VR is quite the curve ball to the gaming industry. Most companies have no idea what to do with it. One would think that VR fundamentally changes how games are played, but the truth is is that we've done a pretty good job constructing real life tasks as button presses. So far, VR hasn't brought many new things to the table, other than being a novel way to replace button presses with movements.Adam Jensen said:
In most games, you aim a gun by placing a cross hair on a target. In VR, if you're using an optic then it's essentially the same thing but with the swing of an arm instead of the flick of a wrist.
In most games you crouch, lie prone, or lean with a button. In VR, you physically do that, which is actually less convenient, less precise, and slower than pushing a button.
The point is, I can only thing of a handful of things that are made inherently different with VR. Using iron sights within a 3d environment is uniquely VR-specific, and challenging. Same goes for attempting to aim a bow. But like I said before, most things VR offers are merely alternatives to button presses, and nothing fundamentally different.
Of course, VR does fundamentally change how we experience games, but that's not something that can be portrayed in a written review, or Youtube videos. For most early adopters, this is enough, as evidenced by the glorified tech demos of little substance saturating the VR Market.
Onward, The Lab, and especially Vanishing Realms showcase the best use of VR right now. But even those prime examples could be played with a mouse and keyboard.
Doom 3 and Minecraft work exceptionally well on VR too. One thing I've noticed is that I playe game more often with a mouse and keyboard than I do on the Vive. I believe the explanation is convenience. Doing VR after a hard day of work is a tough sell against the alternative of sitting comfortably in a chair at a desk.
