@themcnoisy Sigh, when I say they're getting 8's and 9's across the board, I'm talking about websites with gaming reputations people trust. For instance, if I trust a site like Destructoid, and they give a game a favorable score, I'm not going to let a site I've never heard of or don't respect sway me too much before I try it for myself. For example, the Metacritic for Driveclub VR is in the 60's. However, the score that knocked it down to the 60s, despite every other score being higher than a 60, was a review from digital spy, who gave it a 20/100. A site who has admitted that for multiple titles they simply can't stand playing them due to motion sickness. Even on games other review sites aren't complaining about. Agree to disagree on the games being "tech demos". Are many of them like that? Sure. But I see many of these games as what they are...full fledge games. Just because Battlezone or RIGS isn't Uncharted or Call of Duty, doesn't make them tech demos. In my era they were called arcade games, and with added focus on online, make them very much like titles like Rocket League, which you could also argue are "tech demos", but are simply repetitive online games that you can play for hundreds of hours and not even notice. Batman is a tech demo. There's a difference. I can't replay that countless times and pretend to be shocked that I already knew the answers to the detective work. RIGS though is as much fun the 100th time as it is the 20th. If you're judging just because you don't like the titles, that's fine. Maybe you came off the wrong way... doesn't matter. I hope you get the type of titles you're looking for. For a gamer like me though, where I'm honestly completely unexcited for another Cod, Battlefield, Gears, Uncharted, The Order etc... (ie: games that are either the same old fps or games that are story driven graphical adventures that hold your hand through mundane gameplay to get you through what is essentially just an interactive movie), this is more my speed. I prefer gameplay focus games, and these fit the bill. I think titles like Robinson: the Journey might be more your speed if you want something story based. If you're excited for Eve... well, temper your expectations. If you hate the idea of RIGS and Battlezone, it's a similar idea but in space. Single player missions are largely repetitive, like Battlezone.
@themcnoisy Prove you wrong? Ok, easy. Multiple games are getting 9's and 8's across the board. Just because this might be edging out the other titles, doesn't mean the ones who scored slightly less aren't worth playing. Even a single 9 for the launch of a system is astounding, none the less multiple. I'm not sure how many console launches you've lived through, but the amount of titles for the PSVR release combined with the amount of well scored titles among that batch, points to a very successful group of games. If you want to wait, that's you're thing. But saying games like Battlezone, RIGS, or Thumper are crap because their scores are .5 or 1 point less than this one, which is just a Dreamcast port, is absurd.
@Neolit What's really interesting about that chart isn't the XB1 vs PS4, it's the PSP raking in 80 mil. Funny, back in the day, everyone said the PSP failed just because the NDS did so well. It's sold roughly twice as much as the PS4, but because the PS4 is the "winner", people see it as more successful. Heck, it's outsold the 3DS by 20 million units! Just wow...
The game is great. To be honest, I saw your gameplay on Youtube, and I think the game is just a bit too much for you. Not trying to insult you, it's going to be like this for VR games for many people, but you seemed completely disoriented, confused and out of your element.
@JaxonH Considering they didn't make millions, nor have they even released the system in most territories, I'd say "many hundreds of thousands" is about on mark. Right now, last I checked, Oculus was mid 300,000s, and Vive was high 400,000s. The word "many", to me, means at least 3-5, as 2 would be a couple, and several is usually 7 or more. If that's the case, PSVR has at least caught up to Oculus literally overnight. For a system relying off the purchase of ANOTHER system to play it, that's pretty damn good.
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Re: Review: Headmaster (PS4)
People saying there aren't enough PSVR games have something wrong with them. I keep forgetting about titles like this. UGH, not enough time!
On an unrelated note, is Moto Racer 4 out yet? It says the release date was yesterday, but I haven't heard anything.
