I bought my HTC vive last July along with a 1080, system was already quite good i7 6700k 16gb DDR4, 500gb Samsung 950 pro m2.
Moved into a new house early August and got myself a room specifically for gaming and VR, only 2.3*2.5m
Was it worth it, do I still use it ?
Hell yeah!
I am unable to play any flat 2d (as I see them now) FPS, When I want some gun violence its Zombie simulation, Serious Sam VR, A10 and Hordez completely spoiled me, there is just no comparison, while I used to love mouse/keyboard FPS and was never able to get a handle on WII or console fps (I even hooked up a keyboard and mouse to play Halo the masterchief collection). Holding a gun in each hand and being able to shoot in two directions, aiming is spot on, rifles are amazing same goes for Shotguns, I just can never go back to old style fps.
Elite Dangerous while not my favourite game is still amazing for a sit down space game but I have to say my go to game for simulation is American Truck Simulation HTC Vive + Thrustmaster TX Wheel (thinking of getting the Shifter addon) is so immersive, I have to watch myself can end up spending way too much time in there.
RPG Games like vanishing realms is a lot of fun to actually have a sword and shield.
And for energetic games nothing comes close to fruit ninja VR or Audio shield.
Hardware has held up to some very vigorous use.
I play all my none VR games on theatre mode (nothing beats fallout 4 on 150" screen)
Yes you loose some graphical quality especially if use to 4k gaming but the immersion is out of this world.
Although my main advice is read up on game settings and tweaks for example basic settings on ATS look okay but with some scale tweaks suggested on other sites it looks amazing.
I have already started a fund for 2018+ which is when I think the next gen may start to appear probably grab a Titan X if nothing else is out + HTC Vive 2 or whatever comes.
Very happy I jumped on this gen and do not see it as a waste especially as I can see me using it for 1-2 years at least.
Moved into a new house early August and got myself a room specifically for gaming and VR, only 2.3*2.5m
Was it worth it, do I still use it ?
Hell yeah!
I am unable to play any flat 2d (as I see them now) FPS, When I want some gun violence its Zombie simulation, Serious Sam VR, A10 and Hordez completely spoiled me, there is just no comparison, while I used to love mouse/keyboard FPS and was never able to get a handle on WII or console fps (I even hooked up a keyboard and mouse to play Halo the masterchief collection). Holding a gun in each hand and being able to shoot in two directions, aiming is spot on, rifles are amazing same goes for Shotguns, I just can never go back to old style fps.
Elite Dangerous while not my favourite game is still amazing for a sit down space game but I have to say my go to game for simulation is American Truck Simulation HTC Vive + Thrustmaster TX Wheel (thinking of getting the Shifter addon) is so immersive, I have to watch myself can end up spending way too much time in there.
RPG Games like vanishing realms is a lot of fun to actually have a sword and shield.
And for energetic games nothing comes close to fruit ninja VR or Audio shield.
Hardware has held up to some very vigorous use.
I play all my none VR games on theatre mode (nothing beats fallout 4 on 150" screen)
Yes you loose some graphical quality especially if use to 4k gaming but the immersion is out of this world.
Although my main advice is read up on game settings and tweaks for example basic settings on ATS look okay but with some scale tweaks suggested on other sites it looks amazing.
I have already started a fund for 2018+ which is when I think the next gen may start to appear probably grab a Titan X if nothing else is out + HTC Vive 2 or whatever comes.
Very happy I jumped on this gen and do not see it as a waste especially as I can see me using it for 1-2 years at least.
