Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Shibi]

I wish No Man’s Sky was an mmo or at least had a lobby. I’m the type that likes to play solo but also see other players running around or talking in chat.

I’m sure someone will come out with an official one eventually. Maybe voice chat wouldn’t be good unless you make a party and then have it in the party.

I definitely want to try VR Skyrim. Imagine VR ESO

VR Skyrim seemed small to me, they got the scale so wrong and it feels tight and small, and that tight scale increases nausea a bit too. Expanding the Skyrim world by 0.2 or so extra would have made it better. I've also noticed a lot of mods don't work in it, which is sad, as there are some good ones.

NMS has a sort of Lobby now, on the Anomaly. But the people playing the game does rise and fall with each expansion. When a new expansion drops there are a lot of people who you can join up with to do shared missions with, dropping off substantially after a week or two, until you are again feeling alone in the universe. But of all the world like games, it has an awesome feel in VR. NMS could benefit from a global chat, something to watch as you build.

FFXIV used to have limited TriDef support, sadly, that has pretty much passed. But the 3D information is in there and can be extracted, as it can with all DX rendered games. Maybe one day someone will do something to help us pull it out fully. If someone is a controller player, they would very likely be able to seamlessly play in VR - especially as PCs and VR is so much more powerful now. I can dream.

An amazing game in VR is Half-Life Alyx - this is done so well, and feels amazing. Some real jumpy moments too when things rush you to try and eat you.