Imagine a mixed reality parkour game. You run around in the city and jump from building to building while shooting bad guys. And if you miss a jump, you die in real life too. Just like Zuckerberg said in that meme. Would'nt that be awesome.
Do the enemies just go limp when you grab them? That guy you threw off the roof had no reaction to being flung to his doom beyond a tiny yelp when he hit the ground 😂
The voice acting is fine, the parkour looks good. The combat could do with some work like manual reloads and enemy variations but i assume that will come later
the full body IK looks like it'll need some work, you can very easily tell its still the floating arms but with a slapped on forearms because the hand is turning at the start of the wrist bone, not the end of it, especially when you twist your hand at an angle, hope they completely re-do the body
If you want something more action packed, try GhostRunner VR mod, there’s a lack of motion controls of course, but a AAA feel of Cyberpunk Ninja is definitely there. Wish this game had an instant kill melee finishers tho.
Think the voice overs need work but the game looks really fun to play when you get into the flow, only thing I want to see is manual reloads, you give me a gun in VR, I just have to be able to reload it myself, could even be a gameplay mechanic, chuck a empty magazine to distract an enemie to sneak past them.
Thank you! The voice lines in this build are placeholders voiced by AI. We're working with professional actors, and these lines will of course be replaced before release :) As for manual reloading, we've been getting a lot of requests for that lately. The game is fast-paced and has a lot of movement, so it was designed to put you into a flow state (like you mentioned) with a less stressful reloading system. But we appreciate the request and are likely to add manual reloading as an alternative setting shortly post-launch.
Well I mean for place holder voice lines there pretty good for being AI, they really didn't sound like it which is pretty impressive. And that's cool you'll add manual reloads post launch as an option, for a game like this I can understand if it's not added but it would be a nice added bit of challenge.
I really enjoy the movement in STRIDE, and this looks great. Been wishing for a Mirror's Edge VR for ages... I really hope they can capture that magic. This demo still seems more gunplay-heavy than I'd like - maybe it'll be enjoyable, but I loved Mirror's Edge's ethos of any encounter can be completed without any shooting. Also, you're downplaying how garbo that voice acting is, holy shit. Hopefully it's just AI-generated placeholder. At the very, VERY least maybe they'll make the AI not braindead for the final release. Got a lot on my wishlist here... please pull thru Joy Way
looks like fun. even though its disappointing in some areas. a real lack of sound effects in some places seems immersion breaking. and the lack of a manual reload is really disappointing.
June 10, 2022? They were releasing trailers for the update even late last year. I bought it in December 2022 a day or few before they announced the delay in the update with a Steam News post.
IMO, the music should go hand in hand with the city's ambience. Or they should just leave the ambient sounds of the city and nothing else. That silly techno playing in the background completely kills the vibe.
I was very disappointed with STRIDE because it was just a timetrial type of game and the developer later focused too much on the multiplayer aspect. Good thing Joyway has now decided to make "Fates" available for free to Early Access buyers so I can get to our single player campaign after all. The AI seems to have some dropouts sometimes, is that correct? I hope it will be more attentive and aggressive in the final version. I'm also curious how the graphics will look like in the PCVR version. Good video, I'm always happy when a new one pops up in my feed.
I initially didn’t want to make direct comparisons to bonelab since that game is more about using physics to solve puzzles. But man the jank in that game makes the pacing so slow. Stride Fates is basically Bonelab without the jank. And I love it
The shadiness of Stride 1 isn't limited to PC VR, it was arguably worse on PSVR. At some point they pushed a content update to PC and raised the price of the game to reflect the additional content. They raise the price of the PSVR version the same amount, but never ported the new content to it. When asked about if/when any new content might be coming to the PSVR version, the devs said something like: We never said the PSVR version would be getting more content. That's months after the game was out, with many people buying it on the promise of later additions. For all their talents, Joyway is getting a well-earned reputation for doing wrong by their audience. As for Stride Fates, the gameplay does look fun, but the AI looks dumb as bricks, and what I've seen of the story seems poorly written and even more poorly performed. I'll keep an open mind, but I'll probably only pick it up if it reviews very well, and I'll take any promises of future content with extreme skepticism.
