The above montage video could have been removed and replaced with more games that are actually now live in the selection. Non-VR games needs to either be removed to the category or Valve could kindly ask developers to at least clarify if there is any headset support planned. Again, neither page actually has the demo listed or mentioned on their pages at the time of writing (Monday, the penultimate day of the festival), and no one’s said anything as to why they aren’t here.įixing these issues wouldn’t take long. The video highlighted some of the best demos available this week but, weirdly, also makes mention of demos for zombie slasher, Undead Citadel and Joy Way’s latest VR prototype, Outlier. Last week, we ran a story on what would be available during the festival based on a video Valve supplied to us. If they do support VR, why aren’t compatible headsets listed on their store pages? So why is it listed in the VR section? The same’s true for this terrible-looking driving lesson simulator there’s no mention of VR to be found. The Steam page doesn’t list or even mention any VR support, I couldn’t get the demo to start in my headset and any mention of the game I’ve found across the internet has no acknowledgement of headset support whatsoever. The first is a warmly nostalgic game for me and I had no idea that a sequel was happening, let alone getting VR support.Įxcept that it isn’t, as far as I can tell. I was personally very excited, for example, to see real-time strategy sequel, Carrier Command 2 sitting at the top of the VR page for this event’s demos. A quick look at I Expect You To Die 2 or Sweet Surrender proves there’s big things to come for the platform before the end of the year.īut Next Fest is also polluted with the same problems that plague Steam at large – products that don’t feel worthy of inclusion, mislabelled games sitting in the wrong categories, and even no show demos that were featured in a video highlights reel in the weeks leading up to the event. ![]() There are great VR demos in this iteration, from the physics-driven action of Into The Darkness to the deliciously brutal Against. ![]() That’s the stuff Next Fest wants to highlight.Īnd, at a glance, it does. ![]() Peppered among them is the good stuff earnest indies, fascinating obscurities and the occasional big budget hopeful. VR’s arrival on Steam over the past five years isn’t immune to this problem a short scroll through either the recently released or upcoming lists of VR games reveals a concerning and unbalanced amount of low-quality trailers and vaporware. It aims to fight back against the criticisms levelled at the platform in recent years as more and more shovelware further saturates the struggle for visibility. The idea behind Valve’s week-long event, in which selected developers release demos of their games, is sound.
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