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<blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 8597582" data-attributes="member: 27996">Hear hear.After playing Roll20 waterdeep heist online, and an on/off AD&amp;D game with Owlbear rodeo... Give me RPG's at a Real table like the Good Lord intended.If I had to VTT; I'd use Owlbear because it is just simpler and lets me toss down what I need to let our imaginations do the real heavy lifting.That being said...In my opinion - To offset the lack of in-person interaction, VTT should deliver additional visual stimuli. None of them do it. The problem with every VTT that I have seen is that their 'virtual world' engine doesn't even rise to the graphical level of cheap turn based CRPG games like Demon's Rise or Chaos Reborn.Just weak-sauce, 20 year old graphics all around. You can't even create a virtual mini/avatar of your PC like you see in most every CRPG out there since forever. They are all uninspiring, and literally flat, Yawn... The 70's wargamers called and they want their chits back.All the name VTT's have been unable to deliver anything resembling a decent virtual visual experience since day one.I am of the opinion that VR goggles/headsets just have fundamental human issues (many already mentioned) that will perennially keep them from mainstream use.Unless something completely revolutionary, not just evolutionary comes along, they will only ever be a novelty product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaeger, post: 8597582, member: 27996"] Hear hear. After playing Roll20 waterdeep heist online, and an on/off AD&D game with Owlbear rodeo... Give me RPG's at a Real table like the Good Lord intended. If I had to VTT; I'd use Owlbear because it is just simpler and lets me toss down what I need to let our imaginations do the real heavy lifting. That being said... [I]In my opinion -[/I] To offset the lack of in-person interaction, VTT [I]should deliver[/I] additional visual stimuli. None of them do it. The problem with every VTT that I have seen is that their 'virtual world' engine doesn't even rise to the graphical level of cheap turn based CRPG games like Demon's Rise or Chaos Reborn. Just weak-sauce, 20 year old graphics all around. You can't even create a virtual mini/avatar of your PC like you see in most every CRPG out there since forever. They are all uninspiring, and literally flat, [I]Yawn..[/I]. The 70's wargamers called and they want their chits back. All the name VTT's have been unable to deliver anything resembling a decent virtual [I]visual experience[/I] since day one. I am of the opinion that VR goggles/headsets just have fundamental [I]human[/I] [I]issues[/I] (many already mentioned) that will perennially keep them from mainstream use. Unless something [I]completely revolutionary, [/I]not just evolutionary comes along, they will only ever be a novelty product. [/QUOTE]

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