This Is What 7 YEARS VR Development Looks Like

/ virtualinsider
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Zombies
2:30 - Graphics
4:15 - Level Variety
5:50 - Gun Handling
8:20 - Hand Interaction
10:10 - Buddy

[@greisyn654]

4:27 "theres a section where you go into a mine with a fleshlight." ~ Virtual Insider Narrator, 2/28/24

[@mxney727]

"You also find a flashlight which you can use to light your way" I wonder if there's flashlights in this game

[@mrmeister1860]

@@mxney727 that wasnt the joke lmao

[@thcgm]

the joke was shit so i dont blame him ignoring it

[@greisyn654]

@@thcgm i dont think i even got the notification for it, joke was so shit even KZbin didnt want me to see it

[@The-Visu]

7:29 is crazy

[@therealdocshock]

7:29 YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF MINOR WHAT????

[@bonojennett]

4:26 I don't remember the first game having a FLESHLIGHT?

[@randomblueberry5019]

I was half asleep didn’t catch that

[@maegnificant]

Well they don't, they use a flashlight though.

[@AwoogaChooga]

Another reason that the second one is better. I loved finding the secret fleshlight that one hits zombies. It's a bit weird that it fires milk tho, hope they change that in the third one🙏🙏

[@maegnificant]

@@AwoogaChooga it's called a flashlight, for the love of god people

[@AquaJV]

@@maegnificantBet you have a lot of friends.

[@davidchandler5432]

Good explanation of all of the advancements and improvements between the two games!

[@HugoStiglitz88]

These studio is making a Metro VR game. I really hope they can do it justice because Metro is one of my all time favorite series and I've always said, it would be perfect for VR since so much of the game is already designed to be ultra immersive even on a flat screen so it would be a relatively seemless transition.

[@introbra]

mmmmhm, if only they didn't ban Paradox of Hope for that

[@WalkThroughVirtual]

​@@introbraThe game shouldn't have been taken down so early they should've kept it up until metro awakening would be released then they could've got rid of paradox of hope

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

That Hotel Pool area was a solid nod to L4D2

[@grimreaperking]

And the music stage fight too!

[@positivevibezz69]

I have abt 30 hours in the first one in horde mode with my buddy from echo (rip echo, the greatest game of all time) and I've been going thru the second campaign, so far im liking it

[@justafro2478]

great comparison loved the review

[@TeoSaint1212]

great comparisons, thanks

[@maegnificant]

If you replay half-life alyx, you'll notice that VR gaming has not really moved more than a few inches since 2018.

[@FlockersDesign]

He is talking about the development not the headsets Like you refuring to with your comment

[@martinwalker6145]

Listen alyx is a tech demo play boneworks and saints n sinners those games have actual gameplay

[@FlockersDesign]

@@martinwalker6145 wait what are you okey brother 🤣🤣 If there is one tech demo here its bonelabs and boneworks the have 0 gameplay You absolute moran 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@martinwalker6145]

@@FlockersDesign atleast it has physical gameplay not point and click shooting felt like a full experience

[@FlockersDesign]

@@martinwalker6145 i see you talking about one single mechanic in the game Gunplay doesnt stand for gameplay I mean if you want to make a point atleast make sure to make a correct one my god So because one game has more simplefied weapon mechanics its a terrible game and a tech demo Yea you got a lot to learn So i reccoment just dont ever respond to shit again if you habe 0 nolage on what you are talking about You only make yourself look really stupid

[@ro4less95]

great video mate

[@Phoenix2.5D]

my first ever experience with VR was with Arizona Sunshine 1, when my little brother was like "Hey Phoenix, try this game!" And I put the headset on, and it was the bit where you're in a clearing and a bunch of zombies come at you all at once and I, who didn't know the controls, promptly got absolutely bodied.

[@ronm6585]

Thank you.

[@heyitscrusty1976]

Wow good video, I haven't played these games, years ago I was going to buy the first one but didn't. Then VRChat took over my life haha oof, I can imagine if a 3rd one of these games comes out it'll be even more amazing I hope, I might buy it and try it out

[@waffler-yz3gw]

i love how the devs are clearly passionate about their games, each game they make is a major improvement from the previous

[@SirQuacksalotthe1st]

You can find a flesh light you say to light your way you say i don't remember that being in the game 😂

[@9ALiTY]

Having played through both, Arizona Sunshine 2 felt a bit sluggish & couldn't calibrate belt area as well as the first game, & with HP Reverb Controllers its a bit finicky to Reload. But other then that it was great. Although can u not store Maylay weapons or can u?

