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Metro Awakening Could be VR's Next Half-Life: Alyx

Vertigo Games' Metro Awakening is the latest AAA game announced for VR. And it could be VR's next Half-Life: Alyx.

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1nsomniac457d ago

I hope so. Might give me a reason to dig out the PSVR2.

F0XH0UND922456d ago

Oh you must have beaten all the good VR games already?

Petebloodyonion457d ago

If Vertigo tries for the real AAA experience like Valve did then yeah
But if Vertigo tries for the light Call of the mountain experience then nope it will be another... light eperience

MrBaskerville457d ago

It looked very much like a proper metro game in vr. I'm mostly worried about its length. Hopefully atleast 6+ hours and not 2.

EvertonFC457d ago

Agreed hoping for some decent hours to be had, 6 plus sounds about right.
Love the series so wiping the gas mask clean, changing filters, checking watch and reloading weapon should be fantastic.
Also one for the headphones, going to be so atmospheric and not for the faint hearted.

MrBaskerville457d ago

@EvertonFC
Mega jank or short playtime is the only thing that could kill the potential in this one, as I see it. And I don't really believe that they would go with something super short.

I'm very optimistic, they really just need to combine Re4 Remake with Metro last Light and we're golden.

Neonridr456d ago

looking like a VR game and being an actual game and not some slice is completely different. We will know more in time though.

fr0sty457d ago

COTM was a launch title, so it being short and light on content is to be expected.

coolbeans457d ago

That's perfectly fine too, but I don't think that detracts from Peter's main point: there's a gap between COTM & what HL: Alyx accomplished as VR-only titles.

MrBaskerville457d ago

Short is ok, that't to be expected from a vr game. But there's short and there's demo sized.

DefenderOfDoom2457d ago

I would buy a PSVR2 just to play this game .

Leeroyw457d ago

Buy it for resident evil 4. It's amazing.

EvertonFC457d ago

So many great games, I've still got about 20 games on my wishlist to get through.
Wallets going to hurt this year with VR and traditional games.

generic-user-name457d ago

IMO RE8 and RE4 already clear Alyx. Yes Alyx is ground-up VR so it has more of a cohesive feel but the RE games are full AAA campaigns that are thrilling and using the iconic guns of RE4 in VR is something else.

Neonridr456d ago

Alyx will always be the benchmark personally because it was designed for VR. It didn't have VR shoe-horned into it. While Village and RE4 are fantastic, not being able to interact with your environment properly is what sets something like Alyx apart.

generic-user-name456d ago

Walking up to bottle and picking it up is cool and all but there's more to a game that that and I feel like it's something that is more of a novelty. There's much more to the combat in something like RE4 with multiple enemies rushing you (not dumbed down numbers for VR) and actually physically parrying attacks with a knife before single-hand pumping Leon's shotgun etc.

If you prefer Alyx, that's cool, it's an amazing game for sure and I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, but for me the RE VR games do more.

Neonridr456d ago

@generic - for me, VR is all about immersion. Resident Evil is amazing, but when you can't even interact with a single thing around you, it feels very limiting IMO.

Everyone is different of course. Arizona Sunshine and the Walking Dead has tons of enemies and frenetic paces, and they still allow you to interact with almost everything in sight. Even simple things like putting your hand against a wall and being able to place your hand on it. It's all about the little things for me in VR. Climbing ladders, vaulting over things, etc.

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GORN 2 Review - Murder at its Finest | XR Source

GORN 2 is out now, and in this review you'll learn why it goes hard to improve on the original with a brand new developer.

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arissaseah5115h ago

It's good and will play it again

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Xbox VR Headset: Everything You Need to Know

Meta revealed that an Xbox VR headset was on the way back in 2024, so where is it? And what form can we expect it to take?

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OtterX1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

Yea, the problem is that the games worth playing in VR in Microsoft's catalog do not run on Meta OS. Hands down one of the best VR experiences I've had was MS Flight Simulator, and you need a beast of a system to run it well! The one thing that could push Meta headsets is an "official" release of Minecraft VR. You had to do some workarounds before to get it running in VR (which is an amazing experience, I don't actually play the game flat), but they just removed all VR support for the game after an update at the end of March. Bring it back with an official, easy to use Meta Quest version. I wouldn't buy an XBox branded Quest, but I'd at least like to see them do a bigger push into VR. Doubt they'd do it bc it's still so niche, and they're struggling atm and trimming the fat as it is. (But omg, would I kill for an official Forza Horizon in VR w wheel support!!)

RaiderNation1d 5h ago

I'm not sure that a Metaquest with an Xbox logo slapped on it constitutes it being an "Xbox" headset. But whatever.

Aloymetal1d 5h ago

Holololenzz 2.0 Phil Edition...

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darthv721d 2h ago

Hololens is a damn cool kit... problem is price. So if there was a cheaper 2.0, I'd be down for that. I know you are trying to make a dig, that just shows you never experienced it.

1Victor10h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Let’s be real for a second no Jk if Microsoft didn’t do a vr when Xbox was hot halo, Forza and gears was exclusive and sold systems there is a 80 billions of reasons and 1billion degree below Zero chance it will not be released in the near future but hey I’ve been wrong before 🤷🏿.

Jingsing12h ago

Future of Xbox is to slap an Xbox logo on things like slapping a Windows key on a keyboard.

coldfire9848h ago

yeah and the funny thing is is I was considering buying one before they made it pointless to own one. Not only will I not buy one this generation, I have no faith in the brand being relevant or support in the future so I doubt I will ever buy one. I can't see any situation where I would ever choose xbox over the other systems.

anast11h ago

Yeah, this thing is going to be jank.

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All the New VR Games Launching in May 2025

What new VR games are launching this May? Here's the full rundown of titles confirmed for Meta Quest, PSVR 2 and SteamVR.

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StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

For some reason people think VR is not a thing. As if we aren’t getting amazing games in VR.

Babadook72d ago

Yup. They don’t use one and assume therefore it’s dead. In reality it provides the very best experiences and is healthy despite being niche.

Neonridr1d 12h ago

to be fair I honestly don't know how many of the games listed here would fall under the "amazing" category. But it seems there's stuff there, for all sorts of different folk.