Re: Review: Rez Infinite (PS4)
@themcnoisy
Sigh, when I say they're getting 8's and 9's across the board, I'm talking about websites with gaming reputations people trust. For instance, if I trust a site like Destructoid, and they give a game a favorable score, I'm not going to let a site I've never heard of or don't respect sway me too much before I try it for myself. For example, the Metacritic for Driveclub VR is in the 60's. However, the score that knocked it down to the 60s, despite every other score being higher than a 60, was a review from digital spy, who gave it a 20/100. A site who has admitted that for multiple titles they simply can't stand playing them due to motion sickness. Even on games other review sites aren't complaining about.
Agree to disagree on the games being "tech demos". Are many of them like that? Sure. But I see many of these games as what they are...full fledge games. Just because Battlezone or RIGS isn't Uncharted or Call of Duty, doesn't make them tech demos. In my era they were called arcade games, and with added focus on online, make them very much like titles like Rocket League, which you could also argue are "tech demos", but are simply repetitive online games that you can play for hundreds of hours and not even notice. Batman is a tech demo. There's a difference. I can't replay that countless times and pretend to be shocked that I already knew the answers to the detective work. RIGS though is as much fun the 100th time as it is the 20th.
If you're judging just because you don't like the titles, that's fine. Maybe you came off the wrong way... doesn't matter. I hope you get the type of titles you're looking for. For a gamer like me though, where I'm honestly completely unexcited for another Cod, Battlefield, Gears, Uncharted, The Order etc... (ie: games that are either the same old fps or games that are story driven graphical adventures that hold your hand through mundane gameplay to get you through what is essentially just an interactive movie), this is more my speed. I prefer gameplay focus games, and these fit the bill. I think titles like Robinson: the Journey might be more your speed if you want something story based. If you're excited for Eve... well, temper your expectations. If you hate the idea of RIGS and Battlezone, it's a similar idea but in space. Single player missions are largely repetitive, like Battlezone.
Re: Review: DriveClub VR (PS4)
@dryrain Many already have been getting good scores...
Re: Review: Rez Infinite (PS4)
@0M3GA Child of Eden looks like Rez because they're both made by Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
Re: Review: Rez Infinite (PS4)
@themcnoisy Prove you wrong? Ok, easy.
Multiple games are getting 9's and 8's across the board. Just because this might be edging out the other titles, doesn't mean the ones who scored slightly less aren't worth playing. Even a single 9 for the launch of a system is astounding, none the less multiple. I'm not sure how many console launches you've lived through, but the amount of titles for the PSVR release combined with the amount of well scored titles among that batch, points to a very successful group of games. If you want to wait, that's you're thing. But saying games like Battlezone, RIGS, or Thumper are crap because their scores are .5 or 1 point less than this one, which is just a Dreamcast port, is absurd.
Re: Review: Rez Infinite (PS4)
One of my favorite games of all time, now with it's only "issue", controls, being addressed with hyper accurate head tracking. Count me in.
Re: PS4 Slumps to Third Successive NPD Defeat
@Neolit What's really interesting about that chart isn't the XB1 vs PS4, it's the PSP raking in 80 mil. Funny, back in the day, everyone said the PSP failed just because the NDS did so well. It's sold roughly twice as much as the PS4, but because the PS4 is the "winner", people see it as more successful. Heck, it's outsold the 3DS by 20 million units! Just wow...
Re: PS4 Slumps to Third Successive NPD Defeat
@XCWarrior When we live in a world where a Wii U is worth 300 bucks, despite literally being dead, 150 bucks for a new PS4 isn't going to happen.
Re: Review: RIGS: Mechanized Combat League (PS4)
The game is great. To be honest, I saw your gameplay on Youtube, and I think the game is just a bit too much for you. Not trying to insult you, it's going to be like this for VR games for many people, but you seemed completely disoriented, confused and out of your element.
Re: Sony Forecasting 'Hundreds of Thousands' of PlayStation VR Sales
@JaxonH
Considering they didn't make millions, nor have they even released the system in most territories, I'd say "many hundreds of thousands" is about on mark. Right now, last I checked, Oculus was mid 300,000s, and Vive was high 400,000s. The word "many", to me, means at least 3-5, as 2 would be a couple, and several is usually 7 or more. If that's the case, PSVR has at least caught up to Oculus literally overnight. For a system relying off the purchase of ANOTHER system to play it, that's pretty damn good.