VR seems to be a mixed bag. There are people who don't care about it at all but for those who do like the experience PSVR is probably the best option right now in the market due to price + amount and quality of games. So if you have tried VR before and liked it I'd say go for it.
I havent tried VR before and i need to know if it lags or drops fps...glitches bugs.. everything. Cuz its pricey and black friday is fastly approaching
It's amazing. Only thing I don't like is trying to play for more than an hour at a time. Astro Bot should be your first purchase, as far as a full game goes. If you like fps games, farpoint with the aim controller is cool, and raw data with the move controllers. I personally hate teleportation, so if it's available, I stick with the normal controls that used use on a controller, except look would be moving your head and aim is with the peripherals... The joystick just lets you run or walk(I guess the other joystick can be used like normal for strafing, but watch out for motion sickness). Another thing, I'd recommend getting your setup done with calibration first time and keeping the camera and chair in the same spot when you play. It's not always necessary but seems to work flawlessly that way.
I havent tried VR before and i need to know if it lags or drops fps...glitches bugs.. everything. Cuz its pricey and black friday is fastly approaching
go to a store and try it first to see if it works for you and you should have a Pro if you care for better gameplay quality
idk bout PSVR but im planning on getting the HTC Vive for my PC sometime after im done upgrading my home theatre system. probably gonna be summer of next year.
@GiveMeSomething: You don't need much room for the camera. Motion sickness on some games. Hardly a breaking point for all the other games that don't cause motion sickness.
Just look at the comments so far in this thread...then head over to the official PSVR reddit. There are millions of PSVR fans that love this revolutionary peripheral and they will tell you exactly why. But you can't really understand until you try it yourself. Trust me (and 3+ million others), PSVR is amazing. There are good games and bad games, of course, but at this point the list of good/great ones is sizable. VR is incredible.
Try VR on your phone with a cheap headset first. There is lots to try and it's all mostly free, I got a headset for £7 and put my iPhone 7 in it and was very surprised with how good it is.
I bought one and got rid of it a few months later. It is interesting but the image quality is pretty terrible and even the better games are like 6/10 games if it wasn't for being VR. And I got my self wondering, why am I using the little time I have available for gaming with games that look and play worst than a traditional game.
So I'll advise you to wait for next gen when the tech has matured a bit more.
I highly recommend it especially right now. PSVR has some high quality gems on it at the moment. Wait till Black Friday and see if you can get a good deal on one.
This is the correct answer. Wait for Black Friday or Cyber Monday for a greater better deal then paying right now. PSVR now is growing since it is the only VR on current-gen consoles, PSVR has a nice range of exclusive games to go with it. I played VR on both PSVR & HTC Vive for PC, all in all, VR itself is a nice new experience how you would play, but I can tell you know, VR itself is still in it's infant stage.
Also TC, when you do pick up PSVR, buy "Astro Bot" it's consider the best experience on PSVR.
VR is and will always be best on PC. But hey, if you have the spare change and want to experience it, go with it. I had many fun hours in my PsVr and some games are really good.
I bought one and got rid of it a few months later. It is interesting but the image quality is pretty terrible and even the better games are like 6/10 games if it wasn't for being VR. And I got my self wondering, why am I using the little time I have available for gaming with games that look and play worst than a traditional game.
So I'll advise you to wait for next gen when the tech has matured a bit more.
That doesn't matter though? If it's VR, it's VR. That's the reality of it. It doesn't matter if it would be average without it. Anyway, you need to try Astro Bot, as it's a game that looks very solid inside the headset and plays very well.
@blueberry_bandit: Now it's too late for that as I don't own the PSVR anymore. But I'll probably return to VR once it matures.
What I meant is that I got that initial enthusiasm you get from new tech but after a while the novelty was gone and the mist games felt just ok and not worth my limited time compared with other games.
Some games are even worse with VR imo. RE was an amazing experience initially in VR, while you're just exploring, but once it starts to be more reliant on game play it becomes kind of shit show. But Thumper in VR is a good game made better with VR.
Cows told me it was great for racing, but i'm not too sure lol
Haha great pic!
Forget cows anyway, VR is amazing. I find hard to believe in those who say they tried VR and didn't like it. Being inside our videogames is something we gamers have been deaming for decades. Now it's finally here and it works.
Is it even worth it? can someone share their experiences? I want to know all the little details
I had the psvr, I have the oculus, the oculus is much much better.
The psvr isn't bad though but it's lacking in a number of ways compared to the oculus.
You can basically narrow it down to 3 things,
1: 360 roomscale: the oculus can do 360 roomscale, the psvr not so much, if you turn around the camera will lose the sight of your controllers because you block the view with your body.
2: tracking: the oculus controllers and headset have 1 on 1 tracking that means your movements will translate in the game perfectly, with the psvr that isn't the case especially the controllers can be very frustrating, the farpoint gun is pretty good though.
3. Image quality and performance, with a pc you can increase the image quality and performance significantly, there's a reason why fallout 4 isn't on the psvr.
Of course the psvr is way cheaper especially if you already have a playstation, but a gtx 1060 is pretty much all you need on the pc, that is if you aren't playing fallout 4 (and that will run too though, but if you want if fluently you'll need a gtx 1070)
@blueberry_bandit: Now it's too late for that as I don't own the PSVR anymore. But I'll probably return to VR once it matures.
