zackmorris
Member
But then someone like Sterling saying he likes it the most out of the sets he's tried(I assume all the major ones) and all the reviews being really good to average at their worst makes me really want to jump in.
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PSVR Review Thread
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Vlaphor
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I've read several reviews and impressions that match up with what Giantbomb is experiencing, but I've also tried the demo at Best Buy and that worked fine. Still, I do remember that the Kinect could work great under certain circumstances.
I don't want mostly great, I want always great, especially with the money they're asking for.
I don't want mostly great, I want always great, especially with the money they're asking for.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Lol I like how it turned into a giant bomb thread. Reminds me of that uncharted 4 review thread where the ign girl gave an 8.8 for a review in progress and everyone focused on that on review for ages ignoring every other review
Tortfeasor
Member
I just cancelled mine as well. The biggest issue I had from the reviews was that they say the sweet spot was 1.5-2 meters away from the camera. They stated that further than that they had significant tracking issues. I looked up the Sony FAQ and while it says the play area Should go back as far as 3 meters (9.8 ft), the player should be sitting 5 feet away. My set up puts my couch at about 9ft away from where the camera will be. Thinking back to the Best Buy demo I was sitting about 5 feet away. I asked her how far away I could sit and was told that as far as the cord stretched but that doesn't seem to be accurate.I guess for now anyways, PSVR just isn't right for my room.
There's more than driveclub as full games at launch.
RIGS could be pretty cool.
In work so can't follow stuff properly, but is it possible maybe in the GB studio they have powerful wifi or something maybe interfering with the connection to the bluetooth Move/DS4 controllers? Seen so many hands on with PSVR and 99% of the time the tracking has looked fine. Also saw an image from their PS4 camera, loojs like he's standing pretty far away. Eurogamer said the sweet spot was maybe 1.5 or 2 metres away.
Brad seemed to have zero issues during the batman play there and he was closer to the camera.
Looking good.
schwabdizzle
Banned
I am waiting on it for 3 reasons.
1) I need to try it first
2) I am very sketch about 1st gen hardware especially something like this.
3) I want to see how well cinema mode works.
1) I need to try it first
2) I am very sketch about 1st gen hardware especially something like this.
3) I want to see how well cinema mode works.
Krisprolls
Banned
Surely you must be a Sony fanboy too is you dare criticize Giant Bomb. Yes, they didn't set it up correctly.
They both said it was messed up when they used it at home though.
RichiRamjag
Member
This is what I noticed. I missed the first guy, but the brad fella had a much better experience than what I read on Jeff.
Vlaphor
Member
Giantbomb is not the only place having issues, and they've reported these issues in their homes as well, so it isn't the studio.
My biggest concern doesn't come from the headset, but the fact that they are repurposing old tech for modern VR. Keep in mind that they've changed the lights and tried different distances from the camera as well
My biggest concern doesn't come from the headset, but the fact that they are repurposing old tech for modern VR. Keep in mind that they've changed the lights and tried different distances from the camera as well
VeryGooster
Banned
Discouraging reviews
If psvr fail here, you can forget about psvr2.
Part of me feels the headset will do decently (maybe not gangbusters) throughout the holiday season but yeah even when they were streaming Vive I feel I'll need maybe a year or two (or second and third iterations of the hardware) before I think about jumping in.
Austin from Vice Gaming and Kotaku noted similar issues...
I'm not saying the jittery stuff is common either.
As the weeks progress we will know how major an issue or not it is, nobody can say anything definitively yet.
Except your criticism makes absolutely no sense. They are having issues right in front of the camera, live. It's not as if they are making shit up deliberately. Of course they are going to be negative if they are having issues. Maybe take a break from reading/watching hyperbole all the time so you are able to soak in some grounded opinions.
Yeah I don't see how people could be yelling "they're doing it wrong" when like a third of the kotaku writeup is all about the stuttering tracking issues.
Ugh. May cancel my pre-order too, was even getting nauseous just watching the GB stream as well. My couch is about 8 feet from my camera, so not sure I expect this thing to work well for me either, and not sure I see myself spending significant time with the software beyond the first weekend as of now.
Still, really would love to try Rez and Driveclub with it though...
Still, really would love to try Rez and Driveclub with it though...
I find the whole thing quite amusing, considering who was commenting and their long history as such; but also that GiantBomb have done a pretty decent job for a lot of their content, bypassing "hype" culture and just taking a casual look at everything with a lot of good critique stretching from a long history with gaming.
God forbid things not live up to "hype" and not be filled with "omg" reactions. In particular for VR, which is very much in a very very simplistic era right now, with no company having knowledge of what makes amazing content or "killer apps" since the whole design language is unknown for the most part as well as the hardware / tech requirements outside the absolute basics. Over the course of years, all these platforms will improve and no doubt with many more headsets / peripherals / games that shape the whole industry
Of course they didn't, of course. Because as we know PSVR is perfect. They're not even the only ones reporting tracking issues, but yeah, surely they've must done it wrong!
"I DON'T FUCKING KNOW WHY I HAVE TRACKING ISSUES"
GiantBomb Asshole
"Ok, let's pass the initial setup and then I can go anywhere."
I think it's more likely that the studio environment with bright colored lights and the bright green screen and all is causing issues with the tracking that itself is based off of colored lights.
but supposedly they had some issues at their homes too so who knows.
Acheteedo
Member
Discouraging reviews
If psvr fail here, you can forget about psvr2.
Which ones are you reading?? It ain't perfect but it's largely being praised.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
How is it that people don't know how to not take one single thing as gospel the Whole thing has been mixed. Everybody is just clinging to giant bomb. No one is denying the problems other outlets have mentioned it. Giant bomb seems to be having way worse problems tho
Took longer than I thought for this to be said
Krisprolls
Banned
Jeff was too far away form the camera obviously. Brad had it right later when he was closer, it worked very well. This is a grounded opinion.
^Same - add in no 'must-have' title yet. Most are looking like expensive tech demos..
So pricey though...for some of us PSVR is the only realistic option. =\
TBiddy
Member
"Ok, let's pass the initial setup and then I can go anywhere."
Stuff like that should "just work".
OrbitalBeard
Member
And Lucy's review turned out to be spot-on anyway.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
You might as well stop..
I still say she cracked under pressure lol should've kept that 8.8 not like it was a bad score anyway
opticalmace
Member
Area X in Rez Infinite is the only thing that's keeping me on the fence at the moment. It looks so so good.
Gipsy Danger
Member
As far as being close to the camera thing goes. Both Brad and Jeff said at the start of the stream that they've played with the PSVR at their homes only a few feet away from the camera and have the same issues.
That's not what most of the outlets are saying.
See, that's the other extreme in action.
Savantcore
Unconfirmed Member
Haha I've given up on adding reviews really. Seems to have turned into a Giant Bomb thread.
Primethius
Banned
"Ok, let's pass the initial setup and then I can go anywhere."
Wait, am I understanding this GIF correctly? They didn't even calibrate it properly?
...what?
It looks good enough for most people.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
I'm gonna wait until the second gen before deciding which headset to buy but I'm glad that the PSVR doesn't seem to be a complete waste of space.