 including tax so I cancelled. (also due to fears it was gonna suck) So I believe it was worth buying one like this. I wasnt even thinking of getting one after cancelling but the feedback has made me anxious to get one.
I look forward to posting some feedback on my experience but I may wait until the Pro is release
How do you get it in VR Mode? The mode on menu for VR is locked (It's for the DLC I think) and the game itself isn't in VR it's just a big flat image like cinema mode.
Zalusithix
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This is Sony. 99% chance you'll get your 1 time "favor" (if you haven't already used it) and then politely be told to get fucked. Expecting anything consumer friendly that's not explicitly documented as official policy is naive. While it sucks, I hope VR will be the catalyst needed for their refund policies to blow up in their faces.
Dragonslayer_023
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The ending of Arkham VR was borderline too spooky for me. I just cannot handle VR scares lol. Super fun though!
I predict that PSVR will last much, much longer than your GAF account did.
Played some of the Driveclub VR demo using motion controls and it was a lot more fun. Only issue is it tires your arms out holding them in place and steering with no support. Especially because I try to line my arms up with where the real wheel would be. Fun though.
Also gave Tethered another shot and I was quite enjoying it. Good stuff so far.
EDIT: I'll probably wait till the Move patch, or a demo before trying Windlands.
Also gave Tethered another shot and I was quite enjoying it. Good stuff so far.
EDIT: I'll probably wait till the Move patch, or a demo before trying Windlands.
I read earlier in the thread that there were some issues with how the game sometimes placed your in-game avatar relative to the table (off-center by 45 degrees), forcing you in real life to turn 45 degrees and thus occlude the controller. Is this indeed the case? It's pretty much the only thing that's given me pause.
You could use hulk mode to rotate. That's what I use. Just hold the move button on each hand and rotate by pulling on one hand and pushing on the other.
No. When you look down at your feet, the game shows roughly where you should be standing and the image you see has the feet deliberately facing 45 degrees to the left of your camera because they thought this would help prevent occluding the Moves. However you don't have to stand that way. I never do that. I always sit or stand directly facing my camera and have no tracking issues. I never have any issues with controllers as long as you have a good camera height and distance.
Also, you can move all around the bar by teleporting or using "hulk mode" where you move yourself like you have virtual ski poles. That's also how you can turn to face any direction. The amount of freedom in this game is more than any other VR game I've played on PSVR so far.
Here is me and my friend playing it to give you an idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3OONwrKWA
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