About Hoops – Demo:
Brings me right back to 10 years ago playing Wii Baseball on my 32cm TV in my bedroom at my parent’s house. Fun little batting sim with great physics and batting mechanics. Feels great when you nail a ball sweetly. Very realistic. Could use some basic settings such as the ability to turn off the music and to move the hitting position. Would rather it to the side than the center to give more swinging room, I’m always afraid I’m going to hit something. Having to the squeeze the grip to hold the bat constantly tires out my hand somewhat too. Other than that, fun little game and shows the potential for a full baseball game in the future. Ok. This game scratches an itch that is needed in VR right now: swinging a club at a ball. That alone makes it worth purchasing. With that said, there are a number of things that need to be fixed and changed in order for it to stay relevant in the future. #1: for the love of God, add an option to disable the music. should be extremely simple to add. #2: definitely harder than the first: add an option for fastball pitcher instead of eephus pitcher. #3: hardest of all: fix the jumps that pitched balls have. sometimes it’s like watching a flipbook because the ball just stops in mid air and jumps ahead. I have pretty much the best system that money can buy right now, so it ain’t my computer. #4: home run derby. duh. Please, please, PLEASE add a music toggle before I go insane. Oh, and get a sweat band or something for this game. You will sweat a ton, and if any sweat gets into your vive, it will fry. This game made me so sweaty the first time I played it, that I had to RMA my first Vive. True story. Sweat damage is dumb but it happens; be careful and take breaks.
