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What game, book, TV show, and/or movie do you wish you could experience for the first time again? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This thread has convinced me to play Outer Wilds.

My picks are:

Game: Portal 2.
Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
TV show: Bojack Horseman.
Movie: The Shawshank Redemption.

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[–] Klear 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kinda experienced Portal 2 again for the first time when I played through it in VR. Such an amazing game!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Huh, wait. You can play it in VR? How?

(It was my wish 3 years ago)

[–] Klear 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Enjoy

There's also a VR mod for HL2. Makes it a better VR game than Alyx IMO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This sounds awesome. I wish I could understand what I was reading and put it on the VR my stepson gave me.

[–] Klear 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, depending on what VR setup you have I can either help you set it up or it might be impossible.

Portal 2 in VR runs on a PC (a pretty good gaming PC) connected to the headset either through a cable or wirelessly. If that's the setup you're using, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

If you have an Oculus/Meta Quest and only play standalone (that is, no PC is involved, everything runs on the headset), then I'm afraid that's not good enough for Portal 2 or Half-Life 2, though there is a VR port of the original Half-Life. All you'd need for that is any PC (even potato quality) and a USB cable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, it is Meta Quest 3. I haven't used it much. I got to play a couple levels of Portal 2 a very long time ago. It was one of the very few video games I actually enjoyed. I don't know anything about Half-Life. I'll ask him if he knows about it first.

[–] Klear 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, ok. Playing the original Half-Life in VR is great for the nostalgia value, though probably not that great if you're not familiar with the game itself. There's a bunch of great VR ports of old games for the standalone Quest by developers calling themselves "Team Beef". Doom 1, 2 and 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Quake 1, 2, 3 AND 4, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy... the original Tomb Raider is coming soon too.

The real draw is to see those familiar game worlds from a new perspective.