This conversion has VR support as well, so you should get that same immersion, with the stronger gameplay provided by the Alliance game engine. I haven't played Squadrons myself.
I had read the frame rate is locked at a low rate in VR though. It's an issue with the X-Wing Alliance engine itself. I want to be wrong though, because I would love to play this in VR!
My biggest gripes with Star Wars Squadrons are the poor campaigns, or lack thereof, and ships tuned for competitive multiplayer only.
This does use the Alliance ships, which are slightly more tuned towards multiplayer than the original Tie Fighter models. Specifically, shielded fighters suffer a bit.
Editing to add, I just saw your user name, and at first assumed you created it just to reply here.
they fixed this!!! This was true last year when it first came out. Im not sure since when but as of this week, I was able to play 120hz VR mode on my RTX 3090. the VR mode in this game is so immersive! it makes up for the lack of gameplay mechanics, it kind becomes just a beautiful arcade space shooter, which is ok.
Squadrons was amazing, and amazingly disorientating at the same time. Really awesome VR experience though. Up there with HL Alyx in terms of “unique to VR”
I've heard Elite: Dangerous is meant to be fantastic in VR. Although the latest expansion which adds a first-person shooter element doesn't support it (yet?).
My first response is, I don't know. But I guess it depends on what you consider the current MechWarrior game. I know of MechWarrior online, which I don't believe does, but I suspect there's a newer MechWarrior game out, or coming soon. There's also a newer strategy BattleTech game which I doubt would benefit from VR.
Today I learned. Appreciate the comment and lookup. Nice to see them retool Mercenaries.
Battletech always seemed trapped in a 40k-esque lore vise of its own making, in such a deep focus on a specific slice of time that progressing the greater narrative forward seemed inconceivable.
But I guess that's tabletop-derived worlds and games in general.
I've just looked into this recently and the sad answer is no. It's a really fun game and perfect candidate for VR. Really a shame they couldn't make that happen.
Squadrons is a blast in VR but I wasn't the biggest fan of the feel of the flight model. Especially coming from combat in Elite:Dangerous with much nicer cockpits, etc.
My biggest gripes with Star Wars Squadrons are the poor campaigns, or lack thereof, and ships tuned for competitive multiplayer only.