I landed on the waiting list like many of you, but that’s okay, it gives me more time to read feedback and experiences from folks who buy one in the first round.
While we wait, what games do you actually want to play on the Frame when you get yours? Please specify if it’s a VR title or non-VR title (unless it’s a super popular one like Hades or Portal that everyone will recognize).
I went through the Steam store “great on frame” listings as well as the overall VR listings, and IMO it’s quite a mixed bag. There’s fairly good variety but many of the “overwhelmingly positive” titles are relatively old, like even 2017-2022. And many of the newer titles don’t seem to have a lot of players yet.
Of course, if you have no intention of ever buying a Frame or want to discourage others or even hype some other device, please just refrain from commenting. This simply isn’t the thread for you.
I’m really excited about playing Hellish Quart in VR. I haven’t played the non-VR version because I’m not interested in button mashing.
Long story short, I’m in the SCA, so I do a fair bit of sword fighting, though not fencing. Wanting to see how well VR can do it.
Other VR titles I’m looking forward to are Half Life: Alyx, Skyrim VR, Fallout VR, Boneworks, and I still need to see if there’s a VR mod for Kingdom Come Deliverance because if there’s one that’d likely be good too
I’ve only played Hellish Quart flat, and yeah it is ridiculous that way. I’m looking forward to trying it more seriously in VR. Really curious how it will feel when nothing is stopping your arm from moving when the sword stops.
To add to my previous comment, I’m also going to pay close attention to joint health when playing Hellish Quart VR. Putting a lot of speed and power into your arms without something to absorb the energy wears on your joints, kinda similar to how it’s really bad to dry fire a bow.
It’s worse if you’re swinging a sword through thin air due to the extra mass you’re accelerating and decelerating, but shadowboxing still wears to a degree. With VR you’re getting the adrenaline but no backstop.
Ha yeah, when I first played Skyward Sword on the Wii I wore out my elbow and had to wear a brace for a bit. Had to adjust for safety.
@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works @Metostopholes@midwest.social hopefully companies like this will start releasing accessories for the Frame controllers, and hopefully a sword attachment. Or maybe the Quest ones can be adapted.
https://deadeyevr.com/collections/all
Edit: or improvise your own with a dowel or pipe covered in a swimming noodle.
Tbh, have an actual rapier and could probably duck tape a controller to it. That would probably result in holes in the walls and a bent sword though
Haha, sounds like a dangerous idea!
I was walking through a big retail store yesterday and happened to see some kids playing with what looked like Minecraft swords, which looked like they were made of foam. Maybe something like that could be modified to have a bit more weight but keep the softness.
Edit: I just searched and it seems you can buy practice foam swords!
Woah, how have I not heard of this before, even though I spent considerable time looking for VR sword-fighting games? Maybe I was looking for Meta Quest specifically and missed this for PCRVR, but still weird that I had never seen this mentioned. Looks really good!