Anything you’d arrange differently?

Edit: here’s a text version:

screenshot

S tier

  • Kayak VR Mirage: Exclusively on Steam and PSVR2, described as a fantastic experience with stunning visuals.

  • The Light Brigade: Considered one of the best roguelites of the year, overshadowing similar games like Foglands.

  • Pavlov: Coming to Quest on November 14, preferred over Contractors for its core game modes like Search and Destroy, Team Deathmatch, and Gun Game.

  • Thumper: Originally on PSVR, available on Quest, praised for its visuals, music, and challenging gameplay.

  • Dungeons of Eternity: Described as a fantastic dungeon crawler with impressive graphics and engaging gameplay.

  • Red Matter Two: Showcasing the platform’s potential, visually stunning on Quest, and phenomenal on PSVR2.

  • Walkabout Mini Golf: Praised for its content and overall fantastic multiplayer experience.

  • No Man’s Sky: Praised as a brilliant game with the VR version being the best way to play.

  • Grand Tourismo 7: Lauded as one of the best racing games in virtual reality, especially on PSVR2.

  • Synapse: Flagship title for PSVR2, praised for utilizing various technologies effectively.

  • The 7th Guest: Labeled as one of the best games played in the year, placed in the S category.

  • Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners 1 + 2: Acknowledged as fantastic games, preferred on PSVR2 over PC.

  • Horizon Call of the Mountain: Considered a graphical showpiece, rated highly despite differing opinions.

  • Ghost Signal: Considered one of the favorite sci-fi roguelike games, praised for its well-made design.

  • Resident Evil Village: Labeled as a great game, praised for its quality and impressive development.

A tier

  • C Smash: Exclusive to PSVR2, enjoyed with recent updates, placing it in the A category.

  • Grid Legends: Despite poor graphics, the game was praised for its driving experience, physics, and content.

  • Surviv3: Released on Steam and PSVR2, surprisingly enjoyable, recommended for players.

  • Zombieland: Considered a true arcade shooter, rated lower due to variations in quality across platforms.

  • I Expect You to Die series: Acknowledged as fantastic games, hoping for a release on PSVR2.

  • Demio Battles: Considered a fantastic game, preferred over the normal Demio, placed in the A category.

  • Breaches: Acknowledged for its quality but held back by a lack of progression, placed in the A category.

  • Inverse: Labeled as a Dead by Daylight-style game, recommended for fans of the genre.

  • Propagation: Acknowledged as a flagship title for PSVR2, praised for utilizing various technologies effectively.

  • Paradise Hotel: Praised for its visuals but criticized for its short duration and abrupt ending.

  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice: Labeled as one of the favorite games of the year, recommended for its Dishonored-like gameplay.

  • Demeo: Praised as a fantastic game with a lot of content, especially the Heroes Hangout mode.

  • Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge: Labeled as a fantastic experience, recommended for Star Wars fans.

  • Creed: Praised for its recent hand tracking update on Quest, considered a brilliant game.

  • VR Skater: Labeled as a unique game, praised for feeling like a Tony Hawk game in VR.

  • Until You Fall: Praised for its good weapon physics, great music, and fast-paced gameplay.

  • Amid Evil VR: Labeled as a good game for fans of retro FPS, praised for its fast-paced gameplay.

  • The Room VR: Considered a fantastic escape room experience with impressive puzzles and perspective shifts.

  • Tales of Onagaro: Praised as a fantastic puzzler with engaging gameplay.

  • Fisherman’s Tale 2: Considered better than the original, praised for its memorable experience.

  • Cosmodred: One of the favorite horror shooters in virtual reality, praised for engaging gameplay despite basic enemy designs. Recommended for fans of Dead Space.

  • Tetris Effect: Originally released a long time ago, but the PSVR2 version is considered the best with headset haptics and eye tracking. Described as an immersive experience where everything else melts away, placed in the S category.

  • Survival Nation: One of the favorite zombie co-op games in 2023, featuring various mechanics, a massive map, and engaging gameplay.

B tier

  • Hubris: Available on multiple platforms, praised for graphics but criticized for lacking combat and AI.

  • Pixel Ripped 1978: Criticized for mediocre gameplay and lost interest, rated lower due to personal preferences.

  • Stride: Praised for its visuals, criticized for repetitiveness and lack of enjoyment.

  • Journey to Foundation: Considered good but hard to stay focused on, placed in the B category.

  • Killer Frequency: Considered cool, praised for its story-based adventure elements.

  • Switchback VR: Praised for fixing graphics issues, rated in the B category for now.

  • Nock: Acknowledged as a good game but criticized for a lack of player base.

  • Deadhook: Considered like Doom for VR, praised for its fast-paced gameplay.

  • Hello Neighbor VR: Initially enjoyed but noted for potential issues, placed in the B category.

  • Alvo: Rereleased on PSVR2, considered one of the best versions with super fun, fast-paced gameplay despite somewhat outdated graphics.

C tier

  • Peaky Blinders: Despite impressive voice work and thematic elements, the core gameplay, especially on Quest, was considered mediocre with lacking AI and combat.

  • Operation Wolf: Rated as kind of okay, praised for nostalgic elements but lacking overall.

  • Firewall Ultra: Praised for its previous version on PSVR but criticized for changes and clunky gameplay on PSVR2.

D tier

  • Roblox: Quest version considered poor, overshadowing the positive aspects of other platforms.

  • Ghostbusters: Considered average and boring, despite impressive technical aspects.

  • Project Wingman: Labeled as terrible and embarrassing for VR, placed in the D category.

  • The Last Worker: Labeled as not enjoyable, rated low due to the availability of better games.

  • Ilysia: Labeled as a ripoff, criticized for minimal changes despite a year of development.

  • Galaxy Car: Criticized for various issues, rated low until new tracks are tested.

  • Crimean Tales of the Mercenaries: Considered cheap and not enjoyable, placed in the D category.

  • Fan of Vision: Compared to the original PlayStation One game, found not enjoyable in VR, rated low and placed in the D category.

  • notfromhere@lemmy.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    8 months ago

    I would be really interested in reading an article about this, but have no desire to watch a video on this.

    • fer0n@lemm.ee
      cake
      OP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      I get where you’re coming from and an article may have been a better fit for it. I still enjoyed the video very much.

      I thought this was an easy AI fix, but I probably would’ve been faster doing it on my own. Anyways, I added a text version now. It doesn’t have article-quality, but it’s something at least.

      It was also a huge pita and I won’t be doing that again anytime soon.

    • Landmammals@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      You don’t want to spend 18 minutes watching the video instead of 20 seconds reading a list?

  • Psyduck_world@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    8 months ago

    The ranking is a bit too lenient that it kind of feels less useful. I understand that VR is a niche market and devs needed more encouragements. Plus more “must play” games bringing in more potential users. But a lot of the A/S ranking games on the list are just good or good enough, they are no where near great(s ranking).

    Ranking some of those games S rank or A rank is not going to bring in more players. It’s doing the opposite, telling people that VR gaming are so lacking, even just a good game is god tier.

    Most of the games on the list I would probably bring down a tier.

    • fer0n@lemm.ee
      cake
      OP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      I agree, there’s way too many s-tier games. I don’t think he’s doing that as an encouragement though, he’s probably just looking at it with a different understanding of that tier.

      Imo s-tier should be games that you keep coming back to, because they’re so good. I can’t imagine he keeps coming back to Kayak VR. It looks fine, but that’s about it. Probably the game that annoys me the most in that tier.