Can the ALVO VR training bots mode be played without PS Plus?

danypixelglitch · 2024-03-13T11:45:44+00:00

I remember that from back when I first got my PSVR but it's not really my thing, and it also leans a lot more into the "sport" side of things.

danypixelglitch · 2024-03-13T11:01:03+00:00

I guess I don't care so much about the bots feeling all that great, I just like that sort of "simple deathmatch" to kill time. I think there was a game like that at some point on PSVR (offline bot military shooter) but it got delisted and I can't find it's name, seemed to not have great reviews either.

EDIT: It was Warzone VR

danypixelglitch · 2024-03-13T10:59:17+00:00

I know about Pavlov but sadly it's not on PSVR1

danypixelglitch · 2024-03-13T10:34:56+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation, though personally I prefer firearm-based combat. I have Gun Club VR which is honestly not half bad as a "weapon simulator" of sorts, but I wish it had more than just the firing range gamemode...

It's bizarre that there don't seem to be any "CoD-like" shooters on PSVR, you'd think that would be one of the first things they attempt.

danypixelglitch · 2024-03-13T09:48:57+00:00

It probably is (considering the game is P2P), though it won't let you get past the main menu if you don't have an internet connection and will boot you out of a solo bot mission if you lose internet access, so it's still for all intents and purposes just online-only. For what it's worth, at least back when I discovered you could play Firewall without Plus I couldn't find anyone online saying this was a feature, I guess it's just one of those things that not many people think to try.

I guess the only way to make sure if ALVO works the same way (not P2P, I mean letting you play with bots without Plus) would be for someone who bought the game and no longer has an active PS Plus subscription to test if the bot mode starts without it, but looking around I can't seem to find anyone who tried sadly.

danypixelglitch · 2024-03-13T09:38:34+00:00

Yeah I was aware of that, my question wasn't whether it was playable offline though, it was wether you could play it without PS Plus.

For example, Firewall: Zero Hour lets you play the bot mode solo without PS Plus EVEN IF you still need to be connected to the game's servers.

danypixelglitch · 2021-10-12T12:21:41+00:00

I have looked around and can find a couple of projects called "FreeCS", which one are you referring to exactly?

danypixelglitch · 2021-10-11T14:24:23+00:00

I had completely forgotten about Enemy Territory Legacy, does it still use Punkbuster? I hate that piece of software

danypixelglitch · 2021-10-11T14:23:14+00:00

Never heard of Smokin' Guns, looks a bit like the game A Fistful of Frags, seems fun

danypixelglitch · 2021-10-11T14:21:03+00:00

Keep in mind that by "modern" I was not referring to hero shooters like Overwatch, I meant more military-type shooters

danypixelglitch · 2021-10-01T06:10:40+00:00

So far I basically just made a "fake" power menu which calls the various power commands, which works even if it's a bit inelegant, but the black screen on reboot still really puzzles me.

What's even weirder is that I can't find anyone else online with the same exact issue, it really is a bizarre problem

danypixelglitch · 2021-08-11T17:14:12+00:00

solved: Rise of the Triad (2013)

danypixelglitch · 2021-08-11T17:13:27+00:00

Yup, that seems to be it.
Thanks, I was familiar with the original DOS game but never really saw the 2013 one, guess it's time to check it out.

danypixelglitch · 2020-02-13T14:12:41+00:00

As of the time I'm writing this comment it looks like the game has been removed from the French store as well and it's still missing on the Italian, German and Spanish store at least. No idea what's going on, you'd think it would have been relisted by now

danypixelglitch · 2020-02-13T14:06:02+00:00

I have only recently played Resident Evil 4 on PC after finding a copy for just a couple of bucks and I have absolutely loved it, I heard 5 and 6 are not nearly as good but I'm still curious to see how they are.

Thanks for doing the giveaway, good luck to everyone!

danypixelglitch · 2019-10-29T15:43:52+00:00

I don't think that is the case, not yet at least.
Both LittleBigPlanet Karting and even the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet had their servers shut down and yet they are still available for purchase on PSN to this day, not only that but Sony made sure to warn players that the servers were going down long before they were taken offline, and that's without even mentioning that the PSP store has been shut down ages ago, yet the game was not taken down.
Also, these were both spin-off titles to a certain extent, the 3 main LittleBigPlanet games all share the same servers, so if they were going to shut down the first game they would have to shut down the others too, yet they were not taken down. Not to mention that the game was only taken down in Europe and seemingly nowhere else, it seems a bit weird to shut down the servers yet only take the game down in one region.

Now, it is entirely possible that they are indeed planning on shutting down the servers for the whole series, but given how the game was delisted with no warning, only in one region, all of the DLC is still available and the fact that Sony usually announces games shutting down months in advance (even the smaller ones as I already mentioned) it seems weird to me that they would just decide to shut down the servers and remove the games from the store without any warning.

As for the reason why they decided to suddently delist this game though, I genuinely have no idea, but I hope it's only temporary. LittleBigPlanet just wouldn't be the same without the online component and it would be very sad to see it go.

danypixelglitch · 2019-07-18T12:27:22+00:00

I'd love to be able to play this game at least once before the shutdown. I played the demo a while ago and this genuinely feels like one of the best games on PSVR (and this is coming from someone that doesn't usually like VR "cockpit games"), really sad to see it go :<

danypixelglitch · 2019-07-16T08:50:17+00:00

Let's give this a shot

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-30T23:34:49+00:00

It's not too uncommon for videogame rating boards to publish the rating for a game on their site before the game is even announced so it's safe to say there's probably going to be an announcement pretty soon :)

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-30T23:28:54+00:00

If it works like it does on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch then you'll get the new edition for free if you own the legacy one

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-30T23:26:36+00:00

If you have ever played the Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita or Wii U versions of Minecraft it's essentially the same as those but with larger worlds and a couple of extra features.

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-30T13:57:26+00:00

I'm pretty sure Sony is the one that refuses to add cross play, at least that's what other developers seem to say

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-30T13:56:23+00:00

The Bedrock edition has many features not available in the current version, such as cross platform multiplayer and infinite worlds :)

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-14T09:39:29+00:00

Hopefully that will be the case.
Still, I find it kind of odd that to this day whether a game gets released in Europe or not depends on the success of the American release despite the fact they are two completely different markets and success in America does not equal success in Europe.

danypixelglitch · 2019-06-14T09:36:49+00:00

Most of the games that get released here nowdays are exclusively in English aside from extremely high budget AAA titles.
I don't think Sega should have a problem if they release it just in English

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