nDream's CEO on DirectX 12 and VR combination.
nDreams CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh explains why the studio went all-in on a PSVR2 exclusive game.
Interesting article. It does look great in terms of production values and gameplay. The only question at this point is the length, although it clearly has LOADS of replay value thanks to the nature of the score offered at the end of each round (it's a bit like DMC), which I can see becoming very addictive.
Too many gameplay previewers are not talking about the traversal and climbing aspects. I've watched a few that haven't climbed anything even once and some aren't even using the amazing cover system, because they're having way too much fun with the shooting and telekinesis.
I guess it shows there's an abundance of ways to complete each level. I'm betting the game will force you to utilise these different ways in later levels in order to survive.
I just watched this preview, which was pretty good (if you can get past the lame language), and unlike most, it's shown at 4K (albeit only 60fps), so you can get a better appreciation of the graphics:
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Looks pretty damn cool. The guy in the video doesn’t read most of the stuff and just runs by it . It seems you can do more but he didn’t bother to check it out lol. It was also funny with the skill tree he just randomly selects whatever class and skills instantly and doesn’t bother to read them first. I would never do that .
Anyway game looks great.
A bit like dmc is a turn off for me. As excited as I am for psvr2 I'd love to see some of the type of games I enjoy vr upped. I'm not much into alot of fps shooters although I find some enjoyable. I'll admit a fps definitely feels different in vr from what I have played. I'm not trashing vr I really enjoyed it l, just would like to see some rpgs and platformer type games, I mentioned yesterday about xcom I know it wouldn't probably happen but I'd love to see xcom 2 in vr I'd buy one today
It's only the fact that it ranks your performance that's like DMC - like clearing an area quickly or stylishly - the rest of the game couldn't be more different. The skill trees are looking pretty deep, I've since seen in other videos, so I'm really liking what I've seen so far. Looks like there are more enemy types and guns than I first thought, too. These previews are all from the first 2 levels and they can only show 12 minutes.
Last year brought the next generation of VR hardware, says Ndreams' Patrick O'Luanaigh, and 2020 will see the same revolution in VR software
It was happening all the time in VR. Journalists just weren't looking. Multi million sales. Repeat buyers where owners of headsets have dozens of games. Bigger games being made. They Just weren't caring enough to report it and make articles about it when their concentration was on flat gaming only.
To a VR gamer, this is old news.
Yeah...I'm not sure this info is still current but I read recently that Steam said there were over 1.5 million headsets in use, though it didn't include those headsets that weren't plugged in during the time of data collection.
The next survey will have a way of knowing if a headset has been present and in use multiple times, even if it's not connected at the moment the info is uploaded, so the true number is probably even greater.
It'll be a long road, but things continue to gather pace and will snowball. The more headsets out there, the more games will be made therefore the number of excellent games will increase which then leads to more headsets being sold, so on and so forth :)
PS: It's harder to write clickbait articles that attract lots of views about VR games, so that's another reason gaming sites don't care ;) Why write about actual gaming when you can say, 'Tomb Raider is better than Uncharted!" and watch the clicks roll in :s
If we want VR to truly take off, then a joint venture is the next logical step. Sony, Valve, and Oculus all need to agree to some VR standardization for proper 3rd party support. Secondly, every 1st party IP should be treated like a timed exclusive. That's what I'm hoping Jim Ryan meant when he said we could see more Sony IPs on PC. Sony brings Astrobot to the other two, Valve readies Alyx, and Oculus releases Phantom:Covert Ops after 6 months of platform exclusivity as an example. Thirdly, extend an open invitation to MS and Nintendo to follow suit anytime they wish to join the VR market. Being inclusive instead of exclusive will be the fastest way to substantially grow the market - now that the painful infancy period is over.
Dreams allowing anybody to create any VR experience is gonna help, too. So no longer will we have to wait for devs to make the games, we can just make the VR game of our Dreams.
nDreams has been confirmed as a Daydream developer, with two projects in the works for Google's new mobile VR platform.
More people talking about Directx 12 benefits is always good :)
To think that games that look amazing now weren't even done with the latest API is crazy
If VR takes off Microsoft will join but to be honest I can't see VR being widely adopted until years from now
Approved milk...mmm tasty
heres hoping we can one day get 60 fps back to being a standard in games mmmm so smooth.
DX12 supports dual GPU setup which is very Good for VR gaming.
“Yes. DX12 seems to be incredibly fast and capable of delivering some massive performance benefits,” he said to GamingBolt. “We’ve been talking to both AMD and nVidia, and I think you’ll see the combination of DX12 and new PC graphics card technology make high-resolution, high quality, high frame-rate PC VR achievable.”
Nice.
:)