God this game looks so good, but yeah nah them voices gotta go I cant tell if thats AI or actual voice acting but tbh forget the story if its gonna sound like that
@Virtual Insider From the bit of where you mentioned having bought the game between septermber 4th and june of 2022 I actually did in fact buy the original stride back on September 12 2020 but for some reason I still haven't gotten Stride fates for free.. I'd hate to have to buy the game if this is something that was supposed to happen.. smh.
I haven't played this game yet, but plan on getting it once on sale. I've seen a bit of the first 10-20 minutes of the game. I'd seen the first 'hacking' bit using the phone, and it reminds me of the Watch_Dogs series. Parkour, combat, and (probably a very tiny bit of) hacking. I'm super excited. I wished to see a WD game in VR, which obviously won't happen, after the Assassins Creed VR release and this is the closest and coolest thing to it.
I bought stride on oculus on 6 aug 2021. I know the content was thin but bought it to have a go and get the full campaign mode. Does the free version apply to oculus purchases swell as steam. great vid too.
I have both stride games. If you're on the fence about it, i think the first one is significantly better. First of all, its half the price. Second the replayability is way better. I still choose to play the original 9 times out of 10 over fates. Its almost like they made Fates too realistic or something and the movement is really clunky.
Overall I liked the video, but the controversy always bugged me. They made that promise under the assumption that it was going to be a small thing, but ended up putting a lot more effort into it making it more polished and well rounded. I usually would have the back of the people but just this once I think they were in the right.
What sucks is that this Free Key announcement wasnt done over Steam but over Discord. Its weird that you have to apply for a key anyway, just use the steam tools to do it automatically, but I guess so they wont need to give out a key to everyone because people will forget
No sound when you land after a grapple, NPC not facing you when talking to you lol, combat looks passable but nothing remarkable and pacing feels weird
I just wish they had used less marketplace assets and sounds, the bullet collision sounds are the exact same from contractor's and there were some other models i noticed in the levels like planters and wooden arches. The sound is waht got me on my nerves though. Tired of seeing the same recycled garbage in 90% of all vr games.
So we're just out of luck if we bought it on the meta store? Thats weak. Lol Oh well. I'm looking forward to it, as long as the campaign isn't like 2 hours like I had heard.
Games like this are unacceptable in 2023. I'm sick of waiting for a great VR game. I bought the Rift S when it came out and the Quest 2 a year after it's release. After seeing what devs are capable of I'm selling them both and I'm quitting VR for the next 10 years. VR is not going anywhere.
It’s not like it’s wip game, totally not, totally not. It’s not like everything is what you use, the environment is important, it’s not like it’s a 5 hours game, it’s not like this take is disingenuous. Like you are, it’s not like that the q2 is a mobile headset, it’s not like the graphics are actually good, like are you really that stupid man? Like did your parents drop you down on your head 10th mess put u up for adoption and no one taken you? Hint: yes
I'm not sure I've even ever heard someone say Bonelab is a GOOD parkour game (myself included)
It's not, boneworks is better, trying to get over an edge in bonelab is a right pain in the ass
No way anyone has. BONELAB physics are good in some ways but the body physics are absolute ass...
Yes, the body in bonelab gets in the way, the body you have in boneworks is purely visual
It can be when you learn how the body works.
@@atomic... bonelab and boneworks have physical bodies. have you ever tried to step on a pile of dead nullbodies?
"The game starts you on a rooftop, starin at some *ass* ." Caught me so off guard😂😂😂
You are, by far, my favorite VR RUclips content creator, keep it up!
You are funny and have a good voice!
That's last 30 seconds with the NPC bent over the rail was priceless
Imagine a mixed reality parkour game. You run around in the city and jump from building to building while shooting bad guys. And if you miss a jump, you die in real life too. Just like Zuckerberg said in that meme.
Would'nt that be awesome.
