When comparing Quakespasm Rift vs Lucky's Tale, the Slant community recommends Lucky's Tale for most people. In the question“What are the best Oculus Rift games?” Lucky's Tale is ranked 36th while Quakespasm Rift is ranked 52nd. The most important reason people chose Lucky's Tale is:
Lucky's tale is a 3rd person platformer (much like Mario 64) that normally requires manual control of the camera. By creating the game for VR the user will not need to mess around with camera controls while also needing to control the character as the camera is your head. As you move your head the camera moves, which is not only a lot more intuitive but takes the multitasking out of the gameplay leaving the player to concentrate on controls only.
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Pros
Pro Classic Quake gameplay for modern times
Quakespasm is a port of the original iD engine for Quake with modern systems and conventions in mind. It adds correct 64-bit support, modern controls, bakes music in the game instead of asking for a CD, etc. Quakespasm Rift builds on top of that codebase to add Oculus Rift support.
Pro 3rd person platformer without the need to control the camera
Lucky's tale is a 3rd person platformer (much like Mario 64) that normally requires manual control of the camera. By creating the game for VR the user will not need to mess around with camera controls while also needing to control the character as the camera is your head. As you move your head the camera moves, which is not only a lot more intuitive but takes the multitasking out of the gameplay leaving the player to concentrate on controls only.
Cons
Con VR may cause nausea
There are some sensory information mismatch issues created by the in-game characters movements and players stationary position as well as the sheer speed of the gameplay that can easily induce nausea.
Con No release date
There is still no release date for this game even though Oculus has been released.