Jeremy Horwitz: VR is about one week away from having its Super Mario 64 moment

[Nezacant]

It's Astro Bot!




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Jeremy Horwitz, a writer for Venture Beat, is really excited about something VR related and is claiming we are about a week away from its unveiling.



Mario 64 moment is a pretty bold claim... What could it be? It's time to speculate.

Spoiler

Half-Life 3 Obviously

Place me outside of my Chaperone Grid if old.

Edit: Damn this "2 pieces of media" limit...

https://twitter.com/horwitz/status/1045108182010515467

What he's referring to is "Software" related not hardware.

 

[TheUnseenTheUnheard]

It better be Valve related or I call bullshit. It might be a bit narrow minded to think only Valve could do such a thing but that's how I feel.

 

[Deleted member 4093]

Gotta be like ready player one or he lying

 

[Deleted member 36708]

Yeah okay we will see. Those are big words.

 

[Cess007]

I mean, Astrobot: Rescue Mission comes out in a week, no?

 

[low-G]

Are there any game releases coming up? He might just be excited about Astro Bot? Looks good. I need to get PSVR... I have the money...

I think we'd hear more rumblings if it was something massive. The entire industry would be quivvering if it was VR Half Life 3.

 

[Rygar 8Bit]

Valve has yet to announce one of their 3 big VR games yet. One was supposed to be released this year, it could be it!

 

[Shark]

Setting impossible expectations with that analogy that it will almost assuredly fail to live up to.

 

[Yukinari]

Pretty big words considering you need to buy a console/good PC plus a headset plus the game.

If it gets me to spend that much money just for a headset id be shocked.

 

[Nikus]

We're gonna have a ResetEra VR hub, I'm calling it.

 

[Kyoufu]

Astro Bot does look pretttttty good.

 

[Ferrio]

Not even revealed and calling it a Mario 64 moment. That's *really* optimistic. Doesn't a Mario 64 moment actually need people to be able to play it?

 

[Napalm_Frank]

I am Astrobot
I am Astrobot
I am Astrobot

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

I mean, Astrobot: Rescue Mission comes out in a week, no?

Click to shrink...

Astrobot is the new Mario 64?

 

[ManaByte]

Pretty big words considering you need to buy a console/good PC plus a headset plus the game.

If it gets me to spend that much money just for a headset id be shocked. EtcetEra

Click to shrink...

Not anymore.

 

[Mushlikeahusky]

Its gotta be astro bot. Everyone who played the robot vr mini game that inspired it knows how amazing that game will be.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Is "The Super Mario 64 of VR" the "The Citizen Kane of Video Games" of VR?

 

[New Donker]

Things get so overhyped these days, I'll take what he says with a huge grain of salt.

 

[LightKiosk]

Only thing I can think of is some socially connected game with new technology.

 

[Deleted member 28523]

If it's not related to Valve and the knuckles ev2 then I don't buy it.

 

[Majiebeast]

Astrobot is released 2 October.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Astro Bot is out in a week.

 

[adj_noun]

Full simsuit porn incoming

 

[D65]

Lone Echo came out ages ago

 

[newmoneytrash]

Setting impossible expectations with that analogy that it will almost assuredly fail to live up to.

Click to shrink...

Yeah, I get wanting to build hype but this seems counterproductive

It better be Valve related or I call bullshit. It might be a bit narrow minded to think only Valve could do such a thing but that's how I feel.

Click to shrink...

you're right, that is narrow minded

 

[Mathieran]

I thought this was gonna be about Astro Bot but the tweet seems too cryptic to be about a game that is about to be released.

Looking forward to Astro Bot. Once I'm done with Hollow Knight I'll be picking it up

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Probably not.

 

[Carolina Reaper]

Tetris Effect demo incoming.

 

[Stiler]

Half life 3 VR.

 

[Charamiwa]

I mean Astro Bot looks good but it's this kind of hyperbole that makes people antagonistic from the start. Let's enjoy it for what it is and let time be the judge of the rest. It has became a realy problem these days.

 

[maximumzero]

I'm not crazy about strapping shit to my face to play videogames, but I really hope VR is successful for those that are into the tech.

 

[Alwayscrazybacon]

Setting impossible expectations with that analogy that it will almost assuredly fail to live up to.

Click to shrink...

Pretty much, I'll wait to be "somewhat impressed" next week.

 

[Chalfonts]

This tech demo will be diferent!

 

[Nezacant]

Lone Echo came out ages ago

Click to shrink...

Lone Echo 2 was announced today but I don't think this is what he was talking about.

 

[Cess007]

Astrobot is the new Mario 64?

Click to shrink...

That was Knack tho :P

 

[Inugami]

I haven't used my VR headset in 6 months, I'm ready to be wowed that hard, but I'm prepared for the worst.

Oh and please don't require me to have to buy another 600+ in equipment over what I already have.

 

[LuigiMario]

This might be true when the cost associated with VR isn't so high. Even PSVR isn't an affordable purchase.

 

[d00d3n]

Valve game then ...

Although The Lab was already kind of like a "super mario 64 moment"

 

[Jon Carter]

Super Mario 64 will be remastered in VR.

 

[tiebreaker]

Astrobot with that 99 Metacritic!! not

 

[BlondeTuna]

First thing I thought of when I read the OP was something Valve related.

My heart wants it to be HL3, but it won't be.

 

[Instro]

I'm sure this isn't an overexaggeration at all.

 

[TheUnseenTheUnheard]

This might be true when the cost associated with VR isn't so high. Even PSVR isn't an affordable purchase.

Click to shrink...

The uniqueness of the game literally has nothing to do with the cost of getting it. If it's ground breaking then it is. If you can't afford it then that's something else to worry about.

 

[Randomly Generated]

If this is one of the Valve games I'm gonna lose it.

 

[GuitarGuruu]

Huh, well glad I have VR stuff. Interested to see what it is.

 

[ManaByte]

Astrobot is a known game. He says he can't get into details. It's probably something new.

 

[nightstalker962]

LOL, good one

 

[principal]

These hype posts never work out.

Just wait till next week.

 

[Plum]

Nintendo Labo VR with Super Mario 64: VR Edition included.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Let's not kid ourselves. Astrobot wouldn't be THAT good.