Rain City Gamer
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You will be happy you did.
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Going to link to my Review Lite of RE7 VR if anyone is interested:
http://raincitygamers.com/game-review/resident-evil-7-biohazard-review-lite/
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Resident Evil 7 VR is possibly the best gaming experience I've ever had to date
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You will be happy you did.
EDIT:
Going to link to my Review Lite of RE7 VR if anyone is interested:
http://raincitygamers.com/game-review/resident-evil-7-biohazard-review-lite/
bumpkin
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I snagged them because they were discounted pretty well (30% off) and I don't regret the purchase. Mind you, nothing in the package is super long or super replayable - outside of "Nightmare" - but I've gotten less and paid more before, so I don't feel ripped off. RE7 was *the* example of how AAA should handle VR, so any reason I get to go back and play something new in that world/style is welcome.
BruceLeeRoy
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Everyone have their favorites. RE7 in VR is also pretty damn good and offers something different in that regards.
Reallink
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Hopefully they patch in PC support when the Sony contract expires, I'd love to replay it in higher resolution with proper scale and reduced pupil swim. With your real IPD entered in PSVR, everything looks slightly miniturized (might be intentional to reduce motion sickness, or Sony/Capcom botched the code that handles the proportion/size scaling relative to IPD). The distortion and warping as you look off center of the PSVR lenses is also light years behind Rift/Vive.
So many VR games on PSVR (I don't have vibe or oculus) are like bite sized tech demos. RE7 is one of the only truly robust narrative and gameplay experiences I know of in the VR realm. It's simply an awesome game that happens to have a really sound VR application.
It's really stressful and takes a lot out of you though. Heart palpitates. Actually getting the depth and feeling like your in the space of the bakers mansion. Definitely would take a stone cold badass to marathon that game in VR.
It's really stressful and takes a lot out of you though. Heart palpitates. Actually getting the depth and feeling like your in the space of the bakers mansion. Definitely would take a stone cold badass to marathon that game in VR.
I feel it dude. It wasn't scary, it wasn't interesting, there was nothing about it that felt..great.
The entire garage sequence felt lazy and shitty without VR.
I felt like its arguably the best experience Ive had on PlayStation VR and Im on a base too.
Scales well too when you lean into stuff
No other game I've played has the intensity level of RE7 in VR. I almost had panic attacks I was so scared. You really feel like you are in that horrible Baker house and all the locations. And when the characters get up in your face it seems like they are really there - you can almost smell them. I screamed out loud at least 6 times, there were many moments where I noped out. The fact that you can physically peek around corners and duck behind things took the hide-and-seek / hunter vs hunted gameplay to the next level. If you have an opportunity to play it in VR and are new to VR and happen to get motion sickness, just stop when you get dizzy and play a little the next day, and after two or three days the motion sickness will go away and never be an issue again. We call that "getting your VR legs". It's totally worth going through to get to play this phenomenal game and experience in VR
Clarkus Darkus
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To date, My best gaming experience bar none, Took me back to the ps1 era for gaming immersion. It just worked and makes you feel inside that game world rather than playing a game on the TV.
Truly hoping R8 sticks with the VR formula as it truly is a step back playing on a TV no matter what resolution you play it at.
Truly hoping R8 sticks with the VR formula as it truly is a step back playing on a TV no matter what resolution you play it at.
Bubba_Sparks
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Just waiting for it to comes to Oculus and I will be giving it a go!
For those saying it is a great VR experience, have you tried Space Pirate Trainer, Robo-Recall or Super Hot? Just wondering how it stacks up?
For those saying it is a great VR experience, have you tried Space Pirate Trainer, Robo-Recall or Super Hot? Just wondering how it stacks up?
Super Hot has nothing on this.
IPD "is" what determines the size/scaling in stereo-3d, there's nothing relative to it. If it looks off, the renderer is most likely doing wrong things with IPD values - or their art is in incorrect proportions to begin with.Reallink said:
Though it's worth noting that I found scale "feeling" wrong when I play VR seated and character in the game is standing (happens with any headset/game for me).
If you're talking about periphery distortions in RE specifically - that's not hardware. Their implementation of lens-matched rendering is pretty terrible, especially on base PS4.
I played it in VR on launch with two friends. We swapped the headset every time we died or lasted 30 minutes.
I'm glad I played it this way because there's just no chance I could've played the full game in VR on my own. Way too stressful. We played most of the game over one afternoon and I legit felt like I had PTSD by the end, I was just totally mentally frazzled.
An incredible experience though.
I'm glad I played it this way because there's just no chance I could've played the full game in VR on my own. Way too stressful. We played most of the game over one afternoon and I legit felt like I had PTSD by the end, I was just totally mentally frazzled.
An incredible experience though.
BruceLeeRoy
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I always think its rude when people are dismissive but truly lol on all 3 of those comparatively. Its not even remotely close.
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Me too played the original when I was 15.
