I have uploaded gameplay from my fresh experience with the game here if you want to see how it looks / plays. My first impressions are shared below:

Based on my limited time with it, I highly recommend playing Into Black on the PSVR2, especially if you are looking for a new co-op game to play with your VR friends and have no / little VR discomfort issues from heights or fast movement.

It is a first-person action adventure where you play the role of a deep space scavenger (Ben Mitchell) who crash lands on a mysterious planet and then needs to go on 20+ expedition missions that comprise a campaign story that can be played solo or co-op with up to 4 players where friendly-fire is always on.

The game starts with a mandatory intro / tutorial which will give you the basics of mining for different materials you need, how to traverse and how to fabricate new tools using the materials gathered during expedition. Beyond this, you are free to start campaign solo or host for co-op or use the public matchmaking lobbies to join other games in session (drop-in supported).

This tutorial covers how you can sprint by clicking in L3, how you can do Double Jumps with the X button, throw & retrieve your mining axe (think Thor's Hammer) with R2, how to shoot flares to light up areas that are too dark (L2), how to use the lasso on the flare gun (L1) to collect materials by attaching the lasso and then pulling it back like a whip, and how to complete connect lines puzzles using R1. It also teaches you to use the Fabricator to unlock the Laser Mining Tool before you go on your first campaign expedition and if you have the spare resources, go ahead and get the Scan Tool as well. It also teaches you to use the Triangle or Circle button to change equipped item in either hand.

Even though the tutorial covers a lot, there will be many more things you will learn beyond like how you can use the map on your wrist and get bigger version by throwing it down to the ground, new tools, new weapons, weapon upgrades, loadout management, cosmetic unlocks, different types of resource collections, etc as you continue with the campaign expeditions.

It also has a separate PvPvE mode called Singularity (19:45) that supports 12 players that must navigate an ever-shrinking maze gathering as much loot as they can before the void closes in on them or they fall prey to enemies (including other players). You start this mode in a room with a chest to get your starting weapons and have access to all traversal tools (even if you haven't unlocked those in your campaign story yet). What it doesn't do is explain how you can exit that starting room (23:50) by shooting the Triangle on the door with your Laser Mining Tool (25:25). This is something the playing the campaign will teach, but if you go straight into Singularity right after online modes open up (like I did), you probably won't enjoy this mode like I didn't.

The best part of the game is that it supports drop-in co-op lobbies so it can have thriving multiplayer lobbies unlike Starship Troopers: Continuum which requires people to wait in hub area while hosting until they have other players join before starting mission (nobody waits, so no lobbies). It means if you see a room open with a slot (26:15), you can just join an on-going expedition and then play the next one with the group from the start. One bit of caution on going this route is if you don't play the levels in order, you may not even have a Pistol yet and won't have other tools that might be needed to complete those expeditions. That said, the host can only start an expedition if they have the required tools (35:00) and as long as one player is handling those objectives, you can still be along for the full expedition.

As I mentioned earlier, friendly fire is always-on (including in hub area) so either due to friendly-fire or getting downed by an enemy during expedition, players can revive each other using the Flare Gun lasso on the revive icon and once green yank upwards like you do for opening chests or gathering resources to complete the revive action.

Graphically, this is one of the best uses of the OLED HDR display panels of the PSVR2 with deep dark blacks and bright neon colors that fill those dark places with dynamic lighting & shadows that may be the best I've seen to date. It is using eye-tracked foveated rendering and runs at solid 90 fps on the base PS5 or 120 fps on the PS5 Pro for no reprojection.

Audio features an excellent soundtrack, environmental ambiance, voiced dialog between your character (Mitch) and your floating robot companions, and spectacular sound effects for how different surfaces or materials sound when being whacked with your mining axe. The quality of in-game voice chat is excellent.

The game is featuring both controller and headset haptics where the headset haptics are used to make cutscene moments standout while controller haptics to immerse you in all your interactions. I don't recall feeling any headset haptics when taking damage. The adaptive triggers are used to make each gun feel unique to fire.

It is really the combination of graphics, sound and haptics working so well together that make any of the mining and shooting just feel great and satisfying.

The game is featuring a Platinum trophy with only two requiring use of the online mode. One for doing any friendly-fire damage (can be in hub or any multiplayer mode) and another for getting to the results screen of Singularity mode once. The rest can be unlocked solo or co-op as you complete the game, complete all scans, unlock all weapons, get all upgrades, etc.

