Hey everyone! We, 9 lives and Cosmos Games, are the developers behind Into The Darkness VR. A big thank you to everyone playing the Open Playtest build! Your videos and feedback mean the world to us - every piece of content you share helps us improve the game. This time a big thank you to you Gamertag for posting the video! It was great to watch! Currently, there’s no set end date for the playtests, so we encourage everyone interested to dive in and explore the game. We’re always open to suggestions and feedback, as we believe that open communication is key to the game’s success. Rest assured, we read every message shared online about Into The Darkness VR. Exciting news: Sandbox Mode will be added to the Open Playtest build! This will give you the chance to experiment with the game’s systems in new ways. And that’s not all - more is coming… If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We’ll be happy to answer once we gather a few! ___ P.S. Apologies if you’re seeing this message twice - it seems our previous comment disappeared after posting.
7 дней назад
Man, what is this quality? Its blurry. Make sure you provide "smooth cam" for better / wider recording. And right eye rendering would be cool too.
We have a special spectator mode on our to-do list! These Open Playtests allow us to test several aspects of the game-how you play, how you react in different situations, and how the game functions overall. Please note that not everything is fully implemented yet. As mentioned in our Steam news: "This is a specially designed build, developed for you to test various gameplay mechanics, performance, and compatibility across different headsets. The available level is a modified version from the game, stripped of any story elements. The full release will include a wider variety of enemies, more mechanics, plot-integrated tutorials, and much more."
7 дней назад
@@9_lives_vr Okay cool!! I advise you to check "Defector VR" for more features that need to be in a good VR game. Its amazing game from 5 years ago that no game has features yet (except big games like HL:A)
pretty sure this game had a demo years ago that, while showed promise, was quite under cooked and needed a lot of work. Seems like the devs actually listened and put in the work to polish it up, real nice to see.
Check out a very early PCVR game called Seeking Dawn. It was extremely ambitious, very large open world, the graphics were amazing and it was similar. It was an awesome game, but a lot of VR YT'ers at the time clowned on it, so very few people bought it. I still highly recommend it. EDIT: Nvm, I read the game title and got it confused with the new game "Into Black", which is a similar experience haha.
You know what, I'll start working on my game again. Computer Science degree takes a lot of time, but I'll put some hours aside on the weekend to make my dream game.
Im glad to see this game is still being worked on. I've been looking for a game with destructable enemies like robo recall but plays a bit more freely like bonelab or saints and sinners. Recall is fun, but it's showing its age a bit by only having teleportation without mods
I’ve had this on my wish List for a while and was just looking at it yesterday on Steam. I was wondering why I haven’t heard anything about it from any content creators, so thank you
Reminded me of the terminator, when you took the limbs off that one robot, and he still kept coming. Definitely something I want to play. Thanks for showing us the demo GT
I do remember seeing this game first introduced some years ago and then it languished and I thought it was dead. So glad to see they didn't give up. This looks sweet!
Looks fun but we've done all this before. When are we getting persistence in VR like base building, owning things, living somewhere? VR allows us to escape to another world but so far it's only brief linear experiences.
2:47 poderia ter uma mecanica de jogo para usar a ferramenta de escalada nos lugares certos para o gelo nao quebrar e você nao cair. Acho que seria legal algo assim
There’s no open demo you have to request permission. It says it’s a limited open demo. I don’t know how long it takes for them to approve request . I’m gonna try myself tonight.
Still needs a lot of polish. Most frustrating part was the lack of highlights or notifications to know that you had something positioned properly to stow it.
I'm usually quite critical of VR "new" games, but this one looks incredibly polished and full of cool gamedesign ideas ! Congrats devs ! edit : and I just realized it's in my wishlist for so long I forgot about it haha
Take a look at "Robo Recall", pretty sure that is where the Idea, or maybe even the system for it comes from, because it seems really identical. Both great games :D
Looks like a nice game but why everyone is so afraid of making a shooter were you shoot real human enemies instead of zombies/robots/monsters/cartoons... Damn can't wait for gunman contracts
I completely agree. There’s a fantastic PCVR game I’ve tested behind the scenes for a big developer and it was seriously cool. When I played it again recently it was fighting aliens and colourful crap. Developers are scared of upsetting people it would seem
Remember the original RoboRecall was fighting human soldiers. Then they turned them into robots. Meta is afraid of media backlash. But Metro has human enemies and so did Medal of Honor. I can't think of others off the top of my head.
