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Farpoint/PSVR Aim |OT| Survivors Keep Shooting
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MythicReclaimer
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Is 5 ft enough room for tracking The Aim controller?
fastest finger
Member
Interesting question. Guess it identifies as a unique device. Can't check until tomorrow being a UK pez.
Further to that, I wonder if the Aim will ever be used in a regular PS4 FPS game? (Obviously camera will be required)
DangerMouse
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Cool!
Nice. Cool to see some more 8s popping up.
Yeah thanks for your continued coverage, I like the depth and thought put into your VR reviews. You're now actually one of my go to people for VR reviews outside of the dedicated VR media outlets. Having recently tried Starblood Arena, I now agree with almost all the points you raised about it. Sad really, because I was hoping for more from that one as well. This sounds much better all round and immersion sounds good. Will still pick up my Farpoint bundle.
Hope you'll review Dick Wilde, Arizona Sunshine and others that will use the AIM Controller.Keep up the good work.
Yeah, I watched that review last night before heading off too and thought it was quite good and thorough.
A little off topic but since this is Aim controller thread.
Just played maybe 20 minutes of Dick Wilde. With Move of course.
Tracking is very solid, sound is really great. One special thing is the simulated recoil, haven't seen this in any other games.
Main attraction is how chaotic it is, every enemies spit and jumps in your face. Reminds me House of the Dead a lot actually. It's a static shooter where you sidestep, duck and some minor movement, didn't have any tracking issue so far.
Edit : Just played another 20+ minutes, tried the bow and other gun. Okay if you are a fan of bow game, this game handles bow pretty good. Arrow emits electricity to chain enemies, every shot is really cool. Really liking this game more and more, my favorite thing is how busy you are at all times, there's no pause time in between of enemies, they just keep coming.
Just played maybe 20 minutes of Dick Wilde. With Move of course.
Tracking is very solid, sound is really great. One special thing is the simulated recoil, haven't seen this in any other games.
Main attraction is how chaotic it is, every enemies spit and jumps in your face. Reminds me House of the Dead a lot actually. It's a static shooter where you sidestep, duck and some minor movement, didn't have any tracking issue so far.
Edit : Just played another 20+ minutes, tried the bow and other gun. Okay if you are a fan of bow game, this game handles bow pretty good. Arrow emits electricity to chain enemies, every shot is really cool. Really liking this game more and more, my favorite thing is how busy you are at all times, there's no pause time in between of enemies, they just keep coming.
Just went to pick mine up to charge it at work so that doesn't happen to me.
There's also a small 2 GB+ patch to download when you pop the disc in, assuming you bought a bundle with a physical game.
FYI, I just checked Amazon and PSVR Aim Controller Farpoint Bundle - PlayStation 4 was available. It was $63.99 with Prime. I snagged it.
nycgamer4ever
Member
I had a feeling this would be good but am surprised by the reviews. Just got my bundle delivered from amazon. Can't wait to try it.
Not worried about that. My internet is pretty fast. That's just 3 or 4 minutes to download.
Not off topic- I intended this to be the Aim OT as well. Thanks for the impressions. I'll likely pick up DW at some point.
Also just found out Dick Wilde is $5 cheaper than Steam, we usually get that console VR tax for most games. Not only we got the Aim controller redesign treatment, we are paying $5 lesser too.
Oh and just in case there wasn't any notification popping up for you, I've added you in PSN.
PodcastFips
Member
Well, great. That sounds like I spent good money on something I will be able to enjoy until halfway through... :/
Thanks for the heads up! I was on the fence but the prime discount makes it an easy decision!
Add me too if you're not already on my fl.
With my parents so I won't be at my console likely until tomorrow.
TetraGenesis
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The fact that the 20% Amazon Prime discount on games works on hardware bundles is insane.
$63? That's a no brainer.
$63? That's a no brainer.
Is this true? None of the reviews I have seen so far mention teleporting??!
No campaign co-op. More like co-op missions. 4 of them for now, dev plans to add more. But it is not a horde mode.
According to most of the reviews, some are saying it's tedious and not fun to use it. Some say it's fine. You turn your camera using thumbstick but you are still using your DS4 as your gun, so you will still be looking down in the holographic sight for shooting. Watch the pushsquare video if you can.
Farpoint: PlayStation VR Aim Controller vs DualShock 4 | PS4 | Which Controller Works Best?
polyh3dron
Banned
Couldn't pass up the discount, I got it. Also says it'll arrive tomorrow, just like it will for some people who preordered months ago, lol
Yep!
Thanks, watching now.
Freeman76
Member
Thanks but these didnt work. I was told by so many people that this is a limitation of the hardware when I had bought it, but wonder if mine is faulty or something. Guess I will have to skip this one as it wont play well
gbpackers25
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Played a little bit of the game earlier with the aim controller and it is a ton of fun. It's an incredible experience ducking and dodging all of these cool aliens. Glad I picked this up
Make sure there is nothing reflective behind you. The camera might be picking the blue light's reflection.Thanks but these didnt work. I was told by so many people that this is a limitation of the hardware when I had bought it, but wonder if mine is faulty or something. Guess I will have to skip this one as it wont play well
Now I have to apologize, I guess I misread this somewhere, because now that I'm playing the game, I don't see any options for teleporting. All movement is through the right analog stick that's fixed to the back of the Aim controller, but it's the degree of turning or not that controls the comfort settings for the game. You can either not turn at all, turn by degrees, or do smooth turning.
Check your local game stores? My local GameStop had lots of bundles.
spazchicken
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I hope it's not the one in El Cajon (Parkway). That's where I plan to go after work.
Ugh...this isn't good.
The Lamonster
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Can anyone give impressions of sitting vs. standing?
If no one else does, I'll let you know when I get home.
I would say at this point if you like VR, and you like shooters, the Farpoint/Aim combo is totally worth it. Length aside, the game feels like a competent AAA shooter experience, and the graphics for it are up there with Here They Lie and Robinson: The Journey, though I'm playing on a Pro, so I'm not sure how sharp this game will look on a vanilla PS4.
I've usually been fortunate enough to not have any major controller detection issues, and so far my luck is holding out. The Aim is pretty much 1:1 in terms of tracking and hasn't lost me yet, but being able to just raise the gun to fire with iron sights, or sling your gun over your shoulder to change to another weapon feels very cool.
I think other posters here are right, there's stuff that Farpoint is doing that's probably going to become part of the standard interface "vocabulary" for VR shooters in the future. Feels like a very different experience when you combine the immersion of VR with just having a gun to actually swing around in real life.
Mira Mesa where I purchased from. I hope there is more in stock for you, fingers crossed 👍🏽
The Elite
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I probably won't bother with the accessory. I think I will grab this game at some point though.
Holy shit awesome. Yes all games should do this!
Why do multiple games not even have calibrate working properly?
Both my gamestops are out. I could drive a little out of the way to Best Buy but $20 cheaper on amazon is tough to pass up.
If you get a chance to post it, I'd love to know how much they give you for it.