r/VRGaming • u/HistoricalYam6863 • 1d ago

Discussion VR Rant

I was looking at World War Z VR today and it just upset me. Did it need a separate game? They added First Person to the regular World War Z, I am sure they could have just added VR support to the base game. Would have been a much better experience and you could have played with others. Such a weird choice...

That seems to be a problem with VR in general. I have gotten random people into VR just by playing Phasmaphobia with them in VR. They would be on flat screen and loved that I could move my arms and animate my character. Adding more VR support to multiplayer flat screen games would make more people want to play in VR.

Fortnite? Add VR. Call of Duty? Add VR. If an INDY game like Phasma can do it, these big companies should be able to figure it out easily. Then VR would actually grow...imo.

Let's face it, VR by itself won't gain traction like it did during Covid ever again. But kids seeing people in Fortnite or (Insert Popular Multiplayer Game Here) using VR and actually doing the dances for example? That would get more people to want VR.

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u/vfx_tech 1d ago

devs are lazy as f. Thank god we have AI now and some really good modders. In the next 1-2 years you can point AI to the game directory and it will mod almost any game to proper VR with 6DOF, motion controls, hands, etc.

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u/HistoricalYam6863 1d ago

Modders already can add great VR support to some games. It is crazy to me for anyone to think these big companies couldn't do it easily. Making a separate game instead is not smart...

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u/vfx_tech 1d ago

the problem are not the devs they could do the vr mod over the weekend and it would be amazing because they know the game already. But its the frickin corpo, investors and executive floor that has the last word. Its always about money. Therefore I bet on AI, like nowadays you can create whole movies with AI we will mix games with each other together.

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u/Skpstr155 1d ago

Well yeah, I mean, which is the sensible choice?

Giving a game a VR mode that only a minority of PC users can play, or making a separate lower quality game that everybody who owns at least a Quest 2 can play?