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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)
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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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[โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (2 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.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years 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.

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