Half-Life: Alyx Official Thread

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Most VR games can be played with any headset but you have to go through the hassle of properly configuring them.

My friend has the Lenovo Explorer VR (about 300€?) and he can play all games but it took us a while to config it.
 

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Quick theory about the plot of the game:

So what if this takes place after the G man whisks Alyx away from the borealis at the end of Epistle 3, and this is her first "assignment" from the G man?
 

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fuck man ive been trynna hold off on getting a headset for a good while now waiting for games to play on it

now theres this on top of Skyrim VR, Payday 2 VR, Sword and Sorcery

idk now bro the impulse purchase is coming closer
 

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Quick theory about the plot of the game:

So what if this takes place after the G man whisks Alyx away from the borealis at the end of Epistle 3, and this is her first "assignment" from the G man?
I'm 99% sure all the prior leaks and discussion across the web established that it's a prequel, not a sequel.
 
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I played VR on a GTX 750 Ti fluently despite it constantly telling me my system doesn't meet the requirements

The paywall isnt that massive depending on what VR headset you pay for, plus you then have a VR headset for a ton of other experiences. Pavlov is 5 bucks and a blast to play and runs great on lower-end PCs.

Despite, I strongly believe it's not gonna be too groundbreaking and just a VR game with a little bit of Half Life squeezed for the purpose of sales.
 
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Is my PC able to run VR? Absolutely!
Do I have enough cash to buy a VR headset? Yeah!

Would I buy the new Half-Life and VR Headset? Absolutely fucking not!

Would I still buy the Half Life game if it were for PC too? No. Like c‘mon VALVE, we‘ve been waiting for years and the best thing you give us is a fucking Spinoff? I want Half-Life 3!







Now if we were talking about a new Portal game tho...
 

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Half-Life seemed to spawn a lot of fun mods, obviously Counter-Strike is still popular to this day. Half-Life 2 gave us Garry's Mod, right? I wonder if this new VR game would lead to modders making creative VR experiences that'll be popular for years.
 
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This is gonna be one of many major VR games coming.

Valve is pushing forward 3 VR titles, and we are seeing smaller studios working on things like boneworks while we also get regular (and good) game ports.

The argument of “there aren’t any games” is just stupid. We are seeing major works coming out, case and point: this game, the first of many.
 

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Quick theory about the plot of the game:

So what if this takes place after the G man whisks Alyx away from the borealis at the end of Epistle 3, and this is her first "assignment" from the G man?
it's been confirmed to be a prequel to HL2 according to VNN
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The argument of “there aren’t any games” is just stupid. We are seeing major works coming out, case and point: this game, the first of many.
It helps that the game will likely be an innovative showcase / platform for VR titles to come, such as Half Life 2 being a setpiece for technology at the time (improved facial expressions, HDR, lighting, physics, etc). This trend continued with Portal 2, so we're likely to see future offerings either use what's developed here or massively improve on it for future sequels.
 
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the first thing im gonna do once i get a gun is shoot myself and thus make the events of hl2 never occur and change the timeline forever and you cannot stop me
 
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If the leaks are true from a year or two ago (and given it said Alyx was playable I think it will be) we're probably gonna see Cremators.
 
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