*** Half-Life: Alyx ***

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Official website

Releasing March 2020. £41.84 preorder price.

Set inbetween HL1 and 2 but apparently it's not just a side story.

1) “It’s not a side story, nor an episodic one — it’s the next part of the Half-Life story, in a game around the same length as Half-Life 2.”


2) “While it does take place before the events of Half-Life 2, we actually recommend that you play through Half-Life 2: Episode 2 before you play Half-Life: Alyx, for reasons that will become clear as you progress.”

Supports quite a few options to play.

Welp, there it is.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1197592246377316352

 

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Dunno whether to be annoyed or excited.

Yeah, this is where I'm at. As much as I'd like to play a new HL game, not sure I'm willing to shell out for all the gear it'll need.

Hello, Artifact.....

And Underlords.

 

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How much is a decent headset nowadays then?

It's going to depend on what the game supports. The only one we know for a fact it'll work with is Valve's Index, and that'll set you back £920 for the full kit.

can we ban OP

Hey, you already knew exactly what you wouldn't be getting when you came in here!

 

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Prequel so like.... half life 1?! Probably Black Mesa thats been on the point of completion for what feels like decades now ported to VR.

Clearly the team working on Black Mesa want to complete it in Valve Time™ in tribute to Valve. This game should be set inbetween HL1 and 2, and my keen detective skills tell me Alyx will be the protagonist.

Incorrect. They've stated that the 3 releases will be compatible with all Steam VR supported devices.

Cool, should make it accessible to more people. I'll have to look around at the options.

 

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Yup, 6pm, but I'm going to be travelling. Was hoping to see the meltdowns in realtime.

 

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Updated the OP with a few details. Thanks to whoever changed the title.

 

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They also discussed about the reasons for going VR rather than 2D with one of the explanations pretty much summing up what VR brings to a game. In a 2D for example, you come to a door, you press a button and it opens. It has 2 states, open/closed. In VR you can interact with it just like you would for real. Open it slightly, peak through the gap, lob a grenade in, shut the door again etc. Something that would be impossible to do with a 2D game and traditional controls.

I get where they're coming from, but this particular example they're giving is funny given what you can do with a door in Modern Warfare.

Of course you wouldn't have nearly the same level of control as you would in VR, but you can manage what they're suggesting.

 

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Is this a proper VR FPS, or just another hour long shooting gallery type thing?

“It’s not a side story, nor an episodic one — it’s the next part of the Half-Life story, in a game around the same length as Half-Life 2.”

Geoff Keighley said it took him 15 hours.

 

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Only because I'm a lazy @@@@ but will this be a sit down vr game?

You'll be able to play sitting, standing or room scale. Valve's approach to this seems to be to give us all the options.

Shouldn't this thread be in the VR section of the forum?

Eh, people might not expect game info in the hardware section so they won't be looking there.