Fallout 4 VR and Skyrim VR are fantastic if you enjoy their pancake versions at all. Fallout is glitchier and runs poorly compared to Skyrim (though it has improved quite a bit since release) but I find the gameplay a better fit for VR than Skyrim. Skyrim VR has enjoyed better mod support though, with a VR version of SKSE and recently, an official(?) VR version of SkyUI. If you go for fallout 4, definitely get it from Steam for the refund option.
I brought the Rift solely on the promise of these two VR ports and I don’t regret it.
It’s super easy now. Once the mod manager is installed you get a new Beat Saver option in the main menu in-game which seamlessly lists all the songs available to download, lets you sort them, search and so on. Songs take seconds to download for me, so you can just grab a ton of them and then start playing right away. All without ever leaving the game.
Ashamedly, my favourite custom song so far is Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off. I had only downloaded it because I thought it would be a song that might get my wife to try the game!
Even desktop folks may be out of luck or have to workaround the pci-e slot requirement. I have a giant case, and even so my cpu cooler looks to be blocking my ability to install the required card in my available pci-e slot. Some googling suggests I may be able to use an adapter of some sort, but we’ll see once it gets here - I preordered before realizing the slot may be blocked.
So another standalone headset, but they’re going to have to define “legitimate 3D power” - I somewhat doubt that they are strapping a 1060 and an SSD to the back of your head.
I really expected prices to come down and resolution to increase by now. We got a res increase in the Vive Pro, but it’s even more expensive. The full Vive Pro setup is $1400! VR is crazy-sauce.
It’s been brought up a few times in here already, but Oculus have said they’re not interested in doing a res bump refresh. No new Rift until they have some actual new tech…
The Vive Pro is the only currently available headset with enough resolution to avoid the screen door effect. That should be table stakes for 2nd gen headsets by now, it shouldn’t be seen as “high-end”.