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PlayStation VR Launch Thread: Welcome to The Real World
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First game I bought. I know the experience is limited compared to the Vive version, but since I've never played that version it is hard for me to be disappointed in what I'm missing. Glad I did get it. It is just fun to pick shit up in it, unlike say, The Order.
cyberheater
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In VR Worlds. Can you exit a sub game and go back to the main loading screen without having to quit and restart the game?
CollectedDust
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So here's my VR saga thus far:
> Pre-order PSVR as soon as they were available through best buy.
> Got wet feet and canceled my pre-order the weekend before launch.
> Tried a demo at a store after launch and immediately regretted my cancelation decision. PSVR was much closer to the PC VR sets than I anticipated.
> Couldn't find a launch bundle anywhere this week/weekend.
> Stumbled across a lone Launch bundle, at a Walmart of all places (the last one they had), and snagged it this morning.
> Ordered physical Rez Infinite from iam8bit as soon as I got home.
Am I doing it right?
> Pre-order PSVR as soon as they were available through best buy.
> Got wet feet and canceled my pre-order the weekend before launch.
> Tried a demo at a store after launch and immediately regretted my cancelation decision. PSVR was much closer to the PC VR sets than I anticipated.
> Couldn't find a launch bundle anywhere this week/weekend.
> Stumbled across a lone Launch bundle, at a Walmart of all places (the last one they had), and snagged it this morning.
> Ordered physical Rez Infinite from iam8bit as soon as I got home.
Am I doing it right?
Ashtrax
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Spent the day with my headset finally, and enjoyed it on the whole.
KITCHEN: God damn, that shit freaked me out. I had read about how the demo plays out, but it never truly prepares you. Capcom nailed the surround audio on that demo as well. Can't wait to see how they implement this sort of thing in RE7.
Batman: Arkham VR: If you loved the detective stuff in the Arkham games, then this is for you. Tracking is great with Move controllers, and it's funny how I started posturing myself as Batman during the game. I've just hit the third act, but all I'll say is watching the first crime scene is brutal.
PlayStation VR Worlds: Ocean Descent is decent for an experience, Luge also the same, but it's hard not to want to throw your whole body into it (Luge only wants you to tilt your head to turn). However, The London Heist is were it's at. So much fun. Had some minor aiming issues at first, but got the hang of it quickly.
Thumper: Wow. I mean wow. What a great title, visually spectacular but draining as well. The one complaint I had was everytime the game restarted after a death, the camera would drift left. It's a weird glitch I hope the developers get sorted ASAP, because damn that game gets difficult as you progress.
Driveclub VR: Didn't suffer motion sickness at all, and it's great looking into rear and side mirrors as you pass cars. Visually it's fine, not great. I wish though Sony or another developer would get an arcade racer to market ASAP. That would be awesome.
INVASION! & Amulette: Two short films. The first was good, but the second utilises VR amazingly. You really get a sense of the space being used. Highly recommended to check out.
Will add more thoughts as I get around to the other titles I picked up!
KITCHEN: God damn, that shit freaked me out. I had read about how the demo plays out, but it never truly prepares you. Capcom nailed the surround audio on that demo as well. Can't wait to see how they implement this sort of thing in RE7.
Batman: Arkham VR: If you loved the detective stuff in the Arkham games, then this is for you. Tracking is great with Move controllers, and it's funny how I started posturing myself as Batman during the game. I've just hit the third act, but all I'll say is watching the first crime scene is brutal.
PlayStation VR Worlds: Ocean Descent is decent for an experience, Luge also the same, but it's hard not to want to throw your whole body into it (Luge only wants you to tilt your head to turn). However, The London Heist is were it's at. So much fun. Had some minor aiming issues at first, but got the hang of it quickly.
Thumper: Wow. I mean wow. What a great title, visually spectacular but draining as well. The one complaint I had was everytime the game restarted after a death, the camera would drift left. It's a weird glitch I hope the developers get sorted ASAP, because damn that game gets difficult as you progress.
