PlayStation VR - Mega Blood + Truth Everybodys Golf Bundle

Features:

Bundle includes PlayStation VR headset, PlayStation Camera, PlayStation VR Move controllers, Demo Disc 3.0 Disc, Blood & Truth Disc and Everybody’s Golf VR game voucher
Battle through the crime-ridden London underworld as elite soldier Ryan Marks in your deadliest mission yet… to save your family from a ruthless criminal empire
Step on to the course like never before in the most immersive Everybody’s Golf experience yet

Truly a "seeing is believing" experience. Amazing.

So the back half of 2019 is late to the party for PSVR, but I just arrived. I want to start off by saying I have NOT tried any PC tethered VR before so this review is based on going from Zero VR experience to owning a PSVR. In the box, there are a lot of cords and accessories, but there is a booklet that clearly describes the method and order of hooking everything up. Basically you end up with a little powered processing box in between your PS4 and TV/receiver that the headset connects to via a relatively long, 2 port wire. The Playstation camera also gets connected to the PS4 and comes with a nice little flexible stand. This needs to go somewhere where it can face the player, it doesn't necessarily need to be centered above or below the TV - I put mine off to the side of the screen so others could watch - the player just plays centered in front of it. There are 2 Move wands in the package which are sort of like a Wii-mote with a light up rubber bulb on top which the camera looks at for motion tracking. There is no D-pad (arrows) or joysticks on the move controllers, so menu navigation is done by pulling the trigger and waving in a direction. [(pro tip: it's sometimes challenging to connect both Move wands to the PS4. I suggest turning the PS4 on manually, then the Moves one at a time. Don't use a dualshock first or the PS4 seems to struggle to recognize the 2nd move)] The headset itself is exactly what it looks like - a large, plasticky device you strap your head into. It comes with earbuds as well that actually sound good but you can use your own headphones or just the TV/speakers sound as well. I have a large head and find it relatively comfortable, there is a clicking lock on the back for tightening it in place and a slider on the front to adjust the main screen part closer or further from your face. Once you get it somewhat situated on your face and slide it up to your eyes, the magic begins. Honestly the first few times I played with this, I would describe the experience in one of these ways: exhilarating, mind-blowing, incredible, how is this possible, etc. I see a lot of complaints tossed PSVR's way about low power, bad tracking, poor graphics/resolution, and so on, but if you're in it to have fun and not comparing to high end PC VR, you will be blown away and so will everyone you show it to. Here are some things I've experienced so far: Superhot: This game really is a showcase for VR in my opinion. There are these red glass looking dudes coming after you, and the catch is they only move when you do. You have to get them before they get to you by punching, shooting, and throwing things at them. You stay basically in one place while they move towards you. It's wild because they seem life size and you really feel like things are being shot at you. Ducking around a spray of bullets in slow motion, grabbing a weapon and firing it back while tossing a bottle in the other direction with your other hand... it seriously feels like an experience moreso than a game. Amazing. Blood & Truth: This came with the bundle I purchased. It is basically like being the star in a movie - lots of scenes of just watching and listening to the story, mixed with shooting, picking locks, and blowing things up. The graphics are very good, and the game gives you a real sense of presence. The game recommends playing sitting down but I preferred standing. Where this one got me was the motion - you move around in game by looking in a direction and pressing a button, then your character moves, but obviously in real life you're holding still - so it made my head feel funny at first. After trying a couple more times in short bursts I got used to it and don't feel badly anymore. I think a lot of VR first timers have experienced this in a game where you move around more than just a fixed location. I had no motion sickness with either of the other 2 games mentioned in this review as you don't move around an environment in those. Beat Saber: WOW. This one is addictive. Think guitar hero or other music rhythm games, except the notes are colored boxes and your job is to slash them as they fly at you with the corresponding colored LIGHTSABER that you have in your hands, along to the beat of some pretty insane EDM type music. I think this game has the lowest learning curve of any I've tried, because you don't need to push any buttons while playing a song, you just swing away. Definitely a challenge to master, though. As an added bonus, it's a great workout! I wore a heart rate monitor and played a bunch of songs on expert (failing often) for about an hour and 15 minutes, and burned 940 calories!! (I'm a fairly big guy, results may vary). So recap: addicting, loud, good workout, easy to explain, difficult to master, MUST OWN for PSVR. I would like to wrap up by saying that if you own a PS4, I highly recommend PSVR as a kickoff to some crazy gaming experiences. Seeing VR in action for the first time is game-changing, and it adds a lot of variety to a gaming library. It's fun to show to people who haven't played VR or otherwise don't game. The experience and hardware are solid, and there's plenty to do 2 years into PSVR's lifecycle. Sony has claimed that PSVR and all of your games will be compatible with PS5, as well, so I'm not worried about buying in late and glad they're forward thinking in this area. The only other note is my PS4 is the Pro version, which supposedly offers slightly improved VR performance over the base PS4. That being said, from what I've read, the experience is great either way.

Diosdado Gabas

Great bundle!