What I meant is that I got that initial enthusiasm you get from new tech but after a while the novelty was gone and the mist games felt just ok and not worth my limited time compared with other games.
Some games are even worse with VR imo. RE was an amazing experience initially in VR, while you're just exploring, but once it starts to be more reliant on game play it becomes kind of shit show. But Thumper in VR is a good game made better with VR.
Some games might be worse with VR (not the fault of VR, a fault of the developer), but most are best in VR. Games like Hellblade, Wipeout, Thumper, Rez Infinite, Elite Dangerous, Alien Isolation.
Even something like Astro Bot shows that Mario would just be outright better in VR, and makes me hopeful for Nintendo's VR plans in the future.
If you can get it cheap go for it but I would suggest trying out a demo in a store first. I've been playing with VR since 2013/14 when I bought dev kits from Oculus. I currently own PSVR and a consumer Rift both purchased at launch.
PSVR is great, for what it is and there are some cool games...my favorite being Farpoint with the aim controller. They nailed that one! I can't wait until they make a full version of the The Heist. It's a cool tech demo you can try out in the store :)
It's a good entry level VR HMD but the system as a whole leaves some things to be desired. The tracking can get down right awful at times and you may find the screen "drifiting" requiring you to reset often. The muddy graphics can sometimes be glaring and then when trying to view enemies at far distances...yikes! But those are easily overcome if you are immersed in game....you look past it. It is no where near the level of the Rift/Vive but did anyone expect it to be running off a PS4? For what it is, it is great and if you try and like it....it's well worth the purchase.
youll probably love it when you first get it. unless you are one of the ones that get sick or dizzy.
then after the novelty wears off in a week or month. with basically no games worth playing. youll either sell it or just go back to regular gaming.
Looking forward to the next PSVR exclusive game thread you show up to, criticize the game for having few reviews, then proceed to abandon the thread in shame when the reviews come flooding in. By the way, Astro Bot is still sitting at 90 on MC with 41 reviews. ;)
youll probably love it when you first get it. unless you are one of the ones that get sick or dizzy.
then after the novelty wears off in a week or month. with basically no games worth playing. youll either sell it or just go back to regular gaming.
Looking forward to the next PSVR exclusive game thread you show up to, criticize the game for having few reviews, then proceed to abandon the thread in shame when the reviews come flooding in. By the way, Astro Bot is still sitting at 90 on MC with 41 reviews. ;)
astro bot?
that shit is even worse than labo.
why are you doing this to yourself? just hype spiderman and the last of us like a good playstation fangirl and let this silly failed peripheral die.
For me it was a great experience that I was a happy to have as a gamer and there are lots of titles that are worth it.
Just mind two things:
1) make sure you find games that appeal to you like in any other system the games make it or break it. I loved RE7 on it especially if it was your first time with it.
2) I cannot stress this enough but be sure that you can tolerate it. I have no issues with it but I was surprised how many people, friends and relatives threw up in my apartment cuz of the nausea it caused them.
Start with games that doesn't make ya move alot and work your way from there.
youll probably love it when you first get it. unless you are one of the ones that get sick or dizzy.
then after the novelty wears off in a week or month. with basically no games worth playing. youll either sell it or just go back to regular gaming.
Owner of a headset (Rift) for 28 months. Still being blown away, still loving it, still just as excited as ever.
how would you say you split your time?
what percent is regular gaming? and what percent is gaming with that stupid headset on?
don't lie now...
It shifts from time to time depending on what comes out. Right now it's about 60/40 in favor of non-VR because I have a backlog of games I want to get through. When Zero Caliber VR aka this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8auRepFbwM releases in a couple of weeks, as well as Echo Combat shortly after, I'll be spending a lot more time in VR.
But just because it's 60/40 now does not mean I'm not using VR often, I still am. There will come a point in a few years when I game 100% in VR, no exceptions made. That doesn't mean I will completely give up on non-VR, it just means that I will play everything within a virtual environment, either a full VR game (planned to be the majority), or a non-VR game on a giant crystal clear virtual screen. (planned to be the minority)
I personally only gravitate towards certain non-VR genres now. FPS and Racing are off the menu because I truthfully cannot enjoy them as much anymore after experiencing those genres in VR.
@blueberry_bandit: I bet with the Rift on PC you get a much better experience than with the PSVR.
Racing games are probably going to be my biggest call to buy VR again next gen... But again, I tried Driveclub VR and Jebus that was awfull. But I'm pretty sure a proper racing game with good visual fidelity will make me a hardcore vr fanboy, it's just that as a console guy my options are pretty pathetic right now.
PSVR is amazing! It's hard to go back to flat gaming after you play in VR. Like others have said, pick up Resident Evil 7, Astro Bot , Firewall Zero , Skyrim , Doom. Really just buy everything under the VR section in the playstation store. I have yet to be disappointed with any PSVR game. I'd say it's a must have for any playstation 4 owner.
@blueberry_bandit: I bet with the Rift on PC you get a much better experience than with the PSVR.
Racing games are probably going to be my biggest call to buy VR again next gen... But again, I tried Driveclub VR and Jebus that was awfull. But I'm pretty sure a proper racing game with good visual fidelity will make me a hardcore vr fanboy, it's just that as a console guy my options are pretty pathetic right now.
A better experience, definitely. Though PSVR games like Astro Bot, RE7, and Wipeout are very good in their own right.
Racing wheel + a 2nd gen headset that can scan your full body and hands will be insane stuff to look forward to.
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