Any decent VR RTS?

Iamzod · 4 Oct 2022 at 12:01

I was playing with google maps in VR last night, it looks pretty awesome, then it dawned on me how cool it'd be if i could play an RTS like this & have the battlefield laid out there at my feet.

Does such a game exist?

Andy D · 4 Oct 2022 at 14:43

Did a quick google…

The Best VR Strategy Games

Strategy games may not be the first thing to come to mind when you think VR, but if you're a strategy fan, you've certainly got a few good options.

www.thegamer.com

lokiss · 4 Oct 2022 at 23:40

Brass Tactics is still the premier title of the genre in VR, but there are other good ones.

Final Assault is a great simplified example, a well polished hybrid rts/tower defence.https://store.steampowered.com/app/793690/Final_Assault/

More a tactical war rts; Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang VR. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1990880/Leave_No_One_Behind_Ia_Drang_VR/

I'm a huge fan of these types of experiences in VR, there's more than a few out there that are more than standard rts battle sims.

MoNkeE · 5 Oct 2022 at 19:05

I’ve never played it but always thought this looked ace:

BattleGroupVR on Steam

BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.

store.steampowered.com

BigBANGtheory · 6 Oct 2022 at 11:55

one can only dream of HW3 in VR

MoNkeE · 6 Oct 2022 at 14:19

I’ll be happy when HW3 finally lands in flat screen to be fair

swillsy · 7 Oct 2022 at 10:30

Final Assault is pretty cool - would definitely like to see more RTS games though as it works well in VR!

lokiss · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:23

I'll double down on recommending Leave No One Behind VR. Playing it the other night after finally getting it working on the Pico, very much reminiscent of gliding around in Google Earth with a milli sim asset set in play. The VR conversion works ok once you figure out the controls, and what to actually do. Game looks great also with being able to ultra everything with FSR 2.0 included.

Battle Group is quite fun, it does the sense of scale well and is super immersive. The game is a bit slow going though, and more of an armada attrition battle simulation. Homeworld in VR has always been one of my number one asks. Big spaceships in VR space are epically awesome, immersion overload of being in VR, with one of the best stories ever told in a video game.

Doggie2k · 8 Oct 2022 at 04:31

I really wish they could port a total war game over to VR! I remember playing M2TW with those 3d goggles and it was insane fun. Of course its CA and they are a bunch of lazy buggers so this will never happen.

BigBANGtheory · 8 Oct 2022 at 09:30

lokiss said:
Homeworld in VR has always been one of my number one asks. Big spaceships in VR space are epically awesome, immersion overload of being in VR, with one of the best stories ever told in a video game.

It also works from a game lore perspective if you think how the fleet commander is literally that central command & control deep within the mothership or carrier.