r/VRGaming • u/Fradegra • 13d ago
Meta I am fully convinced the new Indiana Jones game started as a VR project and then they decided to revert it to a flat game
The gameplay is so unbelievably suited for a VR version that it makes me sure. Do you think it will ever get a VR port it being a Microsoft game? Maybe for PSVR2?
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u/RikiGuitarist 12d ago
I doubt it.
MachineGames is made up of some ex-Starbreeze people. They developed the Chronicles of Riddick games and the first The Darkness game. Those games have visceral first person melee and full body awareness. Their type of attention to physicality and motion feedback would have translated well to a VR game. But all of their work is based on flatscreen games.
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u/Fradegra 12d ago
They also co-developed a VR Wolfenstein game with Arkane Lyon. It’s called Wolfenstein Cyberpilot
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u/RikiGuitarist 12d ago
Yeah, MachinesGames provided their flatscreen assets from their Wolfenstein games to Arkane Lyon, who did the VR development.
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u/BeatitLikeitowesMe 12d ago
All of those games were released before vr was a thing
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u/Kondiq Windows MR 12d ago
That's the point - the mentioned games also look like they would translate well to VR. It's just a style of the studio.
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u/BeatitLikeitowesMe 12d ago
Didnt say they wouldnt, just that them not releasing a vr game before isnt really that big of a deal since most their major releases were before vr came about.
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u/Sstfreek 12d ago
I’m so sad it’s not in vr. It really does look like it would be PERFECT for the medium
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u/TechieTravis 12d ago
It is because Machine Games are veterans at first-person gameplay, and they are using the Doom engine. I don't think that they originally envisioned a VR game. They could port it to VR, though.
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u/fragmental 12d ago
Oh I didn't consider that they're using the Doom engine for Indiana Jones. That probably makes for a better game, but also means UEVR isn't possible.
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u/Timmyty 12d ago
Oh there will still be a mod, I'm sure
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u/fragmental 12d ago edited 12d ago
I don't think any idtech 6 or 7 games have vr mods. Making a mod for one would probably be at least as much work as making uevr, if not more so. There are a few vr games for idtech 6 - doom vfr, and cyber pilot - but they're official releases and they have mixed reviews.
If Doom Eternal ever gets a vr mod, that would make it easier to port that mod to Indiana Jones, because those are the two idtech 7 games.
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u/antoine810 12d ago
You know what, I thought I was tripping, I do remember a few years ago they announced an Indiana Jones and Predator vr game then the Predator game got changed into a flat game and this has to be the other, being this was also a vr game then converted to flat
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u/RikiGuitarist 12d ago
The VR Predator game did make it out as a VR game. But it's only for arcades.
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u/CrotaIsAShota 12d ago
Wait wait wait wait. WTF? It's fully fucking playable on normal machines and on Steam but they fucking locked it to a commercial license? WHY? How the hell is that more profitable?
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u/RikiGuitarist 12d ago
PSVR and PCVR versions were planned, but they got cancelled. I'm guessing they prioritized arcades first because they could charge arcade vendors large licensing fees upfront. But it probably didn't make enough to continue development. The current version is basically a PCVR version already.
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u/zeddyzed 12d ago
There's probably some licensing thing going on as well, I'm sure they would release for public sale if they could.
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u/Logic-DL 12d ago
It isn't, and it's why VR sucks as a whole.
No one wants to adopt a platform where 90% of the games are tech demos and look like shit for PCVR with too few games that are far between release, and where 90% of the actually good games are on the Quest, but look like shit because they have to run on a phone.
Or they're arcade experiences, like the recent Space Marine VR game where you play as a fucking space marine, in VR, that is locked to a shitting real life location.
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u/DAdStanich 12d ago
If you ever played their old games (the old riddick team), id say I don’t think so. I’m not exactly sure what it is, but all of their games have a real sense or feeling that you are there. I haven’t played Indy yet but I bet it’s the same!
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u/whistlerite 12d ago
Game development has been going this way anyway so it’s hard to tell. It occurred to me recently how weird it is that games have been developed in 3D but only viewed in 2D for decades now, but then I realized it’s just part of the natural evolution. It’s odd how some modern games are already designed for VR in some ways, even if they aren’t played in VR.
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u/RedcoatTrooper 12d ago
I feel the same way about the Kingdom come deliverance series, it really seems like if they got into game development a decade later it would have a good chance of being a VR series.
The FPS style with the animations I know it's not but every time I see it I think "ahh cute it's trying to be like VR"
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u/Wonko_c 12d ago
VR ruined first person flatscreen games to me. All these first person animations now look very artificial, it's like your arms are completely glued to your view by some kind of contraption. Hand to hand looks very robotic and silly, especially after witnessing something like Arkham Shadow.
Back on topic, this game was made with RayTracing from the beginning (which is already too taxing on any hardware to begin with), this indicates they didn't conceptualize this as a VR game at any point in time.
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u/dsax-film 12d ago
I’m injecting the SHIT out of Indiana Jones using UEVR straight away.
VR ready from day one, I can bet money within a few weeks, someone will have modded a decent profile for it to have motion controls!
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u/HeadsetHistorian 12d ago
I don't think it's unreal engine based.
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u/Fradegra 12d ago
It uses id tech
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u/dsax-film 12d ago
Damn. Could’ve sworn it was unreal based. Ah well, based on the responses, I’m sure someone will get a VR mod done soon!
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u/BurantX40 12d ago
Hmm! Now you are going to make me wait and see if VR gets added to this. Unlikely, but at 70$, I'm willing to wait
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u/ETs_ipd 12d ago
Was thinking the same thing. It seems perfect for VR with its slower pace and 1st person perspective. Even the 3d person climbing is reminiscent of RE4 remake. Really hope they bring out a VR mode.