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1. #Plantronics gamecom 780 drivers and software movie#
2. #Plantronics gamecom 780 drivers and software update#
3. #Plantronics gamecom 780 drivers and software software#

I can hear the noise as she screeches, knowing she has found her quarry, the noise coming from behind me chills my spine, with reckless abandon she is knocking over barrels, breaking pipes, then……….it all goes silent. The door opens, I’m instantly greeted by the all-too familiar face of the Alien, I know it’s futile but I turn and run. I open my eyes and quickly run towards the door I’m meant to go towards. As I walk to the intersection of corridors I stop, close my eyes, and listen.Įverything is quiet, I find myself lost in the world with the sounds of the engine hum, the pipes rattling and steam vents hiss. I hear the Alien sniffing and stalking, she knows where I ran, slowly she comes into my periphery, the haunting sound of hissing and breathing continues, getting ever louder.…still, I hold my breath….don’t move….I see her slowly slithering past the locker I am in, she knocks something over and I find my hand covering my mouth so she doesn't hear me, yes that is how immersed I am in the world thanks to the Gamecom 788, I can hear everything.Ī few minutes pass and I’m certain I heard a door open further down the corridor, I take my chance and leave the confines of my steel sanctuary. Without realising initially, due to the immersion brought by the phenomenal audio piped into my skull, I hold my breath. I hear nothing from the outside world, I am Ripley, I am in the Nostromo, and I am running for my life.Īs the level progresses, and I first see the Alien, I run as fast as I can down a corridor and jump into a locker. This is as close to VR as you can get without a dedicated VR headset.

I run around and I can feel the ship surround me, I hear the hissing of steam escaping, my footsteps on the metal floor, the rumble of the engine and panicked breathing of Ripley. Immediately I am inside the infamous Nostromo, panicked crew are in my ears and I hear a heart-wrenching scream as one of the characters meet a rather painful demise, the others are shouting in my ears telling me to hurry up. Instead of jumping into the storyline game I decided to try one of the shorter DLC levels (Last Survivor) as this would put me right in the action. The game started and the recognisable ambience of the Alien soundtrack was softly caressing my ears, perhaps lulling me into a false sense of security. Now I’m fortunate to live in a small village just outside of Glasgow, the upside of this is that when you turn off the lights, it’s actually dark, so all that was in my field of vision was the monitor, I couldn’t see anything else.

#Plantronics gamecom 780 drivers and software software#

So it was game time, lights were off, doors were closed, and cat firmly established in the feeding position in another room (I was well aware that there could be a bit of an issue were she to jump up at an opportune moment causing me to re-invent the Fosbury Flop)Ī quick visit to the Plantronics website and I was downloading the 7.1 surround software and ready to go with no problems (I was expecting a lot of faffing around to get it to work but all was well).

#Plantronics gamecom 780 drivers and software movie#

My first thought was, what’s the best game to test out an immersive technology? Thankfully our friends at Sega were kind enough to have published the spine-chilling sensation that is Alien: Isolation.įor those of you unaware, this game puts you in the original movie universe and features an all too smart Alien, and all too realistic settings. Good sound helps you cut out the world and truly feel part of the game. First, however, I would like you to relive my first experience with the Gamecom 788.Gaming headsets are designed for that purpose, me telling you all the technical details is useful, but you want to know how it feels to play using this headset.įor me a good gaming headset helps you get immersed in the world in which you are playing, be that Warcraft, Call Of Duty or even Pokemon.

Now I’ll get to the usual review style shortly, build quality, sound quality, value etc.

#Plantronics gamecom 780 drivers and software update#

So I’ve been given the task of testing and reviewing the Plantronics Gamecom 788, an update to the previous Gamecom 780.