Alien: Rogue Incursion

Did they ever patch the Alien spawning in the PCVR version?

I might be tempted if they've changed it from Aliens swarming you on a timer.
 
Bought this last night on Steam, and there's a lot of good in this. Nails the atmosphere, graphics are pretty good (though ironically not as good as Alien Isolation), and the gameplay has some nice interactions.

Performance however, is weird. Even on a 4090 it struggles to maintain a consistent framerate and never feels smooth. It's not bad enough to be unplayable but it's not great either. Feels like the frame pacing is off. I did get better performance and also better contrast in Virtual Desktop (H264+ at 400mb/s) but not hugely better.

Looks like it's using OpenXR so it's strange there's not an Oculus Store version.
 
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Played it quite a bit more. I'm enjoying it despite the peformance issues as some general jankiness.

The most annoying thing is the save system, as there don't seem to be any autosaves. A few times I've had to repeat long sections of gameplay because it's been a while since I encountered a safe room where you can save.
It need to have an auto-save before difficult sections.

The aliens themselves look great when they're scuttling around the ceiling but look pretty stiff and jerky when running around on foot.

I'm not a fan of the built in virtual stock for the weapons. It sort of snaps to the the firing position. The Light Brigade did two handed weapons way better.

All said though, the atmosphere is spot on, and the environments are great. Love the retro-tech feel.

I find playing it on Virtual Desktop using the H264+ codec working really well as the contrast (on the Pro) is spot on. This game is doing something very right with the lighting because the local dimming on the pro works really well here, with inky blacks with no haloing. You need your flashlight in the dark areas, while Metro Awakening just looks really washed out and with halos around everything. It looked pretty bad on PSVR2 too, with lots of mura, so presumably Alien Incursion is actually using a better dynamic range of colour.
 
Was close to buying this yesterday but will wait for the community to fix a few things and wait for better optimisation. If yours is choppy on the 4090 my 3080ti will struggle.
 
my 4090 is driving the Crystal at 100% SteamVR res around 85fps in Alien:Rouge Incursion
the core graphics are a bit dated but they've done the visual effects well which add a ton of atmosphere, overall its a good start I'm about 30mins in so far
I'm getting some visual artefacts on the shadows which I can probably tune out via the options/settings, I've decided to take a pause to see if I can get the ForceTube VR gun stock up and running with the pulse rifle :)
 
I think their approach of having asset quality scale both ways is the right way to go and at least they are honest about it which is refreshing. Plus they should have the option to lower the demands in PCVR if peoples hardware is struggling which I wish more developers did tbh particularly with stagnating GPU performances
 
I picked it up on Steam. Link cable and maxed out, it's impressive looking. I'm really enjoying it. They've nailed the atmosphere and so far I'm gripped. Have had a few jump scares
 
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Quick review:

I waited a few months for the bugs and feedback to be taken aboard. My PC: 3080ti, Ryzen 5800x, 32gb, played via Virtual desktop with the Quest 3. It runs flawlessly with all settings on high and pixel density on 1.0.

First thing I did was turn weapons sway and auto ADS off.

The atmosphere is spot on - smoke, glare, reflections and the sound design - the facility groans and echoes. Feels like you're in one of the movies.

Alien AI is also a surprise. Jumping, climbing and running - hunting you down. The spawn rate is just perfect, enough for you to feel tense and jumping when the radar beeps. Enough space to appreciate the love gone into the levels and design.

I'm 5 hours in and savouring every second. I've been waiting for something to get close to the standards of Alyx and this fulfils it.

EDIT: forgot to add - It's got the same save mechanic as isolation. Heart in mouth moments trying to get to the next one.
 
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Alien: Rogue Incursion VR on Steam

Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.
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Worth it at the £29 I paid a week ago. Absolute steal at £17. No excuse really
 
i saw a play through of Vertigo 2
though it was ok, a bit odd some how.
its apples and lemons.. Aliens has more atmosphere at a guess.
were as vertigo 2 seems like a fun shooter but all good reviews, and more light hearted.
 
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