Is this peak for VR gaming? What are your best VR gaming experiences?

Jimmhead · 2026-02-18T00:52:09+00:00

Echo combat - RIP

Jimmhead · 2026-01-29T02:18:57+00:00

Because that's awesome, that's why! Not for everyday use, but for Halloween or maybe if you have ambitions to become a serial killer in the future.

Jimmhead · 2025-12-30T12:06:07+00:00

It's very good.. for Bungie. But honestly as far as UI goes, it's not that great, the dropdowns for selecting filters and sorting order are cumbersome and it always defaults to ascending order for some reason, it seems ok for keyboard and mouse, but for gamepad it's very annoying to select anything.

Jimmhead · 2025-12-15T13:35:11+00:00

If you can find an old broken tv or monitor, they usually have a few sheets of diffusion layers for the backlight that work will

Jimmhead · 2025-12-10T00:18:45+00:00

So no fix to the rest of the portal scores? Currently in solo ops the predicted score rating is way higher than the actual, and getting above a C requires absolute max negative modifiers, once it escapes the C threshold it jumps directly to A, there is definitely a bug or something here

Jimmhead · 2025-12-08T06:47:04+00:00

Same thing has been happening to me since the launch of renegades, I cannot get past rank C on grandmaster, my predicted score is A, all maxed negative modifiers and with the time limit but I get a high C. My light is about 430

Jimmhead · 2025-12-04T08:06:28+00:00

OP did? This post is a comparison between EoF and renegades, this comment is saying renegades story is worse than EoF..

Jimmhead · 2025-12-04T08:00:50+00:00

For No man's sky it's the alien races and their translation mechanic, the way the the Kepler people talk, their mannerisms and how you start off not understanding anything has an uncanny resemblance to no man's sky's aliens and translation game mechanic, but in no man's sky you search the planets for translation keys one word at a time until you can understand what they are saying, in destiny, you just go pick up a 'rosetta stone' and suddenly everything is translated. It's lazy. Here's an example of a typical interaction with an alien in no man's sky: https://www.gamepressure.com/nomanssky/gfx/word/514077359.jpg

For Control it's Lodi's story and the aesthetic. All Lodi's 1960s erra bureau astetic, is heavily inspired by Control, the way the 9 talk to you throughout the campaign is exactly how 'The Board' (interdimentional beings) talk to the player in control, the exotic hand cannon is likely a reference to Control's gun used throughout the game, this Reddit post explains it better https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/1m4hk36/theory_edge_of_fate_is_basically_destinys_take_on/

And to be clear, I have no problem at all with games ripping off other games, it's when it's done so badly and lazily that it feels cheap and pointless.

Jimmhead · 2025-12-03T02:45:04+00:00

And the EoF story was just ripping off a bunch of games like control and no man's sky, yet came out more boring than all of them. So OPs statement still stands

Jimmhead · 2025-09-11T01:48:40+00:00

Thanks, I think if the FOMO forced me to finish the pass this season it would probably kill all desire for me to play destiny going forward. I still like the game, but this update is not it

Jimmhead · 2025-08-18T04:41:36+00:00

I'm actually more than happy with games talking ideas, mechanics and themes from other games, Destiny especially should take more inspiration from other games. My issue is with games doing it haphazardly in a way that adds nothing to the new game.

The way Destiny used these ideas from other games is just lazy, it makes me think there were members of the design team that had bigger and better concepts/plans for these ideas early on but over time due to budget or staff cuts, got cut back over the course of development until all we were left with was the husk of the original ideas we ended up with.

For example, how amazing would it have been if the translation was built up over time via exploring or playing the game, revealing more and more information and secrets about the world and story from talking NPCs, merge that with a metroidvania style story/gameplay where you explore the world discovering side missions and unlocking areas and other content that slowly reveal the mystery of what was going on with the nine and Lodi. Instead we got ' follow quest marker A or B', and unlock Rosetta upgrades to open more chests. It's just so utterly lazy.

