Welcome to episode 175 of the F.Reality Podcast. This week we discuss the latest in VR including our review of Hitman 3 VR on PSVR, some sad news about Resident Evil Village and we discuss some fresh rumours about a VR / AR headset coming from Apple. Also we’re gonna be joined by special guest, The Lonely Viper!
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Start of the show
01:03 – Intro
02:10 – Highlight of the week
24:50 – Weekly News
1:12:04 – Competitive gaming with the Lonely Viper
1:44:28 – Releases
1:50:40 – Finishing up
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What's with the masked weirdo 🙄
With covid and zoom meetings I think Apple VR is aimed at high end business for communication purposes. It’ll also appeal to designers and engineers to prototype in 3D. Multimedia will also be included but won’t be the main focus
The focus of the RE showcase was on RE8 only. They didn't mention the other leaked games like RE4 Remake and RE Revelations 3. Hopefully they will release the game in VR for the PSVR2.
Bring back Nathie
Lol, I love The Lonely Viper. I think my favorite games of Onward back in the early days were when I'd randomly get in a lobby or team with him… Go Viper!
VR on Hitman is merely a feature for what was designed from the ground up to be a flat game. I call this more of a gesture than anything else. I find that long form VR gaming with a controller as an "enhanced" VR experience is fine for me. Like Skyrim and even No Man's Sky. I'd love if all games added something like this for more games where they weren't designed specifically for VR. Anything in VR is way more immersive than on a TV even if all the mechanics aren't 100%. If we need to inch like this for awhile to get the idea of VR out there with smaller risk to big devs. I'm in support of that.
Haha that guy's hilarious.
Rowdy's role in these shows is underrated. He won't say a word for 30 min and then he'll chip in just to say that the main use of the $3k Apple headset is to play while sitting on the toilet [euphoric crowd applause]
Great show. Please give Guardians VR a look, this game looks very promising: FPS mixed with RTS, they have to polish many details but it is great fun for single player and co-op.
Sorry Mike.tlhis is unwatchable.Goons in masks are both annoying and untrustworthy.Very disappointing choice of guest.
Hitman 3 in vr is amazing
I agree with the falts of hitman vr but disagree in its value at this time. I own the quest 2 and play pc and non pc quest games. Hitman vr would be awesome on that headset. But I love triple a adventure games that are huge and beautiful. Hardly anything is like that in vr at this time. I also have playstation vr and bought all 3 hitman games. It's worth every penny. I'm having a blast even with its falts. I'll probably not be using the quest much until I'm out of hitman material which may take quite a long time.
I would be all over Warplanes if it wasn't on Sidequest only. Hope they release it on Steam or Oculus store.
I just watch that Resident Evil Village demo and that game should absolutely be in VR. What a slap in the face. Nothing about that game can’t be played in VR. The graphics and simple walking gameplay is pretty much like HLA but with a creepier feel.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Start of the show
01:03 – Intro
02:10 – Highlight of the week
24:50 – Weekly News
1:12:04 – Competitive gaming with the Lonely Viper
1:44:28 – Releases
1:50:40 – Finishing up
The Netflix Quest app is shit. The Amazon Prime one, however, is awesome! Full cinema environment with full cinema sized screen and great picture quality! Watching The Expanse on it. Bloody Brilliant!
Love this episode guys 🧡
Resident Evil Village almost didn't come out on last gen consoles since they had trouble getting loading times to a reasonable state. And they didn't want to compromise the game due to old tech, so their mantra was if they get it working then it will come out on PS4 and Xbox One, until then we should treat it as a next gen exclusive. Well, looks like they figured it out, but if they had so much trouble with the last gen flat version, I doubt PSVR version was ever going to happen since they couldn't utilize PS5 with it.
I dont have any idea who is it ninja, but it is extremely hard to hear because of this rag on his face
Apple will have a high end headsets with sweet screens etc but it will need a high end iPhone to run it. Maybe it would have a gpu in the headset with everything else in the phone?
Another disappointing release schedule.
You guys can install the regular non VR mobile version of the netflix app on the Quest 2, and it will give you higher resolution, and the ability to download movies in advance so you can watch it on a plane or something without streaming through Wi-fi.
I bet they are keeping the VR mode of Resident Evil 8 under wraps until the PSVR 2 is announced.
Whilst I do agree the implementation of the control scheme for Hitman 3 in VR is less instinctive or ideal to that of full motion controls, especially coming from a PC VR Gamers perspective, having said that, most dedicated PSVR owners learn to adapt. The grid issue that ZimTok5 described is entirely a setup misconfiguration, I had no issues with it, as for the controller friction, I honestly forgot I was using one, isn't that the way it's meant to be ? I'd also like to see Hitman 3 come to PC with full motion controls too, but that seems unlikely. When everything is considered Hitman 3 on PSVR is IMHO a masterpiece and a very welcomed addition to the PSVR library.
1:27:40 getting shredded with vr
I'm a lanky guy, and I can attest that playing Beat Saber I gained stamina most, then playing Thrill of the Fight I gained shoulder and back muscles (and more stamina).
After about half of a year playing those games I started doing some simple home workout (pushups etc.) and I benefited from that greatly🙂