Nah my mans, it's somewhere in Bulgaria. Near the coast of the Black Sea, you can also see some romanian signs as well, might be at the border with it as well, who knows.Taken from the Half-Life Alyx trailer:
no lmao that's just the name of the car. you can even see the model number underneath RIGA.Taken from the Half-Life Alyx trailer:
I mean it's a VR game so I imagine that'll play a part in any issues
Exactly, the vr part is what makes me the most worried. It's not like we're getting a standard flagship issue of a game from a developer that is known for doing this type of stuff before. For all intents and purposes, it's the first AAA full vr game made for vr, and just because it's valve who's made it doesn't mean that can come with some problems.
I think the same was true with HL2 back in 2004. Valve were the first to really push all that back then and I'm sure the same feeling was present for a lot of people back in the day with what source was promising and stuff.
HL2 was different in 2004, sure, but it wasn't quite like they were pushing a game through a near unexplored medium like they're doing now with VR. Large scale action shooters existed before HL2, the original Half Life is even in and of itself a proof of that, but there's no large scale triple-A VR puzzle-action-shooter at all, hell there's not even a large scale triple-A VR game.
I dunno I wouldn't say they weren't pushing boundries/unexplored mediums
I agree 100%. I think both Half Lives were massive pillars of gaming and should be held up on their rightful pedestal.
Valve have said though, they believe the new VR experience is way better because it comes so naturally, the things you want to do don't require buttons, you literally just use your hands to do them. It's something they've spent ages on getting right and all the play testers have said that it's definitely been worth every minute of their time. I have full faith that it'll be amazing since they've put all their efforts into putting natural playability first.
I appreciate and hear all of that sales talk, but none of it really matters until the unwashed masses of gamers get their grubby hands on all of this stuff. I've seen too many grand promises that fell flat to actually trust it properly now, even if it's coming from valve. They're doing something bold, but that doesn't mean it'll work as great as people think it will.
I understand what's been said with the worries about the game. There's been some definite failures in regards to things like artifact but we all known that isn't Valve's best work.
