*** Half-Life: Alyx ***

[subroutine]

You probably will at first, but you become immune to it after a couple of weeks of short sessions. It made me really sick at first but now I can play for hours and feel fine.

I got my rift about 18 months ago and had exactly the same experience. Now I can play Alyx on smooth movement/smooth turn set to 50 and games like Dirt rally 2 as long as I like with no motion sickness at all.

 

[GBRusty]

OK. Jeff. No.

 

[Nasher]

https://www.pcgamer.com/au/watch-half-life-alyx-being-played-without-vr/

Looks like a non vr mod might be coming pretty soon.

I don't see the point. It will be way to easy and a bit generic without VR. What makes the game good is how good it is as a VR game.

 

[Columbo]

Finished this last night on my WMR headset and never had a single issue.....worked really well.
Obviously no spoilers but that ending....OMFG!!

 

[SS-89]

I don't see the point. It will be way to easy and a bit generic without VR. What makes the game good is how good it is as a VR game.

Absolutely agree a big part of the game is the physical interactions and the immersion of a VR environment, without that its going to be far too simple. It warrants being played in its intended format.

 

[melmac]

https://www.pcgamer.com/au/watch-half-life-alyx-being-played-without-vr/

Looks like a non vr mod might be coming pretty soon.

I can't see this working. I am sure they will get the mod done fine, but, as a gaming experience it will be all wrong. The story, actions, gameplay, everything is designed for VR. You will lose everything that makes the game great.

 

[silvagti]

6GB VRAM is the minimum requirement, probably would still run on 4GB but your chancing it and likely be stuck with minimum graphics options.

Yeah, I'm assuming that performance would be terrible as my PC has struggled with some of the more graphical demanding titles I've tried like Asgard's Wrath which was playable but looked terrible and ran a bit choppy. It also recommended a 1060 with 6gb VRAM as minimum IIRC.

I'll probably wait until Nvidia's new GPU models are released this year as hopefully that along with the upcoming new consoles, will lower prices slightly. Then I can decide whether to by a new GPU or a second hand one as people upgrade.

I guess it's also likely that if Sony release a new Playstation VR headset with the PS5 then HL:Alyx will be released on it as well.

 

[l0z]

Picked up a Rift S from Argos on a whim. Will report back on performance using 3770K and Vega 56.

 

[Wilko_Dog]

Picked up a Rift S from Argos on a whim. Will report back on performance using 3770K and Vega 56.

If you don’t like it, dibs on your oculus please

 

[neoboy]

So does this advance the Half Life franchise story or simply fills in the gaps?

I won't be able to play this for a while so resisting the urge to just read the Wiki plot synopsis

 

[Vince]

Bought it today and plan on starting it tonight. 50gb download is massive

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Bought it today and plan on starting it tonight. 50gb download is massive

Worth every byte.

 

[Vince]

Worth every byte.

Good stuff. Hopefully it runs ok for me.

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Good stuff. Hopefully it runs ok for me.

Not sure what you're running but on a 1080 it's been flawless, no complaints at all.

 

[barbel]

really want to play this game but at the mo don't have vr cant afford the £1000 steam version but how much for a good alternative and what about wmr?

 

[Oh Ed not again.]

Rift S if you can find one. I picked mine up second hand, bit battered but it's doing the job admirably.

My reference point is a Vive and I would say it's on par.

 

[Westie]

Rift s is by far best bang for buck vr headset for Alyx imo.. with decent graphics card 1080+ ull be fine..

 

[Vince]

Not sure what you're running but on a 1080 it's been flawless, no complaints at all.

I'm on a Rift S with a Radeon 7 so i'm guessing it will be all good.

 

[Columbo]

really want to play this game but at the mo don't have vr cant afford the £1000 steam version but how much for a good alternative and what about wmr?

I cant comment on the other headsets but I’ve got the HP WMR and it was flawless with the rig in my sig.

 

[DEL 707]

Wanted to cave in and get a Rift S.
But it looks like this quarantine has taken a bad toll on stock levels, can't find 1 locally or online...at least not at a stupid price.