Part of the fun of making combat feel natural in VR is now you have some tricks up your sleeve that you didn’t have before. How has VR redefined how you enjoy Skyrim?Īndrew Scharf: It’s a huge perspective shift which completely changes how you approach playing the game. UploadVR: What are some of the ways that you think VR adds to the game? For example, in my last demo deflecting arrows with my shield felt really, really satisfying. The PlayStation Move Controllers also has several buttons while the HTC Vive Controllers primarily have a multi-function trackpad, so figuring out input and control schemes that felt natural to the platform was tricky, but we feel really good where we’ve landed with controls and locomotion for both Skyrim and Fallout VR. One solution to help keep players facing the right way was to anchor important UI elements so if you can see the compass in front of you, you’re facing in the right direction. Early on, we found that this was a bit of a challenge – players would put on the headset and then turn all the way around and start going in a random direction. In order to ensure an optimal VR experience, the PS Move Controllers need to be in view of the camera which means players need to always be facing in that direction. UploadVR: What are the major differences with developing for PSVR and HTC Vive?Īndrew Scharf: The major difference that took iteration is the single camera that the PSVR uses, versus the HTC Vive base stations. For the HUD, we needed to make sure important information was in an area where the player could quickly refer to it, while also preventing the player from feeling claustrophobic by being completely surrounded by user interface elements. Take the World Map and the Skills menu for example - we wanted to give the player an immersive 360 degree view when choosing where to travel, or viewing the constellations and deciding which perk to enable. It’s definitely a challenge figuring out the best way to display important information in VR.
We’re working with a great team at Escalation Studios, who are among the best VR developers in the industry and with their help, we were able to not only get the game running smoothly, but redesign and shape Skyrim’s mechanics to feel good in VR. What were the biggest challenges with porting the game to a new format like VR?Īndrew Scharf: PlayStation VR games need to be running at 60 fps at all times, otherwise it can be an uncomfortable experience for the player. UploadVR: All of Skyrim is in VR, which is quite ambitious. We also got the chance to send over a handful of questions to the Lead Producer at Bethesda Game Studios, Andrew Scharf, before the game’s launch to learn more about its development and what it took to bring the vast world of Tamriel to VR for the very first time. It’s Skyrim like you’ve never experienced it before. Casting spells means controlling each hand individually, swinging the sword with your hand, and blocking attacks with a shield strapped to your arm.
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On PSVR you can play either with a Dualshock 4 gamepad or two PS Move controllers with full head-tracking and a host of movement options. Bethesda teamed up with Escalation Studios to port the title over to VR and rebuild many of the controls and interfacing options from the ground up.
When Skyrim originally released all the way back in 2011 it was lauded as a landmark achievement for roleplaying games and its impact on the industry is still being felt to this day. With hundreds of hours of gameplay between the core campaign, side content, and three expansions players will be able to lose themselves once again in the frosted wastelands of Skyrim. With its launch this Friday it will easily rank as the largest, most detailed, and most elaborate game available in VR to date. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is right around the corner with a release date of November 17th, 2017 - that’s only mere days away.
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