@Mindweaver any reviews from you yet?
I am really surprised at how well my 970 handles it. It's a bit blurry, but I've found a fix for it. I just haven't applied it yet. It's a pretty simple fix by just turning off taa. It's crazy at the amount of stuff people have fixed so far. Someone has even enabled mod support which is awesome. There is a texture mod that really improves performance with lower Ram like my 970. I played right at 2 hours last night. Well it took me 30 minutes to get started.. lol Lately it's been taking me 10 minutes to get SteamVR loaded, because I'm using the Revive beta build and I have to manually update it. I'll probably go back to the regular release build tonight which auto updates. Then the next issue was not being able to put your character name in when prompted. I had to opted out of the SteamVR beta build to get past that part as well.
The Game
So now, about the game itself. I was amazed at the scale in game. The only issue I had was my character was shorter than I actually am, and it felt like my feet where below the ground. My wife in the game was like 6'3" and I was 5'7". I'm actually 6'4" in rl. That's not a big deal, but it was weird looking up to everyone.. lol Now, the graphics look really good in side, but they are a bit blurry outside. I believe I can fix this by turning off taa. I'll update once I do. Even though it's blurry outside it still looks amazing. Time seemed slower in game as well, because it only started getting dark right when I started to quite which was around 2 hours, but dusk looked really good. It started to rain right at dusk as well, and that looked amazing which pushed me to play for another 10 minutes.
Building and gathering resources
I think they really nailed gathering resources, and building stuff. I built 3x generators 1x the smallest one and 2x the next biggest one which is huge! Connecting the power lines to stuff is really satisfying and looks awesome. I could have stayed up another 2 hours and just built stuff.. lol I built 3x guard posts. 2x smaller guard posts and 1x taller guard post. Walking up to the top of the taller guard post was nice. In the pancake edition it doesn't feel like it's that tall, but it is in VR.. lol You can really see the advantage of being that high look out for bad guys.. lol I can't get over how natural it feels to look around and place stuff to build.
Combat
The melee; The fact that all you have to do is swing your arms, and hit things is awesome. I've only ran into roaches so far, but wow! They are fast.. lol and jump right at your face.. hehe but one good wack and they are done. I only found a pistol which really feels good in game. I haven't used vats for combat yet, because aiming the pistol, and shooting things is so satisfying. It's funny, because I didn't even figure out Vats until I was quiting.. lol It's really cool how it slows down time. It's crazy at all the small little touches like leaves blowing around that I really never noticed in the pancake game. The world really feels alive. I really want to upgrade my GTX 970 now, but the fact it runs so well with it, is awesome.
Movement
Let's not forget the movement methods. The teleport option works well, but it takes no time for you to run out of breath. Now, free locomotion is fast and works really well. I used it for over an hour and it's really touchy. I need to adjust the speed because it's really fast, but it's nice when you have to go far. They just need to re-balance teleporting to where you're not running out of breath so fast.
Over all
Well that's it for now. I can say if you are on the fence, and haven't bought it yet then DO IT! I can't wait to get home to get back into the the wasteland!
My Score: 8/10 - But I'm sure this will change once I tweak it.