It’s a small sweet spot so pay attention to haptics. When they rumble you know your hands are in the right place. Also make sure your height is correct.
Second time this demo has come around and there is still no proper left-handed support (i.e swapping movement and snapturn joysticks). I saw some options regarding controls but they were buggy and didn't seem to work properly. Hopefully this game delivers on launch more than other recent VR releases.
So... would it be too much if I want a VR game to let of some steam and just go full hulk on organic beings instead of robots. Like full rip and tear mentality. Anyway this game clearly shows what VR is capable of and should be the basic minimum of actions available in all VR games.
@@GAMERTAGVR Yeah don't worry I gotcha the game does look cool I was just joking around (as per the /s) bc of your title starting by saying we need more vr like this and then it says the games a demo and in early access lol
Looks okay i guess, im just waiting for a DMZ, grayzone warfare, delta force type of extraction shooter, all these early access projects, not games really do look and play the same, kinda boring, visuals are okay but i can give a crap less about visuals! Ill keep on waiting
@GAMERTAGVR It's not, but I feel like a game with contractors showdown mapsize movement, map denseity of zero caliber 2, into the raidus 2 storage mechanics, with some difficult ai, loot, resources worth gathering, and random extraction zones would be something VR hasn't seen yet, and considering ghost of tabor has been pretty much top 10 best sellers since the games meta launch even though its still broken jank says alot about how much people love the extraction survival shooters.
Please don't censor this post, as it's imperative that your viewers know this FACT about Meta VR devices: A cautionary tale for current and prospective Meta Quest VR headset owners (for sim'ing or gaming): I'm on day 9 of Meta holding my Quest headsets hostage. I've been using Oculus/Quest devices from the day they started making them (10 years ago?), and I have not been required to give my date of birth to Meta in all this time. But they recently demanded my DOB under threat of disabling my Quests, and they made good on that threat 9 days ago. Meta can metaphorically brick your headsets, any time they want, and for any reason they want, and you will have no defense against it. Conclusion: Think carefully before you BUY anything from Meta; The thing you BUY will not be yours.
The graphics in the game didn't meet my expectations, especially compared to Half-Life Alyx. I found the visuals to be lacking and it didn't leave a good impression on me.
l didn't even finish the tutorial. the idea that your torso turns with your head is so annoying in every VR game that is not how you body works in real life. you have to turn your head a lot before your upper torso and shoulders starts turning in real life....and it was impossible to put the axes on you lower back for some reason, sitting down playing. so l gave up after 8 min.
I played this demo just the other day there for about 30-45 minutes before I turned it off and uninstalled it, loooooooong way to go before it's anywhere near acceptably playable or worth spending money on.
Hey everyone! We, 9 lives and Cosmos Games, are the developers behind Into The Darkness VR. A big thank you to everyone playing the Open Playtest build! Your videos and feedback mean the world to us - every piece of content you share helps us improve the game. This time a big thank you to you Gamertag for posting the video! It was great to watch!
Currently, there’s no set end date for the playtests, so we encourage everyone interested to dive in and explore the game. We’re always open to suggestions and feedback, as we believe that open communication is key to the game’s success. Rest assured, we read every message shared online about Into The Darkness VR.
Exciting news: Sandbox Mode will be added to the Open Playtest build! This will give you the chance to experiment with the game’s systems in new ways. And that’s not all - more is coming…
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We’ll be happy to answer once we gather a few!
___
P.S. Apologies if you’re seeing this message twice - it seems our previous comment disappeared after posting.
Man, what is this quality? Its blurry. Make sure you provide "smooth cam" for better / wider recording. And right eye rendering would be cool too.
We have a special spectator mode on our to-do list! These Open Playtests allow us to test several aspects of the game-how you play, how you react in different situations, and how the game functions overall. Please note that not everything is fully implemented yet.
As mentioned in our Steam news: "This is a specially designed build, developed for you to test various gameplay mechanics, performance, and compatibility across different headsets. The available level is a modified version from the game, stripped of any story elements. The full release will include a wider variety of enemies, more mechanics, plot-integrated tutorials, and much more."
