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How is $20 high? I'm continually amazed how much fun a $20 game can provide. For the price of a movie ticket and a coke, you can get a dozen hours of entertai

How is $20 high? I'm continually amazed how much fun a $20 game can provide. For the price of a movie ticket and a coke, you can get a dozen hours of entertainment. That seems like a pretty good deal to me. And the $60 are AAA games where you'd easily get 30-40 hours worth. These have budgets of ~$70 million; they have to make their money back somehow. One of the secondary reasons I've avoided Oculus is that it is a closed system; you can only buy from a single provider. You're much more likely to find sales on VR games on Steam. Video games on Steam are the best ROI for entertainment period, right up there with a good pair of hiking boots.

Duralias 5y ago
A 20$ VR game is usually (if it is linear) about 3-6 hours long. "Superhot VR" (25$) 2-3 hours, if you are a completionist, about 6 hours. "Star wars: Tales from the galaxy's edge" (25$) 2-3 hours, if you are a completionist, about 4 hours. I think the longest single player VR game that exists now is "The Walking dead: saints & sinners" (40$) which is around 11-14 hours long, but it is barely linear, it is more like a fallout/far cry game but with far less interesting locations. Completionist have played it for 30 hours in total.
- recursive 5y ago
  I'm at least 10 hours in on beat saber, and I feel like I'm just getting started.
  - oehpr 5y ago
    You are just getting started. I've only now felt like I've hit the wall, and I'm at about 300 hours.
    - NovaS1X 5y ago
      What rank? I've felt a huge difference in competition at 2500+. 10k to 5k wasn't bad, but the moment 2500-3000 and consistent 300pp plays just to maintain it hit I felt the burn.
      - recursive 5y ago
        generally 100k to 200k if you're talking about leaderboard position.
      - oehpr 5y ago
        I don't grind PP, Never got into that scene. I've just been working on songs, and as it stands I can't crack Expert+ Ghost, Light it up, and Spin Eternally. That seems to be my limit.
  - NovaS1X 5y ago
    Well say goodbye to your life! I'm hundreds of hours in now and play 4 hours a week minimum.
- alasdair_ 5y ago
  Half Life Alyx definitely lasted over 20 hours for me.
- ohhhwell 5y ago
  Asgard's Wrath took me about 40 hours for my first play through. And the internet seems to suggest about 29 hours just for the main story and up to 80 hours for the completionist
- tyfon 5y ago
  Skyrim VR could beat that 30 hours :) And I've probably played 2-300 hours of beat saber.
- schmorptron 5y ago
  Be careful. By putting a lot of emphasis on length, you'll end up with ubisoft games, where 80% of it is filler content to get to the 100 hour completion time and only about 20% are actually fun and worthwhile. (I'm overexaggerating but you get the idea).
- jnwatson 5y ago
  If you like action sci-fi RPG, I'd recommend Space Pirates and Zombies 2. I played the whole thing in its optional sit-down VR. One non-completionist run through took me about 30 hours.
tempoponet 5y ago
Steam sales aren't what they used to be. Once they added refunds the sales got watered down, because you could just refund and re-buy if the price got lower at a later date in the sale. There's also a ton of free/discounted games on the Epic store, 3rd party key resellers, and subscriptions like Xbox Gamepass. These are all possible because the PC remains an open, competitive platform - so that point stands.
- wlesieutre 5y ago
  They also took away gift inventories, so you can't buy extra copies and send them out later. Along with that they killed the four packs that used to be common for multiplayer games.
  - freeflight 5y ago
    At least humblebundle still has the occasional good deals, but those also seem to get rarer.
alasdair_ 5y ago
> One of the secondary reasons I've avoided Oculus is that it is a closed system; you can only buy from a single provider I buy most of my Oculus games on Steam, not the oculus store. Half Life Alyx is a Valve game after all.
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freeflight 5y ago
> For the price of a movie ticket and a coke, you can get a dozen hours of entertainment. That seems like a pretty good deal to me. Or maybe the movie ticket with overpriced coke is just a bad deal? A lot of it is also pretty relative down to a personal level and preferences: Some people can entertain themselves with a deck of cards, not even worth $1, for a nearly unlimited amount of time.
- nawgz 5y ago
  > maybe the movie ticket ... is just a bad deal Think about entertainment options and name one that is a better deal than $60 for 20 hours worth. It's just not common, perhaps outside of books. Life is expensive and publicly available entertainment is far from an exception.
  - pacifika 5y ago
    Is 20 hours 2 times more fun than 10 hours? If you look at negative steam reviews for gamers having played 100+ hours they would disagree
  - dTal 5y ago
    You can get a season pass to Six Flags for $60. What do I win? https://sf-static.sixflags.com/wp-content/uploads/ttic-sp_sfot_1400x350.jpg https://sf-static.sixflags.com/wp-content/uploads/ttic-sp_sf...
    - nawgz 5y ago
      I think I might be the winner here if I live anywhere near a Six Flags...
chaostheory 5y ago
You can play Steam games with an Oculus headset.
fomine3 5y ago
I wish AAA games are thing in VR