Do the enemies just go limp when you grab them? That guy you threw off the roof had no reaction to being flung to his doom beyond a tiny yelp when he hit the ground 😂
Yeah they do, hopefully that can be improved for full release.
The voice acting is fine, the parkour looks good. The combat could do with some work like manual reloads and enemy variations but i assume that will come later
This is because the voices are just place holders until the final game comes out, joy way said that 10000000000000 times
@@GovinHari I know, and I said that they are fine. I wasn't complaining
Voice lines were placeholder
Ope, I should’ve read down my bad haha
I dont know but i think they are ai voices
the full body IK looks like it'll need some work, you can very easily tell its still the floating arms but with a slapped on forearms because the hand is turning at the start of the wrist bone, not the end of it, especially when you twist your hand at an angle, hope they completely re-do the body
Thank you for your feedback, we are working to make all aspects of the game as good as possible😎
@2:50 ***Annoying eurotrance music stops at last*** You got me!
If you want something more action packed, try GhostRunner VR mod, there’s a lack of motion controls of course, but a AAA feel of Cyberpunk Ninja is definitely there. Wish this game had an instant kill melee finishers tho.
I loved the first stride. the movement was really good and fun for a vr parkour game. this game looks awesome too.
Great, we hope you'll have a lot of fun with Fates!
Think the voice overs need work but the game looks really fun to play when you get into the flow, only thing I want to see is manual reloads, you give me a gun in VR, I just have to be able to reload it myself, could even be a gameplay mechanic, chuck a empty magazine to distract an enemie to sneak past them.
Thank you! The voice lines in this build are placeholders voiced by AI. We're working with professional actors, and these lines will of course be replaced before release :)
As for manual reloading, we've been getting a lot of requests for that lately. The game is fast-paced and has a lot of movement, so it was designed to put you into a flow state (like you mentioned) with a less stressful reloading system. But we appreciate the request and are likely to add manual reloading as an alternative setting shortly post-launch.
Well I mean for place holder voice lines there pretty good for being AI, they really didn't sound like it which is pretty impressive.
And that's cool you'll add manual reloads post launch as an option, for a game like this I can understand if it's not added but it would be a nice added bit of challenge.
@@JoyWaykeep up the great work! This is looking not too far from trepang2 in Vr with parkour - which is gonna be great
Joy Way? more like Joy Con! Glad they are keeping up their promises, even if only after comunity pressure. Lets see if the game holds up at Release
It is important to us that our players are happy😊
“The game starts you off on a rooftop, staring at some ass.”
*IM SOLD* 💰
You have to love it when vr games slather glue on every conceivable object
I really enjoy the movement in STRIDE, and this looks great. Been wishing for a Mirror's Edge VR for ages... I really hope they can capture that magic. This demo still seems more gunplay-heavy than I'd like - maybe it'll be enjoyable, but I loved Mirror's Edge's ethos of any encounter can be completed without any shooting. Also, you're downplaying how garbo that voice acting is, holy shit. Hopefully it's just AI-generated placeholder. At the very, VERY least maybe they'll make the AI not braindead for the final release. Got a lot on my wishlist here... please pull thru Joy Way
game looks decent but man the game is lacking on the sound department
"The game starts you on a rooftop, staring at some ass"
haha nice, but seriously really looking forward to this
seems like an intresting game, hope they add mod suport so the community can make custom maps
I bought STRIDE in 2021... Nice.. Thanks for the heads up...
looks like fun. even though its disappointing in some areas. a real lack of sound effects in some places seems immersion breaking. and the lack of a manual reload is really disappointing.
June 10, 2022? They were releasing trailers for the update even late last year. I bought it in December 2022 a day or few before they announced the delay in the update with a Steam News post.
This game looks amazing! I'm going to wait for the pcvr version but I can't wait to play it!
Finally some good SINGLE PLAYER game for PC. Thaks for your preview.
I would love a manual reload option, although I get why they chose to go the N64 Goldeneye route.
they said they will add this post-release
IMO, the music should go hand in hand with the city's ambience. Or they should just leave the ambient sounds of the city and nothing else. That silly techno playing in the background completely kills the vibe.