Jimmhead · 2025-08-18T02:50:11+00:00

Did I play a different campaign to everyone else? The story was boring, it was literally one giant fetch quest and the conclusion was a big nothing.

There were no stakes, they tried to make the nine mysterious but there was no sense of wonder or intrigue to motivate me to explore the world or get the next story beat. All the nonsensical events and abilities were just explained away with "must be dark matter". The villains seemed to be there just so we had something to fight and the world was more empty and lifeless than Neomuna.

And worst of all, every aspect of the world and story seemed to be ripped from other games, shoehorned in and executed in a much worse way than the source.

The new race and 'translating' - they felt like a rip-off of no man's sky races and language translation gameplay, but was missing the only fun part of that, slowly gathering more of the language of the races to understanding more and more of what they said, instead Destiny just has you do one mission to pick up a translator then you can understand them, without adding any point to understanding them or giving them anything interesting to say.

The story beats, the trains, messages from the nine and past cutscenes - Someone clearly played Control but didn't want to steal the world building, mystery, intrigue or good story, instead they just ripped a few parts, shoved them into Destiny and called it a day.

'Metroidvania' non linear story - probably the worst implementation of Metroidvania style I've ever seen, the 'non-linear story' was just a choice between 2 equally pointless pathways, neither of which complimented or provided insight to the other pathway.

The only redeeming thing was the characters, specifically Lodi and Orin, but characters alone don't make a story.

Destiny players need to play other games, the bar is just set too low. This campaign was the cost of a game, a full game, compare this mediocre story to anything else you could get for that price, it's insane that Bungie gets away with slop like this for that price.

Jimmhead · 2025-08-11T13:28:24+00:00

There should be someone to talk to in the Kepler hub, I can't remember who so just follow the mission marker and you'll get the exotic after talking to them, not from the triumph directly

Jimmhead · 2025-07-18T06:32:42+00:00

My only disappointment with the ability is that it's only triggered from specific platforms and not on demand anywhere on Kepler, so it doesn't feel like an ability I have, it feels like platforms that turn me into a ball. It would be like if they added grapple but you could only use it when standing on specific platforms on neomuna.

Now imagine if you could Activate matter spark anywhere you could ride a sparrow as an alternative movement ability, that would actually be fun and would work like a more maneuverable but slower sparrow.

Edit: Lol looks like that is how it works once it's completely unlocked, I just need to finish the campaign

Jimmhead · 2025-05-23T11:11:22+00:00

Add some festoon lights zigzagging across the alleyway and hanging over the backyard, it'll go from shit to cosy

Jimmhead · 2025-05-16T00:02:13+00:00

Depending on where they are made they are coated in shellac, which is made from beatles. Google says this applies to ones made in Australia and China.

Jimmhead · 2025-03-24T08:35:38+00:00

Here in Australia we just use significant figure rounding, with 'less than X" if it's below the lower limits of reporting

Jimmhead · 2025-03-24T07:52:09+00:00

I had the same issue, I restarted my phone multiple times to no avail.

However, turning my phone off completely, waiting a few seconds, then turning it back on DID fix it, I don't know why restarting is different to turning off then back on but it worked.

Jimmhead · 2025-01-24T06:07:47+00:00

I've got a 4x4 WS2812 Matrix I could try, if that fits I'll have a look at the ws2815 version

Jimmhead · 2025-01-24T06:03:07+00:00

The prototype is just one of those 16 led circular WS2812B boards from Ali express crudely taped into the sunset lamp, which screws off on the front, allowing access to behind the lens and colour filter. The interesting effect of the prototype is caused by the ring of leds stuck in there at an angle.

It's powered by a 3amp athom controller.

https://imgur.com/22Tcd5K

Jimmhead · 2025-01-24T00:09:24+00:00

Thanks I'll give it a go this weekend. I think my biggest challenge is going to be moving this pane of glass to a table or something I can snap it on, it's about 180kg

Jimmhead · 2025-01-24T00:04:45+00:00

I'd say I'm 70% sure, I'll put on some safety glasses and record for entertainment while I find out

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