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@Troubbble I hated the first, didn't care for Control, but this is gold. If you like survival horror with scant resources it's more than worth a punt.

@x3King84 Its atmosphere is tense throughout so far, but not really scary. There's a few jump scares that have got me, but more than those it's just the general feeling that makes it.

Several times I've had full-body goosebumps; it's that good if you like the genre.

I was really sceptical after seeing a 10, but my God, this is a belter of a videogame.

I'm playing on PC, and it is genuinely jaw-dropping both narratively and visually. I can't get over how good it is.

@Michael2008ish It's the only one I've done 'one and done' on. The only reason I haven't replayed VIIR is because I want to play it again with the second part ready and waiting. ONce I understood how the classic mode worked, I had a blast with it, depiste it being action-oriented.

@Cherip-the-Ripper The 'problem' if it is such, is that after (and maybe including 13), the FF games haven't been FF games.

FFXV is not what most series' fans would consider an FF game, and neither is this. But I did like the demo.

@Kevw2006 The 'OFF' addition to character names only appears when the speaker is off screen - at least, that's what happens on PC.

GaaS/Live Service stuff isn't my thing, but I get why Sony would want some of the cash. The problem is that realistically, there can only be one or two GaaS that would be successful at a level Sony would want existing at the same time in gaming. It boggles the mind that they'd develop so many simultaneously. Especially judging by gamers' comments here and elsewhere, they're almost universally derided.

The rest of the PlayStation Showcase (not a State of Play, for those defending it) was bad.

PSVR2 is dead (well, mine is - it's seen 20 minutes of use) and absolutely should have released without the cable, regardless of cost.

The style of games that PS is synonymous with just don't seem to be on the horizon any more. I'm super disappointed.

Remakes, sequels, rip-offs and GaaS. What's good about that?

As others have mentioned, the frame dips are anything but minor (down to 15fps in resolution mode, sub 30 in performance mode) - and I'd take issue with the 'inconsistent visuals' too. They're consistently a blurred, horrible mess. Even the screen shots on this page are really poor.

PS isn't the only site to sing this game's praises but reviews need to hold unfinished games to account, else what's the point? They are becoming as untrustworthy as the developers.

@munstre They really aren't. Crack on. All the mainstream VR reviewers are praising the hardware, bemoaning the software.

But maybe all the newbies know better?

Like I said, crack on.

Edit: for the avoidance of doubt, I have this coming, I am 100% behind PSVR in all its forms. But we don't need to sugarcoat subpar stuff, just cos it's Sony.

At a 600 quid entry, I'd be surpised if any more than 20% was 'new to VR' as well. You do you, I'll do me. Mwah.

@thefourfoldroot1 You're gonna hate me, but there's no way it's good enough. If it is, then VR has a whole new level of input opportunities and we'd have heard about it by now.

@carlos82 It's like a dessert marketplace right now. Or, a trifle bazaar. Wonder if there's licensing issues?

@thefourfoldroot1 I'd sell my son for it tbh.

@fluggy Yeah the VI series would be cool.

@munstre I'm not sure who you're arguing with. I am excited for the launch, I just wish that there was more than ports.

Outside of the comments in here, I know of only one other person buying PSVR2 that hasn't used VR before. I'm not sure the percentage is as small as you imagine.

Anyway, off to refresh the tracking page repeatedly. Hope we all get ours tomorrow!

@thefourfoldroot1 That was kinda my point, I agree with you.

I preferred NMS when it was a more, er, basic game but I am looking forward to Switchback, obviously the Moss games will have been played by a lot of VR users by now, but that doesn't make them bad games.

I guess I was hoping for PSVR2's HLA. I hope it'll come. TLOU could work really well in VR for the most part, for example. Actually, Sony!? Make ND do that!

@munstre Absolutely. I said the launch line up is underwhelming, that's all.

The future is unknown.

@munstre I dunno. I've used VR since 2016 or so with the Vive, and I've played a very high percentage of the stuff coming out for this before, in some cases years before. It's a good line up for newcomers I suppose.

@thefourfoldroot1

I agree with that, but for anyone that's been in VR for years, you can't argue that the launch line up is pretty underwhelming. I am looking forward to the big three titles, and I haven't played Village apart from its introduction section so that'll be great hopefully.

The lack of Beat Saber at launch remains a bizarre omission though - even though, I'll probably use my modded Quest 1 for it anyway as I've hundreds of customs on it.

