Why is VR still so barebones?

Why is VR still so barebones? The only real game is Alyx, no AAA VR-exclusive games are coming out, even porn games are janky, disappointing and require shitton of work to get what you want. Where are the big projects, why is everything so weak and lazily done, it's not a technology that came out yesterday. It still feels like enthusiast hardware but with no enthusiast to be seen. Such wasted potential

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Alyx
    >real game
    Ummmm sweaty, that game doesnt even have melee combat, it's legit barebones garbage.
    It even forces you to use teleportation.

    It's a tech demo if anything.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >It's a tech demo if anything
      So just as much a game as HL2?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        it's an extended Aperture Lab only made for Index rather than the Vive.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Its interesting how people treat VR as if it were a gimmick, which is a shame.

        VR undeniable improves every 1st person experience out there.
        Its ridiculous how much untapped potential VR is.

        Pretty much, Half life was always a garbage game.
        It being the flagship for VR did it more harm than good honestly, since it didn't push VR forward whatsoever, all it did was go "OMG LOOK AT THE PURTY GRAPHICS" while being inferior to other VR games in terms of mechanics in every other way.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      What's the alyx's modding scene like? Surely there's been at least one to implement melee combat. Literally just code it so enemies take damage when you swing objects into them.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >It even forces you to use teleportation
      ???
      Wasn't that just one of the movement types you can choose? Or am I remembering wrong?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >It even forces you to use teleportation
      Im pretty sure you could turn cuckmode off?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >It even forces you to use teleportation
        ???
        Wasn't that just one of the movement types you can choose? Or am I remembering wrong?

        Maybe try playing the game before talking, morons.
        Game has platforming that forces you to teleport, you can't actually grab ledges to lift yourself...etc

        What's the alyx's modding scene like? Surely there's been at least one to implement melee combat. Literally just code it so enemies take damage when you swing objects into them.

        >mods will fix the game I swear!!!11

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >It even forces you to use teleportation
        ???
        Wasn't that just one of the movement types you can choose? Or am I remembering wrong?

        It has regular joystick movement too.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      it doesn’t force you to teleport moron, there is a continuous movement option

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It forces you to teleport to get through tight spaces and to "jump"

        Alyx is litterally made to be baby's first VR game.

        Also my fricking upcoming VR games wishlist is growing, my backlog never dries up

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          RE4’s VR is exclusive to PSVR2

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    flat gaming still proves superior in every way vr just cant compete

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Flat games are only superior when there's no VR mode. Every single game which is playable both flat and in VR the VR version is the superior version

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        for about one hour

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          What happens after 1 hour?

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            it gets boring and you wish to go back to flat gaming, vr is for gays looking to get excited about something

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              you mean you don't have the hardware to run it without it being a jittery mess

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              Blocks your path

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                is it coming to PC?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                You can mod any game made on the RE Engine to have all the VR functionalities for PC. I am playing RE2 with vr now. It works perfectly.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                That VR mod is pretty good but doesn't compare to RE4 on Quest or PS5 vr mod...

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I might get RE4Remake due to it going to have a VR mod quickly.
                RE4 Quest is better but, I like playing PC nowadays due to having a KatWalkC2+

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                It's time to embrace console vr gaming for a generation or two. The industry needs it for the wider audience and cash flow. PC will always be superior and create the innovations but the reality is money drives further support and development. PC and Consoles have a reciprocal relationship and need each other in their own seperate ways.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                >A VR update Capcom once again won't release on PC
                For what fricking purpose?

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                I’m shocked at how well this game plays. I was skeptical because 7 VR was meh and I didn’t feel like replaying Village again, but now I can’t stop.
                I thought it would be awkward and clumsy, but sometimes it feels like the game was made for VR.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Facebook bought up the lions share of VR devs and they've made frickall from it, as well as limiting the space to only having things on the Quest

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Because their ownership of zynga made them think that gamedev was a 3-6 month project when all their shit it's another farm ville clicker clone or poorly copying your fondly remembered flash games but with monetization jammed in.
      It's now at the point where metas money isn't worth dealing with their unrealistic demands.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Is it even possible to make a VR gaa a me that isn’t a simplistic action-type game? Seems to me that VR is doomed to always have these type of games because you cannot see your keyboard/controller.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Not enough games -> Not enough market share -> Not enough profit incentive -> Repeat

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >get past light VR motion sickness
    >feel fine in game
    >feel like absolute dogshit afterward

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    bros we're finally getting some good new games

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      thanks for the list!

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >HL2VR episode 1

      ooo nice

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Episode 2 comes out early April too

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      HL2 VR mod?
      HL2 has been in VR for about 8 years now hasn't it?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        HL2VR is a mod that came out last year that's a proper implementation of the game in VR. It is, sadly, probably one of the best VR games you can play right now.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          no. but the mod is the best way to play half life

          I played through HL:2 in VR. No mod. Official release on a DK2.
          They've just added motion controllers and re-released it.
          Not my vid:

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            >DK2
            its just 3d viewer not vr.

