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  • richyawyingtmv@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.org•How well does PSVR work on PC?
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    11 months ago

    Weird, mine has been absolutely rock solid. And I don’t touch the oculus software, just SteamVR. I’ve played hundreds of hours of Bonelab and Half Life 2 VR etc

    The only issue I’ve ever had is having to replug in the usb cable at the start if my pc is started up with it plugged in… but as it’s almost always stored in a box unless I use it, that’s rarely ever a problem.

    Maybe it’s the connector on the cable end that plugs into the headset that’s dodgy in your case

  • richyawyingtmv@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.org•Alternate ways of playing games
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    11 months ago

    Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. Getting ONLY the green melons on each stage has always been the goal to get 100%. I remember vividly filling up the records screen and even sending a results photo in the post to N64 Magazine back in 1998.

    I’ll try and dig up the issue that confirms the goal is to get the green melons. It’s hard mode yes, but it’s not exactly a hidden goal. Yoshi’s Story is very intentionally vague on providing any instructions or written goals to the player, but the instruction manual and guides do.

    Edit: here we go. Instruction manual scan, page 18. Specifically tells you to collect all melons for the best score. It was always there and the game guides of the day made it very, very clear. https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_N64/Manual/formated/Yoshi-s_Story_-1998-_Nintendo.pdf

    Edit edit: this is a sore point for me as there are a lot of traumatic memories being bought back now of getting to 29 melons then accidentally eating a banana and having to start over! Was a fucking pain in the arse and I remember spending hours and hours on it.

  • richyawyingtmv@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.org•How well does PSVR work on PC?
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    11 months ago

    Don’t bother.

    I tried this route, you’ll be disappointed. I would advise getting a pre-owned Rift S which are cheap as fuck now.

    Works perfectly with steam VR, and has proper tracking controllers. You can’t play Half Life Alyx with the PlayStation set - you can with a rift s. You’re basically cutting out the vast majority of PC VR experiences if you go with the PSVR.

    Also you don’t need a Facebook account for the rift s, unlike the quest headsets.

  • richyawyingtmv@lemmy.mltoGaming@beehaw.org•Alternate ways of playing games
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    11 months ago

    Here’s a fun one

    Open up retroarch and apply the following as settings for a game:

    • adjustment filter to mirror the screen, I think it’s in an image adjustment folder but can’t check which one at the moment
    • swap left and right in the controls (in-game remap, not the menu controls)

    Mirror mode! On any game! As long as you don’t care about text, it’s a fun way to add replay value. Great for platformers like Donkey Kong Country 2, Mario, etc.

    If you really want a mindfuck, play a top down game like Zelda Link to the Past with the above but ALSO top down inverted too. I do that with the ALTTP randomizer sometimes.

    Edit: hang on, I got Yoshi’s Story at launch and I 100% remember the ultimate aim of the game is to actually get all the melons. It’s not an alternative mode really, it’s the actual goal for 100%. At least, it’s how I played it in 1998.

  • richyawyingtmv@lemmy.mltoGaming@lemmy.ml•In which game did you spend the most hours?
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    11 months ago

    Fuck. It could be Wario Land or Donkey Kong Country 2 (a bit later, 1996?) for me. Been playing them almost constantly since 1994 along with Mario 1-3. This gets even more fucked when you throw in all the ports, randomizers etc.

    For actual hard numbers (roughly), it’s Xenoblade for me.

    1. Played once on the Wii when it came out here in the UK in 2011. 107hrs.
    2. Played it again through on the Wii. This was around the same, savefile says 142 hrs.
    3. Played through it on Dolphin. Probably 80hrs or so, I don’t have the numbers on this. Throw another 100 hours on.
    4. Played through it to 100% on the New 3DS port, twice. This was probably another 200+ hrs.
    5. Definitive edition. Played through once on the Switch to 100% (this took 97 hrs) then twice again on Yuzu in 4k. 150 hrs so far on Yuzu (just got to Valak Mountain in this current playthrough)

    Don’t even get me started on X, 2 and 3. but well worth it.