What's better: mixed dual-wielding, or VR support? - Rock Paper Shotgun

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Last time, you decided that a pre-boss conflict proviso cache is amended than resources excessively bully to use. Honestly, I'm arrogant of you. Look astatine you, freely utilizing each the afloat scope of tools astatine your disposal, not surviving successful fearfulness of the future, surviving a beingness glorious and afloat of fireworks than stocking up to bash it each implicit again. I can't beryllium you, but I'm blessed for you. This week, you indispensable chose betwixt vivacious unit and virtual reality. What's better: mixed dual-wielding, oregon VR support?

Mixed dual-wielding

"Give a feline a gun, helium thinks he's Superman," an aged saying goes. "Give him 2 and helium thinks he's God." I would similar to add: springiness him 2 antithetic guns and honestly, helium isn't reasoning astatine all; he's excessively engaged trying to supress his giggles of glee portion helium strikes chill and moody poses.

Why should I enactment my sawn-off shotgun distant successful my magic pockets and dilatory gully my revolver to prime disconnected a distant baddie erstwhile I occurrence some astatine once? Surely it's much applicable to clasp antithetic guns successful each hand?

I astir deliberation of shooters for mixed dual-wielding. Max Payne 3. The Darkness 2 (quad-wielding, even, if you number the 2 demonic heads snapping from your tendrils successful the precocious corners). Halo 3. Dishonored with the sword and crossbow. E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy with guns and swords too. A Half-Life mod oregon 2 whose names presently flight me. It's bully with melee weapons too, mind. Dark Souls 2's Power Stancing fto you premix weapons to amusement off. I did ever similar the consciousness of my World Of Warcraft rogue mixing up a dagger and a sword. Same successful Skyrim, too. I'm definite you tin punctual maine of more.

I tin reason that mixed dual-wielding is precise sensible, precise practical. I tin reason for the state to optimise my loadout for versatility and screen a wide scope of scenarios with mixed dual-wielding. I tin reason that it's quicker than switching weapons. But let's beryllium honest, my excitement is mostly due to the fact that it's cool.

VR support

"Give a feline a monitor, helium thinks he's Zero Cool," an aged saying goes. "Give him 2 monitors close up connected his look and helium thinks he's Johnny Mnemonic."

Cybergoggles (and different forms of 3D glasses) bash not enactment with my eyes. The images bash not merge. I discovered this arsenic I watched Avatar, a movie which really, truly does not basal up if you cannot spot the visuals and are stuck with lone the plot. Even speech from that, I person nary existent involvement successful VR. And yet, I cognize that getting to play games wrong cyberspace is an implicit joyousness for immoderate folks.

I don't mean purpose-made VR games, those explicitly designed for VR and astir apt VR lone (maybe with a non-VR mode coming arsenic an afterthought). No, conscionable regular games which hap to besides enactment VR too. Games which person enactment successful the enactment to marque definite that the UI and controls and different method bits and bobs enactment good successful cyberspace too. A transformative for the folks hopped up connected a brace of goggs.

But which is better?

Mixed dual-wielding. Okay, bye. But what bash you think, scholar dear?

Pick your winner, ballot successful the canvass below, and marque your lawsuit successful the comments to person others. We'll reconvene adjacent week to spot which happening stands triumphant—and proceed the large contest.