Not sure if Tabbletop sim is getting a huge boost from nerds like me who bought it to substitute for canceled game nights or flow on from being a VR program riding Alyx's coat-tails or it's generous sale price, probably a combination of all 3 and still cool eithere way! Hopefully this economy shutdown goes on long enough to finish this gloomhaven campaign.

I don't want to take a dump on Alyx because I never played it myself and maybe in time I will (not interested in VR at the moment. Not a $$$ issue, more of a space issue).

With that said, beating Black Mesa last night made me realize what a revolutionary company Valve was at the time that they put out Half Life. Taking away the better graphics in Black Mesa, the level design is still there from Valve regarding the puzzles/pacing, encounters and it's done so perfect. Definitely my #1 FPS of all time. It's probably my 5th overall play through of Half Life 1 in some form and it's never dull. If it's remade in another 20 years, I'll happily do it all over .

Luke wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 18:00:
Wonder what all the sheeps are doing with there 1000$ vr now that Alex is done......thought so bye

Not all VR headsets costs 1k.
And I would guess they are playing the other games or sims that are 1000 times better in VR than on a 2d screen.
Does that answer your question?

yonder wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 22:47:

WannaLogAlready wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 20:15:

Luke,

Please do bother to research a little bit ...
... blah, and blah.

Or you could be like me, pass summary judgement on his reading and comprehension skills based on his post, and save yourself some time.

Got you yonder

it's just that if he could look from a different perspective, maybe ... but what do I know

It must really burn not being able to enjoy VR. But at least you can still eat from the dollar menu. Yummy.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 20:46:

RedEye9 wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 15:53:
I predict that this will be the last week we see Alex on the charts.

B...b...but DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDR! Half-Life: Alyx is going to be, like, a watershed moment in gaming, man! Like, literally bajillions of people are going to rush out and upgrade their PCs and buy Indexes and shit for VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!

VR IS GONNA WIN EVERYTHING! VR IS THE FYOOOOOOOOOOTURE!

<I may be slightly altered and find this all funny as Hell>

Meh, I was gonna buy an Index and this, but not waiting 4+ months considering new, better AR hybrid devices are already announced... and Valves 8week order time-frame is a scam by the way, if you are in the EU at least.

I was holding off on VR because I find all the current devices kinda meh, only index was above "meh" but if I can't buy it then I can happily wait for the next better thing.

Looks like the STEAM has gone out of Half-Life: Alyx. (pun intended)

WannaLogAlready wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 20:15:
Luke,

Please do bother to research a little bit.

I know, it´s work, but worth the effort, man !

At the moment there are some 600 quality VR games on Steam, -a lot are premium titles- and more come out every month.

https://i.imgur.com/wqY7bGE.png

They also include classics (Skyrim, Fallout, Serious Sam, and a long etc.) for a brand new ***re-experience***.

Yep, a good VR experience is almost so far from non VR, as accelerated 3D was from old pixelated games.


****Also you can use VORPX for playing in VR, any number of non VR games.****

It supports both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and surely any head mounted display.

Works with hundreds of DirectX 9, 10 and 11 games.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xQom_2-Hgno-zO_wQtjarapZEyW_1XCL5LB8TX8v7zc/edit#gid=0
https://www.vrgamerankings.com/last-90-days-20-best-rift-games
https://www.vrgamerankings.com/top-200-htc-vive-games
etc.

You never post a positive thing on anything, every time you disparage "the others".
Watch that pervasive bitterness, that´s a bleak road to walk.

From personal experience, talk with someone about it, your life deserves it.

Or you could be like me, pass summary judgement on his reading and comprehension skills based on his post, and save yourself some time.

Luke wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 18:00:
Wonder what all the sheeps are doing with there 1000$ vr now that Alex is done......thought so bye

$400. Quest works great with it. And at that price it's a very reasonable piece of hardware.

It's a pretty great game and definitely sold a lot of VR headsets before COVID-19 destroyed the already stretched supply chain and most peoples wallets. Regardless I'm just happy Valve found their passion and made a genuinely great game again. And hey there are already more VR gamers than Linux gamers so I guess it's the year of VR on the desktop, niche and all

Tabletop Simulator is pretty great for anyone else considering it, tons of community support.

And to comment on another title in the list here, I'm not really enjoying Doom Eternal surprisingly. They really destroyed the pace of the previous game and the over-reliance on the chainsaw/glory kill mechanic feels like they learned all the wrong lessons. I'm going to keep going going but so far so meh.

RedEye9 wrote on Apr 5, 2020, 15:53:
I predict that this will be the last week we see Alex on the charts.

B...b...but DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDR! Half-Life: Alyx is going to be, like, a watershed moment in gaming, man! Like, literally bajillions of people are going to rush out and upgrade their PCs and buy Indexes and shit for VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!

VR IS GONNA WIN EVERYTHING! VR IS THE FYOOOOOOOOOOTURE!

<I may be slightly altered and find this all funny as Hell>

Luke,

Please do bother to research a little bit.

I know, it´s work, but worth the effort, man !

At the moment there are some 600 quality VR games on Steam, -a lot are premium titles- and more come out every month.

https://i.imgur.com/wqY7bGE.png

They also include classics (Skyrim, Fallout, Serious Sam, and a long etc.) for a brand new ***re-experience***.

Yep, a good VR experience is almost so far from non VR, as accelerated 3D was from old pixelated games.


****Also you can use VORPX for playing in VR, any number of non VR games.****

It supports both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, and surely any head mounted display.

Works with hundreds of DirectX 9, 10 and 11 games.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xQom_2-Hgno-zO_wQtjarapZEyW_1XCL5LB8TX8v7zc/edit#gid=0
https://www.vrgamerankings.com/last-90-days-20-best-rift-games
https://www.vrgamerankings.com/top-200-htc-vive-games
etc.

You never post a positive thing on anything, every time you disparage "the others".
Watch that pervasive bitterness, that´s a bleak road to walk.

From personal experience, talk with someone about it, your life deserves it.


This comment was edited on Apr 5, 2020, 20:35.

Wonder what all the sheeps are doing with there 1000$ vr now that Alex is done......thought so bye

Where's PUBG?

I predict that this will be the last week we see Alex on the charts.