But it felt just like a Capcom game to me which isn't a bad thing, it a good thing.
but the only reminiscent thing of RE was to the newer games, Boss battles was very post RE3 and Jack was another chainshaw guy that you couldn't really kill until the story choose to let you.
It had a house and doors to unlock but it was a very watered-down lite version of how RE was and I guess thats what people cling to for comparison, hell just play REmake HD and it's obvious
Resident Evil has lot more depth in both it's design and atmosphere.
Speaking of which, RE knew when to be silent and when to play haunting atmospheric music, it something Silent Hill does and even The Evil Within
Other than the save room, outside the SFX it's pretty much dead atmosphere wise, RE used Music to set the tone of the area, hell people remember the rooms from RE by music alone.
And Characters, I remember Jack and Zoe, I could name every Character in RE.
And I'm still not sure what it's connection to Resident Evil is other than Chris popping and the light sprinkling of Umbrella evidence.
Don't get me wrong it still a good game......mainly in VR, but I'm still pining for a Resident Evil game because RE7 wasn't it, it was just a good VR experience and thats because I wasn't being VR babysitted in it.
I guess it best we're gonna get until RE2Remake is made.
JetBlackPanda
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I agree. Its a gaming experience I will NEVER forget. GOD I loved my time with RE7 played every single moment in VR.
GoldenEye 007 legitimized both multiplayer and license gaming. I think that deserves a spot.
LiLSnorpSnorp
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Will this ever come to PC?
BruceLeeRoy
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Great list I would also add Warcraft (RTS) and Goldeneye (Console FPS)
I get what you're saying now. I still felt that the atmosphere just dripped old school resident evil. Especially when your in a silent room and just hear the clock swinging back and forth. Brought back so many memories
Pharaoh 117
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Yeah, I've played it beginning to end in VR and really loved. First game I finished in VR and I can't wait for more experiences like that.
Phreakuency
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Same here.
1. RE7
2. Superhot VR
3. Lucky Tale (Oculus - I guess Im one of the few that loved the world, the sense of immersion, the nice touches of the side scrolling diorama levels and the great graphics)
1. RE7
2. Superhot VR
3. Lucky Tale (Oculus - I guess Im one of the few that loved the world, the sense of immersion, the nice touches of the side scrolling diorama levels and the great graphics)
Yea Lucky's tale is awesome. I liked robo recall more than super hot but love both. Also rez
The Third Heat
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I'm a HUGE scaredy-cat when it comes to first-person horror and combined with me getting a bit woozy playing the demo in VR, I skipped RE7 almost completely until a month ago when out of boredom and having a free rental at Redbox, I decided to give it a go. Man alive was I hooked. I still got a little sick, but it passed in time and by the end of the game I was fine. Outside of some awkward boss fights, everything about that experience was top notch. In fact, most VR I've played since has paled in comparison. I think what surprised me most about my play-through was how not-scary it was. Foreboding, tense and exciting, but I was rarely terrified like I'd assumed I would be.
All in all, It made me want a VR game that was just a huge mansion full of puzzles and mysteries for me to explore: keys to find, doors to open, weapons to upgrade and unlock. Gone Home but with guns, and boxes to break with my knife. Someone please make that game.
Speaking of weapons, shooting in this game with head tracking was so, so good. Always felt satisfying to land that precious headshot.
Didn't expect RE7 to be one of my top games of 2017, but it's up there with BOTW and Horizon: ZD, and all thanks to an impulse purchase I made after I got my tax return.
All in all, It made me want a VR game that was just a huge mansion full of puzzles and mysteries for me to explore: keys to find, doors to open, weapons to upgrade and unlock. Gone Home but with guns, and boxes to break with my knife. Someone please make that game.
Speaking of weapons, shooting in this game with head tracking was so, so good. Always felt satisfying to land that precious headshot.
Didn't expect RE7 to be one of my top games of 2017, but it's up there with BOTW and Horizon: ZD, and all thanks to an impulse purchase I made after I got my tax return.
On paper RE7 doesn't sound like the best VR experience: Originally a 2D monitor game? Seated experience w/free movement? No 3D hand-input? We've played several such VR games before and... and we've seen the light technologically with a few room-scale Vive titles...
But hands-on this experience is sublime. Great gameplay. The smooth head aiming, the traditional RE mansion crawl w/inventory management and short bursts of ultra violence fits like a glove to the particulars of the medium. The dread and atmosphere in this game is just perfect. They found the level which would make normal players nope-out and took one half-step back from that. Very little jump scares overall thankfully.
For 2 thirds of the campaign in VR it was the very best game of this year & generation. It's one of those experiences that makes you wish that "all games should be like this". Last time I felt that was likely Demon's Souls.
But hands-on this experience is sublime. Great gameplay. The smooth head aiming, the traditional RE mansion crawl w/inventory management and short bursts of ultra violence fits like a glove to the particulars of the medium. The dread and atmosphere in this game is just perfect. They found the level which would make normal players nope-out and took one half-step back from that. Very little jump scares overall thankfully.
For 2 thirds of the campaign in VR it was the very best game of this year & generation. It's one of those experiences that makes you wish that "all games should be like this". Last time I felt that was likely Demon's Souls.
It was one year exclusive so should be out in January technically.
To say I'm looking forward to it would be an understatement.
While you're waiting, you can check out the Vive and Rift-friendly VR horror game we literally just released today called Organ Quarter.
You can play the free Pre-Alpha Demo if you're not sure - be warned this doesn't have built-in Rift support but it should work with a wrapper. The full game should work natively with Vive and Rift.
Organ Quarter is a low-budget fare but we made sure to leverage hand-tracking and roomscale VR, which should hopefully make it novel over RE7 (which will probably be much higher, to say the least, on the polish and features factor).
TheChewyWaffles
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Nice I'll check this out. Is there an ETA for a full release date?
It's out now! Launched about 5 hours ago!
We'll be doing frequent hotfix updates and at least one substantial QoL update over the next few months, but the entire thing is technically complete right now. A good few levels, a complete 'story', a couple of weapons, puzzles, enemies, etc.
Projenitor
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Yep.
I dont get scared playing video games but this in VR is as close as its going to get.
I dont get scared playing video games but this in VR is as close as its going to get.
Oh my bad I misunderstood your post, thought you were saying that the demo had just released.
Yea this sounds awesome.
RE7 in VR is the scariest thing I've encountered in a narrative medium. VR is the future for horror, it's on a different level.
Polioliolio
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I wish RE7 didn't plummet in quality after the first act, because that first and possibly second part are amazing. Feels like Condemned 3 after that then peters out.
Comparing it to Condemned just makes me wish for a proper follow-up to the first game.
BruceLeeRoy
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It is really hard to explain to someone that hasn't experienced the game just how terrifying it is. The immersion is so complete that the normal part of you that is always chanting - "Its just a game" when your playing anything else is gone. I not only have screamed out loud and kicked and jumped reflexively but I have had long moments of sustained fear where my adrenaline actually kicked in.
That's the thing. The immersion is so complete that it transports you into a different state of mind. There isn't really a conception anymore of "playing a game," as you mentioned. In the moments where your blood is pumping and something happens, your brain is straight-up triggering fight or flight in a very real way.
There were several times where a sudden ambush happened, and I had a full-blown combat high for a few seconds where I was just unloading ammo and not even fully in control of myself. Pure fight or flight reflex, VR has arrived and it is insane.
It really was. Shame they couldnt finish strong. The boat was so damn boring and the molded get really old to fight against. I want RE1 remixed in VR. Give me that enemy variety.
NoMoreTrolls
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Is there any info about this coming to PC? I hate to port beg but God damn I need this and can't afford a PS HMD right now
Though I can't even finish Affected The Manor so maybe I shouldn't get it anyway lol
I get spooked by the crawling robots in Raw Data's dark levels, too
Though I can't even finish Affected The Manor so maybe I shouldn't get it anyway lol
I get spooked by the crawling robots in Raw Data's dark levels, too
kungfuian
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I agree with the OP 100%. Played a lot of really solid games this last year or so and RE7 in VR is a game changer. If you haven't played it yet you are in for a treat. It's like nothing your ever experienced, like being transported into some type of surreal lucid nightmare as much as it is like playing a game. I have a PSVR and Vive and tons of games for ref, and it's easily the best VR game I've played to date (by far).
If you stop and think about just how immersive RE7 is vs a regular game it's really represents a massive step forward for the medium. Just like Mario 64 did with 3D gaming, the magic of new hardware is made to serve and enhance what is in and of itself a solid well designed old school video game. It's the perfect mix of old and new just like Mario 64 was, and the flag bearer for a new type of game.
The next best examples of this type of full fledged traditional gaming experience are Dolphin VR with games like Wind Waker and Metroid Prime. If you have the privilege of having Vive I strongly recommend going through the hassle of getting them to work. Totally worth it. Both those games in particular are transformed by VR into something even more magical than the originals; actually being in the worlds instead of staring at them on a rectangle. Also hear Alien Isolation and a few other mods are great.
If you stop and think about just how immersive RE7 is vs a regular game it's really represents a massive step forward for the medium. Just like Mario 64 did with 3D gaming, the magic of new hardware is made to serve and enhance what is in and of itself a solid well designed old school video game. It's the perfect mix of old and new just like Mario 64 was, and the flag bearer for a new type of game.
The next best examples of this type of full fledged traditional gaming experience are Dolphin VR with games like Wind Waker and Metroid Prime. If you have the privilege of having Vive I strongly recommend going through the hassle of getting them to work. Totally worth it. Both those games in particular are transformed by VR into something even more magical than the originals; actually being in the worlds instead of staring at them on a rectangle. Also hear Alien Isolation and a few other mods are great.
LiLSnorpSnorp
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Will give it a try. Thanks!
I definitely agree with this list on the level of execution. I've never experienced anything like RE7---truly unsettling and intense. But I don't think RE7 has anywhere near the cultural impact of those other games. Sucks we went 13 years between influential games.
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