I share a concern mentioned by Digital Foundry going forward though in that if the headset doesn't get the foothold in the market now are big third party devs gonna jump in post-launch and focus on it, or are they gonna continue starting with Quest (2, not pro) and scaling from there? Most launch titles are either Quest/PSVR ports that have already had the hard yards put into their development you'd think.

I'm a VR advocate, and I'm sure I'll get enough hours out of GT and Village to justify the entry cost, but I do have reservations about this headset's long term prospects.

Looks like my pre-order is going to arrive late; in the EU PSVR2 was on general sale as opposed to Sony only. I used my preferred games/pc place and they've changed the delivery date to the 24th.

Nevertheless, the launch line up of games has looked underwhelming and Quest's influence on the genre (I love my Quests) is looking like it could be a problem for a while.

Sulking

@lindos Season 1 covers the entire first game. The series creators are on record multiple times stating the same.

The podcast pretty much confirms, with a laugh as to maintain some doubt I suppose, that the girl is Dina.

I loved how she, and Jackson in particular are being introduced 'early'.

@PegasusActual93

I agree and commented the same elsewhere. 50ft fall onto metal railing... get on the horse Joel!

@YourNameHere Exactly.

@FuriousMachine Beat Saber can be played 'seated' in the sense that even with the turning songs you're standing in one spot. When a game says not seated, it means it expects you to physically move around the space in which you're playing, so you'll see games that require you to have a 2.5mx2.5m playspace or whatever.

VR or not for me

@brendon987 Had it been a VR game, it would have been heavily marked down for being only a couple of hours long.

It's really very good. Free is a bonus, of course, but I'd have piad the current PSN price for entry just to get the VR update.

Foe me it's the best-looking PSVR game out there.

Bladerider - To go backwards, point the left hand Move up/back away from you.

Drone79 - you can turn that off completely, or reduce/increase it to a level you prefer depending on your susceptibility to motion sickness whilst in VR. It's under VR settings.

I really like the side quests. But then farming and grinding is my thing, and I could never get into W3.

For those that are not there yet (minor spoilers) there's a lucrative chain of quests at Chapter 3, guy down from the car park, will get you 80,000 gil and lots of EXP and they're easy. Maybe an hour for the lot that are available then.

Only at beginning of C3, grinding away through the quests and stuff. Level 33 at the moment. It's a bit clunky but enjoying it for the most part. Agree with the use of X mentioned above.

@GBMatthew Was an article in the ever-reliable Daily Mail about it, but it's probably accurate as the survey was conducted by Which?

And it's incredibly fast!

Is there anyone actually there? Sounds really flat.

@solocapers Via their store? Is English language an option, do you know?

NM, went and had a look.

I'm not sure why every course has cheese in it.

That's awesome! And completely over the top at the same time...

@Tasuki I understand what you're saying, but as solocapers said, when a review has an affiliate link to purchase, it does take the edge off a little.

And honestly, I would trial a discrete (or should that be discreet?) 'donation' button. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.

Doom
ND
FW
UC4
Rez
Nolan
Witness (I played the rest, picked the best)
Don’t know the cut off. Driveclub VR with wheel etc is the future of VR
Not played any of em
UC4
There were no good role-players
SFV I presume
RC
No idea
‘Lolz, they’re all sh
Don’t play MP
HZD

@NathanUC I'd donate, monthly, lump sum - whatever. The constant Amazon links are tiresome. It's ridiculously forced.

@Churchy I suggested via email to the site owners a while ago to have a donation / patreon type link as opposed to all the affiliate rubbish.

I don't know why they wouldn't consider that. To me it's better than every article covered in Amazon click-me-nows.

@solocapers Agreed.

@GamerDad66 I don't know about your particular model, but there is possibly a setting for each input on your TV to turn on full colour or similar, which will trigger the HDR option in the game.

@JaxonH Excellent thanks. That's the rationale I'd heard too, but I also read that when OG PS4 launched whilst it was rated at HDMI 1.4, it could already technically handle the as of then unannounced spec, but I guess that bodes well for whatever's in the PSVR if I put my glass half-full hat on.

@JaxonH Do you think it can be patched out? I've read rumours that it may be possible, but nothing remotely official. Would be great if it could.

@whoisbdub I turned everything off and on again this morning and it's in 4k now, but I haven't played any VR yet.

@rjejr I love UC4, I'm sure you will too - it's simply a great game. I have R&C but it's not really my cha, so to speak. I've high hopes and massive worries about FFXV, but we're both in that boat!

@rjejr Hope you enjoy it mate!