F04 regular is way more immersive than VR !

[mckracken]

(Tested a wabbajack modded VR on my G2 with a 2080super)
Boy, does this game show the limitations of current VR:

1) resolution sucks when looking in the distance. Any outdoor feeling that you are part of a vast wasteland is completely drowned in a jaggy and blurry mess. (yes even on a G2 with 100SS - nevermind that it is a SLIDESHOW at 100)

2) lighting sucks in VR. Its so flat. VR looks so flat...UGH. General lighting in 2d is so much more intense, godrays even on low look great...

3) games like this are not meant to be played standing. Its too long (you are looking at gaming sessions of max 3 hours in vr - so youll be finished with the game in 2024, if you start now.

4) the controls suck. Even a Xbox one controller is so much more comfortable.

5) what about the biggest advantage VR has? That you are inside the game? 3d is not very deep. But most of all its really, really ugly, compared to Fo4 regular. Headphone audio doesn't compare to a nice speaker setup. I shudder to think how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ it must sound on Quest or Rift (im running a 7.1.4 atmos)

To sum it up: playing the game 6feet from my 75 inch SONY is WAY more immersive than VR.

[Salamand3r-]

Ok, so - I will say that FO4VR is the VR game I've had the best totally immersed VR "moments" in.

That said, I agree on all of your points. FO4VR is not a good VR game, and makes too many compromises over the pancake version - particularly, as you mention, in lighting (and mods like ELFX don't work) - that it's a poster child for what a VR port *shouldn't* be.

[mckracken]

i love being out in the wasteland, always going for "lone wanderer"...I get so romantic in a post apocalyptic kind of way. And when i cant see the horizon because of VR....It reminds me every second that the resolution is not nearly there in VR.

What did you think about the depth of the 3d? It felt noticeably flatter than most vr stuff.

[Salamand3r-]

Originally posted by mckracken:

i love being out in the wasteland, i get so romantic in a post apocalyptic kind of way.
and when i cant see the horizon because of VR....It reminds me every second that the resolution is not nearly there in VR.

What did you think about the depth of the 3d? It felt noticeably flatter than most vr stuff.

The 3D looks fine to me - however the game does make very copious use of billboard textures, even for close-up items, that can make things look very flat.

Like I said, walking around in Fallout, especially interior cells where the view distance isn't an issue, is about the "coolest" VR experience I've had, since I'm so familiar with the universe. Holding the guns in VR and studying the animation detail is still really amazing.

But as you said, it's held back in so many ways.

[MoH [JoinUsInVR]]

Originally posted by mckracken:

3) games like this are not meant to be played standing. Its too long (you are looking at gaming sessions of max 3 hours in vr - so youll be finished with the game in 2024, if you start now.

Fallout 4 VR is the reason I play VR games standing* exclusively, the only exceptions being Elite Dangerous and Catch and Release. Before the following incident I thought sitting down was the way to play VR.

One time I was playing Fallout 4 VR and I came across a really neat environment. Since I can't remember what it was, I'll pretend I was doing something more interesting.
I was exploring Vault 95 and had Cait sit in that fateful chair. If you haven't had a chance to experience this scene in VR, you should re-evaluate this experience after you've picked your poison with Bodyslide.

Anyways, so there I was, admiring this, in my chair. I started leaning backwards for some reason, and felt my cat jump off my lap. I should have realized this was a sign of concern, but I didn't think anything of it in the next five seconds of ignorant bliss. Evidently, likely since my cat wasn't wearing an expensive blindfold, my cat had noticed my chair was tilting back off its legs and abandoned ship, leaving me to check my floor with the back of my head.

Needless to say, you only need to go through that ♥♥♥♥ one time before you and the Holocaust share a slogan.

Edit: I also think this point is funny since I'm one of the 1% elite who has the achievement for beating Fallout 4 VR, maybe you're just lazy OP?

[Kingy™]

Im running it on an old CV1 with a 2070 and i think it looks canny. Best immersive VR game ive played so far not including Alyx obviously... Im loving standing to play it, spent so many decades sat at the desk it makes a nice change and stand there all day. I do agree if they polished it, it could be so much more. But i dont think its that much of an issue. Definately one id recommend if its on sale.....

[dopamineoverload]

Disagree. Assuming CPU and GPU are decent, the right mods and .ini tweaks... VR is way, way more immersive than flat. However, you can always just play Fallout 4 flat, in a VR headset, with a giant screen. That's fun, too. But I think nothing beats Fallout 4 VR.

Quest 2 / Virtual Desktop

[ScarOfSin]

im glad to see that someone else finds the 3d sort of flat.i thought that i needed to fix some more settings.even though its not great (and it was a pain to fix the constant stuttering without modding) im starting to enjoy fallout 4 vr.im glad i bought it very cheap though.