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[Steam/PC] Half-Life Alyx
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Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2.
Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance.
As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine.
Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.
ABOUT GAMEPLAY IN VR:
Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life.
Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle solving, world exploration, and visceral combat.
Lean to aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Rip a Headcrab off your face and throw it out the window.
COMMUNITY-BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
A set of Source 2 tools for building new levels is included with the game, enabling any player to build and contribute new environments for the community to enjoy through Half-Life: Alyx's Steam Workshop. Hammer, Valve’s level authoring tool, has been updated with all of the game's virtual reality gameplay tools and components.
Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance.
As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine.
Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.
ABOUT GAMEPLAY IN VR:
Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life.
Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle solving, world exploration, and visceral combat.
Lean to aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Rip a Headcrab off your face and throw it out the window.
COMMUNITY-BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
A set of Source 2 tools for building new levels is included with the game, enabling any player to build and contribute new environments for the community to enjoy through Half-Life: Alyx's Steam Workshop. Hammer, Valve’s level authoring tool, has been updated with all of the game's virtual reality gameplay tools and components.
More details at Community Updates
Edited by a community support team member, 30 July 2023
53 Comments
sorted byIf you dont wanna read all this then in short Quest 2 is good and will do everything you want for a good price also works on pc. Valve Index is REALLY good and will do everything you want and more for a hefty price but its definitely worth it if you plan on sinking your teeth deep into vr.
Best entry level vr headset is a Quest 2, its a great piece of hardware for the price and not even just for beginners, it's pcvr compatible, the portability is a game changer and the battery is pretty good at 2-3 hours which might sound like not a lot until you play 3 hours.
Great display that actually beats the Valve Index's resolution, 120hz, decent tracking but it's been a bit janky at some times for me, the speakers are good and get the job done. I've experienced the plastic part on the head strap can get really uncomfortable and dug into my head which gets pretty painful after like 30 minutes of use.
Valve Index is probably the best pcvr kit, for about £550-£600 second hand you get 2 base stations that have incredible tracking, the Index's finger tracking controllers which are by far the best controllers for vr and the Valve Index headset which was the best for a very long time however now has some competitors (which do get very expensive) but this is more than enough. It has a great display, 144hz, 130° fov, amazing built in speakers that make the whole experience super immersive but the headset itself does get extremely hot. Steam is rumoured to be making a Valve Index 2 but no one knows when this will be, I expect it to be in about 2-3 years so getting an Index now isn't a bad idea at all.
....every other games dream of being as good.
Getting a 2nd hand vr headset and then reselling when done?
I have a gaming pc with 3060ti if it helps
Half life Alyx was made to be played on the Valve Index and you can tell as they really make use of the Index's full finger tracking controllers in the games mechanics which you cant get with a Quest 2. I've played the game twice, once on the Valve Index and once on the Quest 2 and the Index is a huge game changer so I'd say it's worth spending the extra couple hundred to experience the game at its full potential, you'll end up getting the money back anyway
Need to play this damn game!!!!