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              And you're just a homosexual and not a real person.

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                if you see no difference between low res, not even tracked properly hmd and modern vr hmd with vr controllers with full 6dof roomscale tracking you have no brain

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            replay it in proper vr to compare, not shitty mouse and keyboard "vr"

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              >not swinging your arms around like a mong makes it not vr

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                nobody "swings their hands like a mong" in vr

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                They do if they’re playing gorilla tag

              • 1 year ago
                Anonymous

                ye

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        no. but the mod is the best way to play half life

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      we are? could you try posting some?

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >shitty wii waggle mod for half life
    >real game
    The only real game vr has is fricking vr chat and you can play that without VR anyway.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There is not much good VR games, but flatscreen to VR mods make up the difference

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Grimlord VR is in development and looks pretty good honestly, especially for all you nerdy Soulsgame "enjoyers"

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Because who wants to design a "AAA" priced title for a community thats a fraction of PC users only?

    Valve did Alyx because its valve so autistic dev-team finally wanted to release something and it also was the loss-leader for Index in general.

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Probably because VR is a shitty gimmick

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    deus ex vr mod

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      A MOD!

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    VR is generally a waste of time. I use it for driving sims and the occasional short-form arcadey experience, like playing Time Crisis in a shitty emulator, or H3VR.

    My VR setup fails to detect the lighthouses every other morning and requires a reset, which isn't too much of a hassle but it's still mindboggling that the software is this shit after 6 years.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      After getting VR I've stopped playing flat games, except maybe city builders, which don't translate into vr that well

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Why is VR still so barebones?
    because it was never "Virtual Reality" to begin with
    it's a fricking monitor strapped to your dumb idiot head with dogshit motion-tracking controllers, every single product made for it has been pajeet-tier vaporware to reflect the quality of the platform they exist in

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i genuinely enjoy my vr headset
    i spend upwards of 3 hours in games like skyrim vr and ancient dungeon frequently
    im sorry for anyone who can't appreciate it

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Dont care, had sex on VR last night

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone want to party up and play some VR come on here:
    https://www.guilded.gg/i/E0LneMnE
    Pic related is some of my VR games.
    Pulsar Colony is flatscreen and VR and is my personal most hidden of hidden gems. Super fricking fun.
    I will be streaming and playing right now something I just discovered and am having a great time with which is: Breachers

    Literally R6S mixed with Counter Strike VR but a lot more fun with no hero charactes or gay shit.

  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    There are good, full games but no one’s played them.

    >Astro Bot
    >Moss
    >Deracine
    >Blood and Truth

    Some of these are on the shorter side, which sucks

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >Why is VR still so barebones?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      what game?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        RE8

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          PSVR only....

          I love how you can do this silly shit in VR games. If it was "technology" thread everyone would be pissing their pants, but if it's vr it's "swinging your arms around like a mong"

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i like vr, it’s just a task to set it up. and i had to get used to the motion sickness but thats fine now. i also feel like i can’t be properly mobile, like picking stuff up off the floor cos im paranoid i’ll bump into stuff

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >it’s just a task to set it up
      get a more modern headset without external trackers

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You litterally put lighthouses once on the wall or furniture, and forget about them forever. For most gaming situations camera based tracking is fine. Unless you try to throw a grenade, grab a backpack, play in the dark or play pool.

  22. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Idk man, I’m enjoying it

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Its pretty obvious PSVR is where all the future movement will be. Sony is waiting for Quest 3 to drop before going all out

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >PSVR has the games
      >PCVR has the porn
      This is literally worse than Sophie’s Choice

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        PCVR has way more games, but they are not advertised by a giant corporation. You need to look for diamonds in the Steam VR list. THere is MANY good VR games, you just need to bother a bit.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Quest 2 for pc porn
        Psvr2 for games

        I don't know how you could not have or want them both. They are different headsets with diffrent pros and cons. I've had a quest 2 for over 2 years now. I have had a psvr2 for 3 weeks. They are both great for different things. I'll still play more casual games and porn on the quest 2, I like the portability. The psvr2 has given me the best experiences by far already as far as games go.

        My biggest gripe is Horizon on the psvr2 though. I wish it had more challenging modes for the climbing like a grip fatigue mechanic since most of the game is climbing. It also felt like it was over by the time it really started to get going as far as climbing tools. It also needed more vr af things like loosing the menu to select tools and attaching them to your body like re8 vr did. Climbing axes attached at the knees, grapple at the waist and instead of two different grapples have one grapple which you could modify by twisting or similar mechanic to change the function and bow over the shoulder with quiver over the other would have been great.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Quest was a giant step back for VR as a whole. PSVR2 is a nice step forward. I hope sony will also publish PSVR2 stuff on PC, were VR belongs.

  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    RE8 VR lookin litty

  25. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    ordered a chink VR headset today
    I'm so excited to finally try it out

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I hope you mean Pico 4 or pimax.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        yep, Pico 4
        almost ordered Quest 2 not knowing there was an alternative

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Pico 4 is great, only downside - you can't play Quest exclusives...

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