The ALIEN ROGUE INCURSION Reviews are In! | Subside is STUNNING on PSVR2 | PSVR2 GAMESCAST LIVE

[@magnusfrost537]

Bryan please keep up the score system of 0-10 I know it's not perfect, but it works really good! And you are the reviewer I trust the most ! If there was no score, I don't think I would ever watch the reviews. Ohh and as always - mad respect for your talent and hard work 👏

[@avaron_VR_Gamecat]

Agreed, on ALL points. :)

[@Farat9622]

I like ACG's Buy, wait for sale or never touch system too.

[@supernintendochalmers6628]

I have no qualms with Bryan's reviews. Like Wes said, I mostly go by his impressions and +/- at the end. The number is a small part of it, but it's nice to know where it lands on HIS scale.

[@IskandarTheWack]

Genotype walked so alien rogue incursion could walk

[@jackcall3815]

I still haven’t played many VR games that are better than Genotype. I hope this can pass it, but we’ll see

[@Mi_Mono]

That makes incursion sound like nothing new

[@codyjaymz]

@@jackcall3815 does it have good haptics/adaptive triggers now? Been really considering it

[@hermestri313]

​@codyjaymz yes haptics are amazing. You even get a headset rumble when jumping back etc.

[@AVClll]

Heads up, watch all your reviews amd love every one of them! You guys (each of you) do a great job!

[@MeowtualRealityGamecat]

I can't wait to play the alien game. I don't buy or play big games like this until I finish 3 three-story games I have in my library, finished Wizards Dark Times, this week and loved it, just have to finish Hubris and Resident Evil 4 now. It pushes me to get the most out of my games and helps with all the unfinished games I have got. Thanks for the show, 10 out of 10

[@InspectorGamecat]

I was doing so well... Half way through batman metro came out, dropped batman to play that. Finished metro, finished batman. Then stalker 2 came out, and I am stuck in that and the VR games are piling up...

[@luyixi]

I didn't know the CruCast was no longer a thing, last I heard it was on hiatus. Loved that show, it introduced me to a lot of VR personalities - Skeeva, Eric, Bradley. Was always hoping to see the Without Parole team jump on for a show or two, but schedules and timezones :- / Regarding game review scores, I've always liked Bryan's philosophy: find a reviewer that shares your taste. I know I can trust all you guys when it comes to VR, and I know to avoid IGN like its the plague. By the same token, as a racing fan also, I know I can trust IGN's Luke Reilly for racing games. Hope you can take it easy over the Xmas and New Year period. You're looking healthy Mr Paul; a smart shirt and tie and you're almost the spitting image of 2018 Bryan at the small white desk! :-3

[@supernintendochalmers6628]

Can we start a petition for backwards compatibility now that hand tracking is on the way? And have you done Blair Witch for 'why isn't this on psvr2 yet'? I loved the atmosphere of that game!

[@plo617]

This really feels like a big year for VR. Two of my friends have just picked one up and another is considering it. There's so many new games out that I simply can't keep up. My backlog is truly becoming insurmountable..

[@oursique]

Those Subside and shipwreck discussions reminds me I loved Titanic VR in spite of its limited design and budget.

[@avaron_VR_Gamecat]

Alien just needs an outdoor environment or a spacewalk, just like Metro needs a few outdoor levels to help free the mind from the tight rooms & halls. Listen up Devs always give a grand open vista area even if its blocked off by cliff you can run along side of, the mind just needs an open vista so it dosnt get cramped in the whole time your playing. :)

[@Silkysime]

A multiplayer mode with some people playing as the Xenomorph would be pretty cool I imagine

[@oursique]

Good point, Pools would have fit in my viewer takeover question. But I listed the games people mention when they say "oh I wish this game had the graphics level of ". They don't understand the limitations, or they joined the VR party one generation too early.

