Gaming

Weekend Hot Topic, part 1: The best VR game experiences



Easily the best VR game I have played is Astro Bot: Rescue Mission. It is a high tier platformer that is also in VR and in my opinion quite a long way superior to all other VR games I have played.

I only have a standard PlayStation 4, and admittedly the graphics are not as crisp as a standard, flat PlayStation 4 game but they are good enough. In fact, given all the moaning about ‘teh jaggies’ on the Internet around the PSVR’s release it has far better graphical fidelity than I was expecting.

I suffer with pretty bad motion sickness, with does limit the games I can play to third person or static first person, either rigidly in a fixed place or with point to point warping. There are, however, many games based around these limitations and I have enjoyed the majority of those I have played.

In addition to Astro Bot, other standout moments are the elevator section in Batman: Arkham VR which is pure wish fulfilment and also Superhot VR, which is my favourite VR gallery shooter. The game’s gimmick of things only moving when you move is brilliantly realised in VR, even though you are really only dodging and shooting from fixed positions.

I cannot ever see VR becoming the mainstream as it is rather expensive for consumers which leads to a limited market for publishers to target. For me PSVR was just about in the price range where I could take a punt on it, but I realise that is not the case for most.

I can see the Switch Labo VR doing quite well though as it is really cheap and will fall into the ‘I might as well take a punt’ price range. Nintendo are wise to market it as a toy though and not a full VR experience as the resolution will be very, very low and it does not even use all of the 720p screen. There is then the possibility that it will put more people off than convince them of the validity of VR in the future.

I certainly hope VR becomes more popular though as I think it has a lot of potential. I also think adding VR support to AAA games like Resident Evil 7 and Skyrim is the way to convince the mainstream to try VR, even if games built with VR in mind are often better implemented. Nintendo adding support for Zelda is a welcome surprise.
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