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I think I'll wait until they say what they're doing on the VR side before going in. Finished on the Quest about ten days ago, so I'm not in any rush to go back in right now.

I just don't have the attention span to finish these things any more. I remember finishing A Link Between Worlds and thinking that I was absolutely satisfied with every aspect of the game and it finished exactly when I was ready for it to. RE4 VR was the same a few days ago - brilliant game and wrapped up in a smidge over 20 hrs.

I want it to take twenty-odd hours to complete properly.

2 hours ago, Flub said:

I think this is supposed to be getting a PSVR2 release and looks loads of fun

 

 

I think I'll be picking this up as a nice counter to Village. It's currently listed as 22/2/23 on the PS store but I think the devs are meant to be releasing more info this week regarding price, etc. 

15 hours ago, dave7g said:

Might as well just buy the full kit wanker racing suit.

Don't forget this

I umm and arred over the bundle but I'm in it for Resi 8 to begin with and if Horizon proves to be the real killer app, I'll bite. I've still not played Saints and Sinners, so that's definitely on the radar and the kayaking thing looks like it might be up my alley as well.

I'm pretty sure if it was just a button press, It would all be there day one and Sony would be crowing their guts out about it. The hardware is different and it requires work to change existing stuff to run on it.

2 minutes ago, thesnwmn said:

 I don't believe this is just "developer choose that it should be available by ticking a box somewhere on a system".

I don't think I said that in my post, did I? The team that made that game have gone in and upgraded the whole thing for PSVR2 and added features - they have also given existing owners a free upgrade path. It shows that games can be upgraded to PSVR 2 hardware if devs want to.

Song in the Smoke will be if you bought it - free day one upgrade. Shows it's certainly doable if devs want to shunt stuff across. I hope Sony are cheap enough to make Skyrim their big winter game by bunging MS a few quid and getting a small team to do all the tweaking.

I think it's a touch early to run to the hills, screaming. Perhaps let them release it and give it a bit before writing any obituaries. It's highly unlikely to go mainstream any time soon as it is a limited audience thing - price and the simple fact that people have to physically try it to see/understand what it is kind of ensure that. It will likely have a few real heavyweights already in development and ,probably, like the first, see a range of smaller devs filling out the catalogue.

I can't see much changing in terms of the audience right now - PSVR2 is great if you are already in that VR audience but £530 on top of a PS5 , which haven't exactly been widely available, won't have the uninitiated falling over themselves to get aboard. I loved the PSVR and its library, so I'm happy to repeat that experience here. 

14 minutes ago, Stanley said:

I am bricking it just thinking about playing Resi Village in VR. It’s gonna be terrifying isn’t it 

Considering how well VII worked on the original hardware, I'll only be playing it with dark-coloured underpants on.

This is up on Nintendo's store now with a free demo - had a quick go last night and it seems great.

5 minutes ago, thesnwmn said:

My god. Innovations are dirt buildup 🤣

Sounds like a euphemism for porn shopping.

2 hours ago, Strafe said:

Half sized. Tempted to go for the deluxe large version but it wouldn’t get enough use.

Physical always gives you the resell option, so there's no downside.

6 hours ago, Loik V credern said:

Nominations!

 

Best Picture

All Quiet on the Western Front

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

TÁR

Top Gun: Maverick

Triangle of Sadness

Women Talking

 

Best Director

Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Todd Field (TÁR)

Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)

 

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (TÁR)

Ana de Armas (Blonde)

Andrea Riseborough (Til Leslie)

Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

 

Best Actor

Austin Butler (Elvis)

Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Paul Mescal (Aftersun)

Bill Nighy (Living)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)

Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)

Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Hong Chau (The Whale)

Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

 

Best International Feature Film

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)

Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)

Close (Belgium)

EO (Poland)

The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

 

Best Cinematography

James Friend (All Quiet on the Western Front)

Darius Khondji (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)

Mandy Walker (Elvis)

Roger Deakins (Empire of Light)

Florian Hoffmeister (TÁR)

 