[@hussainchoudhury8846]

@Bryan - am just listening to the gamecast and listening to the bit about the visual issues you experienced. Have you tried it after the patch? I just had a quick go, literally still at the beginning trying to find a keycard.....and I am floored by how good it looks?!?!? I did not notice the "bleeding edges" issue you referred to, but I guess was not looking for it. One trick I do use to make a game like this more atmospheric - I go into the VR quick settings menu and turn the headset brightness right down (like at zero end of the sliding bar). It is such a pity they went for full on action vibe.....just going around the empty hallways with that creepy music playing and having occasional encounters balanced with all out kill-fest moments - sounds like that would have elevated the game no end. I hope this is why they made this a part 1. Listen to the feedback and incorporate into the next part. (Oh, am playing on ps5 pro. i know there are no listed enhancements but i wonder if it just makes any difference at all or not, like I noticed that your character does cast a semi decent shadow, which i would assume is present on the base console?).

[@Burnsy8709]

I think buy, wait for a sale, don’t touch is a great way to review its straight to the point and You have 3 choices scores to pick from Rather than a 100 choices you currently have with the 1-10 system either way you’re reviews i hardly disagree with if at all

[@andrew-sz3ct]

Stay positive! I think they're going to have a huge hit on their hand. I hope we see it before March and the additional time has been used to polish and add more planes for release.

[@Calakapepe]

54:00 yeah no kidding. Even my comment on someone else's review was me just agreeing that it looked good... didnt even mention any comparison and someone sent me a huge essay about how bad the fresnel lenses are and that that is the sole cause of more blurred lines etc.. I just responded "happy for you" cause they clearly have the superior pancake lenses that have definitely been the only viable way to do VR for the past decade. (Sarcasm) Weird stuff. Cant they just enjoy their games and ignore the ones they dont?

[@ProcrastinatingGameCat]

Talking about the leaps in technology, when Wess mentioned the jumps from 720p to 1080. And then later to 4k... I am one of the people who just cannot see the difference between 1080 and 4k. Like OLED and HDR are way more important for me than 4k. Whenever I watch something in 4k I feel like this is the shit. But then I try to watch the same thing on my 1080p television, and I cannot see the difference :p

[@justapsvr2enthusiast]

Wes, you're a genius about the hand tracking and the ability to do backwards compatibility with PS VR1! Now, if only Sony uses your intelligence to implement this.

[@Joeybatz33]

What PC are people comparing PS VR2 on PS5 too? A 4080 card or lower? When people say it's better on PC, what specs?

[@paulerlingheuser8453]

My 4070super can jack up all the settings pretty much

[@paulerlingheuser8453]

A PS5 equivalent you'll need a probably 3060 or 2070

[@NotSureBrawndo]

Another fun show, thanks cats.

[@JPWestmas]

A deeper gameplay loop but a less immersive experience doesn't necessarily mean another game is less good or better because it has a more shallow game play loop but a more immersive experience and vice versa. It's the overall quality of the visuals and the game play itself that averages out the overall quality of the experience. There's no way to objectively keep track of all that so we have to react emotionally to it. That's not to say emotions are invalid because they are based on feelings and feeling are real and rarely do they match other people's feelings precisely. It's best to just accept that fact.

[@MattyFreedom]

I made the big mistake of playing the Subside demo before I played Aliens. It made the visual clarity look like shit in comparison. Doh.

[@plo617]

The only way that hand tracking would truly be great is if it were used with some kind of thin glove that had haptics and some kind of futuristic thin skeletal frame that molded into different forms. So holding a gun, the glove would lock into a position that made it feel like you were holding a gun. Or holdinh any other weapon, shaking someones' hand etc. But something like that seems decades away.

[@golu_pl]

No aural pleasure this time? I can't find it on Spotify 😢

[@WithoutParole]

It should be uploaded soon. Sorry about that!