Driveclub VR: Didn't suffer motion sickness at all, and it's great looking into rear and side mirrors as you pass cars. Visually it's fine, not great. I wish though Sony or another developer would get an arcade racer to market ASAP. That would be awesome.
INVASION! & Amulette: Two short films. The first was good, but the second utilises VR amazingly. You really get a sense of the space being used. Highly recommended to check out.
Will add more thoughts as I get around to the other titles I picked up!
Had a long day showing my mate VR and playing some stuff myself. Danger Ball in VR Worlds is absolutely fantastic. I really got into it, headbutting the ball back, even jumped a few times lol. Immensely good fun and I want this as a full featured game. Can you imagine a version using Move tracking to whack the ball back...!
Tracking still has wonky moments and is rarely absolutely still. The headset definitely worked best during the daytime (but with blinds closed so my room was light but no direct sunlight hitting anything).
After my session I felt a bit weird. Like I just wanted to press the trigger to make a fist in real life, lol, and my arms felts skinnier than I've ever noticed them being before... You definitely feel a sort of disconnect with the real world after a while. It's not a bad feeling, just a sense of having to readjust. When VR gets much higher res screens, wider field of view and more photorealistic stuff it's really going to blur the lines...
Tracking still has wonky moments and is rarely absolutely still. The headset definitely worked best during the daytime (but with blinds closed so my room was light but no direct sunlight hitting anything).
After my session I felt a bit weird. Like I just wanted to press the trigger to make a fist in real life, lol, and my arms felts skinnier than I've ever noticed them being before... You definitely feel a sort of disconnect with the real world after a while. It's not a bad feeling, just a sense of having to readjust. When VR gets much higher res screens, wider field of view and more photorealistic stuff it's really going to blur the lines...
FlashFlooder
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Tumble is so cool. I was leaning into the puzzle to place a piece and bumped my tower with me head and knocked off a block. First time that happened I said "whoa"
SolidChamp
Banned
How many scenarios (or levels, if you prefer), in total, are there for London Heist?
The demo I tried in February only gave us two (shootout in the office from behind the desk and the car chase).
The demo I tried in February only gave us two (shootout in the office from behind the desk and the car chase).
It's to avoid smearing and trailing in dark colors
Oh, damn, you're right. My South Park preorder got refunded. Thanks for the heads up!
Grindlefly
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Yea teleporting for me is definitely they way to go. Early on it suggest the alternative right stick free move, but honestly the moment I took a step I felt funny. I tried going really slowly but couldn't handle more than about 20 seconds before switching back. Just for reference I can spend 2hrs in either driveclub or rigs with no problems at all but this threw me a right wobbly.
Essentially it's just a really janky walking simulator with a few easy puzzles. I actually like it so far but it's really hard to recommend. Especially for the asking price. It think most people will be put off by the controls which are really weird but I got used to them.
I finally found the damn coordinates so I can say more later.
It's weird. I originally charged my used Move controllers with my iPhone wall chargers and after I connected them to the PS4 they wouldn't stay on.
But now that I connected and charged them to the PS4 they seem to be holding a charge just fine.
It's almost like they didn't charge at all until I connected them to my PS4
But now that I connected and charged them to the PS4 they seem to be holding a charge just fine.
It's almost like they didn't charge at all until I connected them to my PS4
ShadowKingpin
Member
Yep. My used ones that I charged with my Samsung S7 Edge charger didn't work, either. The moment I hooked them I to a PS4, they held a charge.
You know, one of the coolest aspects for me is my memories being tricked into the VR being a little more real than it actually was. For instance, last night I tried the Shark Encounter, and in my mind I'm just thinking about how big the shark was. Fascinating how the first stage of VR can do that. What will happen in the future when the image quality and graphical fidelity are even greater?
PLASTICA-MAN
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Just curious why the REVII Kitchen demo looks completely aliased and blurry on PS VR while the REVII Beginning Hour looks exactly the same with no detail loss on PS VR eventhough that the latter is a full fledged demo game where you can walk and move and not just sit and watch.