I was very disappointed with STRIDE because it was just a timetrial type of game and the developer later focused too much on the multiplayer aspect. Good thing Joyway has now decided to make "Fates" available for free to Early Access buyers so I can get to our single player campaign after all.
The AI seems to have some dropouts sometimes, is that correct? I hope it will be more attentive and aggressive in the final version.
I'm also curious how the graphics will look like in the PCVR version.
Good video, I'm always happy when a new one pops up in my feed.
I initially didn’t want to make direct comparisons to bonelab since that game is more about using physics to solve puzzles. But man the jank in that game makes the pacing so slow. Stride Fates is basically Bonelab without the jank. And I love it
Thank you! Your channel is a great source of information that I don't have time to track on my own.
Amazing, you talk about his Stride!
i didn't know mirror's edge is something that i needed
The shadiness of Stride 1 isn't limited to PC VR, it was arguably worse on PSVR. At some point they pushed a content update to PC and raised the price of the game to reflect the additional content. They raise the price of the PSVR version the same amount, but never ported the new content to it. When asked about if/when any new content might be coming to the PSVR version, the devs said something like: We never said the PSVR version would be getting more content. That's months after the game was out, with many people buying it on the promise of later additions. For all their talents, Joyway is getting a well-earned reputation for doing wrong by their audience.
As for Stride Fates, the gameplay does look fun, but the AI looks dumb as bricks, and what I've seen of the story seems poorly written and even more poorly performed. I'll keep an open mind, but I'll probably only pick it up if it reviews very well, and I'll take any promises of future content with extreme skepticism.
Are you really whining about something that hasn’t come out, and whine about something that is wip? SMH, people can’t really be this stupid
Super mirrors edge feel to it
God this game looks so good, but yeah nah them voices gotta go
I cant tell if thats AI or actual voice acting but tbh forget the story if its gonna sound like that
Really looking forward to this one!! That cringey dialogue might just ruin the whole story though...
Looks cool, will check it out on sale, but I gotta say the AI looks braindead as hell lol.
I will deff be buying this GG devs that cake stare funny asf
STRIDE is amazing i would buy it three times over !
We are glad that you are waiting for Fates! (we ourselves are waiting for it too)
@@JoyWay I love that I actually feel like I'm getting in a workout and gaming😅
Where do I get the game if I bought the original between the given dates?
@Virtual Insider From the bit of where you mentioned having bought the game between septermber 4th and june of 2022 I actually did in fact buy the original stride back on September 12 2020 but for some reason I still haven't gotten Stride fates for free.. I'd hate to have to buy the game if this is something that was supposed to happen.. smh.
@3:05 The preview build you got is Quest 2 but you are playing on PC. How does this work?
All games are made on PC anyway so its just visually how it will be on the quest but they can just create a build that works with PC headsets.
@@virtualinsider Sorry, I meant to ask: Are you running Quest game on PC via emulation or something? Or they provided another PC native build?
I'm so glas this looks better than stride. huge step up
I haven't played this game yet, but plan on getting it once on sale. I've seen a bit of the first 10-20 minutes of the game. I'd seen the first 'hacking' bit using the phone, and it reminds me of the Watch_Dogs series. Parkour, combat, and (probably a very tiny bit of) hacking. I'm super excited.
I wished to see a WD game in VR, which obviously won't happen, after the Assassins Creed VR release and this is the closest and coolest thing to it.
I previously regretted getting the game on steam instead of oculus.
Now it turns out I made the right choice :)
I bought stride on oculus on 6 aug 2021. I know the content was thin but bought it to have a go and get the full campaign mode. Does the free version apply to oculus purchases swell as steam. great vid too.
Im not sure, you would probably need to contact JoyWay to find out
No it only applies to pcvr players when they bought early access
actually the voices in the demo where ai generated in the full game they will have actuell voice acting
Hand Size and gun orientation seem a bit off or is it just me?
