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Fallout 4 VR was released today 11/Dec/2017. Even though I bought Fallout 4 when it came out, I started creating tools to mod it but I never actually played it far enough to leave the starting vault. Over time I just never got back to it. So I wasted some more money and decided to buy Fallout 4 VR edition for good measure. I sort of wish Skyrim came first but I'll take what I can get.
I suppose this is an initial impression post. Curious how many others have VR and have picked it up and their impressions.
For reference, I have an HTC Vive and a GTX 1080 Ti and a small area to play in. My 1 hour impression so far is pretty positive. I already got further than the original game and left the vault though its not really saying much. The graphics could be sharper and I've seen better/smoother VR but it really is something to experience in proper 1st person mode. Also wonder if I need to tweak FOV or some other settings since I did get a little sick where I've had less issues in some other games.
Its not a perfect experience out of the gate. I think there is plenty of room for better mapping actions to controllers and hope this can be modded in easily. Being able to indicate what each pad does and where movement is and what not. So far I've settled in on using Left Handed mode even though I'm right handed as most comfortable. Teleport mode for movement isn't great especially since I seem to get winded fast and its a little jarring to constantly jump and I think having some sort of running mode would be nice. Their was some mode that I haven't tried that might help.
Struggled a little with melee combat so definitely will use easy mode initially which is what it defaults to. Since I'm using left handed mode, guns are in my left hand making for awkward aiming but so far I prefer movement control off my right hand as this setup does things.
While I do have some complaints I'm really looking forward to playing this as it should end up being the first RPG I've properly played in VR. Vorpx and other solutions didn't seem to work for any real length of time or Oculus updated drivers and broke the DX9 integration. I did play Skyrim at one point on the Oculus but it didn't have good controls or interaction so I decided to wait and never actually check back if mods made it any better.
Edit: Tried Direct Movement mode. That is vomit inducing if there ever was a mode for that. Stuck with teleport for now I think.
I suppose this is an initial impression post. Curious how many others have VR and have picked it up and their impressions.
For reference, I have an HTC Vive and a GTX 1080 Ti and a small area to play in. My 1 hour impression so far is pretty positive. I already got further than the original game and left the vault though its not really saying much. The graphics could be sharper and I've seen better/smoother VR but it really is something to experience in proper 1st person mode. Also wonder if I need to tweak FOV or some other settings since I did get a little sick where I've had less issues in some other games.
Its not a perfect experience out of the gate. I think there is plenty of room for better mapping actions to controllers and hope this can be modded in easily. Being able to indicate what each pad does and where movement is and what not. So far I've settled in on using Left Handed mode even though I'm right handed as most comfortable. Teleport mode for movement isn't great especially since I seem to get winded fast and its a little jarring to constantly jump and I think having some sort of running mode would be nice. Their was some mode that I haven't tried that might help.
Struggled a little with melee combat so definitely will use easy mode initially which is what it defaults to. Since I'm using left handed mode, guns are in my left hand making for awkward aiming but so far I prefer movement control off my right hand as this setup does things.
While I do have some complaints I'm really looking forward to playing this as it should end up being the first RPG I've properly played in VR. Vorpx and other solutions didn't seem to work for any real length of time or Oculus updated drivers and broke the DX9 integration. I did play Skyrim at one point on the Oculus but it didn't have good controls or interaction so I decided to wait and never actually check back if mods made it any better.
Edit: Tried Direct Movement mode. That is vomit inducing if there ever was a mode for that. Stuck with teleport for now I think.
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