Rez is worth it, best VR experience yet. But true I'm in the same boat, I spend too much already and pro is coming.
- Headset CAD 550
- Rigs CAD 60
- DriveClub VR CAD 27
- Tumble VR CAD 13.50
- Super Stardust Ultra VR CAD 27
- Thumper CAD 27
- Wayward Sky CAD 27
- Rez Infinite CAD 40

It all adds up and the conversion rate doesn't help. Batman is 27 here too, for 2 hours I'm not so sure. VR worlds 50, too much. My kids are begging for Job simulator, 40 for them playing each job maybe twice... I'm on the fence with Here they lie. I liked the demo and really want to play a horror game (Rush of blood demo was cool but not really what I'm looking for). Is Here they lie anything like Outlast? Walking through the creepy tunnels in the demo was very enjoyable.

I haven't even tried them. Wherever I turn the console on, my wife and daughter appear out of nowhere and take over! Hopefully tonight I get a shot. I've really only played demos up to this point.

Haha, same here. Still have to try thumper, star dust, rigs and bound (which I bought long ago)
Then I find myself playing Rez until 2:30 am :/ Coffee time. I've only finished Wayward sky so far, want another playthrough though.

First impression of Bound in VR:


Wow, that immersion level. First thing I did was have the character walk straight up to me and stare her right in the eyes. What a weird experience. Of course then she stuck her head forward and I got a view of the inside lol. However that sense of presence is something else. You have that with the Kitchen demo as well, yet the characters won't sit still there.

The game is great in VR, everything moves and since the graphics are already meant to be sort of glitchy any camera clipping through walls seems natural. All the effects look amazing in VR, sense of scale is immense with open levels and plenty awesome spaces to look around. You move the character through a 3D parkour with the right stick while you move your own viewpoint in discreet steps with the left stick following the character. It works, gives it a kinda voyeuristic feel.

There is no spoken text (distorted sound instead) with floating subtitles taking care of the (sparse) narrative. You do have to be looking the right way to see the subtitles. You can freely switch back to 2D in the options, what a difference.


2D version might look better in screenshots, yet compared to how it looks in the headset the 2D version looks flat, boring, washed out with narrow fov. No clue how vr games can effectively get advertised.

First impressions of Thumper:

Very first impressions: Well this is kinda bland and boring but it quickly gets better.

You're speeding down a roller coaster track and only need the left stick or d-pad and X to get throught the levels. It's a music rythm game, each level adds another kind of obstacle and stages gradually get longer and harder with quick successions of jumps dodges and corners. Higher levels get more stages and each level has 1 or more sub bosses and an end boss which require perfectly executing a few patterns to take them out.

The good thing is, when you time your actions right they fall inside the beat of the music and add flavor to the thumping background track. After a while you really get into zone with everything speeding by including animated scenery to distract you. It becomes quite a challenge later on, I completed the first 4 levels so far, the 4th one took me over an hour. It's not easy to recover from mistakes as the track keeps speeding on but you always instantly restart from the last checkpoint when you run out of lives. It definitely has that one more go appeal.

The graphics are solid, however it doesn't do much with the VR helmet. You never need to move your head so it's pretty much a stereographic 3D game. The glasses do help with immersion yet the experience would be the same on a (very) large tv with 3D glasses. It could also use more variety in the scenery and music. So far every level has had the same end boss mr glowy eyes

Overall, very immersive, great sense of speed, a bit claustrophobic in the tunnels now and then in a good way. Very colorful too.
Compared to Rez infinite this feels a lot smaller in scale, almost cozy.

Time for a little bit more Rez, just Friday left anyway, who needs sleep :/

I watched to trailer. It certainly looks different. If you had to give it a number score, what would you give it? I'm considering a buy.