[@Gosu9765]

One of the PSVR2 highlights and overall one of the few VR games that actually feel like a proper AAA experience in VR. Solid gameplay and mechanics, awesome graphics, something to actually keep you going (looking at you all the simple Rouge like sandboxes). Had exactly the same issues with weapon handling (accidental magazine grabs, annoying weapon hand switch or in some occasions as I tried to quickly swap my gun I was throwing current one away, even tho the setting that allows this was disabled - lost the flame thrower quickly after I got it which, ngl. was extremely annoying). Overall i loved the game.

[@Druxer1]

good video

[@curtloadblower]

americans say shopping carts. brits say shopping trolley

[@Lord_of_Dread]

When I saw the title my brain thought that 7days to die finally got the VR launch. Silly brain

[@mrinfinitymusic]

Is the horde mode just one map where you stand under a tent and just shoot?

[@bishopsylvester8120]

"theres a satisfying crunch but in the second game their head actually blows up into pieces" the first game does this you just have gore turned off (: arizona sunshine 1 was such a nostalgia trip to play again the second one is so much better its not even close melee combat more weapons and its an actual challenge and believe me from a hardcore arizona sunshine fan the second game is SO much harder and when i mean its harder its much harder its not even funny.

[@randomdude9630]

I love how infrequent the dirty jokes are because their always out of pocket and always when you dont expect it

[@asterlofts1565]

Please, talk about Artificial Intelligence in VR games. Like Swordsman VR.

[@mattvsmetaverse]

They must've had some great updates to the game, because I was staying away from this for the $50 price-tag and because of the mixed reviews. Not to mention, I could never find players to do a match with in the first one. With that whittling player-base well before, and by the time this released, I just assumed it would be the same with the sequel. If I can easily load up a MP game now, and they fixed the complaints in the reviews, I'm totally down for trying it again. That price-tag though... A little presumptuous, I think. Though it looks visually better than the first, I really don't think this is Half-Life: Alyx quality, and that's really the only VR game I think warrants $50 at the moment... But, correct me if I'm wrong here.

[@Sarahm2261]

I would just wait for sale then.

[@mattvsmetaverse]

@@Sarahm2261 Yea, that's my default MO... lol

[@nathanixslade]

7 years later and they haven't learned how to build a body? I want a damn arm

[@bearlogg7974]

2016 was 485 years ago?

[@SubjectDredd]

*flashlight brother, flashlight..

[@MBMephisto]

no thats a fleshlight

[@iraklimgeladze5223]

All that could be attributed just bigger budget

[@waffler-yz3gw]

7:37 i dont like that cus it makes me grab it when i dont wanna

[@rockowilson2320]

Is this the PCVR version?

[@Christian-822]

Yes

[@spacedout4061]

7 years for a 4 hour campaign and like nothing else

[@DontDoPhlog]

i really want to play ass2 with my friend it looks fun, i looks like l4d(2) vr

[@PixelShade]

Hey he's back! Hope to move went well! Awesome review like always. Although I must admit, I am pretty tired of killing zombies in VR. This game will still be a pass for me personally. I wish more VR developers made "great stories" through VR. I mean hearing the main character speak in Arizona Sunshine 2 is like hearing the most bland, paper cut version of a your typical bad ass white dude. This is the main reason I couldn't stomach 'male V' in cyberpunk. :) I'm just so tired of playing that stereotype in video games I went for female V instead. With that being said I honestly wish CDPR would make an official VR mode for cyberpunk. They spent so much time making an immersive 'first person'-centric experience that most of the game elements are kind of unintentionally designed around VR already.

[@virtualinsider]

Move went great thanks, settled in now so normal service should resume. I am tired of zombie shooters aswell, its just we get so few good quality VR games and good length single player campaign that isnt a roguelike

[@1morbidity]

Why would i buy this when the devs didnt even finish After The Fall, just trickle fed some content for a season and called it a day.

[@SargonDragon]

Umm what? After the Fall is a finished game. And the devs have added more stuff to it that made it even better for quite a while. And all of the additions were free. So I don't understand what you're on about. After the Fall is one of the best VR games out there.

