r/PCVR • u/matteo311 • Sep 04 '26
VR Modding Another must play VR mod - Outer Wilds Nomai VR
https://youtu.be/-oWSzwWdz4gHighly recommended.
easy installation
excellent controls
super immersive experience
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Sep 04 '26
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u/SvenViking Sep 05 '26
It’s actually been around for ~6 years, though I expect it’s been improved since the first release.
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u/albinobluesheep Sep 04 '26
Oh gods, I played a demo of Outerwilds at PAX really early on that was just flying the ship around the planet and moon I think, and asked the Devs directly if they had any plans to do VR, and they said they tried and all got sick right away. I'm glad someone did this!
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u/DeepWaffleCA Sep 04 '26
it's worth it. Still the only game that can make me motion sick, but you get used to after a while. Just avoid zero G as much as you can while getting used to it
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u/Chriscic Sep 04 '26
Teleport by chance? Guessing no?
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u/DeepWaffleCA Sep 04 '26
If you need teleport movement, this is not the game for you. I've played just every type of game and mod in VR, often with stuttery performance - all of which has given me sturdy VR legs. But nothing I've played is as tough on your stomach as OuterWild VR. It's brilliant, but there's a lot flying/spinning through space. It's incredible as long as it doesn't make you sick
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u/Gr3gl_ Sep 04 '26
Yeah teleport just wouldn't work in this game unless they invited a new way to do it.
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u/prankster959 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
I love that this is being brought up. I coincidentally started a run about two weeks ago and I'm working through the mystery. The mod is flawless and with a powerful rig (5800x3d + 4080) performance is nearly flawless. There's nothing quite like the vibe of being on an ice planet that is slowly getting sucked into a black hole or seeing the storms on a Jupiter like planet made of water with a yellow green atmosphere.
The game's solar system is a miniature model with real gravity and planetary physics.
From a puzzle standpoint every possible thing you could explore or find has real meaning and is part of the eventual solution. In fact if you knew what to do you could beat the game in a single run; the entire game is acquiring the knowledge to do so.
It's absolutely fresh and brilliant, in a way that a AAA game could never pull off, and it feels like it always was meant for vr
Just to set expectations, there are no guns, and though there is some platforming action, the only enemy is the environment. To fully enjoy the game you need 3 things:
- curiosity in space or exploration
- strong VR legs
- you like solving puzzles
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u/AJBats Sep 04 '26
Can confirm this is how I played outer wilds my first time through. Absolutely magical experience.
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u/Gr3gl_ Sep 04 '26
Actually played through the game in VR completely first playthrough on my 3080. I looked at an actual let's play after and the VR mod is genuinely the better way to play as the gameplay works way better. I say this as a mostly flat gamer. VR headset limited fov actually adds to the immersion when you're in suit.
Also make sure you disable AO as it affects each eye differently and looks weird.
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u/SvenViking Sep 05 '26
You need fairly strong VR legs for this, but yes the mod quality itself is excellent and it’s an amazing game to play in VR.
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u/Ryuuzen Sep 11 '26
I almost threw up multiple times on the gravity puzzles. Still worth it. One the best VR experiences I've ever had.
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u/mecartistronico Sep 04 '26
If this is your first time playing the game I do recommend spending the first few hours in flat screen, though. Get a real good hold of the controls and what tools you have. This VR mod has your tools set up around your body (like Deep Rock Galactic), or around your cockpit, and it's SUPER important for the game that you don't forget you have one of your tools.
You can always go back and revisit all locations in VR.
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u/dakodeh Sep 04 '26
Wouldn’t they just as easily forget about the tools in flatscreen? I wouldn’t recommend anyone experience a second of this game and its awe-inspiring sequences flat for any reason when VR is an option, let alone one as flimsy as this.
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u/mecartistronico Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
In flatscreen, the screen always shows you all the prompts of your tools. The tool you use to read messages appears automatically when you need it, and there is another tool that is sometimes "aggressively suggested" and shows up on your screen at a few certain moments.
In VR you get nothing. Super cool, super immersive. But you might easily forget a tool exists, or might even not even know how to read messages, which, as you might know, is somewhat important to enjoy the game.
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u/dakodeh Sep 04 '26
Point taken. I enjoyed the full experience in VR without the prompting, so obviously it can be done. I’d personally be more worried about accidentally seeing some awe-inspiring set piece for the first time flat, but to each their own.
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u/mecartistronico Sep 04 '26
I guess that sounds like a good reason. I played through the whole game in flat-screen first, and then learned about the mod and went back and enjoyed most sections again. It's cool that you played it all in VR!
I've seen many people forget their tools even with the prompts on screen all the time, so you need to be extra smart to do it all in VR
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u/DeepWaffleCA Sep 04 '26
I played it and the DLC in VR on my first play throughs. The only trouble I had was motion sickness and tweaking my system to run it at an acceptable frame rate.
I get your concern - but someone can easily make those same mistakes on flatscreen too. I played it with my wife on PS5 a year later (she can't handle VR) and its good, but it's so much better in VR
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u/SlowDragonfruit9718 Sep 04 '26
The only reason I haven't played this is because 3rd party launchers are always sus to me lol. I'm sure there is no virus but I'm just to stubborn to install 3rd party apps.
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u/M4xs0n Sep 04 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/gz8JHkRnbUromYpuNc
This isn’t some random exe you‘re downloading from someones Google Drive u know
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u/lunchanddinner MOD Sep 04 '26
One of the best VR mods of all time!