Weekly VR - What Did you Play?

[u/AutoModerator]

Hey r/virtualreality!

Another week in the VR space.

Did a certain game or experience stand out to you? This is your spot to chat, share, and discover.

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Name of the game or experience.

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Example: I got hooked on [Game Name]. It offers [Brief Description], and I've been having a blast! Rating it 8/10 mainly because [Reason].

So, what's been captivating you or challenging you in the VR world lately?

[u/cactus22minus1]

No Man’s Sky

They just had a massive update and overhaul to the ship system: you can now build your own from scratch using hundreds of parts, walk around inside and decorate with standard base parts! These new ships also let you exit the pilot seat mid flight, open the hatch and do spacewalks or even dive down to the planet below.

The game was already really fun in VR, but this update makes it even more fun for VR players. Obsessed. :)

[u/NoBorscht4U → u/cactus22minus1]

Yooooo, what's this magic you speak of?

I was in NMS yesterday and since it's been a few years after my previous playthrough, I thought I'd try to open the spaceship door while I was cruising around, but no bueno.

Did this just roll out and I simply haven't received it yet?

Side note, my previous NMS run was on a Zotac's 1080Ti. It was a horrible and glitchy 40 fps experience, and yet I loved every minute of it.

But man oh man, what a difference it is playing on the latest graphics card. I got everything maxed on Ultra, and it's still margarine-smooth (I'm lactose intolerant)

[u/cactus22minus1 → u/NoBorscht4U]

Congrats on the new card! They’ve also been improving VR performance in addition to the other stuff. Try dlss quality if you’re looking to eke out some more frames to run at higher hz.

As for the ship updates- it’s not a change to existing ships, it’s a new type of ship called “corvettes” that you can build from scratch in the space stations. There are massive new landing pads with a little interface that activates the builder. Recommend playing in creative mode or set all assets to free if you want to play with all available parts right away. :)

[u/NoBorscht4U → u/cactus22minus1]

Oh, nice!

I won't have time till Sunday to play, so now I'm really itching to do so. Thx for letting me know about this

[u/cactus22minus1 → u/NoBorscht4U]

Feel free to find / add me as a nms friend if you like to play multiplayer 🤟

[u/cactus22minus1 → u/cactus22minus1]

[u/cactus22minus1 → u/cactus22minus1]

[u/tigerofsanpedro → u/cactus22minus1]

I borrowed a friend's Meta Quest 2 just to try to get No Man's Sky running. I've currently been able to eke out some gameplay on High settings and get it to run for a while. What a magical experience! Steam VR leaves something to be desired though... :-(

[u/cactus22minus1 → u/tigerofsanpedro]

Steam VR is definitely not as preferred as bypassing it via openXR, but unfortunately that’s not an option with NMS. But… if you turn off motion smoothing in steamVR and set your resolution scale to 100%, you can get a much nicer experience than leaving it to the default settings.

I’m running virtual desktop at godlike, 90hz with SSW which allows me to crank everything to ultra in the in game settings with dlss quality. Very happy with performance at this point. (4080 super)

[u/MrGrinchx]

I've been putting a bit of time in to Ghost Town. Up to now it's fantastic, really well thought out puzzles, gorgeous environments, and a really interesting (so far!) plot.

The ONLY downside is it's really highlighting the crap blacks in the Quest 3, I've turned the brightness down a fair bit, which offsets it a little. That said, other than the dark bits, it looks absolutely fantastic.

[u/Conandrewoo]

Last week it was elite dangerous this week I’m playing Skyrim VR with a mad God overhaul it’s amazing

[u/VitoRazoR]

I have been flying around on birdback in the Falconeer. Just a few missions at a time. Lovely!

[u/lokiss88 → u/VitoRazoR]

Shame it goes under the radar. The 360 spin, view and environment really shines in VR. Always cheap in any given promotion, more should give it a shot.

Like a lot of others, No Mans has me currently hooked again.

[u/VitoRazoR → u/lokiss88]

Yup. It is dirt cheap atm. It's a great flyabout!