The review that says no golf is incorrect. Blood and truth comes in a disc and the golf game is with a voucher to download. It’s clearly stated

Jonathan Primrose

Blood & Truth is everything I hoped PSVR would bring

TLDR; if you want a good VR shooter that let's you use go wild with action and great shooting, look no further. Comes with a disc copy of Blood & Truth, a card with a code to redeem the golf game, two Move controllers, your PS4 camera, and the PSVR. Blood & Truth was an amazing experience. I died a lot, but I was bad. It took me a while before I stopped treating this like a regular shooter and started treating it like a proper VR shooter. I would duck, I would lean, I'd blind fire and spray but I'd also slow down and aim down sights. Once I got the hang of combat (near the end of the game), I felt like a proper badass. The game kicks in some great music and intensity at the perfect moments. You get very immersed. But you need some VR experience before it all clicks. It takes some time for your brain and eyes to start connecting with the VR. At first, you may feel dizzy, unfocused, and your aim sucks. But once you start to think less about gestures and commands and simply think "I'm going to grab the gun off my back" it all clicks. Once you're at that point, where you can aim and shoot without having to think about it all, you start to get all that this game has to experience. I am now going to replay the story after spending some time doing the side challenges.

Nanagurup P. Yrol

Amazing introduction to VR technology.

Great VR Headset Bundle. And an amazing introduction to VR technology. Play the game Superhot VR and you will immediately become addicted. The included game Blood & Truth is a delight to play, fun all around. The only downside is you can’t move backwards in this specific game, but all around you won’t be disappointed.

KD Wilson

Everything in perfect condition like the photo

Everything in perfect condition .. thanks

Neil Bell

Amazing! And at the same time... has lots of room to improve.

If you're still on the fence about trying it out. I'll urge you to give it a try. If you have a friend that has one, try it out. If you don't have friends? Well then, I still say buy it if you can afford it! I purchased this bundle on black friday for $250. I think that for a VR headset along with a couple of games, $250 is the perfect price point for me. I would say wait for that sort of price point, or purchase a set like-new set on ebay along with some alcohol wipes. The bundle comes with a ton of cords and a little black box that you have to use as a sort of middle man between your PS4, TV and camera, and it also needs it's own power source. So cords galore! If you're like me, you're gonna wanna try it right away, which means no cord organization AT ALL. The box comes with a gigantic pamphlet with step by step instructions with one step for each page, so if you get anything wrong, you have noone to blame but yourself. The experience itself is amazing! I bought this basically to try out Beat Saber. I love rhythm games. Played DDR, Parappa The Rapper, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Osu, etc... and with all the hype Beat Saber was getting, I knew I had to play and own it at some point. And when I first tried it out, every thought of mine that told me that VR was a fad, or VR was a phase, faded out of existence. This game told me that there are games that would only be fun in VR, and that certain games could only exist in VR. Beat Saber might not be the game for you, but I think there is definitely a game out there that will give you a similar feeling. I've tried a few other things, like watching 3D movies and regular movies as if I were watching it in a theater, but none of those really give me that same wow-factor. If you go off on your own experience with VR, you'll likely encounter a ton of things that give you the impression that VR really is still in it's infancy. I've gotten dizzy from movies and games that just... didn't feel right. Screen-door effect is real, and when the headset gets completely dark, I occasionally see the screen-door to hell, and I have no idea what to focus on. But all of these faults tell me that VR is still in it's infancy and has a ton of room to improve and get better. At the end of the day, VR is an experience. So if you're the type of person that would spend a few hundred to travel somewhere new or spend a couple hundred bucks to eat a fat tomahawk steak JUST for the experience, then why not give VR a shot as well?

Christine Ann Andico Arriesgado

Better than my other devices!

Update, I’ve been using it on my PS4 and enjoy it very much. I love wireless VR but the benefit of this is you will never run out of battery charge as it don’t use batteries. I use it from bed to play games and media and don’t have to worry about that. As far as people reporting that it looks blurry well that’s not caused by the headset, it maybe be a fact that some people may have myopia (nearsighted) and never new about it. I have myopia so if I used this device without my glasses in then it will obviously look blurry. So when I put on my glasses it’s perfect. My wife on the other hand does not have nearsightedness so when she uses them she says it’s razor sharp even more so than our large screen tv she says. Tidbit all VR are designed to have the sharpest part of the image towards the center as that’s how human vision works we see in a 120 degrees arc. But most of that arc is peripheral vision so most of what we can see in total focus is towards the center of our vision, same goes for VR. Anyway with this I enjoy best of both worlds wired, and wireless with my other devices. I also plan to get Oculus Quest, but this psvr can handle full featured games and not just VR experiences. I can’t help it, I’ll review the psvr in two parts. Okay 1st part and at a later time I’ll review the vr experience as I got the headset ahead of my ps4 arrival. Okay let me make this clear, as of now I’m using the psvr on my Xbox One as a monitor for media and Xbox one games until I get my PS4. I own both the Samsung VR and Oculus Go and can assure you even with my myopic eyes I can see that this looks far better than either the Samsung Vr or Oculus Go without a shadow of doubt! And I don’t have to worry about the other headsets having to charge batteries ever again! Let me tell you something... I would get this just for media use alone for fact!! Okay now the comfort of this device can’t be matched, it’s so darn comfortable comparing to my other devices, I’m shocked how comfortable it is! They nailed it they put lots of TLC into this! The build of the headset and the cushion pads are fantastic! I don’t know what other people are doing wrong with a bad experience with it, because I am more than pleased with it, and should have gotten it sooner ! Thanks Sony! Not comparing with other high end pc vr units, I’m speaking specifics about Samsung Vr and Oculus go and fact is this is way better nuff said!

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