DangerMouse
Member
Thanks!
Thanks!
Yeah I remember reading something about its unique movement. Is the movement comfortable at least, if it doesn't have multiple options?
Weird. I wonder if it needs some kind of "activation" first.
Neuromancer
Member
What floored me was the way the hologram figure models and other chararacters in the game would follow you with their heads and eyes as you moved around. It really feels like you're looking at a real person. Never seen that before in any other VR game.
TheDarkKnight774
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Had a long day showing my mate VR and playing some stuff myself. Danger Ball in VR Worlds is absolutely fantastic. I really got into it, headbutting the ball back, even jumped a few times lol. Immensely good fun and I want this as a full featured game. Can you imagine a version using Move tracking to whack the ball back...!
Tracking still has wonky moments and is rarely absolutely still. The headset definitely worked best during the daytime (but with blinds closed so my room was light but no direct sunlight hitting anything).
After my session I felt a bit weird. Like I just wanted to press the trigger to make a fist in real life, lol, and my arms felts skinnier than I've ever noticed them being before... You definitely feel a sort of disconnect with the real world after a while. It's not a bad feeling, just a sense of having to readjust. When VR gets much higher res screens, wider field of view and more photorealistic stuff it's really going to blur the lines...
Tracking still has wonky moments and is rarely absolutely still. The headset definitely worked best during the daytime (but with blinds closed so my room was light but no direct sunlight hitting anything).
After my session I felt a bit weird. Like I just wanted to press the trigger to make a fist in real life, lol, and my arms felts skinnier than I've ever noticed them being before... You definitely feel a sort of disconnect with the real world after a while. It's not a bad feeling, just a sense of having to readjust. When VR gets much higher res screens, wider field of view and more photorealistic stuff it's really going to blur the lines...
I had the same issue on the first two days, maybe 5 minutes after turning it on. Hasn't happended today but I will keep my eye on it. If it happens frequently I will have it replaced.
You forgot one thing:
> Getting annoyed by iam8bit and ending up buying the digital version of Rez Infinite too.
I'm not really prone to motion sickness but compared to games like Here They Lie it feels more comfortable. Except for walking forwards and backwards which is smooth you turn in incrementals so sometimes it is unnecessarily complicated to get in position. There are no options to change the controls. Personally I think it works OK. The immersion is quite good which is enough for me so far to play further.
Neuromancer
Member
If you like that you will also like the Adventure Time VR game which I believe is also coming to PSVR. It's only a few levels but it's also really cool.
zackmorris
Member
Whats a good test for checking my IPD settings? I tried the driveclub demo with the blue car and tried to read the word "speed" on the speedometer (is that the right word?) but it just stays blurry no matter how i change the ipdnormaly i get 67mm
I don't think your settings matter. It's blurry because the resolution is really low.
SolidChamp
Banned
Anyone?
zackmorris
Member
Took me about an hour.
zackmorris
Member
That's pretty much it, for what you actually do in the game. There's a lot of you sitting in a chair listening to people talk and there's a thing at the end that requires you to do a small action.
The Omega Man
Member
The PS4 Pro was never on my radar, but I am loving my PSVR so much that if I see any benefit og image quality for PSVR Games I am considering getting one now.
I am going to wait and see first until a clear case is made thou
I am going to wait and see first until a clear case is made thou
SolidChamp
Banned
That's...really disappointing. I was hoping for at least an hour of emptying and reloading clips.
Dang.
Are people using the Zeiss wipes? I've read like 20 things from Sony saying to never ever use anything wet to clean the optics but at this point I'm just smearing what's on there around. I do it the way I clean my camera optics, blow it off with air, fog it with my breath and wipe gently. It's not doing much anymore
That part of London Heist she had to drop the gun into the box, so she drops the move controller.
Buy them used! That's what I did half a year ago when I preordered PSVR. I got 2 Move's (1 of them was still sealed) for 36 on eBay.
zackmorris
Member
What games does this happen in?
