February 2019 report
The VR Month
February 2019 will mark a turning point in my player life: I bought a virtual reality headset (Lenovo Explorer). I had been interested in it for a long time, and I came across a good opportunity. And I'm not disappointed, it's exceptional!
So my month hasn't been very productive in terms of backlog fighting. I tested a lot of free demos and VR games (War Thunder and Google Earth VR for example), and I bought some good VR games: Beat Saber, which alone is worth the investment, Project Cars 2, and IL-2 Sturmowik, which I refunded because it's not really fun to play (but it's really impressive to fly !).
My Steam wish list has doubled in volume, with lots of VR titles I want to try. But I'm going to stay reasonable, as I already have a lot of VR compatibles games to play: Subnautica, American/Euro Truck Simulator, Dirt Rally and Elite Dangerous, at least. Unfortunately, the lack of space in my flat games prevent me from playing full room scaled games like Payday 2.
In parallel, I started a new run of Fallout New Vegas, which I had only played a few hours and never finished, and Metro 2033 Redux (in GOG version).
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I also played around 35h of Apex Legends. Another reason why I didn't finished any game this month !
Most Satisfying Finish
Most Exciting Addition
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War Thunder
14 hours playtime
1 of 46 achievements
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Fallout: New Vegas
15 hours playtime
7 of 75 achievements
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Beat Saber
7 hours playtime
no achievements
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Project CARS 2
6 hours playtime
6 of 47 achievements
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American Truck Simulator
4 hours playtime
1 of 43 achievements
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DiRT Rally
9 hours playtime
18 of 170 achievements
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
12 hours playtime
1 of 66 achievements
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Just Cause 3
6 hours playtime
9 of 66 achievements
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The Lab
62 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Elite Dangerous
314 hours playtime
no achievements
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Sid Meier's Civilization VI
3 hours playtime
9 of 241 achievements
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X-Plane 11
45 hours playtime
no achievements
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Epistory - Typing Chronicles
3 hours playtime
24 of 55 achievements
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Project CARS
6 hours playtime
2 of 45 achievements
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PAYDAY 2
4 hours playtime
12 of 1130 achievements
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Subnautica
3 hours playtime
2 of 17 achievements
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Beat Saber
7 hours playtime
no achievements
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Project CARS 2
6 hours playtime
6 of 47 achievements
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Switchcars
0 minutes playtime
no achievements
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Heliborne
2 minutes playtime
0 of 50 achievements
Oh my god oh my god oh my god Beat Saber looks incredible but I know if I played it for more than five minutes I’d knock myself out
Yes it’s incredible but beware that you need some space to play it or you’ll end up hitting the desk with your controllers like me :D
Beat saber and Arizona Sunshine are the two games that make me want a VR set but it’s still a bit out of my budget plus i don’t have much space for it in my apartment. I had one of those kinect thing with my xbox 360 and never ended up using it because it was demanding too much space that i didn’t have even in the living room, let alone in my office :/
Space is the real problem for me, even for Beat Saber. Arizona Sunshine seems fun too but it’s a full scale game, so I won’t be able to play it. Now I need a new flat !!
Beat Saber looks fun but I’ve never seen any songs I actually know on it, which has made me hesitant to get it. I highly recommend Budget Cuts though, it’s brilliant. I didn’t realize IL-2 Sturmowik had VR support.
You can go to bsaber.com and download user made songs which are “real” songs ;)
Oooh I see some songs I actually know! Not many unfortunately, but it’s a start.