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HTC: There's a 'big story' regarding the Vive's launch games (TechRadar article)
- Thread starter ashecitism
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Well, too bad for them really
Too bad for Vive actually.
If 90% of your target consumers can't take advantage of one of your product stronger points you have a problem.
Hari Seldon
Member
L4D3 would be enough for me to purchase day 1 no problem.
CitizenCope
Member
Games made me nauseous without VR.
Pewpewlazors99
Member
If I had to guess, its going to be a new portal game. "Portal VR". And it won't really be new. It will just be some portal levels designed to use VR without making the user sick.
Or its "We are proud to announce our partnership with EA as they prepare to develop new games for a great VR experience".
Or its "We are proud to announce our partnership with EA as they prepare to develop new games for a great VR experience".
Why?
I'm using a CPU right now in a series which probably fewer than 5% of all Intel CPU customers use. It's still working perfectly for me though, and is a successful product.
As another example, the projector I use features a 120 Hz refresh rate. I doubt a lot of people are using that, but it doesn't make it any less appealing as a product.
Having an additional feature is not a drawback, especially if it doesn't induce any significant increase in cost.
ashecitism
Member
Gabe shut it down. We don't know if permanently, but the person who was heading it is in the VR team (last time we saw him he was at least). And yes, Valkyrie is a Rift and PSVR game with Vive version possibly coming later.
backbreaker65
Banned
RIGS: Mechanized Combat league is in first person, and people who have tried it, says you get an initial simulation sickness and it then subsides as your body get acclimated to the experience.
ashecitism
Member
Hopefully they'll announce when their event will be and when the pre-orders go live and don't pull a surprise.
That's the type of VR Valve have been extremely critical of though.
Their stance is that if a user experiences any sickness at all, the software is doing it wrong.
That's why I don't think this - if it is anything - is anything like the direct adaptation of one of their existing properties that people are expecting.
Is HTC's Senior Manager of Product Marketing for virtual reality really going to say anything else?
No, there probably isn't anything massively exciting attached to the Vive / SteamVR release other than VIve itself and games available everywhere along with something Valve made, that I expect little of "big story" from.
If it is magically L4D3, I hope I'm right and Biometrics are afoot.
Would be totally down for seeing that pop back up, purely for the idea of it and the art that was shown. Showed a lot of potential, especially also being a new Valve IP, which would be a long time coming
No, there probably isn't anything massively exciting attached to the Vive / SteamVR release other than VIve itself and games available everywhere along with something Valve made, that I expect little of "big story" from.
If it is magically L4D3, I hope I'm right and Biometrics are afoot.
Would be totally down for seeing that pop back up, purely for the idea of it and the art that was shown. Showed a lot of potential, especially also being a new Valve IP, which would be a long time coming
Betta Lines
Member
A 'half-VR' game is going to be the killer app for VR? Not a chance.
IMACOMPUTA
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My guess is we're getting Team Fortress: Storymode by Telltale
Maintenance
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Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
The real Bubsy 3D.
Mushroomer25
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Maybe not Half Life 3, but I could see them releasing since sort of 'proof of concept' Half Life short with the device.
Dictator93
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Turin Turambar
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The most likely. A more... static L4D done in VR could wok, with zombies attacking in hordes and the players standing their ground.
Portal 3 VR would be puketown and what to say about HL3...
They're launching next year and have been saying that since June. This launch for HTC and the Vive is a soft rollout, with a larger focus next year. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a very limited number of units that go on sale in December.
ashecitism
Member
Nah, they're doing pretty well and making deals left and right. They're just probably waiting for HTC to make their first move before they announce pre-orders.
Visualante2
Member
and it's gone
If they're not going international for the first batch then that is really, really disappointing
Mushroomer25
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Frankly, I still think they've got the edge thanks to Facebook's backing. It's a source of capital that dwarfs HTC, and that means they've got a quicker path into retail. They're also likely miles ahead in mainstream applications. Additionally, the Touch controllers already make the sticks used by HTC & Sony feel archaic.