VR comfort options include snap turns vs smooth turns including choosing angles / speed and the option for teleport, hybrid or smooth locomotion but I don't understand how you could play a game like this with so much speed & vertical-traversal with big jumps and double-jumps using just teleport option. Also, I didn't specifically spot a setting for vignette / tunneling / blinders. Even though this game is running 120 fps on the PS5 Pro, it still gave my wife enough feeling of VR discomfort getting through the tutorial that we decided not to push it until she felt better but she did like everything about it so will be trying again. I think we will be playing on easier difficulty and 1 expedition at a time to keep the sessions short until she is better acclimatized for this.

This is a game that is combining elements of two other popular non-VR co-op games that I have played extensively (plus doing its own thing).

One of them is called Deep Rock Galactic where you go on expeditions where you mine for resources, complete expedition objectives and shoot lots of bugs while you amass new loadout options (weapons / tools) & different power-ups for those and even has flare guns to light up dark cavern like environments or platform gun that lets you create your own paths through that are common to both games. The other is called Borderlands where you get lot of neon colored loot drops and fire projectiles that use a lot of flashy colors and enemies that take damage numbers which is what the combat side of the game reminds me of most.

Don't expect the procedurally generated endless design of Deep Rock Galactic or the length of campaign with lots of NPC characters found in a typical Borderlands game, but if you enjoyed those games, I think it is a fair bet you will also enjoy Into Black as a solo or co-op game.

Jumping out of your custom made ship in No Man’s Sky latest update here

https://youtu.be/3TkSRE3Acio?si=7nDiQDq9rxw9cjvC

Behemoth Spoiler Alert…

I finally managed to get past the 3rd Behemoth. Ashamedly, this took me about 75 minutes to do, and the vast majority of that was platforming up to the final weak point on his head. That swing you have to do from the wrist on to his face… omg, I think I tried and failed about 50 times before I finally managed to get lucky with the hands not glitching out and not grabbing the Rot sections. Anyway, I still love this game and it’s been fantastic fun so far. I know the end is probably near. Got Arken Age lined up once this is complete!

Since im kinda looking for a chill game that i can just relax in and have some fun in

For starters use my psvr2 on both pc and my base ps5 . I usually prefer games on my pc but NMS is definitely better on ps5 thanks to the eye tracking and optimization. But what I really wanna talk about is this new update .

This update has been pretty mind blowing and one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in a game period . Being able to space walk , build a ship and see it in full scale , walk around in it while it’s in space and look out the windows etc is just insane . And high altitude jumps are amazing ! But really just being able walk into the ship and get in the seat as opposed to teleporting in and out really just adds so much for immersion , especially in VR .

I think with this update I might just say NMS is one of if not the best vanilla vr experiences . Skyrim vr with mods is still unrivaled but it needs mods to be the GOAT . Same for fallout vr . But NMS is great on its own without mods

And the big kicker is that no mans sky has seamless cross platform multiplayer and I can play with my friends who don’t have VR still too .

And while there’s some bugs , that’s pretty common when they do these big patches and they’re usually pretty good about patching them quickly so I’m not too worried about it . I’m just continuously blown away by hello games and their dedication to this game . I’ve been playing since around 2018-2019 and how much this game has changed is just night and day . And the fact that every update /dlc /add on has been completely free speaks volumes . I genuinely think Sean and the rest of hello games is passion before profit , it’s clear they love what they do there with how much further they keep taking it .

Thanks hello games and thank you Sean Murray for never giving up on your dream . You reached for the stars and took us all there with you

For those who have played , what’s your thoughts on the new update ?

It came without a left controller so I wanted to know will I still be able to use the headset in GT7 without the controllers because I have the steering wheel and a ps5 controller but I wasn’t sure if I needed both ps vr2 controllers for the initial setup 🤷🏾‍♂️

I hear great things. I keep trying the first mission and keep getting caught while sneaking and at this point it feels like a game that is much more fun in flat mode. But maybe I'm not doing something right. I beat it in flat mode but I definitely don't remember all that other stuff. Maybe the first mission isn't that interesting for this kind of thing?

I bet Berlin is probably amazing in VR. Maybe I should try that and just not play it seriously. Do y'all usually do serious missions in VR or do you just kind of experiment without caring about the result?

Ive done some research and I think thats the anti-reflection coating, however the left eye is very blurry compared to the right eye. Ive read saying that using alcohol wipes will fix the blurryness but id rather just get a refund?

After trying the demo on Quest 3, I was so amazed that put the Meta headset away and ran to the PlayStation Store to buy it along with the Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings DLC. But when I opened the game I was surprised by how low resolution this game runs at. Honestly I wasn’t expecting a better graphic quality on PSVR2. Just better blacks, more comfortable headset and trophies.

The game is not only awesome, fresh and funny. It’s a dream come true. But also feels disappointing that the game looks sooo low res and with so much aliasing on a system that is like… 8x more powerful than Quest 3?

I know nothing about the development of a game and I assume it’s very hard. And even harder on VR. Maybe hand tracking is taxing the system. I don’t know. But to that point? Can’t be. And while I’m on a PS5 Pro, I’m not even asking for a specific Pro patch. Just a patch that does justice to this great game or at least to look as good as on Quest 3.

So… please. 🙏🏼

I played over 100 vr games by now, but not a single 3rd person vr game. The idea of a 3rd person vr game just made no sense to me.

Fortunately the internet and you awesome people forced me to try this genre, with all the talk of how awesome Astro Bot Vr is.

So I decided to play the 3 most talked about 3rd person action platformer games on psvr2 right now.

To see my reviews and first impressions of Moss Book 1 and 2, click on the links right here:

Moss Book 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/s/EdMfFkhrEh

Moss Book 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/s/DzDJM3cr0v

Alright, now with that all out of the way, let’s talk about Max Mustard.

First thing I noticed about Max Mustard is that how dynamic the whole game feels. It is mainly because of the camera placement. You are a lot closer to Max and moving along with him in the game world. I am definitely missing the overall story book presentation and voice acting from Moss, but I am definitely enjoying the new perspective.

Max Mustard is a Mario game in Vr in every shape and form. Specifically Super Mario Odyssey. Each levels are wildly different from one another and every level has a unique theme to them. The goal is to find these hidden pokemon like creatures and rescue them, to unlock the next level. It may sound simple, but it gets super addictive. Also as a player, you are super involved in the game. You get different gadgets/guns in almost every level and the game gives you super fun ways to use them. The adaptive triggers and headset rumble were implemented really well here. Every time Max gets hurt, head rumble goes off, feels perfect!

In conclusion, I thought I would get tired of this genre in Vr by the time I was done with Moss Book 2 and won’t enjoy Max mustard as much. Well I am happy to report that I was completely wrong. Max Mustard felt like a completely different and a fresh experience. this is another must play game in Psvr2 library. 9/10

Only point I took out was cause of the lack of Voice Acting and each levels could have been a little longer.

Never had an issue before since release! but today the PSVR2 app kept popping for me to redo the play area, but then when I tried my computer screen would freeze black and nothing happening in the headset.

Now I'll make it short but know I proceeded progressively to try EVERYTHING while I went down the rabbithole of an unsolvable issue:

Changed USB and DP ports, Reinstall SteamVR/PSVRapp, Nvidia drivers, Steam... cleaned my disk, registry, rebooted thousands of times, checked the USB power plan, the integrated graphic card on or off, the obvious developper option that did nothing, etc etc etc.

The only thing that happens now is:

I start the PSVR app process of install, Steam VR boots just fine, controllers work and track... but when comes the time to set the play area for the 1st time, the process just boots on my computer screen, not in the headset, and I cant click anything with the PSVR controller. I have to cancel the process and quit the app, which leads to SteamVR to tell me I need a play area...

The PSVR2 cameras stay on no matter how many times I press the front cam button, and its mirrored on my comouter screen, behind the play area prompts I can point to or click...

I have ZERO clue what to do to fix it... I wish there is a fix without wiping my desktop...

Please help :P

Used to actually load to a shitty front end. I just powered on my PS4 for my daughter and it started updating everything, now Rad has a page about "UnLoCk PrEmiUm CoNtEnT" and I can't get to any kind of menu. How has this thing gotten this bad? Now it requires $30 a month like an OnlyFans creator?

If it is worth it or not is ofc up to how much a person enjoy playing it.

So I have been intriegued by VR games lately but I can not say I am very well informed what is good what is bad.

The two games I am focusing on would be
No Man Sky
Horizon

Generally I like the adventure fantasy game, some times sci fi, like horizon and No man Sky for example.

But genre set aside what games out there would you say are the best in VR?
Best experience as in "definitely worth it" and what games should I avoid?
Why are they good why are they bad?

I don't want to buy a VR set that I then never use because I only like one game in the end. I would like to go into VR knowing there is a few games out there I wanna try before I invest so much money.

My brother just got a PSVR 2 and we aren’t really sure what games he would enjoy. We don’t have a lot of money, so we want to try a bunch of demos to play around with. So, give me your best demo recommendations! Thanks!

Edit: Thanks everyone for the help. I really do appreciate it. But, I’m specifically asking for Free Demo recommendations. My brother is only in town for one night, and we were hoping to download a bunch of demos to see the different experiences the headset can offer.

PS: I already have NMS, Hitman, Resident Evils, and GT7 on our list of games to buy.