@@9_lives_vr Okay cool!! I advise you to check "Defector VR" for more features that need to be in a good VR game. Its amazing game from 5 years ago that no game has features yet (except big games like HL:A)
Please consider PSVR2
when I tried the playtest there was no sound, is this normal?
pretty sure this game had a demo years ago that, while showed promise, was quite under cooked and needed a lot of work. Seems like the devs actually listened and put in the work to polish it up, real nice to see.
Check out a very early PCVR game called Seeking Dawn. It was extremely ambitious, very large open world, the graphics were amazing and it was similar. It was an awesome game, but a lot of VR YT'ers at the time clowned on it, so very few people bought it. I still highly recommend it. EDIT: Nvm, I read the game title and got it confused with the new game "Into Black", which is a similar experience haha.
I remember seeing very early gameplay around 3 years ago, man has this game been polished from what it was.
You know what, I'll start working on my game again. Computer Science degree takes a lot of time, but I'll put some hours aside on the weekend to make my dream game.
Hell yeah do it! 💪
@@kevhavard thanks bro! I got this!
Yeah man chase your dreams! And make a vid when its done cuz im curios to see what you cooked
Looks like an hybrid of HL: Alyx + RoboRecall... Interesting.... Nice!
And a little bit of Walking Dead VR with how the combat looks tbh. Plus backpack management.
It does!
@@CR00K__Gamingvery true
Black knight vibe at 01:25... what are you gonna do, bleed on me ?
"I'll bite your arm off!"
😂😂 alright.. call it a draw
Tbh the sparks could be dangerous
Im glad to see this game is still being worked on. I've been looking for a game with destructable enemies like robo recall but plays a bit more freely like bonelab or saints and sinners. Recall is fun, but it's showing its age a bit by only having teleportation without mods
I’ve had this on my wish List for a while and was just looking at it yesterday on Steam. I was wondering why I haven’t heard anything about it from any content creators, so thank you
Glad I could help!
Reminded me of the terminator, when you took the limbs off that one robot, and he still kept coming. Definitely something I want to play. Thanks for showing us the demo GT
Cheers for watching
Good preview for when we all have to fight tesla robots and boston dynamics when they go the way of skynet.
😂😂 I’m glad I heard those robots were actually remote controlled.
I was thinking that too. Surely when this comes out someone will do a mod reskin as those Tesla clankers
The snow deformation is something i saw in early UE5 demos, but seeing it now in a VR game is so cool.
Lmao @2:00 he tried chucking a snow ball at you 😂
Is that what it is
@@GAMERTAGVR looked like it 😂
@@LiamGod88 They are throwing rocks but it look like snowballs.
I do remember seeing this game first introduced some years ago and then it languished and I thought it was dead. So glad to see they didn't give up. This looks sweet!
Devs, please add difficulty settings so that we can increase the speed and aggressiveness of the AI.
Yes please. VR needs to stop dumbing down the NPCs
I was literally thinking Golden Eye vibes just before you said it! 😂
Great minds 🧠
Good times too weren’t they. I think I spent 2 years playing split screen golden eye
Looks fun but we've done all this before. When are we getting persistence in VR like base building, owning things, living somewhere? VR allows us to escape to another world but so far it's only brief linear experiences.
You can do that in Skyrim or The Forest both in vr.
@@GovernorHS true but those aren't VR games, those are games ported to VR and both very dated.
Can’t wait to play this!
wow, this game has come a long way...fanatastic, will defo pick this up whenever it is released
looks so much better then any standalone game
It does and it has something I love... arms in a VR game. No 'break the immersion' floating hands.
That looked really good for ‘early access’, THANX for sharing and as always “GG GT!”👊😎
you had me at pulling the robots legs off and it crawling at you then proceeding to rip its head off
Dude that moment was crazy
Man, this game looks amazing already! It looks like it's from the Robo Recall school of clean looking ass-kicking!
This looks really fun!
I imagine you ripping the robot apart and his head starts rolling after you. 😂
Jumping “come ere! I’ll bite your ankles off!”
@@GAMERTAGVR 🤣
Good video thank you. Just got in on the early access and also wishlisted
This game looks like mad fun!
