The graphics are really bad

[FUBAR]

I expected some improvemnt in the graphics department but it looks like something from 2016. I get that it has to also work on a crappy mobile phone chip but come on, you can do better than that.

[PurelyUndecided]

i think this might be a you problem cause im running it on desktop and it looks totally fine. about as good as every other vr game i've played.

[FUBAR]

Originally posted by PurelyUndecided:

i think this might be a you problem cause im running it on desktop and it looks totally fine. about as good as every other vr game i've played.

Then you've played some crappy games, lol. Those graphics are like I said on the level of 2016 games, not much better than their old game Sairento.

And it's not my problem as I'm playing this with every setting on ultra and at a very high supersampling. My problem is I like good graphics.

[TeamRazorBalls]

The graphics look just fine to me too, and I'm pretty sure most people want "good graphics".

[Q,]

this could have been a dlc for sairento, so im kinda dissapointed. Who knows what the future brings tho

[SilentHashassin]

Sometimes I wonder the motive of some of these type of comments. Far are the graphics they look fine like most VR games, these graphics are better than Sairento. Also the gameplay and lore is totally different than Sairento so for it to be a DLC makes no sense. Even if it was you two would still complain. See you all in September. :D

[FUBAR]

Originally posted by SilentHashassin:

Far are the graphics they look fine like most VR games, these graphics are better than Sairento.

And sadly most VR games look like ♥♥♥♥. This doesn't mean we shouldn't ask for better.

[Spartacus]

A true gamer isn't all about graphics, its about the story...the experience...the fun.

[Maichevsky]

Originally posted by Spartacus:

A true gamer isn't all about graphics, its about the story...the experience...the fun.

Sure but in that logic why use VR at all? Why not play flatscreen you can have just as much fun there. I love VR because it makes things more realistic and immersive, I never felt more immersed then in HL Alex, because of the realistic graphics in VR. All those games with extremely outdated or simple graphics, they don't give you that. They just scream 'you are playing a little computer game' at you the whole time.

I totally understand why VR graphics are mostly crappy, but it still sucks! :)

[Knin3]

Originally posted by FUBAR:

Originally posted by SilentHashassin:

Far are the graphics they look fine like most VR games, these graphics are better than Sairento.

And sadly most VR games look like ♥♥♥♥. This doesn't mean we shouldn't ask for better.

Im not sure if this game supports it but try openvr fsr, also raise the ingame res to about 150% minimum and disable reprojection n motion smoothing. I do this in every vr game and I am trully happy with 80% of vr games. Im fussy as hell with graphics so aslong as ya pc is upto doing what i said you shud get a gd graphic`d game

[DmAnd]

Just look at the detail they put into the different enemys. This is not some lazy quest game.
You can tell a lot of thought and hard work went into this.

I hope they make a fortune on the quest platform and they keep developing VR games for us on PCVR.

[Kyle]

If you know anything about VR you know it is resolution not graphics that make a game look good... So this game not having the best graphics means you can run it at a higher resolution in VR so it is more immersive than a game with a lower pixel density. As long as a game has good art style graphics don't mean ♥♥♥♥.

[X-oR.Belgium...]

Are you sure you don't have watch a gameplay video about the Quest 2 Autonomous version ?

[Rune]

Originally posted by FUBAR:

I expected some improvemnt in the graphics department but it looks like something from 2016. I get that it has to also work on a crappy mobile phone chip but come on, you can do better than that.

Sadly I have to agree - even if devs did try to make many surfaces shine, at the core this is a Quest game - made for the ultra-slow Adreno 650 phone gpu (part of the Quest 2 XR2 SoC).

To make this true PCVR, devs would have to get rid of all the low-poly Quest assets, and that would be like making an entirely new game. Instead we got Quest assets with many highly improved textures, and with added dynamic shadows. I'm sure the devs did put much effort into creating better surfaces, and I do appreciate that - but you cannot get rid of the Quest limitations for environments and number of opponents etc.

This does not feel like a game from 2016 - we got the new Doom game in 2016, Hellsweeper is far worse than that. I'm thinking Hellsweeper looks and plays more like a fps game from 20 years ago, sadly - but perfectly fits the limitations when making a game for a 1.2 tflops phone gpu (an RTX 3080 is 25 times faster just for the perspective).

I've just refunded - I do not think I will be back, not even at a sale.

[Pugs]

I was a big fan of Sariento and I feel like this game is a step up in graphics. The gameplay is still incredibly fun and I won't hold it against Vertigo Games for chasing the Quest dollar. That's just how VR is right now.

[BRIMStone]

i partially agree with OP, the graphics could be better (sound design too)...

example, fire effects...all very flat PNGs, explosion when it lands looks like a single dust gif and an embers gif...that's it...it's super underwhelming, same for the big fireball, its a bit more elaborate but the channeling effect when floating doesnt look really fire-y and the explosion is similarly lackluster...steam shows the game as on an unknown oculus engine, so i imagine this was made as a quest game first, and ported/added to PC, not made as a PC game and downgraded to oculus....

maybe this is required for crossplay? but with VRChat you can have both together with different graphics settings...

the gameplay itself is pretty fun, i think the enemy design is really nice, but alot of the..."spectacle" i guess?...feels missing for a PC title...