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Fazz
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October 29, 2018
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Would a bigger television get me back into Pancake gaming?

I really like VR, but the lack of AAA games is making me feel I also need to get back into pancake gaming. I currently have a 42" television and I'm just wondering if I get a 55" or 65" television, if this will get me more immersed in a game like VR does? Since VR came along I've struggled to get back into 2D gaming and there's some really good pancake games that will never come to VR.

So do you think a lager screen would get me more immersed in a game or not?

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      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      May 4, 2019
      Yea Rage 2 has been on my radar since the reveal trailer. I'm going to wait for reviews but I'll likely pick it up.
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      May 4, 2019

      pyroth309 said:

      Yea Rage 2 has been on my radar since the reveal trailer. I'm going to wait for reviews but I'll likely pick it up.



      Same here - looks awesome, 1920x1080 seems the target for most, should work nicely on my plasma. Using a gamepay may be the biggest problem to me, maybe mouse + keyboard will feel more natural... 
      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      May 14, 2019
      Urgh... Rage 2 .... is dead  :# Kinda:

      https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/rage-2

      Let's hope one bright dude at Bethesda gets this great idea and approaches the CEO:

      "Hey, I think our game would be just perfect for VR"  <3  :D

      So I'm not going to buy Rage 2 today after all, maybe it's time for No Man's Sky... 
      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
      nalex66
      nalex66
      Honored Contributor
      May 14, 2019
      I think reviews for Rage 2 have been generally positive--I've read a number of 8/10 reviews. I didn't pre-order, but I've been keeping an eye on it, and it looks like something I'd enjoy. I'll grab it the first time I see it on a Steam sale. (GMG has it at a small discount, but resellers all have the Bethesda Launcher version. I'd rather get the Steam version, which includes features like cloud saves, which the Bethesda Launcher doesn't have. I'm also not sure if the BL version has Achievements, which the Steam version does have.)
      DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3. Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo
      Wildt
      Inspiring
      May 14, 2019

      nalex66 said:

      I think reviews for Rage 2 have been generally positive--I've read a number of 8/10 reviews. I didn't pre-order, but I've been keeping an eye on it, and it looks like something I'd enjoy. I'll grab it the first time I see it on a Steam sale. (GMG has it at a small discount, but resellers all have the Bethesda Launcher version. I'd rather get the Steam version, which includes features like cloud saves, which the Bethesda Launcher doesn't have. I'm also not sure if the BL version has Achievements, which the Steam version does have.)

      A lot of the negative reviews also seem like reactions to Bethesda being Bethesda. This review sums it up quite nicely:

      "Bethesda didn't put up any information for Denuvo or Bethesda.net until release. Which is pretty scummy. You don't require a bethesda account to play but if you don't link one to the game you don't have access to any of your preorder content or deluxe edition content. The game runs fine, looks decent and gunplay is great. Bethesda is just being same old♥♥♥♥♥♥bethesda. However i do appreciate that i was able to buy this on steam."

      I still haven't bought a Zenimax/Bethesda game since the Oculus lawsuit.

      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      May 14, 2019
      Doom (2016) did get awesome reviews (Metascore 85), but Doom VFR - one of my favorite VR games - has a Metascore of 69. I do have FallOut 4 VR and Skyrim VR, but I don't really have the necessary time to invest in those games - and now I just bought another game which I'm probably not going to play much before July or August  ;)


      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      May 14, 2019
      Rage 2, looks like GTX 1080 pulls through again - in 1920x1080 (performance seems like Hellblade to me):



      GTX 1080 is close in 2560x1440, but no cigar  :/  (but turn down antialiasing a bit and it'll probably fly and you'll never notice any diff in image quality)



      Even RTX 2080 Ti lost the 4K battle  :#



      Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Performance_Analysis/RAGE_2/

      Seems like it's 10 hours playtime - and some reviewers complained about that??!!?? - That's 25% longer than Lone Echo, 2 x Moss and 4 x Transference, seems to me like Rage 2's playtime goes on forever!  :D

      BTW, 6 GB video ram should be enough for everyone ;)


      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
      nalex66
      nalex66
      Honored Contributor
      May 14, 2019
      I heard 15 hours for the main quest, and way more time to do most of the side content. That's fine for me, there are very few games these days that I'll commit that much time to (although I have spent over 500 hours in Fallout 4).
      DK2, CV1, Go, Quest, Quest 2, Quest 3. Try my game: Cyclops Island Demo
      Wildt
      Inspiring
      May 14, 2019
      1700h in TF2 but don't tell anyone :grimace:
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      May 14, 2019

      nalex66 said:

      I heard 15 hours for the main quest, and way more time to do most of the side content. That's fine for me, there are very few games these days that I'll commit that much time to (although I have spent over 500 hours in Fallout 4).



      I don't have a spine :blush: - and was extremely close to buying Rage 2, because it's just €34 here:

      https://www.cdkeys.com/rage2

      But then I noticed this isn't the Steam version - I need to have some Bethesda game launcher running? I was so happy finishing Transference and getting rid of the annoying constantly-updating Uplay software. And I got a similar problem with Origin and Battlefield  :#  So the thought of having another game launcher installed, sigh... Well, maybe I should check out No Man's SKy, but Rage 2 looks so much better - and now I know it'll work flawlessly on my rig... hmmm...

      Anyone getting Rage 2 this week?
      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
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