I watched parts of a play through, and I know I don’t like to experience horror in VR, it is just too much for me. I was disgusted by head crabs from the beginning, I don’t need that in my life. However, I like the Half Life world building, so a bit sad not to play it. But then 1000€ for the Steam VR + a new PC, so we are talking 2000€ entry point here? I wish I had a friend who had it ;)
You can get a Quest and link cable for half that
don’t you need a PC that can handle the VR load even with a Quest + link cable?
Which I guess is fine for an entry. But if you are going to spend 500 for something like that, spending 1000 usually makes more sense, and you get something better that will last longer - in the end saving money as you might want to upgrade anyway. You’ll have to save up longer, though…
I’d hope for a used/refurbished Index somewhere, but that’s a faint hope at this moment I figure.
Yes. VR has much higher requirements due to needing a higher resolution (though which resolution exactly depends on your headset) and needs a much higher FPS than 60 (again, afaik depending on the headset).
Basically, if your PC can handle a game without any problems on monitor, you should be okay with VR. But if you just barely fulfill the game’s minimal requirements, it’s gonna be a problem.
Well, if you are counting the 1000€ for a new pc every time you consider to buy a newly released game, I guess the average game price for you is 1050€!
I have a nvidia 960 and can run current games fine. So I would need a 1080ti, maybe a new processor and the quest. And I don’t see other PC games that need that much investment currently.
Well, yeah, if you aren’t interested in other AAA games… otherwise, you will have problems moving demanding games like Doom Eternal, Kingdom Come, or Cyberpunk when it’s released, and basically any AAA games to be released from 2020 onwards. My point is, this isn’t particularly specific to HL Alyx, but it applies to any big new game.
Index isn’t necessarily “better”. If you’re only interested in graphics intensive cockpit games, or the tiny handful of games that will make use of full finger tracking, then sure. But Quest has a lot of advantages and doesn’t look that much worse when using the cable. And I say this as a Rift but not Quest owner. If I were getting a VR headset today, and didn’t already have the Vive lighthouses, I would definitely not get an Index.
I picked up a Quest for this myself. Should work fine-- doesn’t ship for another 2 weeks unfortunately.
I have a very informal list of games you may be interested on:
Good
Beat Saber
Fisherman Tale
Gadgeteer
Moss
Eleven Table Tennis
Shadow Point
SuperHot
Virtual Virtual Reality
Decent
Angry Birds
Box VR (not really a game)
Dance Central
Dreadhalls
I Expect You To Die
Pistol Whip
Racket Fury
Red Matter
Robo Recall
Synth Riders
The Under Presents
Ultrawings (I haven’t played a lot, only game that got me queasy)
Vacation Simulator
The Climb
Mediocre
Apex Construct
Arizona Sunshine
Journey of the Gods
Ballista
The Curious Case of Stolen Pets
Space Pirate Trainer
Accounting+
Audica (It’s a solid product that didn’t click with me at all)
Ghost Giant
Job Simulator
Racket NX
Vader Immortal
And Pc stuff:
HL Alyx obviously
Lone Echo
Walking Dead S&S
H3VR
Blade & Sorcery
Thanks, bookmarked your post! I was definitely going to get beat sabre regardless, but the rest look good!
Did I already try and make you play Everspace?
I don’t think so.
where did you find one in stock?
Oculus had them available to order direct for MSRP last week, briefly. “In stock” is a bit generous as it won’t ship for another couple of weeks still.
Sign up for nowinstock.
https://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/accessories/oculusquest/
And needing to render the scene twice, once for each eye (though plenty of clever tricks are used to try claw back performance).
Well yes, but it’s the total resolution that matters there. Although with foveated rendering VR may actually have a leg up on performance as you can get more out of it.
@Chappers The quest is in stock direct from Oculus at MSRP right now.
Note they still haven’t shipped my order from March 20, so God only knows how long it will take to get it, but at least you can order one without being price-gouged.
So are you a programmer or an engineer?