Let me rank what I've played so far

1. Rez Infinite 10/10, it's a must have. I only wish Area X was longer

Unfortunately the demo does no favors to this game, short with little bits of different levels, no time to get into the music at all
2. Thumper 9/10 Very addictive gameplay, could use a little more variation. Demo is a great representation of the full game.
3. Bound 8/10 Awesome world to explore, looks amazing. Gameplay could use a little more variation, dancing mechanique feels underutilized.
4. Alumette 8/10 free download animated movie, more interactive than you think. Amazing to walk through the sets.
5. Wayward sky 7/10 Point and click puzzle adventure, just feels right in VR. However pretty short and very easy. Try the demo first.
6. RIGS 7/10 My kids like it, it looks very solid. Matches are a bit short though, lot of loading screens.
7. Super Stardust Ultra VR 7/10 Original game is great, VR arena very low res and prone to motion sickness.
8. Tumble VR 7/10 Not much different from the original Tumble, yet still a fun puzzle game. Move can be a bit finicky.
9. DriveClub VR 6/10 Sitting in the car is awesome, racing feels right, low res downgraded environments look disappointing

As for further demos:
Playroom VR Robot escape 9/10 3D platformers in VR can be great
Until dawn rush of blood 8.5/10 Great on rails rollercoaster ride
Resident Evil 7 Kitchen 8/10 I'm suddenly interested in a Resident Evil game
Battlezone 7.5/10 Looks solid, gameplay is fun, not sure if worth full price
Harmonix Music VR 7.5/10 Painting in 3D is fun
Here they lie 7/10 Walking around the tunnels is great, very low res however. Still most likely to be my next purchase.
Eve Valkyrie 7/10 Demo is very short
Playstation VR worlds 6.5/10 Knocking the balls around in the menu screen is fun, ocean decent looks cool, shooting gallery is ok.
Job Simulator 6.5/10 Fun for the duration of the demo.
Gnog 6/10 Looks great, yet why am I moving a floating cursor to interact, bad control scheme
Headmaster 5/10 It works, I was bored before the end
Within 4/10 Media player, 360 videos don't look all that good to me
Video VR 3/10 Media player, hard to read the text, more 360 videos
Littlestar VR cinema 3/10 Rio video is fun to watch once.

PSVR overall experience 9/10, keeping me up every night.

Super stardust Ultra VR

Playing the original game in VR is pretty neat. The planet feels like it's floating in front of you, 10ft diameter with the ship an oversized remote control toy. VR or rather 3D makes it easier to see what's coming from the other side. Head tracking works great and everything feels very smooth. Some of the enemies look a bit pixelated but overall the graphics are solid.

There is a new 3D VR arena where you sit inside the ship, cockpit simulated around you and have to take out waves of enemies in a small arena. This mode is very low res with a lot of aliasing going on and it's the first time I felt any signs of motion sickness. You strafe, rotate, move up and down due to the terrain, all while aiming with you head which usually means looking in a different direction then what you're going in, including looking almost behind you. Turning your head from side to side while doing all the motions with the ship can trigger some uneasiness. It never got to the point where it became a nuisance yet be warned. (The orignal modes have no such problems since you're stationary and only looking at different sides of the planet)

Overall solid conversion of the original game with a bit of an underwhelming 3D arena addition. 7/10

Good insight. I think I'm going to buy Bound in a minute --even though I shouldn't. Too much to play.

I have:

-Here They Lie: scared the crap out of me. Only played 30 minutes of it. The only have that actually made me feel slight motion sickness.

-Batman VR: haven't even tried it, yet.

-PlayStation VR Worlds: only played 2/5 of it. Ocean tour and a few levels of Street Luge. While disc feels really polished.

-Until Dawn Rush of Blood: plays like a dream with Move controllers. Only played two levels, though.

-Plaroom VR: only played a few minutes of it.

-Demo disc: most of the games played are the ones I already own. I did like Tumble VR but I can see it getting frustrating.

I like your opinion so I'll keep looking forward to your impressions.

I'm also very disappointed in the quality of 360 videos. It's like watching early YouTube videos. Way too blurry.