Best Adapted Screenplay

Edward Berger, Ian Stokell, and Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front)
Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
Kazuo Ishiguro (Living)
Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie, and Eric Warren Singer (Top Gun: Maverick)
Sarah Polley (Women Talking)

 

Best Original Screenplay

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Todd Field (TÁR)

Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)

 

Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Turning Red

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

The Sea Beast

 

Best Visual Effects

Avatar: The Way of Water

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Top Gun: Maverick

 

Best Editing

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Top Gun: Maverick

TÁR

The Banshees of Inisherin

 

Best Production Design

Avatar: The Way of Water

All Quiet on the Western Front

Babylon

Elvis

The Fabelmans

 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Elvis

The Batman

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Whale

 

Best Costume Design

Elvis

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Babylon

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

 

Best Sound

Top Gun: Maverick

Elvis

Avatar: The Way of Water

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Batman

 

Best Documentary Feature

“All That Breathes”

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

“Fire of Love”

“A House Made of Splinters”

“Navalny”

 

Best Documentary Short Subject

“The Elephant Whisperers”

“Haulout”

“How Do You Measure a Year?”

“The Martha Mitchell Effect”

“Stranger at the Gate”

 

Best Live Action Short

“An Irish Goodbye”

“Ivalu”

“Le Pupille”

“Night Ride”

“The Red Suitcase”

 

Best Animated Short

“The Flying Sailor”

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”

“Ice Merchants”

“My Year of Dicks”

“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It”

 

Best Original Song

“Hold My Hand” — Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick)

“Lift Me Up”— Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

“Naatu Naatu”— Kaala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)

“Applause”— Diane Warren (Tell It Like a Woman)

“This Is a Life”— David Byrne, Ryan Lott, and Mitski (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

 

Best Original Score

Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)

John Williams (The Fabelmans)

Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front)

Simon Franglen (Avatar: The Way of Water)

Nathan Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)

Michael Abels (Nope)

Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin)

Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

That's very nice and all - but who's knocking shit out of the host this year?

1 hour ago, Strafe said:

Looks like I’ll be buying Rez again.

 

Well, upgrading it at least this time.

That and Tetris Effect. I only bought it three weeks ago on Quest 2.

Just finished this in VR and it really shows how well put together this thing really is that it felt fresh and flab-free after all these years; easily the best version of it as well, the feeling of being surrounded at the end vs the first encounter makes you feel like John Wick. I really hope Capcom had a good look at this or Village VR is going to feel like a step backwards in terms of how you interact with your gear.

The feeling of getting home from school and seeing the latest Zzap 64 on the floor was like Christmas (don't get me started on the Christmas issues) There were other mags, but Crash Zzap and AA were different.

The best, best times. RIP.

Yeah, I think if I had played before I'd have paused on the PSVR 2 pre-order for now.

5 hours ago, Stanley said:

What games are coming out for Xbox and PlayStation? (I’ve just checked and I can find Forespoken in Jan on PS, and then FFVII part 2 later on, Forza on Xbox some time in Spring)
 

Steam Deck on hold btw  I need to make a choice between that and PSVR2, mainly because I barely use all the consoles I already own, and my Switch backlog alone is massive, oh and also my wife.

 

btw one of the third party games is Octopath Traveller 2, should look great on the OLED 

 

Also! Fitness Boxing Fist of The North Star is out too, I think in March 

 

Has she tried intermittent fasting?

After about a year, I've got past the first villager encounter in RE4 and it really shines when you get used to the positions of your gear on your body. I can't believe how well it stands up and actually works in VR. About three quarters down now and it's making me very excited for Village but I hope Capcom have had a good look at this, given how the controllers are now on par for interactions. If you've got a Quest 2 and haven't tried this, get on it.

Sweet - looking forward to this.

RIP - many hours spent dying in Dropzone and screaming at mates playing IK.

Decided to leave Elden Ring until January and focus on getting on with RE4. Noticed the Rez and Tetris effect demos and spent 45 mins on them and now am having to resist buying them both as I'll probably get rid of the Quest early next year. Tetris Effect is only a tenner, though.