Surprise surprise. Reveal cemented my beliefs that this would be a low-quality on-rails gallery shooter.
Iron Man VR - Preview Thread [Spoiler: It's a full game and it's great]
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The problem was the announcement trailer made it look exactly like an on-rails shooter for anyone who's familiar with the genre. They just needed a shot of the actor sticking the Move controllers down by his sides to demonstrate the free-flight mechanics.
I've got PSVR and this sounds amazing from early impressions. I'm not sure I'm willing to buy move controllers though, I've always despised those things. Hoping Sony comes out with some updated Move tech soon, I'd rather something new and improved than rely on 2010 tech.
Batman was short, but it was pretty good for what it was. Spider-Man was TERRIBAD. Free though, so I guess there's that.
Actually, they did have a particular shot of the actor doing that. They showed him pressing the trigger behind the move controller for something but then the trailer cuts back into CGI which doesn't exactly show what he did in the actual game. But they've said that you aim your arm down like the actor in the trailer was doing to move forward while pressing the trigger button. Overall, the trailer just wasn't done very well.
VR trailers are REALLY hard to do right.
Whats even harder is trailers for VR games where you're flying/floating and you cant get away with mixed reality footage.
Did you misread the OP or something lol
So excited but REALLY wish Sony would release a better controller/tracking option, even one that won't be fully realized until PS5 /VR2. I can't stand the move controllers and they track so poorly for me.
I guess the cement wasn't dry yet lol.
Game looks great. Fantastic week for VR, things are really chugging along.
The flying looks amazing. I'll get it just for that. Hopefully there's some kind of free flight mode.. Yeah that State of Play trailer made it look like a 5 minute VR experience thing like Spiderman was.
Referring to my impressions during the State of Play livestream. :)
Wish PSVR had finger tracking so you people could appreciate the animations more lol
I've never heard "surprise surprise" used not sarcastically lol
wait, but the praise isn't about the customisation, as that wasn't part of the demo.
Yeah, they assume the worst about that aspect but the praise isn't a counter to their assumptions
That's... not an answer to their question. They asked for mechanical differences, which that one brief line in a preview does not imply.
Like, it's 100% fair to say their asking for more details is premature, given the game was just revealed and had a single 30 min demo and impressions based on that, but like the things they're questioning aren't answered there.
Actually sounds really cool to fly with your repulsors.
Wish this wasn't PSVR exclusive because I'm not buying another headset for a couple exclusives on my OG PS4, especially since this still seems more like a novelty I'd want to try out than a must-have, even if it's more of a full game than a shooting gallery or an "experience".
Wish this wasn't PSVR exclusive because I'm not buying another headset for a couple exclusives on my OG PS4, especially since this still seems more like a novelty I'd want to try out than a must-have, even if it's more of a full game than a shooting gallery or an "experience".
Funny to see someone that thinks VR will die and burn in flames talking like that.
Took a bit to find it but I found the RE7 thread. Maybe they're coming around?
the spider-man thing was just a promo for Homecoming..it's a free tie-in. I agree it is bad but it's free so what can i say...
I guess. With game like this being received as well as they are, +Astro Bot, Beat Saber, Tetris Effect, No Man's Sky, etc. It's difficult for people like that to keep repeating the same VR is dead template.
you let a VR-detractor try out Astro-Bot and Wipeout VR for like 30minutes and they will be turned into a true-believers.
The 'VR is dead' people are having a hard time keeping the band together amidst all these great games. "Move along folks, there's nothing to see here!"
Astro Bot..... What a beautiful beautiful game. Joking aside it was my game of the year. I can't believe hearing myself saying that after playing God of War. With Astro Bot there just a sense of pure joy from start to finish. But back on topic.... I honestly thought Iron Man would be another tech demo VR thing. I love this quote from the developer.
"We're not making a rail-shooter. We're not making an amusement park game. We're not making a short demo or an experimental Iron Man 'experience,'" game developer Ryan Payton told me last week in New York City after I had finished a demo of his studio's forthcoming game, Iron Man VR.
That really shows some commitment to create something special.
"He's especially inspired by Resident Evil 7's VR mode, which he describes as the best game he's played in years and refers to as "life-changing."
He's mind is in the right place. :)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku...n-vr-makes-a-surprisingly-good-1833732919/amp
And with all the upgrades, the game should have good replaybility.
Hopefully it will have something like new game plus.
Good one, lol.
Self targeted sarcasm.
I'll reply to you properly later today.
Polygon: Iron Man VR makes flying as Tony Stark feel great
https://www.polygon.com/2019/4/3/18292074/iron-man-vr-game-ps4-psvr
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Interesting Upload VR article about the 360 degree gameplay with PSVR.
https://uploadvr.com/iron-man-vr-uses-prediction-and-black-magic-for-360-tracking-on-psvr/
https://uploadvr.com/iron-man-vr-uses-prediction-and-black-magic-for-360-tracking-on-psvr/
It should be noted that if a vr game looks good fun in a trailer on a flat display, it will be elevated tenfold with a headset.
Proof: Astrobot looked like a basic platformer in previews and still looks unimpressive on a flat display.
Until you have the headset on, you can never truly gauge how good an excellent vr game is, even if you have played all the little tech demos. Until more folks have headsets that let them experience high quality vr trailers, the marketing of new vr titles is going to go through lots of growing pains.
Proof: Astrobot looked like a basic platformer in previews and still looks unimpressive on a flat display.
Until you have the headset on, you can never truly gauge how good an excellent vr game is, even if you have played all the little tech demos. Until more folks have headsets that let them experience high quality vr trailers, the marketing of new vr titles is going to go through lots of growing pains.
A PSVR without moves just sounds terrible, they aren't going to come out with new controllers. That is too much of a cost for a niche product that only has a few years left anyways. PSVR is basically a Frankenstein VR solution with its tracking tech coming from the PS3 era
I got plenty out of it with Ace Combat, Astrobot, Moss, Rez and Tetris Effect without the move controllers, and those are, in my opinion, far and away the best games on the hardware. I have a Vive so after using the move wands at a friend's place it was immediately apparent how bad the tech is. VR's not dead quite yet as you assume, especially with Valve teasing their new headset. I wouldn't definitively say they're not going to come out with new, updated controllers down the line.
It sounds similar to Wii Sports Resort from 10 years ago. It's "magic" until you know the secret and its limitations. Anything that encourages full physical turning is a net positive in my book though.
I'm pretty sure they just mean that with PS5 coming out in the next few years, and probably a version of PSVR for that, that this version of PSVR only has a few years left (not VR in general) and they'll hopefully have better VR controllers for the next one.
And I agree with them, move controllers (though sucky) are a small investment to make your time with PSVR better. Especially with this and Blood and Truth on the horizon.