Comment on Steam Frame - What games do you want to play on it?
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s interesting that some of these replies are listing dozens of games that they’ve played, as if dipping into each one and then going to another.
In the “flat screen” world I have maybe four favourite games with thousands of hours in each - and I’m not getting the impression that VR people are finding games with thst level of interest.
To add to what IamSparticles said: a lot of the good VR games are either limited in scope mechanics based games or tell a linear story – Half Life: Alyx for example. I.e. limited replayability.
Multiplayer games, simulators, and open world games are the ones that are ones that get hundred of hour. It’s a smaller pool, but they’re out there.
I don’t play VR often, but I’ve never put that amount of hours into any game and I’ve been playing since I was 4. Maybe I put a couple hundred hours into Pokemon on the Game Boy Color, but usually I beat a game and then move on.
I don’t know about thousands, but I get the impression some of Beat Saber fans have hundreds of hours in that game alone.
Just like with non-VR games I’m sure there’s a lot of variation. Some titles are designed for long branching narratives that invite replay. Some are inherently multiplayer and get most hours from that. Some have endless modes you can play over and over to best your high score. And some have none of those things and just a single definitive ending after 5-20 hours.
IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
The vast majority of games aren’t designed with long-term replay value in mind. Period. That goes for both flat and VR alike. The overall pool of VR games is just obviously smaller, and since many are designed with room-scale movement in mind, you wouldn’t generally be playing them for long periods without getting tired. If you’re looking for VR games that you can spend a lot of time on, I would suggest seated simulation titles that have almost infinite replayability:
perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s probably the most helpful review I’ve seen so far - thanks!
I guess that also includes ground vehicle and walking simulators, like: