My married colleagues and I all spend at least two full evenings a week doing gaming or programming or composing music or whatever it is we want to spend our spare time doing. Then we got the weekends where we typically do stuff with the family. But weekdays? After the kids are to bed? I'm firing up Steam, baby - it's time to kill that boss! :)

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Quoting: TheBossI couldn't put a kid to bed, slap on a VR headset and completely erase myself from a partner for an evening. It's weird, it's being isolated.

Not even once in a while? In your cave while she's watching some series she enjoy in the livingroom? Or while she's doing some of her hobbies? You two are going to choke each other if you don't give each other space, man!

Hell, was I kept away from gaming because of a spouse I can say right away it'd never work, ever.

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Quoting: TheBossI'm going to guess you don't have your own family? They take up a lot of time.

Like I said, I'm married with two kids. And they do take time - but DAYTIME. Kids go to bed around eight in the evening!

Quoting: TheBossIt's an exciting thought, but after testing out VR myself I was left feeling a little weirded out by it. I didn't feel immersed at all as I was very aware I had something strapped to my face, with screens right in front my eyes which causes eye strain after a while.

I assume you've tested an Oculus devkit, and I've tested those too (we got a devkit v1 at work). And those kits were not of production quality - the final version will both be lighter, less lag and with much better screens.

It's not that I think I'll forget I got a facemask on, but I fully expect the experience to be a lot greater than these devkits. Reports from guys who's tested the latest builds do claim the same.

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I can't understand how one can not be allowed to have a few hours time for him/herself in the evenings now and then even if a baby is in the picture. I mean, seriously. What spouse don't allow that? Being married with children is not a jail. A family doesn't demand your attention every wake minute.

Furthermore I can not fathom how one can not be excited about the prospect of entering the game world, engulf it all around you. I just don't get it.

Obviously, I am dying to get this technology. The wait is finally over. It's been a dream ever since I saw the holodeck on Star Trek. And yes, I got a wife and children - the youngest being 6 months. As if that in any way shape or form should be an obstacle.

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I sense my sceptical attitude towards Unity weaken for each of these reports.
Keep up the good work, Unity, and thanks for the support!

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Fantastic news.
It was a tie between this game and Xcom2 for my most anticipated 2016 release, but I ended up on this one simply because of the significance in the gaming world right now. This game is all the rage.

So I'll unreservedly bask in this glorious moment of taste of what the future may hold when our platform gains some serious market share. The day when this is the norm can not come fast enough. :)

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I hope this doesn't ignite a huge VP discussion again (if so, sorry Liam), but I feel it's time to introduce some nuances to that whole debacle, in the light of the current voting. The reality is not as black and white as eOs is "just" a wrapper while Feral & co are doing all native ports. In fact the similarities are many. Feral have their "indirectX" technology that have striking similarities. Aspyr have their similar libraries helping them doing the ports faster by adding that extra translational layer.

That's an important factor as to why we get the notable performance losses on all these ports - and VP's layers are not even the worst of them. So please, put that "omg it's VR" to rest guys. The reality is a lot more nuanced, and we should be thankful that we get these great ports - and slam the hammer only when we don't.

Quoting: linuxgamerBad luck that SR4 came out so late last year. It should be at least nominated for best audio, but its also my fault.

I totally agree. Currently I am enjoying Saints Row IV much, much more than I expected to, and it's running great. As a Matrix fan the game is plain hilarious. I though I'd vote for Divinity: Original Sin as my GOTY, but I ended up handing my vote to VR and Saints Row IV.

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Quoting: TheBossIn future, it's looking like we might nominate the games ourselves to prevent these issues.

:thumb_up:

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"There are some voice acting lines where the person read the wrong thing, went back and corrected themselves and it was still put in the game."

Oh dear.

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