Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyI think VR sucks right now, but even then I found the HTC vive to be an immersive experience.

It's mainly the software that sucks (lots of demos and VR tests, few actual fun games), but you get Occulus etc. who spread that "the hardware isn't there yet" for two years. Or rather: "only our $700 headset with <20ms response times is enjoyable at all" etc. Not sure why they do that (scaring people from trying it seems a bad idea), as CardboardVR (the original) is already pretty cool even with a 720p screen. Ok not great, but nothing really horrible about it either and definitely good enough for the WOW effect and some simple, fun games.

I am looking forward to the new Google stuff next week that will be likely much cheaper, and I think the PS4 HMD will be by far the most popular as it is good enough for people to enjoy VR with it, but doesn't cost an arm and a leg (and I have never owned a Playstation nor will I change that, but the current PC HMDs are clearly over-engineered and too expensive).

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I hope there will be a nice mini PC (Zotac or Brix or so), with a Polaris10 and a AM4 socket Bristol Ridge APU as a launch system. Since the Bristol Ridge APU has nearly the same watt usage as the Zens that will come out later this year, it would be an smooth upgrade as both use DRR4 and AM4.

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Quake in cardboard VR: www.quakevr.com

Also got "Freaking Meatbags" dirt cheap on steam, and it is a pretty cool pixel tower-defense, RTS, gene-splicing kind of game that runs great on Linux.

Convoy is also fun, but didn't give me a long term motivation to play.

Battlestation Harbinger is cool if you are looking for a mobile game.

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Just a general note: It's mostly open-source, but the audio assets and the story/gameplay scripts are not. Still a great pool of open source assets though.

It's just such a shame that this never really took off in open-source development. Sure, it got some improvements and works quite well on modern systems... but it's still essentially the same game with little custom made content or alternative open-source game servers etc.

I guess it is mainly due to the fact that it is just sooo outdated by today's standards that improving it in your free-time seems like an uphill battle :( Maybe a Android port and a VR version would help, as for those the relatively low-spec requirements actually help getting a larger community intersted.

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Yes, why? was really looking forward to it, especially with a VR headset :(

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Would have been interesting to also see the Android figures, as many people probably only played in on a mobile device (its a bit simplistic for a desktop game).

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I hope this gets an easy Ubuntu Phone export option.

@adolson, yeah Godot is great, but not for HTML5 export right now.

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Quoting: STiATHopefully they'll learn out of this, I can spare the few bucks for their training on how to properly plan the financing of a product.

Yes that would be great, however the article linked sounds more like they see themselves as innocent victims of an internet mob... which makes it seem unlikely that they learned anything :(

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Quoting: Mountain ManSo is this a collectible card game like Heroes of the Storm where you have to buy dozens of "booster packs" to stay competitive? Or is everything included for one price?

Everything included in the price, the "booster-packs" you get are rewards for completing certain events. No micro-transactions what so ever in the game.

Edit: this game is also a single-player game only, in case that wasn't clear.

I was a bit disappointed how little deck-building matters in the game... after a short while I always just when with the automatic recommended deck because the overall randomness of events and the action oriented fights really outweighs any cool deck you could build.

Overall its a cool and innovative game, but as others I am sort of half way through and don't feel particularly motivated to continue playing.

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That "free" game category is just sad... don't even know what to vote for.

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