[@vrslayercat]

I mean Aj and Wes are both my metal bros, although i thi k Wes's taste in music is closer to mine

[@jackcall3815]

So was this a Part 1 like you mentioned on the previous gamescast? Or was it just some weird typo from them?

[@avaron_VR_Gamecat]

No one knows yet what "the parts" mean in Alien yet. I would buy 5 parts, if they were like $15 for 5 hours each part. Fly ships & go down to another planet, part2, ..space walk a huge spaceStation part3, lol ..find the Mars cydonia base part4 ..go to an Alien home world, with a Giger like artstyle that is half underwater like Subside VR, part5 :) lol, Can ya tell i love aliens as monsters in movies or games.

[@plo617]

I hear it's a part 1, but the game feels complete. Apparently there will be more games.

[@avaron_VR_Gamecat]

@@jackcall3815 they updated the ps5 store page with part1 & part2 info. The store page says part2 will have new harder enemies aswell. :)

[@gamersxpsn1822]

1:09:00 sounds like your describing Subnautica.

[@Clarksonious]

The reason Alien doesn’t run more efficiently is simple…Unreal Engine 5.

[@jreal5]

Are you going to do a review on oniriam

[@WithoutParole]

I'd love to but the list of games I'm trying to get caught up on in insanely long. So no promises

[@jreal5]

@WithoutParole k thanks. I'm just curious about it. Prolly hold off on buying until you review it. On sale right now tho

[@The.Reefer.Smoking.Gamecat]

100% agree with wes VR has ruined flat screen for me even phasmaboia VR is scary on flat it's meh

[@MattyFreedom]

I thought that when I first got PSVR2. I had zero interest in flat during my VR honeymoon. But over time, I've realised sometimes I don't want to be fully immersed. Sometimes, I just want to kick back and play on a big flat screen, which is much sharper and just less effort to play. Astrobot and Hogwarts have both dragged me back to flat for periods, on top of Returnal that always drags me back. I'm at a good stage where I play a mix now. I'm spending way too much though and my backlog is terrifying.

[@The.Reefer.Smoking.Gamecat]

@MattyFreedom for sure there are still flat games I like but it's more that they don't really have VR counterpart like baldurs gate and really any fighting game I love the hybrid model to play those games flat when I don't wanna get the headset out or just lazy

[@Burnsy8709]

The review for alien being a 7 and subside being a 9 can’t really be compared really reviews are based on what type of game it is we all knew what type of game/experience subside would be and I’m guessing Bryan’s review for it is based on what that game is trying to achieve and how well it’s achieved it With alien (not played it yet) but we all set certain expectations for it and Bryan’s review for that is obviously based on how well it’s achieved what it’s trying to be, I’m sure alien is a great game but misses a lot of things out of it that would make it a 9 or 10/10 whereas subside ticks probably every box in what it’s trying to achieve number ratings can be misleading if you look at them wrong especially when comparing them to a game with completely different targets on what they’re trying to be. I’ve played the demo of subside more than I’ve played kayak, kayak looks stunning but I’m bored after 3-4 min in there. I never once looked at Bryan’s score for subside and alien and thought “alien a 7 and subside a 9 😦 that must mean subside is better than alien” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Nathan-is7li]

Bry Guy, bro, play through Genotype. Seriously.

[@martskione]

Why’s Bryan always messing with his nose?🤔

[@WithoutParole]

Cocaine addiction

[@martskione]

Me too!

[@dukegreer1915]

I hope PlayStation upgrade Horizon call of the mountain for the ps5 pro psvr2 update

[@kramor3k]

21 HOURS LATE............!!!

[@TheSurfheart]

After being hugely disappointed by Behemoth, Metro and now the other so called "big hitters" Alien and subside turning out to be respectively a wave shooter and an "experience" Im fucking done with VR

[@avaron_VR_Gamecat]

cya in a week after new years. ;) I loved all three, and you forgot, into the Radius, which i still love. -_^ ..and i cant wait for subside, & wanderer remaster, & hitman.