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A free mod for Titanfall 2 makes it one of the best VR games ever
Source: The Verge · Published

When you’re riding a Titan in VR, you can look around the cockpit. | Screenshot: Sean Hollister / The Verge Titanfall has a special place in my heart . I've never felt such a rush in gaming since - leaping into the air with a jump pack, running on walls, summoning a giant mechani
When you’re riding a Titan in VR, you can look around the cockpit. | Screenshot: Sean Hollister / The Verge Titanfall has a special place in my heart . I've never felt such a rush in gaming since - leaping into the air with a jump pack, running on walls, summoning a giant mechanized battle suit that falls like a meteor from the sky, then letting one of its giant hands stuff me into the cockpit for a supersized skirmish.
How could that possibly work in virtual reality? It sounds like a formula for pain, nausea, distress. But no: Titanfall 2 VR is one of the top five VR games I've ever played - despite being a free mod, released by a solo developer, who's only spent a single month working on it so far.
Now I'm running on walls, blasting bad guys fr … Read the full story at The Verge.
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