After reading all of the positive reviews of RE7 I've been tempted to buy it, but it's been difficult to pull the trigger because of the missing VR support on PC. I feel like I'd be spoiling the experience for myself playing through for the first time on a flat screen when there is a superior version out there.
If there had been no VR support at all I probably would have bought it already, but now I'll probably wait a year or more for it to be cheap and support VR on PC (if it ever does). In my case at least the PSVR exclusivity cost them a sale, which seems stupid considering that PSVR and the rift/vive aren't really in direct competition.
Hoping that by the time its released on PC it supports Touch.
Even from watching a playthrough there is so much room for improvement by Motion Controls. I hope the exclusivity time period is spent wisely to add the functionality, if they do the game would probably sell double on PC.
For now, no interest in playing flat and I'm miles away from purchasing a PS4 let alone PSVR to go with it.
My problem isn't with the fear, it is specifically with the Jump Scares. For example, I played most of Dead Secret and Edge of Nowhere in one sitting, without any problems. They both employ very few jump scares (e.g. no more than 3 the entire game). Whereas games like "Dont Knock Twice" and "Emily Wants to Play" rely almost entirely upon jump scares.
I do enjoy being afraid. I just hate the anticipation of something instantly and violently appearing inches from my pupils lol
Yeah, i was just being silly anyway. I do like horror games but most of the current VR horror games aren't very interesting to me. Don't knock Twice was decent for a free game but I found the ending very anti-climatic. I liked the suspense building but it ended rather blandly for me.
I liked some of the earlier resident evil game, most of them up to RS4. Would be really interesting to play an old school Resident Evil game in VR, and it seems the new one is going back to the roots in many ways. I just don't like the idea of playing it with a controller, and I get VR sick from artificial movement. So with all the reports on Resident Evil in VR, it doesn't bode well for me if I were to play it.
After playing it through quite a lot I'd say I wouldn't count on VR support.
*potential spoilers - but about gameplay, not story*
The head bobbing I suppose could be dealt with, and if you aren't prone to motion sickness you could control your way around. However, as part of the game's experience your own character's head motion sometimes shakes and slips around (and yes, my controller is perfectly good - it happened both with an Xbox Elite controller and my Keyboard + Mouse).
Secondly, there are quite a few spooky moments that require you to be looking the right way when you're in the right place.
Third, there are quite a number of QTE moments that grab your head direction and then have you moving in a specific direction, all through a 1st person viewpoint. Since you won't be able to look around during these moments you'll probably get frustrated as hell at them, and there would be a LOT of complaints.
Fourth, you don't play the whole game as some gun-toting shoot-all-the-baddies guy. There are plenty of crouch-and-hide moments for various reasons I won't ruin.
Sure, there's all sorts of exploring, but there are Lara Croft-style sliding behind the walls and stepping through water up to your neck, and your hands automatically reach out and grab things as you go by to steady yourself. I'm not sure that VR is up to it....but I could be wrong.
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I admit I only started at RE5 and enjoyed it, and that could have worked. RE6 - well, I have it, but I've just never been able to play past the first 15 minutes TBH. I keep promising myself I'll do it one day, if the controls are sorted and the glitches ironed out.
i played it trough non VR. Super awesome game. Loved it. And i will play it again as soon as it get released for VR/or mod. Don't really see a reason why to wait.. it's still one of the best games right now even without VR.
RE7 the VR edition is coming to PC in about 1 year I believe. The PS4 has a 1 year exclusive!
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i played it trough non VR. Super awesome game. Loved it. And i will play it again as soon as it get released for VR/or mod. Don't really see a reason why to wait.. it's still one of the best games right now even without VR.
Because the jump scares will no-longer be scary once you have played it through.