2:47 poderia ter uma mecanica de jogo para usar a ferramenta de escalada nos lugares certos para o gelo nao quebrar e você nao cair. Acho que seria legal algo assim
Guy at 1:30 "A flesh wound"
😂😂
"Oh. Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow bastards!
Come back here and take what´s coming to you!
I´ll bite your legs off" 🤣
The thrown knife just dinking off the armor was pretty hilarious.
It was at that moment…
Crazy samurai combo.......
Dink dink dink😂😂😂😂
Game looks dope. Definitely trying this out tonight
There’s no open demo you have to request permission. It says it’s a limited open demo. I don’t know how long it takes for them to approve request . I’m gonna try myself tonight.
Ur vr content is top notch ..plus ur having fun 👍🏻
Thank you very much Glyn. Appreciate you
Still needs a lot of polish. Most frustrating part was the lack of highlights or notifications to know that you had something positioned properly to stow it.
@@TheSwissMoose yeah it was haptics and the area of contact was small
I'm usually quite critical of VR "new" games, but this one looks incredibly polished and full of cool gamedesign ideas ! Congrats devs !
edit : and I just realized it's in my wishlist for so long I forgot about it haha
I wonder if “Into Darkness” and “Into Black” nearly consider the others name when brainstorming.
It looks really good
Ok, ripping enemies apart like that with your bare hands is pretty dope. Love the sound design in this too.
Take a look at "Robo Recall", pretty sure that is where the Idea, or maybe even the system for it comes from, because it seems really identical. Both great games :D
I am actually no fan of games where you fight against Robots or Shadows like into the radius. But this looks good.
this looks sick! Hope I can get my PCVR working to check it out
Tis mere a flesh wound haha. Looks good, downloading it now.
So many Money Python references in this chat. I love it
This would be awesome in mixed reality
The orange highlights when u go to flick pivk something up is quite obvious lol looks fab tho
looks very cool. How does this game perform on a common midrange gaming PC, e.g. something like a Ryzen 7 5800X3D and RTX 4070/12GB ?
Looks like a nice game but why everyone is so afraid of making a shooter were you shoot real human enemies instead of zombies/robots/monsters/cartoons...
Damn can't wait for gunman contracts
I completely agree. There’s a fantastic PCVR game I’ve tested behind the scenes for a big developer and it was seriously cool. When I played it again recently it was fighting aliens and colourful crap. Developers are scared of upsetting people it would seem
@@GAMERTAGVR probably someone like sweet baby came for the rescue
Remember the original RoboRecall was fighting human soldiers. Then they turned them into robots. Meta is afraid of media backlash. But Metro has human enemies and so did Medal of Honor. I can't think of others off the top of my head.
This game matches my phrase off with their heads 😂 0:59
Gt, I have a problem with the axes, I just cannot put them on my lower back, they just full to the ground, any ideas
It’s a small sweet spot so pay attention to haptics. When they rumble you know your hands are in the right place. Also make sure your height is correct.
has potential
Exactly
Second time this demo has come around and there is still no proper left-handed support (i.e swapping movement and snapturn joysticks). I saw some options regarding controls but they were buggy and didn't seem to work properly. Hopefully this game delivers on launch more than other recent VR releases.
JESUS, that looks like a lot of Fun 😂 cool Video "!
Get in there!
Thanks GT.
What headset are you using to play this game?
Meta Quest 3
@@GAMERTAGVR thanks
Do you know, if it will come to psvr2 too?
Devs are in the chat
Looks like boneworks and robot recall mixed together 😅
This is actually what I expected from BoneLab.
Im excited for this one! My kind of game!
That looks crazy good
Bro this game looks sick
looks great, just downloaded demo.
tis only a mechanical disadvantage
Game looks awesome. Wish it was available on the quest.
Will it be on quest?
What an ending 😂😂
Looks exactly like RoboRecall 🤔
Thanks GT😄
🫡
The half lyfe alyx worship. Sheeesh
Come on man. That game changed so much about vr
@@GAMERTAGVR I respect it
Yeah spread the love of Robo Recall, underated game shame Epic will never really do a big budget VR game agaim
In case you guys want more games like this
Games with this type of combat that I tried until now:
Blade and Sorcery
Bonelab
Hard Bullet
Robo Recall the enemy physic and grabbing and the you tuber mentioned that game
Great recommendations
I need it NOW!
