Holy cow hell blade coming to VR on 31st july

deuse said:
I was going to get this. But no first person view :(
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Considering the mechanics of the game, a first person view probably wouldn't have made any sense. Anyway, 3rd person games can work really well in VR (Chronos, Edge of Nowhere, etc).

Wishing I'd previously picked this up each time it's been on sale for £15 though ;)
 
Now im no fan of 3rd person slashers, unless they have guns for heels, but this does look fantastic seeing what they have implemented in the video (thanks for sharing)
Get a real sense that the character reacts to your presence. Which in itself is odd, the playable character confirming your existence as the player in this way.
 
Lots had it down for their game of the year, good enough for me! I would have bought it anyway, but I very much liked that video. He was right and honest about a lot of things, but the more people that do 'cool stuff' the more will come.

Hack and slash 3rd person has an epic feel to it, even with a poor game like Preta:Vendetta Rising. I gladly had a good 50hrs out of that, jus cause the fighting felt great.
 
I played the flat version of it, and it has a great story, looks great, sounds great. The puzzles get a bit stale by the end, but I'd say it's worth 15 quid
 
think I may wait for a graphics card purchase before trying this lol

Don't think my gtx 970 would run too well in VR
 
Hard to be critical when the immersion of the world and the voice work, utterly blows you away. That said I could see the limitations, the gameplay is rather linear. If it wasn't for be drowned in the world in VR, my interest would have crumbled after 2 or 3 of the gate puzzles, or the set piece fire cinematics I'm going through with the soot god.

Even after over 2 years in VR though, that first cinematic where you drop out to the battle for the first time blew me away. The way Senua arches toward you in the blue haze is incredible, the whole sequence felt on another level to what I've experienced before. The performance is all that, the 1070 wasn't breaking a sweat in combat or otherwise. Combat itself had an epic feel to it, life size characters in VR coming at you is amazing, regardless of the 3rd person nature of it.

I can't speak to the experience of playing it through on a flat monitor, but I can't imagine it compares on any level to playing it through in a HMD. If your take on Senua is more the cinematic masterpiece, then you owe it to yourself to find anybody with a VR setup and experience it.
 
Just played the first 90 minutes, what an awesome experience, I don't know why it's a shock third person works well, I played edge of nowhere and Lucky's take and they worked really well. I think a lot of people and Devs have fallen for Valves BS about how it's not a "true" VR game unless you have touch controls and roomscale blah blah blah.

Graphics and fidelity are impressive, although lighting has taken a knock compared to the flat version. Obviously immersion is completely off the hook, the shire size of the environment is impressive and just can't be experienced in a flat version of the game.

Great Job Ninja Theroy!
 
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