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merrychan

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1 minute ago, SeanR said:

 

the move controllers have already been updated with micro-USB

 

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/3/16411466/sony-ps-move-controller-mini-usb-micro-playstation-vr

 

but it means you can't use the totally awesome original charging stand

 

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Thanks but I'm looking to source a set of the controllers, I've only got the PSVR starter pack, camera and headset

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metallicfrodo

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54 minutes ago, merrychan said:

So Beat Saber has me thinking Move Controller Twin Pack should be purchased, only stock seems to be very limited. Anyone got any recommendations and should I realistically hold out for the original RRP of £68 ish or pay the inflated £130 for those that have them? Do folk think the stock shortage is due to a revised set being released?

I would hold off and put a stock checker on any sites that will allow you. They do tend to come in and out of stock fairly regularly.

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SeanR

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ah, you mean a further (rumoured) update to include analogue stick controllers on the move handsets?

 

yeah, no. Way to alienate, and split, your userbase:

 

You can use your old move controllers! (I got a (full setup) pair for like £20)

We're starting move production again, with slight upgrades (£70 a pair)

Here are new-new move controllers with analogue sticks! Please buy them! (£??)

 

they did that back in the PS3 days, with the sixaxis and dualshock 3 controllers.

they did that in the PS1 days, with the dual analogue and dualshock controllers.

 

 

They're totally going to do it, ain't they?

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metallicfrodo

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Beat Saber is my go to game for introducing people to VR now. It's also the game that we now play as a family pretty much every weekend so I'd say it's well worth picking now as it's not that expensive, so even if it is reduced in the next month or so it's only likely to be by a few quid.

 

EDIT: Actually it is sightly more expensive than I thought it was, still well worth it though.

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Goose

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Just tried The London Heist on VR Worlds. Wasn't expecting much but with move controllers it was cracking fun. If you can get past the mockney accents and the facking dialogue it has two great little sections. The shootout in the stately home and a lot more fun, the biker chase. The move controllers worked great provided you didn't slam them around too quickly. The sound was excellent and the fact you can shoot past people is neat. At one point I was shooting out of a van window as the vehicle was driving down a road, I shot through the window on the driver's side and he leaned back so I could get a better shot. 

 

It's over very quickly, and there are only two real action sections, the rest of it is talking/interacting. I was impressed with lighting a cigar and then giving some one a light with the lighter. After the main section is finished, there's a number of target ranges you can have a go on as well. Not sure what it would be like with a joypad but I thought it worked very well most of the time, with the move controllers. Just being able to throw the gun from one hand to the other was so cool.

 

It's a shame there's so much swearing - I wouldn't have let the kids play the main (very short) story, but they'd have liked the target range, but even that is peppered with 'fucks'. 

 

It made me really, really want a Point Blank or Time Crisis game with move or aim support. It's a complete no brainer and I can't see why it hasn't been done yet. 

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Qazimod

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80% off Dirt Rally's VR Bundle until the 20th, bringing it down to £7.99:

 

https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4001-CUSA03648_00-DIRTRALLY0001000

 

Be warned that it is more challenging than arcadey, but you can still have a lot of fun messing with quick-play events and experiencing the horror of rolling a car down a muddy hill in VR.

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kerraig UK

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Firstly apologies if drug talk isn't condoned in here, but I just had such a unique moment.

Tetris Effect is on free demo this weekend and KriessG kept telling me to check it out and so I downloaded it. Knowing its from the Lumines guy I figured it'd have nice trippy visuals and music and so this evening I decided to have a go on it while on ketamine. Not a lot, juts a bit to give a mild feeling of floating.

HOOOOOOOOLY FUCK

 

That was as close to what I always imagined transcendental meditation to be like. I experienced a complete disconnect with my body as I laid these little blocks and made all these wonderful sounds. 

What an elegant and spiritual game. Immediately purchased.

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kerraig UK

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Still parsing that experience. 'Level 1' is essentially the blue pill. You can leave me in that reality forever and I'll be ok. Under water, with a lovely voice whispering in my ear "we're all connected" as it hands me just exactly the piece I needed to perfectly energise my beam of light. 

 

They should change the difficulty settings in games from easy to benevolent. Thats how it felt with the music and the light and the drug. Kind. I don't think I've ever described a game as kind before.

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On 09/02/2019 at 15:44, metallicfrodo said:

As a heads up Beat Saber has a new update out that adds Expert+ mode for those finding Expert too easy.... erm....

 

Thanks for the heads up, had a go last night, and yeah even with the song slow down thing on it was way harder than expert!

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joemul

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I'm absolutely terrible at it. Terrible. It's brilliant though. Mrs Mul said she spotted some Jehovah's Witnesses staring at me through the window before they knocked the other week. I was deep into the game so i must've looked bizarre.

 

I tried Thumper last week. Don't see what all the fuss is about.

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dataDave

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1 hour ago, joemul said:

I tried Thumper last week. Don't see what all the fuss is about.

 
Room scale on the Vive makes that game for me (with the camera reset turned off). The beetle rail goes through your play area like some kind of room feature as if it were a snooker table or something. You can even crawl underneath it and stand at either side. Of course when I start playing it I forget I'm in VR anyway.

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Dudley

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I do that with Fantastic contraption.  When I needed to get to the other side of my vehicle to do something, I walked right round it rather than through it :D

 

Didn't even occur to me to do it any other way but the people watching found it hilarious.

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Qazimod

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Whilst I primarily bought Astro Bot for my nephew to enjoy, we had some fun tag team moments earlier this week where he’d pause and pass the controller to me after struggling with a jump a few times. Who says VR gaming isn’t social?

 

(I tried to offer him the controller a few times when I was having trouble in my first playthrough of Celeste but he wasn’t as keen for some reason... :P )

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