I suspect the Vive will be the headset of choice for gamers, though. If Valve is serious about this and starts pressuring for exclusivity - they can corner that userbase immediately.
Yeah, I was gonna say, Portal would probably be the worst games to port to VR because of all the falling through portals on the ground, changing perspective, high speed, etc.
Bits N Pieces
Member
If Valve and HTC were to release a bundle/pack next year and call it the THREE pack and it was exclusive to their platform then I think I would have to do something I said I would never do.
Build a rig and get back into PC gaming.
Source 3.
Portal 3, L4D3, Team Fortress 3 and Half Life 3.
Take my wages for the next two years Valve
Build a rig and get back into PC gaming.
Source 3.
Portal 3, L4D3, Team Fortress 3 and Half Life 3.
Take my wages for the next two years Valve
I would put my money on a Portal more than L4D3 since fast pace FPS where things are jumping out at you can be pretty hard sell. Although I don't know how the locomotion would translate over to portal since there is a lot of bouncing and flying around.
It seems like a lot of games are leaning towards the blink/teleport method for locomotion so I am interested to see what they would do in either of those games.
However, the majority of that article is just rehashed speculation and rumors and the "big story" is just more no substance hype from HTC.
It seems like a lot of games are leaning towards the blink/teleport method for locomotion so I am interested to see what they would do in either of those games.
However, the majority of that article is just rehashed speculation and rumors and the "big story" is just more no substance hype from HTC.
I think they said they're still working on the controllers. As I'm basically forced to go with the Vive, I hope they steal the Oculus design if they can't come up with something better themselves.
This is far more important than room-scale tracking for most people.
call_kotaku
Member
If they release any half-decent exclusive game and call it Half Life 3, they can have a huge lead in the market immediately, but I think decades of console war rhetoric sort of deluded people into thinking that Valve actually wants to bother.
Facebook is going to probably pour billions of dollars into VR and have a massive marketing push over the next 10 years to spur adoption of the technology. As long as Valve makes sure that Oculus can't afford to lock their headset to their proprietary store, Valve gets to make a ton of money from selling VR games on Steam. It's why they've been essentially giving out their technology to anyone who wants to spend money manufacturing it (only HTC bit so far) and been very critical of any sort of exclusivity.
Link?
Visualante2
Member
Valve allegedly has one too called cutlass.
You realise that the HTC Vive hardware is just a developer kit, and not what the actual headset and controller will look like?
machemachete
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- Screencap this post, I'm pretty this will happen -
When HL2 launched it made an impact on the gaming world for the fresh shooting mecanics, great graphics and interesting storytelling in 2004, 11 years later almost everything has been said and done in shooters BUT they can make HL3 to have the same impact as HL2 making the best VR FPS ever with controls adjusted to VR environment, perfect graphics and atmosphere making it a perfect boom to the gaming world and surpass the already high expectations for the game.
It won't be for launch though, but this will happen!
When HL2 launched it made an impact on the gaming world for the fresh shooting mecanics, great graphics and interesting storytelling in 2004, 11 years later almost everything has been said and done in shooters BUT they can make HL3 to have the same impact as HL2 making the best VR FPS ever with controls adjusted to VR environment, perfect graphics and atmosphere making it a perfect boom to the gaming world and surpass the already high expectations for the game.
It won't be for launch though, but this will happen!
Personally, I'm in agreement with the Bombcast on how Half Life 3 will happen if it ever does. Valve will just up and release it. No announcement trailer for a trailer, no year long wait, no press previews, just a full on "Half Life 3 is available on Steam now with Steam VR support".
This isn't an isolated prediction. A ton of people think this is a possibility, most recently on the latest Bombcast.
Possumowner
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Pretty confident with LFD3.....or anything,literally anything,I'm clueless really
Felix Lighter
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The game I want it most for already exists! I just want to play Elite Dangerous now in VR, please!