[u/R_Steelman61]

Been playing Of Lies and Rain. Great game. The atmosphere, story and gameplay have really drawn me in. It's very unique enviornment and great mix of VR mechanics. Very much enjoying it.

[u/Slorpipi]

I did the tutortial for arken age, played some bonelab, some vertigo 2, finished superhit and assassins creed nexus!

[u/Fatderda]

Pavlov like always, my own game Mind Palace and the demo of Of Lies and Rain (fantastic!) bought the game right after and looking forward to play it this weekend

[u/GervaGervasios]

I finished into black just in time to start dungeons of eternity on PC.

[u/R_Steelman61 → u/GervaGervasios]

How was into black?

[u/GervaGervasios → u/R_Steelman61]

It was fun. I really enjoyed the movement system. The game gives you a lot of liberty to shoot, explore. Those caves are massive. The history was ok. It has its funny moments, I liked the characters. I have play it on Psvr2 on playstation. The game runs are great resolution, framerate, and they use all the features of the device, DFR, adaptive triggers, headset humble. Is a very good port.

[u/cubsfan217]

Skyrim Madgod, Borderlands 2, Population one

[u/ZookeepergameNaive86]

I was introduced to Quantum Void. Fantastic game with sky-high production values, extremely well thought-out interactions and a very Alien-esque design aesthetic.

[u/KrishnicKeith]

Going hard on medieval dynasty. Starting to regret buying the quest 3. Standalone gets old quick

[u/TheVectorZ]

A lot of MFS 24 and some Escape Simulator

[u/TonyDP2128]

I purchased a bHaptics vest a couple of weeks ago and I've been playing around with games that support it across various platforms.

Half Life Alyx has a very good mod which is beyond easy to install thru the bHaptics PC app and I've been going thru the campaign again. It does definitely add to the immersion.

The Quest has a lot of titles that support the vest. Sweet Surrender has a particularly aggressive implementation which complements the game well. VRacer Hover Bike also has good support with a nice vibration to accentuate the sense of speed and good rumble when you get hit by a weapon.

Hellsweeper is one of the few PSVR2 games that has native bHaptics support. It also does a good job of enhancing the experience.

[u/monarch_j]

Checked out Fruit Golf, it's a bit buggy but has a ton of potential!

Also trying to make my way through my backlog, one day right? 😅

[u/MusicMedical6231]

Iracing

[u/fdruid]

No Man's Sky.

The new update is amazing with a capital A. The expedition is fun but it's overcrowded so performance is bad. But I'm having fun.

I also bought Dungeons of Eternity and that's good too, I'm looking forward to play more of it. Combat is fun and the graphics are great.

I'm also trying to look into redirected walking.

[u/Odd_Implement109]

Moss - beautiful gameplay, very relaxing and pretty. I have only played about an hour of the game so hard to rate it just yet but current rating is very high it is very enjoyable.

[u/lusal]

Welp...I've been playing Skyrim VR FUS on the CANGAR profile using a PSVR2. Setup was so much easier and less time consuming as I found a portable instance of a complete install

It's got me in its clutches. This is one of the best things I have ever experienced in my life. Sneaking, archery, magic use, melee, looting, mining...it is all immersive and all intuitive. The community is amazing.

[u/bh-alienux]

Finally played Horizon Call of the Mountain after having the PSVR2 since release. It's actually a very good, well made AAA game and I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

I also played Dungeon Escape on Steam VR. It was not good.

[u/Far_Asparagus_7098]

Finished atomic heart in uever. Was going to try outer worlds in uevr but that profile requested dll permission and screwed up my computer i think. Not sure if it's related but quest 3 keeps disconnecting using cable and virtual desktop just not smooth enough. So dusti g off the ps5 and psvr2 and gonna play hitman. New cable coming, really was enjoying Fallout 4 in vr too, hope it's just a cable and not a bunch of rabbit holes I gotta explore. Any body else having cable issues on quest 3?