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xer0s
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PostPosted: 11-18-2019 05:44 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/18/209 ... ip-vr-game
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MKJ
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PostPosted: 11-18-2019 10:45 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Sigh
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Eraser
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PostPosted: 11-18-2019 11:31 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Get ready for a major disappointment
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Don Carlos
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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 12:01 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yay! It'll likely be the best VR experience you can have at time of release.
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MKJ
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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 12:10 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Or it's one of the same vein as the Portal VR "experience", ie a sandbox plaything with some franchise branding.

either way it's not Ep3 so.
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Don Carlos
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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 01:23 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


MKJ wrote:
Or it's one of the same vein as the Portal VR "experience", ie a sandbox plaything with some franchise branding.

either way it's not Ep3 so.


100% - it'll be explore and play with Dog; not an actual follow on from HL as it were.
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Κracus
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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 05:22 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


My only problem with VR is the nausea... I played some recently on PS4, I forget the name of the game, you were a tiny mouse and it was a 3D platformer and I was blown away. I also played the star wars one where you're in an xwing and it was amazing despite how short it was. However, after about 30 minutes of playing the mouse game I had some fairly serious nausea and had to stop.
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Therac-25
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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 10:32 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Good VR games are few and far between it seems. I mean there are alot like Beat Saber where the genre is really just Applied Tech Demo (e.g. the game is just an excuse to use the mechanics of VR) .

But in terms of actual long-form games, I think the only one I've seen that didn't feel like a demo of a game was Orbus, but that turned to ass when it left early access (this is not a recommendation, it was fun in beta, but they basically replaced the entire game when it left early access and the new game they replaced it with sucks).

There are a couple of other VR MMOs on the horizon that look interesting, it's certainly possible to do, it's just hard and very niche right now, so it's more economical to shit out a 2-level tech demo than make a full game.

Hopefully since Valve actually has a stake in PC VR, this will be more an actual full game than an applied tech demo. I'm definitely looking forward to it, and hoping that it works fine on the original Vive and isn't "made for Index" or something tarded. I'm not planning on getting another headset anytime soon.
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seremtan
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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 02:15 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


>don't make HL3 for 10 years
>develop VR headset
>announce HL game that isn't HL3 to play on VR headset

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PostPosted: 11-19-2019 02:48 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Anyone still holding their breath for HL3 is only fooling themselves at this point. VR needs a big-name studio to develop a big budget game if the medium is ever going to catch on and become mainstream. If Alyx becomes that, then props to Valve. But I'm not expecting much more than what emka is. :shrug:
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PostPosted: 11-20-2019 04:11 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
Get ready for a major disappointment


Get ready for a big alt-right/gamergate/nackbeard pushback because of a female lead.
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seremtan
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PostPosted: 11-20-2019 03:21 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ok boomer
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