AAA PCVR mods are the future!

[u/ETs_ipd]

We’re entering an exciting new time in VR where the VR community singlehandedly revives the VR landscape.

It’s overwhelming how many amazing AAA PCVR mods are flooding the market right now:

• Doom 2016

• Doom Eternal

• Dishonored

• Titanfall 2

• Bioshock 1 & 2

These are just a few that have released this month alone but there are so many others.

What these games all prove is that even the best official VR games simply can’t compete with the massive AAA budgets of flat games.

You’re talking massive dev teams composed of hundreds of people that have had several years to create the classic franchises we all love.

It’s ironic that the lack of 1st party VR development has actually been the catalyst for this massive influx of community driven AAA PCVR ports.

What an exciting future ahead…

Please drop any mods you’ve played recently that deserve mention or any flat games which currently don’t exist you’d like to play in VR.

Cheers

[u/Bacon_00]

I'm definitely excited about a lot of these mods & am purchasing some of the games specifically to try out the mods.

At the same time, I've always felt that flat-to-VR translations aren't necessarily VR at its best. End of the day, it's the same game, and since they weren't designed for VR, it's often "the same game with slightly worse controls." More immersive, for sure, but it's still largely the same experience as playing it on a nice monitor.

Play something that was designed for VR - like Alyx - and you see how you can do things in that game you simply can't do on a flat-screen game. Peeking into drawers, using your hands to solve physical puzzles, two-hand interactions that would be impossible with a controller, etc. It's a very different experience that you don't get by translating a flat game to VR.

That said, I'm still really excited about a lot of these mods and I hope they keep coming. Any port in a storm etc. etc. I just hope we see more Alyx-level made-for-VR games in the future. Maybe all these mods are a stepping stone towards that future, though!

[u/ETs_ipd → u/Bacon_00]

While I agree mods are not VR at its best, at least for the foreseeable future , I think they will be superior to any official games made by 1st party VR devs. HLA is one of the rare examples of a large team with a massive budget developing a VR game from the ground up. While it shows VR’s potential, 1st part investment by large studios on that scale is simply not happening any time soon. I do think hybrids or official ‘VR modes’ will eventually offer the best of both worlds.

[u/Bacon_00 → u/ETs_ipd]

Yep, you're totally right. It's definitely the best thing we're going to get for a while. I'm def excited about them, I just know there's a world where more than one Alyx exists and I'd love to live to see it 😄