I think it's from the recording only seeming to be capturing one eye.
Thanks. This game looks really good.
I have both stride games. If you're on the fence about it, i think the first one is significantly better. First of all, its half the price. Second the replayability is way better. I still choose to play the original 9 times out of 10 over fates. Its almost like they made Fates too realistic or something and the movement is really clunky.
Overall I liked the video, but the controversy always bugged me. They made that promise under the assumption that it was going to be a small thing, but ended up putting a lot more effort into it making it more polished and well rounded. I usually would have the back of the people but just this once I think they were in the right.
I gotta get this game
bonelab isnt even near a parkour game blade & sorcery is prob the best parkour game thats out (that isnt the current stride we have rn)
Dude i bought strive like a year or two ago cuz it was parkour but since im on quest i dont get the sedond one for free :(
Looks really promising
What sucks is that this Free Key announcement wasnt done over Steam but over Discord.
Its weird that you have to apply for a key anyway, just use the steam tools to do it automatically, but I guess so they wont need to give out a key to everyone because people will forget
Blud is probably the only one to look for announcements on steam and not discord 💀
So it is coming to psvr2! Nice!!!
No sound when you land after a grapple, NPC not facing you when talking to you lol, combat looks passable but nothing remarkable and pacing feels weird
WOW ITS NOT LIKE THIS IS A WIP GAME, NO WAY
The AI is what’s putting me off buying this game. They look beyond dumb and clueless of their surroundings.
I saw that it was coming with a campaign and I was gonna buy it but decided to wait until it dropped😅
Love this game on psvr2 however it needs work like the weapons aiming is horrible but besides that it is fun
When the main character is voice acted by ai
The voices are just place holders
@@GovinHari that’s a relief
@@crispy6948check out the urban jungle trailer for fates, the narrator is the protagonist
I just wish they had used less marketplace assets and sounds, the bullet collision sounds are the exact same from contractor's and there were some other models i noticed in the levels like planters and wooden arches. The sound is waht got me on my nerves though. Tired of seeing the same recycled garbage in 90% of all vr games.
The sounds are place holders don’t worry they said that on their discord
enemy ai is a joke
it's gonna get some better voice acting👀i have some.... "sources"
It is. The voice acting for the demo are placeholders you can see the new trailer that has actual voice acting maybe you should do better research
i.. know? i'm in the game lmao XD maybe YOU should do some better research @@GovinHari
Wait really the vr parkour game is a better parkour game than the vr physics game?
Who tf thinks bonelab is a parkour game?
So we're just out of luck if we bought it on the meta store? Thats weak. Lol
Oh well. I'm looking forward to it, as long as the campaign isn't like 2 hours like I had heard.
The developer have said 5-8 hours for the campaign
Campaign is 5-8 hours
@@virtualinsider Cool. I assume the 2 hour campaign thing was from when it was just gonna be an add-on
2 DAYSSSS
The voice acting sounds like ai
Looks ok
Virtual Insider gets it
Bonelab was ass
sprint vector is still better...
Nice joke
@@GovinHari not a joke but a fact
@@Samsaraslug I’m more mirrors edge jumping through skyscrapers type of parkour guy
since when was bonelab a parkour game💀
Games like this are unacceptable in 2023. I'm sick of waiting for a great VR game. I bought the Rift S when it came out and the Quest 2 a year after it's release. After seeing what devs are capable of I'm selling them both and I'm quitting VR for the next 10 years. VR is not going anywhere.
It’s not like it’s wip game, totally not, totally not. It’s not like everything is what you use, the environment is important, it’s not like it’s a 5 hours game, it’s not like this take is disingenuous. Like you are, it’s not like that the q2 is a mobile headset, it’s not like the graphics are actually good, like are you really that stupid man? Like did your parents drop you down on your head 10th mess put u up for adoption and no one taken you? Hint: yes
Comparing bonelabs “parkour” to a game based on parkour is very dumb, bonelab is not a parkour game in the first place, stride is
This crap is unacceptable.
Bonelab parkour sucks