I have uploaded gameplay from my fresh experience with the game here if you want to see how it looks / plays. My first impressions are shared below:

Based on my limited time with it, I do recommend playing Rebeloid VR on the PSVR2, but keep reading to decide better for yourself.

It is an arcade game inspired by the classic brick breaker sub-genre where you control a paddle-like ship in space, deflecting a ball which then goes into the field to break blocks while you also need to dodge incoming enemy lasers and pick up various power-ups. The game includes two game modes (Campaign & Skirmish).

You control your paddle-like ship by moving your laser pointer left or right. You can use either hand to control this so you can get your ship to move from far left to far right faster by switching the hand you are using to control it. The X or Square button can be used to release the ball (like when it is magnetized to your ship) or when you start stage or spawn new life. The only other control is using the index finger trigger to shoot lasers which are only available in limited supply after you pick up required power-up for that.

When you first start the game a screen explains the above as well as how different types of blocks work (respawning, exploding, 1-hit, 2-hit, indestructible). It doesn't give any information about the various power-ups which you would have to figure out for yourself as you pick them up and make observations on what power-up icons cause what power-ups.

Campaign mode is series of 25 levels where every 5th level is a unique boss fight. The boss fight is the only level type I've encountered so far where you get power-up to allow shooting lasers which can be used to hurt the boss in addition to hitting it with the ball. The Campaign design is such that your progress carries forward between stages in terms of lives accumulated / lost at end of last level cleared. If you have lost too many lives getting to whatever level you get stuck on, your only recourse is to go back (to wherever you lost most lives) and re-do that trying to conserve your stock of extra-lives.

Skirmish mode is the same series of 25 levels but additionally has Easy, Normal and Hard option and you can only play those levels you have already cleared at least once in Campaign mode. This is a way to play and practice each level with a default stock of lives and see if you can improve your completion time / score for that level while minimizing lives lost.

The game scores you for each successive level completed as you progress in Campaign mode and it saves your best score for each level in Skirmish mode, but there are no online leaderboards.

The game is featuring a Platinum trophy where I think most challenging would be the series of trophies for completing the Campaign levels without losing a life. I think the game design where it lets you reset the Campaign back a level until you can progress with no lives lost will facilitate this being possible without being frustrating, but it won't be easy to complete each of the varied levels & boss fights without losing balls because those incoming lasers that hit your ship make keeping ball in play a lot harder than typical break brick games where you just need to move it in place. There are also trophies related to completing at least one level within 60 seconds and completing at least 7 levels without using any power-ups. I think the rest will come organically.

Graphically, it looks generally crisp and clear but is using reprojection which unfortunately makes the ball you need to track present ghosting artifacts (especially when it is moving faster). This is a game that should be running 90-120fps native on the PSVR2 to avoid reprojection. Whatever they have to sacrifice in the sky box or other level / environment details would be worth it to make the game run without reprojection.

Audio is a mix of a soundtrack that I think fits the game and sound effects. I would like to lower the soundtrack volume but this is probably the first game in a long while that has no settings of any kind. Not even for adjusting the audio mix. That said, you can adjust the height with your thumbstick anytime, so it does support being played seated or standing and being able to fix the auto height if that isn't feeling right for you.

The game is also not making use of any haptic feedback in the controller or headset, nor adaptive triggers which are all missed opportunities because those are PSVR2 features that can be implemented to enhance the tactile feel of the gameplay when you pick-up powers, when you get hit by different types of lasers (headset haptics for the yellow lasers), when your ball is bounced by your ship, etc.

This is a surprisingly good game for the budget price it released on. If the game design and gameplay interests you, I think there is good amount of well designed content that gets progressively more challenging or even just differently challenging. The critiques I have on graphics using reprojection, lack of audio settings or haptics missing are things that if addressed would just make the game better.

Game and Aim Controller came with the PSVR I bought in June, initially didn't think much of it but decided to pop it in on the PS5 and was surprised to find out it's actually really cool!

This popped up in by wish list this morning

Recently dusted off my PSVR headset for my PS4Pro, and to my disgust I find that Littlstar has become "Rad" and started charging for a subscription to sideload our own content. I used to enjoy watching 3D movies with the empty theatre seats around me, like I had the whole cinema to myself. (you and your dirty minds)

Once I'd fully crawled out from underneath my rock I started searching for the next best thing.... but there doesn't seem to be any? I tried the PS Media Player which does have a VR mode, but I don't think it decodes the 3D file and just plays the movie with the two halves sbs (unless I've missed a setting somewhere?) - i think this mode only works for 360 videos.

So what's the new secret sauce for watching 3D movies in 2025? I can't afford a PS5 or PSVR2 just yet.

Game is No Man's Sky, latest update lets you customize your ship and jump off it