Worth playing in VR?

[Sci-Fi Mike]

I have a quest 2, i have NMS free on gamepass but is it worth buying on steam for VR?

[sidrat]

Interesting question as I've just had a 30 minute VR session. It's certainly worth experiencing yes. Your mileage will definitely vary as the ship flying is....annoying.

Yes more annoying than the pancake mode.

If they provided HOTAS/HOSAS support and 6 degrees of control like normal games it would be superb all around.

[Planetpink]

i only play NMS in VR since march 2022 and i am 1300+ hours in. Maybe that answers the question :-) But keep in mind: You need a very good gaming PC and you need to optimize your settings to get it running smooth enough. NMS has a bad performance in VR out of the box. If you can use Virtual Desktop (Quest 2 / Pico 4) and NVIDIA GPUs you should be able to run it smooth enough.

[Sci-Fi Mike]

Originally posted by Planetpink:

i only play NMS in VR since march 2022 and i am 1300+ hours in. Maybe that answers the question :-) But keep in mind: You need a very good gaming PC and you need to optimize your settings to get it running smooth enough. NMS has a bad performance in VR out of the box. If you can use Virtual Desktop (Quest 2 / Pico 4) and NVIDIA GPUs you should be able to run it smooth enough.

thanks for the input, my computer is def beefy enough, and now that its on sale i think im going to pull the trigger

[sidrat]

Originally posted by Tommy Coins:

Thanks for the input, my computer is def beefy enough, and now that its on sale i think im going to pull the trigger

Let us know how you find it.

[Jan5366x]

I played on Oculus Rift, NMS is one of the best VR Games out there (only some VR Only games top this)

[sidrat]

Originally posted by Jan5366x:

I played on Oculus Rift, NMS is one of the best VR Games out there (only some VR Only games top this)

How do you enjoy the VR flying?

[PeaceMaker]

Originally posted by Tommy Coins:

I have a quest 2, i have NMS free on gamepass but is it worth buying on steam for VR?

I have HP Reverb G2, not a Q2, but I reckon it's worth it in VR. Flyin in VR is beautiful, cruising the skies and checking the ground or in space is good. Might depend on the power of your pc though.

[sidrat]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

I have HP Reverb G2, not a Q2, but I reckon it's worth it in VR. Flyin in VR is beautiful, cruising the skies and checking the ground or in space is good. Might depend on the power of your pc though.

What are your controls for flying like? Do you have the VR controllers as I didn't know you could use external USB controllers, that would be awesome and I'd love that, even if it's just an XBox controller.

[Legend]

VR is terrible. Your HUD is pretty much tied to your body with NO way to make it tie to your HMD (READ: exactly where you're looking). Your body is also tied to your HUD which means you can move around based on where you look, but if you try to rocket jump or jump/rocket at all? You're gonna go in a completely different direction from where you are looking.

[UltraCyberGod]

Originally posted by Planetpink:

i only play NMS in VR since march 2022 and i am 1300+ hours in. Maybe that answers the question :-) But keep in mind: You need a very good gaming PC and you need to optimize your settings to get it running smooth enough. NMS has a bad performance in VR out of the box. If you can use Virtual Desktop (Quest 2 / Pico 4) and NVIDIA GPUs you should be able to run it smooth enough.

With that many hours are you using different controller bindings...? If so which...?

[Kobs]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Originally posted by Tommy Coins:

I have a quest 2, i have NMS free on gamepass but is it worth buying on steam for VR?

I have HP Reverb G2, not a Q2, but I reckon it's worth it in VR. Flyin in VR is beautiful, cruising the skies and checking the ground or in space is good. Might depend on the power of your pc though.

Same, the only time I played pancake was when I couldn't change galaxies when I was on my 256 galaxy quest. the G2 is awesome for this game, I just love everything about flying in VR.

[sidrat]

Originally posted by Kobs:

I just love everything about flying in VR.

What are you doing that is different to everyone else that has to use their VR controllers as a loose fairly rubbish hotas?

[Sol]

I've been playing in VR for about 60 hours so far, and it's pretty wild.

There are three categories of VR specific feedback I have for it. The good, the bad and the hopelessly sh!t.

The good:
- Very immersive and beautiful. Amazing overall feel to the game all around - as you would suspect from playing in VR.

- You can also use your multi-tool personal shield at the same time as you can still shoot, etc... which is cool.

- The true scale of everything is revealed, and just makes everything look so much more grand and impressive.

- The immersion is so high that you almost forget about the bad, and hopelessly sh!t listed below.

The bad:
- No option for using the sticks on the controllers for flying, which makes piloting a ship heavily annoying and stupid... until you get used to it, then it's just mildly annoying and stupid. You get (mostly) over it eventually but it takes some level of determination to "git gud".

- The UI often detects that you're putting your physical hand/controller on certain menus, despite being 3 feet away. This in turn will just randomly make you purchase stuff as you are "mousing over" or pointing at it, just to say, see the specs or whatever. I have tried moving the UI so far away from me that I can barely see it, and it still happens.

The hopelessly sh!t:
- The fact that you can't switch weapons on your ship without first completely letting go of both the throttle AND the flight stick, so you can clumsily use your "wrist menu" to change your weapon. It only takes like a second or two, but by then your target has manoeuvred behind you and their shield has recharged so you go right back to changing BACK to the weapon you were just using before. Basically, it makes trying to use rockets/missiles pretty much impossible, at least in a solo situation.

Originally posted by Legend:

VR is terrible. Your HUD is pretty much tied to your body with NO way to make it tie to your HMD (READ: exactly where you're looking). Your body is also tied to your HUD which means you can move around based on where you look, but if you try to rocket jump or jump/rocket at all? You're gonna go in a completely different direction from where you are looking.

Sit still and use your sticks for turning your body, and none of what you said will happen. The game isn't meant to be 360° room scale, you're playing it wrong.