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I found the initial experience very compelling, too. Unfortunately, that initial thrill wears off fast. I challenge you to buy a Vive and report back in a few m

I found the initial experience very compelling, too. Unfortunately, that initial thrill wears off fast. I challenge you to buy a Vive and report back in a few months with your daily usage level.

nsxwolf 10y ago
My daily usage level has dropped, but mostly it is due to the lack of new interesting software. When you read this thread, or /r/Vive or anywhere else, it's always the same story: people talking enthusiastically about games that came out months ago. The same ones, over and over. Space Pirate Trainer. Holopoint. H3VR. Job Simulator. I'm really bored of those.
- andybak 10y ago
  Define 'months'. I can name half a dozen games of equal quality that came out in the last 6 weeks.
  - nsxwolf 10y ago
    Please do! Really! Because I'm looking for great new experiences and not finding much.
    - andybak 10y ago
      (Sorry - I did but accidentally replied to your original comment by mistake: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13396832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13396832 )
- tpolischuk 10y ago
  Elite dangerous (if you're into realistic space sims) could easily eat 1000+ hours of gameplay.
- andybak 10y ago
  Easy - as that time period includes the Oculus Touch launch titles. That gives me: 1. SuperHot 2. Arizona Sunshine 3. The Unspoken 4. Dead and Buried Looking through Steam sorted by user reviews: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&tags=-1&vrsupport=402 http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&t... Gives me another easy set. I'll stick to things I own or I've heard almost universally good things about: 5. Smashbox Arena 6. Sairento 7. QuivR 8. Distance 9. Bullet Sorrow 10. Vertigo 11. Serious Sam: TFE 12: Bullet Sorrow 13: Werewolves Within 14: ROM Extraction There's more but I got bored. I can personally vouch for the excellence of at least 5 of those.
  - nsxwolf 10y ago
    Thanks for this reply. Did not know SuperHot had a VR version. I definitely will check that out at least.
    - andybak 10y ago
      It's short but it's astonishing. Totally worth it. I can't imagine how the game works not in VR.
- thegeomaster 10y ago
  I hear that Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is very immersive in its VR incarnation, if you're into that sort of thing.
jibjibman 10y ago
Have had the Vive since 1 month after launch, use it almost every day for a few hours. Just got Elite Dangerous set up as well so I expect to be using it even more. Other games I usually play are smashbox arena, and Onward, as well as Holopoint, Space Pirate Trainer, Audio Shield and Audio Beats. Tilt brush is also amazing for drawing in. There is so much content to play its great.

I found the initial experience very compelling, too. Unfortunately, that initial thrill wears off fast. I challenge you to buy a Vive and report back in a few months with your daily usage level.

nsxwolf 10y ago

My daily usage level has dropped, but mostly it is due to the lack of new interesting software. When you read this thread, or /r/Vive or anywhere else, it's always the same story: people talking enthusiastically about games that came out months ago. The same ones, over and over. Space Pirate Trainer. Holopoint. H3VR. Job Simulator. I'm really bored of those.

andybak 10y ago
Define 'months'. I can name half a dozen games of equal quality that came out in the last 6 weeks.
- nsxwolf 10y ago
  Please do! Really! Because I'm looking for great new experiences and not finding much.
  - andybak 10y ago
    (Sorry - I did but accidentally replied to your original comment by mistake: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13396832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13396832 )
tpolischuk 10y ago
Elite dangerous (if you're into realistic space sims) could easily eat 1000+ hours of gameplay.
andybak 10y ago
Easy - as that time period includes the Oculus Touch launch titles. That gives me: 1. SuperHot 2. Arizona Sunshine 3. The Unspoken 4. Dead and Buried Looking through Steam sorted by user reviews: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&tags=-1&vrsupport=402 http://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&t... Gives me another easy set. I'll stick to things I own or I've heard almost universally good things about: 5. Smashbox Arena 6. Sairento 7. QuivR 8. Distance 9. Bullet Sorrow 10. Vertigo 11. Serious Sam: TFE 12: Bullet Sorrow 13: Werewolves Within 14: ROM Extraction There's more but I got bored. I can personally vouch for the excellence of at least 5 of those.
- nsxwolf 10y ago
  Thanks for this reply. Did not know SuperHot had a VR version. I definitely will check that out at least.
  - andybak 10y ago
    It's short but it's astonishing. Totally worth it. I can't imagine how the game works not in VR.
thegeomaster 10y ago
I hear that Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is very immersive in its VR incarnation, if you're into that sort of thing.

jibjibman 10y ago

Have had the Vive since 1 month after launch, use it almost every day for a few hours. Just got Elite Dangerous set up as well so I expect to be using it even more. Other games I usually play are smashbox arena, and Onward, as well as Holopoint, Space Pirate Trainer, Audio Shield and Audio Beats. Tilt brush is also amazing for drawing in. There is so much content to play its great.