Playstation VR

[CarlBillen]

OK, I tried out Fruit Ninja VR and after a minute I was puffing and lying exhausted on the floor, gasping for breath

I think this is my "Improve your physical condition while gaming" game.

But do play it without the headphones because they will pop out in the heat of (fruit) battle

There is no friends leaderboard, is there? Because that would be awesome!

[Chontler]

But do play it without the headphones because they will pop out in the heat of (fruit) battle

This is an annoyance. Not that they fall out, as I can't stand earbuds and don't use them - but headphones in general for the headset. The head strap is too tight to wear a thin banded set under it, and way too bulky for a pair to stretch over. I was just about managing a fair sized Sennheiser hd598
which just about fit when set to it's largest size and they kind of hovered over my ears. But still the problem with that is forgetting to take them off before the headset. Then I found these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1

total game changer. They sound pretty decent too, a lot better than I was expecting considering how cheap they are.

[phattslagg]

Nice one - bought. The earbud things have been a constant annoyance for three reasons: 1) they're really fiddly and get tangled, 2) sharing them is mank and 3) they're shit.

[oxo]

Anybody else having trouble with fruit ninja VR?

Theres almost no incoming fruit in arcade mode - anybody else experiencing this?

WZ

Apparently the fix is to change the language on your PS to English and reboot.

[WladimZappo]

That did it!

Thanks :-)

WZ

[Yak]

Picked up Here They Lie, Bound and Fruit Ninja. HTL is a bit blurry but seems ok so far, I was killed by some dude with antlers. Very slow head turning and quantised bigger turns on the right stick seem to work well for motion without ickiness.

Bound is lovely, takes a few moments to get used to the camera but really pretty, actually looks sharp in VR. Abstract graphics working to the system's benefit again.

Waiting for the Moves to charge up before we have a go at FN.

Nice to have a few things that are more than just five minute "experiences"

[gilesgoat]

Actually Yak wanted Fruit Ninja and we both wanted to see Bound, I had the "bad idea" to say "I want to see that HTL even if I know I'll get scared" ..

I was wrong ...

I got nearly the point "shitting in my trousers" .. the only "real negative comment" is "blur/aliasing as fuck" but let's say it "kinda blends" with the type of fog/blur/environment that is there .. kinda .. still blur as fuck .. anyway ...

Anyway that thing 2 mins I am in I am already "I don't like how this thing is going ... " .. 5 mins later I am HOLY FUCK ! .. they made an excellent job with sound .. this is definitely one of those games DO NOT play alone at home at night .. or such .. or nor for me at least ..

Bound .. YO FUCKING YO .. until .. level 2 .. ok .. this ok that .. ok yeah ... erm yeah ? .. erm yeah ? .. erm ok maybe I have to do this .. maybe that .. maybe no .. maybe fuck .. ah that plattform I have to jump there and there ..

.. ah ok shit, I try again .. ah ok shit no let's try again .. ah ok no wait maybe like this .. ah ok no FUCK no wait no FUCK .. ( 100 tries later ) AAAARGH cannot stand any more this restart point .. etc.

Overall a bit like "super modern ICO" or something like that, very pretty, super smooth .. I haven't seen beyond level 2 yet ..

Fruit Ninja .. still to watch .. move on charge ..

Overall .. overall technically/viusually/cleansing speaking "Bound" is "the second best thing I've seen", very clean .. looks nice .. "sharp" "smooth" .. that style really "gets well" in VR.

I "appreciated" at least in HTL they made that "BW decision" because I am quite sure if they did try the "let's leave all in colour" approach it would have turned probably into a mess of colored pixels .. kinda gives me "the Turok feeling" however I'd say a clever technical choice.

I continue to notice that so far VR seems to work "far better" in terms of comfort in 3rd ( or is it 2nd ? I get that wrong ) person as it's lot more messy with your head, HTL does "a very interesting approach" to the camera, ALMOST quite perfect still moving around can give a bit of "weird feeling".

I was wondering if even "quantizing the movement" could improve, should be tried.

HTL reminds me quite a bit of "Dark City" or such.

So yeah, looking forward to see this fruit ninja, I think I've seen it only once very long ago someone playing it on a phone, and of course that Mythbusters episode where they tried it for real.

Note I know that "by a weird law" you can not buy, sell or even import a real Katana in UK, so UK players can't do it

[Misfit]

Have you tried the first hour of Resident Evil in VR? I got too scared before it even got going...!

Bound is getting a patch with camera tracking just after Christmas.

[phattslagg]

I'm really concerned that they'll make Bound worse with the patch - hope there'll still be the option to use the current system, to which I have finally grown accustomed.

[Yak]

Bound is really lovely, just finished off level 2. Lovely artstyle.

And I have to admit I really rather like the monster .

[phattslagg]

Yeah - Bound isn't just a game, it's a place to visit.

[Misfit]

I'm really concerned that they'll make Bound worse with the patch - hope there'll still be the option to use the current system, to which I have finally grown accustomed.

The default camera will remain the same. The new one will be an option.

The developer prefers tge original but has added the third person view due to demand on reddit...

[Chontler]

This headgear is an instrument of torture when you have a bad cold.

[snaff]

This headgear is an instrument of torture when you have a bad cold.

I read it works well if you remove the rubber bit and play in total darkness.

[CarlBillen]

So Hyper Void, the PS+ freebie of this month, has a free add-on that adds PSVR functionality...

What an unintuitive way to add support like that...

So if you want a free VR title, don't forget to download it, and then look the VR add-on...