The Tuesday letters page discusses the pros and cons of PSVR2 and VR in general, as one reader reminisces over the glory days of the Xbox 360.
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Borderlands 4 all
So, it looks like Borderlands 4 is going to be announced this month, which makes sense given the movie and all. But I wonder how much that is going to influence the game? If you watch the trailer it’s a pretty weird taken on the games. It’s not mature-rated and the actors seem miscast. The whole thing doesn’t really have the same tone as the games and seems to be aimed at being more family-friendly, is the impression I get.
So will the new game be like that? I guess a lot of fans would say no but as much as I enjoyed the first two, I found the third one just too annoying to really enjoy. It wasn’t funny, despite trying really hard, and I never even got to the end of the story because I was sick of all the ‘jokes’. If the movie is better written I would actually be fine with the fourth game taking its cue from there.
I can only imagine how many petitions that would inspire from rabid fans that just want the same old thing but that’s my opinion.
Focus
Drake’s misfortune
Naturally, I have no idea what Naughty Dog are working on next but what happened to the rumours of someone else making a new Uncharted game? Given the film was a reasonable success I’m shocked there still hasn’t been a new one yet, or at least the announcement of one.
Last I heard, Bend Studios aren’t working on it anymore, but then who is? Assuming some work has been done on it, given how much time they’ve had, surely Sony could’ve rustled up a pre-rendered trailer or something. I mean, this is the same company that made the famous Killzone 2 trailer that basically sold the PlayStation 3.
Just add it to the list of MIA games I guess, but this is more of a mystery than any of them because we know for a fact the original developer isn’t working on it.
Mathers
GC: You have it right, as far as the rumours are concerned. Bend was supposedly working on a new entry but then the project moved to another, unknown developer.
Forever autumn
After reading the latest crazy GTA 6 rumour I did wonder if any of the previous ones had turned out to be true and apparently they were?! I remember the T-shirt one but the phases of the moon one is just crazy. I think, based on that, there has to be a good chance that the second trailer is going to be released this October.
It’s surely got to be this year, and Rockstar doesn’t like having to rely on anyone else, like at The Game Awards, so around October seems like a pretty good guess even if you didn’t have this supposed hint. We’re bound to get the release date at that point too, and that really is going to turn the internet inside out. Funny thing is, that could be October too.
Striker
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Odd one out
I’m surprised to see Mortal Kombat 1 seems to have done worse than the rest of the games. I know some people didn’t like the reboot idea, but I thought it made the story seem very fresh and interesting, waiting to see how people turned out in the new reality.
Since everything else was more or less the same I’m surprised that was such a turn off that the game immediately ended up getting massive discounts in the recent sales. The only other big difference was the support characters but was that really such a bad idea? And how would you know you didn’t like it until you bought it and tried yourself?
I’m not a massive Mortal Kombat fan but I’ve always enjoyed them, and this one no less than any of the others, so I’m kind of baffled to see the very different response to it from other fans.
PhantomZ
The zenith
I note negative comments on PlayStation VR2 from Si in a recent Inbox, and other similar comments pepper the internet. I do wonder whether any of those holding such views have actually used the device. I’ve been playing video games since the Atari VCS and the PlayStation VR2, in my view, is the peak of 40 years of electronic interactivity.
Grand Turismo 7, Resident Evil 4 and Village, and No Man’s Sky should be system sellers. People should try the thing, or at least Sony’s marketing should enable this. Without being partisan, my Meta Quest 2 is very rarely used, as its games aren’t of the same quality, and it can’t natively connect to devices such as driving wheels (I don’t have easy access to a gaming PC). We’ll see where the future of VR goes but it would benefit gamers to see for themselves what PlayStation VR2 can offer.
PS
Future Quest
I previously thought Sony would have been better advised to produce a rival to the Meta Quest 3 (wireless, which doesn’t require a console). That ship has already sailed. The market leader in VR is still losing money, so it’s unlikely Sony will be tempted to enter that race.
Motion sickness remains a big problem for VR. But when you consider how 3DTVs came and went, because people didn’t like wearing glasses, a VR headset is a hard sell. I personally think augmented reality has a brighter future. But not until the devices are much more streamlined. Comfort is the biggest issue with VR headsets. I’ve tried several headsets over the years (including Quest 3) and at around 30 minutes I can’t wait to take the damn thing off.
It will be interesting to see if they can overcome comfort issues and make VR more accessible. I have my doubts. Maybe Meta Quest 7 can overcome the issues I have with VR? I don’t anticipate the solutions anytime soon. I certainly don’t think we will see a PlayStation VR3 for PlayStation 6.
Si
Personal question
I’m in two minds about buying the PlayStation VR2, despite the price drop.
I don’t have a PC, only a MacBook Pro M1, so I can’t play PC games like Half-Life: Alyx.
Sony appear to have stopped almost all support for the format.
Is it worth £330 for this accessory?
Justin
GC: Only you can judge that. The hardware is very good and the AAA games that are compatible with it, such as Gran Turismo 7 and Resident Evil are excellent. But Sony support never really started, let alone stopped, and no other major publisher seems interested now either. There are still lots of interesting indie games being released for it but whether that makes it worth £330 depends on your circumstances.
Glory days
So, by the time you read this the Xbox 360 marketplace will have been shut down and the console will have had the final coffin nailed into it. Almost 20 years later though and I still highly rate it, as not just the best Xbox (obviously) but one of the best consoles ever made.
You can debate how much of that is due to Sony dropping the ball, with the PlayStation 3, but I think that’s unfair to Microsoft, who were firing on all cylinders with this one… until they weren’t and they got fixated on Kinect instead.
It’s certainly a console that started off better than it ended but I remember the days when Halo and Gears of War were at their peak and online was just starting to take over. At that point Xbox was the absolute market leader and Sony seemed like they were miles behind.
It never lasted though and now so much has changed I don’t know where Xbox goes from here, but they should recognise that the 360 was their greatest moment and the more they remind themselves of why the better they’ll do.
McConnell
PS: Bring back blades! Getting rid of them was the real reason everything went downhill.
Inbox also-rans
That Astro Bot controller is the first of these things I’ve seen that I would actually consider using. Shame it’s more expensive, I guess to put the eyes on the touchpad?
Comstan
Do you think Death Stranding 2 will be at Gamescom? It seems ages since we’ve seen anything on it and I miss me some Kojima weirdness.
Garuda
GC: It may be featured on the Opening Night Live event but as far as we know it won’t be at the show itself.
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