Duralias 5y ago

A 20$ VR game is usually (if it is linear) about 3-6 hours long. "Superhot VR" (25$) 2-3 hours, if you are a completionist, about 6 hours. "Star wars: Tales from the galaxy's edge" (25$) 2-3 hours, if you are a completionist, about 4 hours. I think the longest single player VR game that exists now is "The Walking dead: saints & sinners" (40$) which is around 11-14 hours long, but it is barely linear, it is more like a fallout/far cry game but with far less interesting locations. Completionist have played it for 30 hours in total.

recursive 5y ago
I'm at least 10 hours in on beat saber, and I feel like I'm just getting started.
- oehpr 5y ago
  You are just getting started. I've only now felt like I've hit the wall, and I'm at about 300 hours.
  - NovaS1X 5y ago
    What rank? I've felt a huge difference in competition at 2500+. 10k to 5k wasn't bad, but the moment 2500-3000 and consistent 300pp plays just to maintain it hit I felt the burn.
    - recursive 5y ago
      generally 100k to 200k if you're talking about leaderboard position.
    - oehpr 5y ago
      I don't grind PP, Never got into that scene. I've just been working on songs, and as it stands I can't crack Expert+ Ghost, Light it up, and Spin Eternally. That seems to be my limit.
- NovaS1X 5y ago
  Well say goodbye to your life! I'm hundreds of hours in now and play 4 hours a week minimum.
alasdair_ 5y ago
Half Life Alyx definitely lasted over 20 hours for me.
ohhhwell 5y ago
Asgard's Wrath took me about 40 hours for my first play through. And the internet seems to suggest about 29 hours just for the main story and up to 80 hours for the completionist
tyfon 5y ago
Skyrim VR could beat that 30 hours :) And I've probably played 2-300 hours of beat saber.
schmorptron 5y ago
Be careful. By putting a lot of emphasis on length, you'll end up with ubisoft games, where 80% of it is filler content to get to the 100 hour completion time and only about 20% are actually fun and worthwhile. (I'm overexaggerating but you get the idea).
jnwatson 5y ago
If you like action sci-fi RPG, I'd recommend Space Pirates and Zombies 2. I played the whole thing in its optional sit-down VR. One non-completionist run through took me about 30 hours.

tempoponet 5y ago

Steam sales aren't what they used to be. Once they added refunds the sales got watered down, because you could just refund and re-buy if the price got lower at a later date in the sale. There's also a ton of free/discounted games on the Epic store, 3rd party key resellers, and subscriptions like Xbox Gamepass. These are all possible because the PC remains an open, competitive platform - so that point stands.

wlesieutre 5y ago
They also took away gift inventories, so you can't buy extra copies and send them out later. Along with that they killed the four packs that used to be common for multiplayer games.
- freeflight 5y ago
  At least humblebundle still has the occasional good deals, but those also seem to get rarer.

alasdair_ 5y ago

> One of the secondary reasons I've avoided Oculus is that it is a closed system; you can only buy from a single provider I buy most of my Oculus games on Steam, not the oculus store. Half Life Alyx is a Valve game after all.

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freeflight 5y ago

> For the price of a movie ticket and a coke, you can get a dozen hours of entertainment. That seems like a pretty good deal to me. Or maybe the movie ticket with overpriced coke is just a bad deal? A lot of it is also pretty relative down to a personal level and preferences: Some people can entertain themselves with a deck of cards, not even worth $1, for a nearly unlimited amount of time.

nawgz 5y ago
> maybe the movie ticket ... is just a bad deal Think about entertainment options and name one that is a better deal than $60 for 20 hours worth. It's just not common, perhaps outside of books. Life is expensive and publicly available entertainment is far from an exception.
- pacifika 5y ago
  Is 20 hours 2 times more fun than 10 hours? If you look at negative steam reviews for gamers having played 100+ hours they would disagree
- dTal 5y ago
  You can get a season pass to Six Flags for $60. What do I win? https://sf-static.sixflags.com/wp-content/uploads/ttic-sp_sfot_1400x350.jpg https://sf-static.sixflags.com/wp-content/uploads/ttic-sp_sf...
  - nawgz 5y ago
    I think I might be the winner here if I live anywhere near a Six Flags...

chaostheory 5y ago

You can play Steam games with an Oculus headset.

fomine3 5y ago

I wish AAA games are thing in VR