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Fallout 76 On PSVR With Cinematic Mode Is An Apocalyptic Tease Of What Could Have Been

Fallout 76 On PSVR With Cinematic Mode Is An Apocalyptic Tease Of What Could Have Been

Fallout 4 is probably never getting PSVR support. Fallout 76 is very likely never getting official VR support, whether it be PSVR, Rift, Vive, or something else, probably ever. Pete Hines told us as much back at E3 earlier this year. But that didn’t stop me from hopping into the game while wearing a PSVR headset anyway.

I did the same thing with the PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus and, most recently, Red Dead Redemption 2. While a far cry from actual VR support or at the very least VorpX-style head-tracking, it’s still a novel way of experiencing a non-VR game.  If you’re confused on how Cinematic Mode works, it’s like this. Similar to using Big Screen and opting for the void environment. Especially since Fallout 76 arguable plays better in first-person than third-person anyway.

For those unaware, Fallout 76 is a post-apocalyptic open world sandbox RPG shooter set in the years following a global nuclear war and its ensuing fallout. As the first multiplayer game in the franchise, you’re joined by other players online in the game world as you fight alongside and against each other.

When you pick the largest size option, the screen is just big enough that it can basically encompass your entire field of view. It’s like sitting front row at a movie theater, but you’re completely closed off from the rest of the world.

After playing Fallout 4 VR on PC, which is definitely not as good as it could have been, playing Fallout 76 inside a headset is a bit like a tease. Obviously the game has its fair share of problems that are hard to overlook, but being able to be inside of a Fallout game world, with friends, is pretty special. It’d have been even better in VR.

The lower resolution sucks away some of the fidelity when compared to my 70-inch 4K HDR TV, but the all-encompassing immersion helps make up for it. Games like Fallout 76 are best enjoyed by getting fully immersed in the game world and what better way to do that than to literally shut out the real world while playing?

Would you like Fallout 76 better if it were in VR? I definitely think I would.

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