henke on 1/10/2025 at 09:09
Yeah it looks alright! I like that there's a lot of climbing opportunities along pipes and stuff, and also being able to hit a guard in the back of the knee to make them buckle over is a cool addition. :)
henke on 1/10/2025 at 10:34
Eurogamer's Ian Higton also got to play the demo and did a video.
[video=youtube;84wAQRsuY3g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84wAQRsuY3g[/video]
Noteworty stuff:
-A couple neat uses of the microphone: you can put out candles by actually blowing them out and you can alert guards by shouting at them. :D (yes this feature is optional)
-locomotion is strictly smooth, no teleport option. Of course teleport would perhaps make it too easy, but I can't help but feel this'll limit who can and wants to play the game further.
-the production quality ain't quite on par with Batman: Arkham Shadow (but of course it wouldn't be, that game was a bigger production).
-it's weird that the bow apparently isn't very good. Bows in VR feel like a solved problem by now with countless games using them to great effect. :erg:
-release date is still just a non-specific 2025, but this late in the year I can't help by imagine it'll get pushed back to next year.
Rubim on 1/10/2025 at 10:37
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Just watched the gameplay trailer.
1)I'm not sure I believe those people, what if they are getting paid?
2) I bought a PSVR2 since it checked the most boxes. Glad that's the headset they seemed to have designed the game around.
3) I'm cautiously optimistic but my gut tells me this is going to be Thi5f
1) Its why you usually follow a Youtuber with the same taste in videogames like you do.
2) Why did you get that impression? In that specific case, the game was designed to the lower denominator, aka, Quest.
I would say that's actually completed devoided of any specific PSVR feature, but i can't fanthom going back to cables after being free to move around.
3) The only thing that's thief is the setting, everything else, its just a standard VR game.
Svperstar on 1/10/2025 at 12:08
Quote Posted by Rubim
1) Its why you usually follow a Youtuber with the same taste in videogames like you do.
2) Why did you get that impression? In that specific case, the game was designed to the lower denominator, aka, Quest.
I would say that's actually completed devoided of any specific PSVR feature, but i can't fanthom going back to cables after being free to move around.
3) The only thing that's thief is the setting, everything else, its just a standard VR game.
Everyone in the trailer is using a PSVR2 unless I'm mistaken, I'll take a cable and OLED over LCD. Once you see OLED, there is no going back especially in a pitch black game like the Thief games
Rubim on 1/10/2025 at 12:22
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Everyone in the trailer is using a PSVR2 unless I'm mistaken, I'll take a cable and OLED over LCD. Once you see OLED, there is no going back especially in a pitch black game like the Thief games
Yeah, it was played on PSVR2. But it is exactly what I said about no specific features from psvr2.
Also graphics don't even compare to Horizon VR.
Sadly it's design to the fucking quest.
Its all about trades.
Cables, OLED, Crap Lens vs No Cable, LED, Better lens.
Cigam on 1/10/2025 at 15:28
downwinder, the storylines told within the initial installments of a universe shouldn't be conflated with the universe itself.
Yes I agree that Thief 2014 tells its own story, one that is distinct and separate from the stories we played through in the first three. That does not mean it is set in an alternative universe.
Portal and Half-Life tell unconnected stories but are set in the same universe.
The first two Deus Ex's have a different story arc than the two later ones, but are set in the same universe.
RPG series can be set in the same overall universe but have different stories happening to different characters in different installments.
"Different storyline" does not prove an assertion of "alt universe".
"Different developer" does not prove an assertion of "alt universe".
Now I agree that official does not necessarily mean the same universe either. But when it is an official game that "presents itself as being set in the future of the previous official games, with the old ruins of locations from the original games and plenty of historical references to the original game characters as having lived in its past.", then it's safe to just go with this. Rather than assuming that this is all a deliberate fake put there only as "nods".
I mean it's theoretically possible that Star Wars The Force Awakens onwards are not meant to be set in the same universe as the first George Lucas-made films. And any in-film references that may create the illusion of them being set in the future of the earlier films are in actual fact fake historical evidence that were merely intended as nods from an alternative universe to an original one.
But I would say that this 'just nods from an alt universe' assertion would be someon engaging in pure personal speculation. The people who bought the rights to the official franchise have made official films that contain in-film evidence of themselves as being part of the same official franchise canon as any other film in the official franchise canon.
P.S. Didn't Basso say that he named the bird after his ex-wife?
242 on 1/10/2025 at 19:03
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I got a PSVR2 used on eBay for $240. Works perfectly fine.
The thing is that for PSVR you need PS obviously. For Quest you don't need any other hardware. Well, usually graphics are of course better in PCVR and PSVR versions, but still native Quest versions start to look quite close.
242 on 1/10/2025 at 19:12
Quote Posted by Svperstar
Everyone in the trailer is using a PSVR2 unless I'm mistaken, I'll take a cable and OLED over LCD. Once you see OLED, there is no going back especially in a pitch black game like the Thief games
Well, IMO lenses/optics are MUCH more important than LED/OLED. Pancake vs Fresnel they are just in different leagues optically. Pancake= no sweet spot- basically all FOV is clear, no god rays too. Black level in Q2/3 (LCD) is OK I think, it feels like black when in contrast with other content.
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-A couple neat uses of the microphone: you can put out candles by actually blowing them out and you can alert guards by shouting at them. (yes this feature is optional)
Wow, that's too cool :cool:
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I'm probably never going to play this because there's extremely low chances I'll ever own a VR device
I strongly recommend to do that, coz it's another level of immersion really. Even if you don't have capable PC or PS5, you can get a Meta Quest 3s for 200-300$ or Quest 3 for 300-500, it's all that is needed.
Svperstar on 1/10/2025 at 19:36
Quote Posted by 242
The thing is that for PSVR you need PS obviously. For Quest you don't need any other hardware. Well, usually graphics are of course better in PCVR and PSVR versions, but still native Quest versions start to look quite close.
I am PC only so got an adapter to play PCVR games like Alyx on PSVR2. It works great. cyberpunk 2077 with a VR mod is an amazing experience
Svperstar on 1/10/2025 at 19:40
Double post