[@mycomikko]

I'd buy this for 20 maby.

[@BigFrogg]

It’s not that much better tbh. I think because they had to get it running on quest is the reason, meta is both saving and holding VR back lol

[@vroitwyrd]

Everything is amplified in VR, especially when more expansive game systems must be cut back to meet the demands of the platform. What features are there, must have solid implementation. It doesn't take much to remove a player's immersion. The jank is real and can easily ruin an otherwise positive experience. A personal peeve, is status vignettes. Common in flatscreen games, this in one of the worst features to have crossed over to VR. To clarify, the red hue when taking damage or low on health. Or the edge of your lenses pulsing green when poisoned. The FOV of current headsets are already limited. Those are valuable pixels being blotted to create, "cinematic tension." No. Rage. That is all. Annoyance. Uninstall. I have been hit in the head a time or two. zZz. I have never seen red. There are better ways. I rant.

[@RedcoatTrooper]

Shame they didn't learn to do a full body though

[@Nopounet]

Great improvement yes, but in the meantime Alyx crush them all since 2020

[@jackdiddley]

Exactly. Disappointing that VR has come to mean "mobile VR", and that they are really just playing catch up to where it was before mobile.

[@Nopounet]

@@jackdiddley hopefully the deckard will change everything in a near future 👍

[@RadioactiveGoose]

Well it's Valve. They don't need to make profit on the game.. Their goal is to expand the VR user base. They took 6-7 years to develop Alyx. That's way more budget than any VR studio can commit to a game.

[@waffler-yz3gw]

similar to all of valve's games, alyx is just way ahead of it's time

[@Drgigglefart612]

*the thumbnail* Game is game

[@kingx1180]

This is the worst VR studio I really hate that they are the ones developing metro VR

[@benbaz4607]

I agree

[@benbaz4607]

Storyline is bad Gameplay is bad A deception for me

[@kingx1180]

@@benbaz4607 the story is still done by 4A games The story can still be good But the gameplay? I really don't think so....

[@positivevibezz69]

Vertigo games have come out with some of the best vr games,i happen to like the studio(have u played fracked)

[@azurewrath6625]

@@positivevibezz69 that's actually nDreams, a really good studio but they also short games as well. They got increased budget lately so hope they can improve on their length of games.

[@JPDD2]

Gameplay is decent but that dialog is complete ass. They made the character so unlikeable and just ready to jump out the closet for some reason. Hella sex and diq jokes that serve no purpose other than to annoy you. It actually ruins the game.

[@Blobby192]

zombie games are so boring

[@PSVR2pioneer]

Shut up women

[@yyggyyhh3926]

@@GalileoGuy175Agreed.

[@waffler-yz3gw]

then ignore them, why would you watch this video if you know you won't like it wtf

[@BigSunn0]

Sequel is wildly over rated. Cant believe people like this garabage

[@kellybailey921]

Why don’t you like it?

[@ColdSnailVR]

what makes it garbage? Personally i really enjoyed it

[@PetrusEksteen]

Really short, no left-handed mode, zero innovation, janky inventory system, etc etc. It's competent and and enjoyable for what it is, but hardly worth the price

[@PetrusEksteen]

@dannyd4339 I find a similar pattern with KZbinrs who have Half Life Alyx as their top VR game, there is not much room in their videos for actual critique. Like, in what world is a simple pistol reskin mod such a massive game changer (a la gunman contracts which was making the rounds a couple months ago)? These people are missing out on the real potential out there, such as the Safehouse Progression mod for H3VR, or the simple fact WD:S&S1 is a more impressive game than Arizona Sunshine 2. It seems some people are absolutely hypnotized when a VR game lets them draw on a window with a marker but are completely oblivious of the joys to behold in games like Into the Radius, Punji VR, Grimlord, etc, which can have deep gameplay systems rather than flaunting a AAA budget on nothing more than nice graphics. /rant

[@dannyd4339]

@PetrusEksteen I agree, this is why many game genres have become stagnant and boring, not just vr. But it affects vr disproportionately. Shills, people who will just praise anything for the sake of praising it and ignore its many issues. Us as the costumers are the ones who are supposed to push the standard higher when it comes to videogames. If we just ignore crap like this, it will only get worse, not better.