I noticed in a few games, when I approached the "out of play" area it would start to get darker the closer I got to the edge of the play area. Then go completely dark before getting the out of play message.
bodine1231
Member
Me too,played the demo last night and was blown away. The giant robot looks so damn awesome in VR!
zackmorris
Member
Well on the menu there's something called shooting gallery. I haven't tried it though.
I've been wowed using PSVR the past 2 hours.
Eve demo - the game itself is not my cup of tea, but it was pretty cool nonetheless. Looking around the cockpit and take off was great, didn't invert the controls though so i was pretty shit!
Amulette (spelling) - EVERYONE should watch this, its free so there's no excuse. An incredible experience. When the guy drops his walking stick off the platform I began the motion of trying to grab it!!!
Kitchen - like most people saw bits of this on the net so wasn't expecting much, boy was I wrong. The presence of the characters was almost spooky. And when the 'thing' disappears for a while and you hear all these noises going on, waiting for it to reappear was
Terrifying!!
Thumper demo - woooow, gonna make this my next purchase. Intense, evil, and awesome.
I also tried watching a Miku concert BluRay in cinema mode expecting the worst after hearing negative opinions about the resolution, and I was quite happy with it, even using the biggest screen size.
Still got so many other demos and full games to try, PSVR has exceeded my expectations so far!
Eve demo - the game itself is not my cup of tea, but it was pretty cool nonetheless. Looking around the cockpit and take off was great, didn't invert the controls though so i was pretty shit!
Amulette (spelling) - EVERYONE should watch this, its free so there's no excuse. An incredible experience. When the guy drops his walking stick off the platform I began the motion of trying to grab it!!!
Kitchen - like most people saw bits of this on the net so wasn't expecting much, boy was I wrong. The presence of the characters was almost spooky. And when the 'thing' disappears for a while and you hear all these noises going on, waiting for it to reappear was
Terrifying!!
Thumper demo - woooow, gonna make this my next purchase. Intense, evil, and awesome.
I also tried watching a Miku concert BluRay in cinema mode expecting the worst after hearing negative opinions about the resolution, and I was quite happy with it, even using the biggest screen size.
Still got so many other demos and full games to try, PSVR has exceeded my expectations so far!
Bubble Walrus
Member
So many neat touches in Rigs that make me "Whoop!" Like the post match plane ride. Brilliant!
Backfoggen
Banned
They need to sort out that breakout box power. I just put my PS4 into rest mode and it turned on the breakout box.
TheMan
Member
There are multiple shooting galleries where you try for a high score. My wife loved that shit, and she is not much of a gamer.
Grinchy
Banned
I love how it just lets you completely fuck around and it doesn't take itself too seriously. And you can just about do whatever crazy thing you're thinking of in the moment.
The tracking was working very well for me earlier so I could do things really fast and accurately. I was throwing objects between hands, flinging frisbees into the street trying to hit passing cars, ect. It's just such a good VR experience.
Is anyone else shocked that the PSVR is this good?
I thought this was going to be a fun distraction but I find myself absolutely blown away and getting that giddy feeling that is all to rare these days. The last time I remember feeling like this is when I got my N64 and turned on Mario 64 for the first time.
I thought this was going to be a fun distraction but I find myself absolutely blown away and getting that giddy feeling that is all to rare these days. The last time I remember feeling like this is when I got my N64 and turned on Mario 64 for the first time.
They're in one of those hologram things. He had a holo diary and he states it in an entry which has the coordinates.
TheCanisDirus
Member
Eh, I'm honestly a little disappointed. Thumper is good... Tumble is good... some of the "experiences" are fun but nothing has "sold me" on it yet. After a few days with it I'm starting to see it spending a lot of time on my shelf. I personally think we're years away from that Mario 64 experience with VR. Vive is closest and PSVR need a MUCH better tracking solution before it's anywhere near. But I get what you're saying.. I just have a bad feeling it's going the way of Move or Vita.
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