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Fingers crossed that this will be good. I tried War Thunder in VR on PC and the flying was fun, but it was unfortunately too blurry and very difficult to compete against flatscreen players in that half-baked VR mode.

I've been playing Star Renegades

It's a roguelike turn-based SRPG. A bit like a mix of Roguebook and Darkest Dungeon, but without cards. Perfect game for listening through music, and this week has seen a deep dive into Quincy Jones and Robin Trower, amongst others.

Honestly I still think they should have finished Factions 2 instead. Listening to the advice of Bungie on the matter does not seem like such a great idea in hindsight.

I'm enjoying the show, but the reasons for the bombing is just silly so I hope they don't introduce that as canon in the games.

WestFlanders

I was about to photoshop one of the cards to make fun of it, but then I thought: Am I becoming the Grinch? So instead I will wish you all a Merry Christmas/Happy New Year!

Finished Lunacid + VR mod. Didn't expect the Xmas celebrations in this game.

Also started Elderand, a Metroidvania from Brazil, and played some more Demeo online.

Yes please. Loved the first SOMA!

Wicker Man (1973) is one of my fav movies. Good trailer.

It was "okay". I watched it just now and skipped most stuff but the game trailers. A bit top-heavy with most of the good stuff in the first half. Didn't really feel that final game, even though I'm a big fan of both Apex and Titanfall...

PSB has so many good tunes, why does everyone choose the same (very overplayed) one? :-/ Game look fun, although I need to play the first one first.

Hope its Unreal Engine as I'd love to play this in UEVR!

World of Tanks on acid, of course I had to wishlist it.

That Legacy of Atlantis cover looks a bit off, like her face was hastily photoshopped on later.

Yeah I preferred when this was called E3 and had less Geoff.

So the rumor from reddit was true... a bit anticlimactic I must admit.

If you really want to try this but have never tried VR before, I would advice against a flight sim as a VR beginner game. Most players will likely get motion sick.

Try starting out with some game where you mostly stand still or teleport, like Walkabout Minigolf, Beat Saber or Superhot. Then progress to sims and smooth movement games after some time.

2026? Damn that's a lot of PS5 games.

I'll try and watch the game announcements afterwards, so I can skip Geoff and his stupid awards.

It's mostly the same as last week for me, as I'm still playing Lunacid with VR mod and Demeo (also VR).

I did jump into multiplayer with Demeo, with random players online (no chance to get any real friends into this I'm afraid) and I've gotta say: the players of this game are super nice. Always helpful and patient with new players.

Nothing like the Grinches you encounter daily in games like Apex Legends or R6 Siege.

Arrrrrrr it's time to sail the seas, lads!

Very true, it's also about the amazing drugs the winners took before they got up on stage. Next level stuff.

Extraction complete. I bet it involved a Mara-ton of money.

Seems like its time to skeikh things up.

Now watch as someone makes an online mod for this.

This week I've been playing Lunacid, a first person dungeon crawler. Apparently it's very similar to From Softwares early King's Field series, but I can't say since I haven't played those. Instead it reminds me more of From's Souls series.

The game just oozes dark fantasy atmosphere and has a great soundtrack. I was planning on playing it normally but discovered by chance that it has a VR mod with full motion controls. And this just made a great game 10 times better!

@Jrs1 I've heard tales of how loud MBV is live. A friend that has seen them multiple times since the 90s claims people might just leave their concerts deaf if not wearing ear plugs.

@Fluberuper Now that's real horror...

@Fluberuper I guess old men in tiny speedos would be far scarier?

This looks pretty pool.

Hirogami just makes me think of Tearaway.

@4fold One genre I'd love to see in VR is JRPGs, but I fear they are too expensive to make compared to how many people would buy them.

The Chinese Room just sounds like the wrong dev for this type of game.

Looking at their past games, this was like trying to get a Punk band to make a Prog Jazz album.

That's good news, I really enjoyed the first DS. I don't know much about DS2 since I've purposely avoided reading about it so I can experience it fresh.

@Hyper_Hippy_Gaming You can see the trailer for the VR mod for Ready or Not here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rsle5hjhOQ

That mod was bankrolled by one Youtuber and made by one modder. Of course there is hard work involved, but it would be no issue at all for Sony to make such a thing happen.

And yes, I do like 3rd person VR too. I mostly use UEVR for that if the game is made in Unreal Engine.

Sounds awful.

I'll probably watch it.

I can understand why Sony doesn't produce big first party VR titles, as the player base just isn't big enough to warrant such investments. But I can't forgive the fact they can't be bothered to even port some their great flatscreen games into VR, when such ports cost a fraction of developing new games and would also be a great way of exploring said games from a new perspective.

@gaston Did you ever play Half-Life Alyx? From what footage I've seen of Lies and Rain it pretty much borrows the puzzles and interactivity of that game wholesale. Which is...not a bad idea actually.

It's been a good gaming week...

Demeo

Tabletop RPG, but in VR. Love moving those little miniatures around and rolling the dice like physical objects, but in virtual reality of course. The game is pretty difficult, but I'm starting to pick up some strategies along the way.

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom

A chaotic platformer, except you're driving a little wind-up taxi instead of jumping around the place. I very much recommend this, so let's hope they bring it to console eventually.

@Oram77 Lore Actually. The next great xmas blockbuster.

@AdamNovice There's a reason they don't have that sort of user-created levels where you can choose the name and look of targets: It would 90% be kill this or that politician.

The size of the Steam Machine compared to PS5 is actually like this:

Not bad, honestly. They could have done a lot worse.

The rest of the crew (writers, producers etc) is more worrying though.

@AhmadSumadi Nice! I have Banishers in my backlog, from a Humble Bundle I think. Game looks pretty interesting, even if it apparently didn't sell much (Sadly the story of many games these days).

@PuppetMaster I took a while (and some tutorials) to get into Resonance of Fate's combat system, but once it clicked it was a lot of fun.

I've dealt drugs in Schedule 1, and then felt like I used all said drugs myself by playing Mouthwashing.

No not a threat whatsoever, but it might be the gateway drug to PC gaming for a handful of curious console gamers.

Too late.

As the saying goes; Hell hath no fury like a Playstation gamer deplatformed.

It honestly looks pretty mediocre, imo.

Although I like them, there are so many of these serious racing sims. I could use something in the middle of full sim and full arcade, like Driveclub.

No Guts No Glory