242 on 11/9/2025 at 15:10
Quote Posted by Sxerks
Not sure how the lock picking is meant to work, vibration feedback?
There are lots of ways in VR, from controller's joystick rotation to the physical arm rotation.
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Crouch walking might be a literal pain to do for an entire game.
As a rule, the crouching in VR is usually doubled with a button pressing like in flat games if physical crouch is implemented in the game.
242 on 11/9/2025 at 15:30
Quote Posted by Aja
People who aren't familiar with the state of modern VR games should be aware that apart from a few notable standouts, most of them are significantly scaled back in scope compared to so-called AAA games from big-name publishers. So it's a given, I think, that Thief VR will be a small-scale game without fancy graphics or the huge variety of bigger-budget titles like Deadly Shadows. But honestly, as someone who's been gaming for like 35 years, VR feels more spirited, innovative, and exciting than much of the mainstream because devs are forced to do more with less. There's also an indescribable difference between seeing this on a flat screen and seeing it in 3D at full scale.
Well said! Especially the last sentence. Also, some RL physical actions like climbing, aiming, changing ammo, throwing, peeking out (!) etc. add a ton to the immersion factor.
Quote Posted by henke
Probably the best deal at the moment is the Quest 3S. ~350€. Standalone, but you can also connect it to a PC and play Steam titles.
I would not recommend it. Q3S uses old Q2 Fresnel type lenses, which are far inferior in terms of optics quality / sweet spot size compared to pancake lenses Q3 uses. IMO, it's better to add another 150 and get proper Quest 3. Lots of great and fun standalone games there too even if Thief VR appears a flop, one doesn't need any additional hardware like PC or console to play them.
242 on 12/9/2025 at 09:32
It also would be great if someone did a standalone VR mod to run original Thief1/2 on Meta Quest, like they did for Doom1/2/3, Heretic, Hexen, Quake, it shouldn't be too hard. Would love to explore that oid Bafford manor again, but this time in VR and without any cords, just headset and controllers. Want to bludgeon Benny more personally with my hand )