So... would it be too much if I want a VR game to let of some steam and just go full hulk on organic beings instead of robots. Like full rip and tear mentality.
Anyway this game clearly shows what VR is capable of and should be the basic minimum of actions available in all VR games.
u sayin we need more vr demos/early access games? /s
Someone's been on reddit alot lol
I’m saying we need more games that use more of a physical presence in VR basically. As a demo it has flaws but I came away impressed
@@GAMERTAGVR Yeah don't worry I gotcha the game does look cool I was just joking around (as per the /s) bc of your title starting by saying we need more vr like this and then it says the games a demo and in early access lol
Ending ruined it all and it was going good
Looks good 👍
Hahahahaha😂😂😂😂😂. Too difficult Game, mate!! But nice gameplay.
Ill try that Game anyway.
Bro- you telling me this is coming to quest3 ?
Looks fun!
Tht was pretty cool
Looks okay i guess, im just waiting for a DMZ, grayzone warfare, delta force type of extraction shooter, all these early access projects, not games really do look and play the same, kinda boring, visuals are okay but i can give a crap less about visuals! Ill keep on waiting
Is Greyzone getting VR? I tried it with UEVR and didn’t really enjoy it
@GAMERTAGVR It's not, but I feel like a game with contractors showdown mapsize movement, map denseity of zero caliber 2, into the raidus 2 storage mechanics, with some difficult ai, loot, resources worth gathering, and random extraction zones would be something VR hasn't seen yet, and considering ghost of tabor has been pretty much top 10 best sellers since the games meta launch even though its still broken jank says alot about how much people love the extraction survival shooters.
Hi GT is this on pc.Gt👍
Yes on steam link in the description
Too bad you can't see how bad it runs, cuz you use a 4090. God I can't wait to upgrade from my 3080.. 5000 series come out faster!!
I’m on a 3080ti?
@@GAMERTAGVR It was my bad I had Virtual Desktop set at Ultra for another game =P I thought you had the 4090?
Keep up the great work man!
@@AdeptuS.AnonyMouSI’m hanging in there for the 50 series card.
This looks so good except for the ai which looks shit
Yeah the AI isn’t up to much but they did take me out super fast at one point
3:49. Love me some UE Traversal stutter. 😢😢
cs 1.6 deagle sound pistol
That climactic final battle had me on the edge of my seat.
Please don't censor this post, as it's imperative that your viewers know this FACT about Meta VR devices:
A cautionary tale for current and prospective Meta Quest VR headset owners (for sim'ing or gaming):
I'm on day 9 of Meta holding my Quest headsets hostage. I've been using Oculus/Quest devices from the day they started making them (10 years ago?), and I have not been required to give my date of birth to Meta in all this time. But they recently demanded my DOB under threat of disabling my Quests, and they made good on that threat 9 days ago. Meta can metaphorically brick your headsets, any time they want, and for any reason they want, and you will have no defense against it.
Conclusion: Think carefully before you BUY anything from Meta; The thing you BUY will not be yours.
👍👍👍👍🕹🕹
🎮 👾
12:50 they lost me with the frustrating samarui combat. i hate melee stuff in vr.
Unreal 4.
The graphics in the game didn't meet my expectations, especially compared to Half-Life Alyx. I found the visuals to be lacking and it didn't leave a good impression on me.
oh no bonelab vibes? so is it a janky unplayable p.o.s?
l didn't even finish the tutorial. the idea that your torso turns with your head is so annoying in every VR game that is not how you body works in real life. you have to turn your head a lot before your upper torso and shoulders starts turning in real life....and it was impossible to put the axes on you lower back for some reason, sitting down playing. so l gave up after 8 min.
I played this demo just the other day there for about 30-45 minutes before I turned it off and uninstalled it, loooooooong way to go before it's anywhere near acceptably playable or worth spending money on.
The AI is so dreadfully bad
It’s pretty much non-existent. Good shots thou
robo recall is so old already, and it looked way better than this
You should try it with Mods
Nah, tried it and it was absolutely dogshit... this game is straight up horrible.
Plays terribly. AI is basic and needs a complete rewrite.
AI is dog💩 still had fun though in this early stage