Stern Pinball Arcade

[Dedpop]

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/...ios-launch-the-stern-pinball-arcade-on-oculus

 

[Tripredacus]

The game just got released for Oculus!

lolwut

But if things remain the same, it will be just like TPA where it is technically free and you pay for tables. Free game on Occulus is Frankenstein, and $10 for Star Trek sounds good.

 

[Biff]

(http://www.newschannel10.com/story/...ios-launch-the-stern-pinball-arcade-on-oculus)

http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/PRNA/ENR/Stern_Intro.mp4

Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else

Okay, so you're Stern Pinball Arcade
That don't impress me much ..

 

[Rhandos]

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/...ios-launch-the-stern-pinball-arcade-on-oculus

The graphics in that video look like even sub-DX9 quality. I really, really hope that's not how the PC version will look...

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

The graphics in that video look like even sub-DX9 quality. I really, really hope that's not how the PC version will look...

Graphics are indeed DX11, judging from chrome rails on the first three shown, along with GI. Star Trek is looking VERY early.

Everything else seems to be fine. It may also be the heavily toned-down lighting effects (which I don't know why they did that).

 

[Metalzoic]

The graphics in that video look like even sub-DX9 quality. I really, really hope that's not how the PC version will look...

The video says that that is the PC version running on Occulous? And that it has already released on the Occulus store?

That can't be right, it looks horrendous. Like an old iOs version running at 20 frames per second. That doesn't seem like an ad Farsight would release... it makes it look bad.

 

[Rhandos]

Graphics are indeed DX11, judging from chrome rails on the first three shown, along with GI. Star Trek is looking VERY early.

Everything else seems to be fine. It may also be the heavily toned-down lighting effects (which I don't know why they did that).

I do believe you, it just looks very weird. There's that off-looking GI and the multi-color LEDs in Stark Trek look like textures getting replaced instead of true light sources.

Let's see what happens until Fall.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

I do believe you, it just looks very weird. There's that off-looking GI and the multi-color LEDs in Stark Trek look like textures getting replaced instead of true light sources.

Let's see what happens until Fall.

That being said, they've NEVER done LED lighting before.

 

[Rhandos]

That being said, they've NEVER done LED lighting before.

I did. Turned room brightness to 0-10% and bulb brightness to 60-80% on all tables and called it a superbright LED mod

But yeah, multi-colored lights should be interesting to implement. I just hope they switch to multiple point lights for it instead of textures that don't interact with their surroundings in the Fall release.

 

[Robert Misner]

its not on the oculus store..maybe later this evening?

 

[Ben Logan]

This summer? I thought last fall? Or next spring? Winter is coming.

Hilarious! Blackwater multiball worthy.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

Hilarious! Blackwater multiball worthy.

HODOR!! (I blame GoT)

 

[Ben Logan]

Just watched the video. Are Frankenstein, Ripley's, and Starship Troopers even new? Or just ported and rebranded versions of TPA for Occulus? Disappointing looking graphics and same bog-standard physics. Enthusiasm waning.

Will the Steam PC version deliver something inspiring? Star Trek is the table I was most excited about, and it looks the least impressive of the four in the video!

Yikes...

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Just watched the video. Are Frankenstein, Ripley's, and Starship Troopers even new? Or just ported and rebranded versions of TPA for Occulus? Disappointing looking graphics and same bog-standard physics. Enthusiasm waning.

Will the Steam PC version deliver something inspiring?

Move along now. Nothing to see here.

 

[lettuce]

What a horrible looking video!!, at least encode it at a high bitrate to make it look good.....as it stands the tables look worse than they do in TPA!!!

Also is this supposed to be available now on the Oculus Store?...as i cant see it on there at all!

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

On the plus side, seemingly better audio from Star Trek

EDIT: For the record, it's Gear VR. No wonder quality seemed so low.

https://www2.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1002899163116852/

Better playback here: http://www.sternpinballarcade.com/

 

[lettuce]

So its not actually available on the Oculus but Gear VR now!?....what a cock up!

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

So its not actually available on the Oculus but Gear VR now!?....what a cock up!

Still an Oculus device though.

 

[lettuce]

Still an Oculus device though.

Think its Samsung, hence why they bundle it with the new S7 mobile

 

[mmmagnetic]

Really weird news! I really hope the non-VR versions look better than that.