The hangout thread (organising social gaming etc)

melmac · 13 Dec 2021 at 13:58

well screw you guys. I just bought After the Fall. Now I won't eat for Christmas!!

Now we just need @ShiWarrior to make the same sacrifice.

And we can play it tonight.

Ravenger · 13 Dec 2021 at 14:02

Unseul · 13 Dec 2021 at 14:14

Awesome! Think I may have to try virtual desktop with it next time I play, see how the PCVR version is.

Ravenger · 13 Dec 2021 at 14:35

Unseul said:
Awesome! Think I may have to try virtual desktop with it next time I play, see how the PCVR version is.

Looks great for me on Airlink - better than on the Index.

ShiWarrior · 13 Dec 2021 at 15:47

you guys not want me to eat for a week ?

ShiWarrior · 13 Dec 2021 at 16:07

Ravenger said:
I'd love to play After the Fall with you guys, but of course everyone needs to buy it to play it.
It's cheaper at the various legit key sites.

22.99
but that will be steam not Oculus ?

Unseul · 13 Dec 2021 at 17:10

ShiWarrior said:
22.99
but that will be steam not Oculus ?

I would imagine that'll be steam. Unless it explicitly states it's oculus.

Performance on quest 2 standalone is pretty good. Slow to load, and it's better that someone on PCVR hosts the game it seems, but it does the job, and in game runs smooth.

ShiWarrior · 13 Dec 2021 at 17:30

surely oculus would be better to get because of the cross buy ?

Unseul · 13 Dec 2021 at 17:35

ShiWarrior said:
surely oculus would be better to get because of the cross buy ?

I've got oculus.

ShiWarrior · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:01

im tempted to buy it on steam because im hoping to change my oculus to the index 2

Ravenger · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:08

ShiWarrior said:
im tempted to buy it on steam because im hoping to change my oculus to the index 2

Works great on Steam via airlink. Also cheaper - £22, if you know where to look...

Ravenger · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:11

To be honest, judging by how the Oculus PC store has been behaving recently and with Oculus's Quest native focus (the PC store is massively neglected), I'd be reluctant to buy games I play mainly on PC VR on the Oculus store. Only if the native Quest version is more convenient and isn't that much worse than the PC version (e.g. Demeo) would I buy it on there.

The PC version of After the Fall is massively better than the Quest version.

ShiWarrior · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:16

Ravenger said:
To be honest, judging by how the Oculus PC store has been behaving recently and with Oculus's Quest native focus (the PC store is massively neglected), I'd be reluctant to buy games I play mainly on PC VR on the Oculus store. Only if the native Quest version is more convenient and isn't that much worse than the PC version (e.g. Demeo) would I buy it on there.

The PC version of After the Fall is massively better than the Quest version.

Thanks for that
i had a feeling there would be a big difference between PC and Quest versions
thats kinda swaying it for me, but the Oculus PC version IS cross buy, so id just be getting both versions at one price
hmm decisions decisions, if i had an index 2, it be PC version !

Unseul · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:33

There's definitely a difference between the two, but in terms of gameplay, I'm more than happy with the standalone. Think I might use standalone for tonight, since it'll save on bandwidth.

ShiWarrior · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:38

apparently "revive" lets you play Oculus games on your index
@Ravenger , you tried this ?

if its true, ill just get the oculus one for tonight

Ravenger · 13 Dec 2021 at 18:42

ShiWarrior said:
apparently "revive" lets you play Oculus games on your index
@Ravenger , you tried this ?

if its true, ill just get the oculus one for tonight

Yep, it works great for most games, though some Oculus exclusives don't work due to the way the online accounts work.
However, Revive is not intended to be used with games that have ports to other platforms like SteamVR, so you may not get support from the Revive developers if it doesn't work.

melmac · 13 Dec 2021 at 19:26

ShiWarrior said:
im tempted to buy it on steam because im hoping to change my oculus to the index 2

Index 2 isn't even a thing yet? If saving a few quid is important to to you get it on Steam. But, I wouldn't base the purchase of any software on what headset you might buy a year from now.

I bought it on Oculus because it's crossbuy and been able to play it on the Quest 2 when I am not at my computer means a lot more to me than been able to play it on a a headset that doesn't exist yet.

I plan to keep the Quest 2 if I do buy another brand of headset next time I am buying. I will keep it for Oculus exclusives. However if I buy the next Oculus headset, I will sell the Quest 2 on.

melmac · 13 Dec 2021 at 19:27

Oh for After the Fall is there a Tutorial I have to play through first? Or can I just start the game straight away? And How will we find each other in game??

Unseul · 13 Dec 2021 at 19:29

melmac said:
Oh for After the Fall is there a Tutorial I have to play through first? Or can I just start the game straight away? And How will we find each other in game??

You can befriend players in game, and invite them into a party. There is a very short tutorial, maybe loadup 5 minutes before. Then it does want you to do 5 quests, just introducing you to the areas, so we can simply do the missions in that order anyway, and return to base each time for you to proceed to the next one.

Unseul · 13 Dec 2021 at 19:45

Right, I'm going in.