Half-Life Alyx Review "Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch?"

[@ACGreviews]

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[@holeindanssock156]

Typo in your spelling. Grammar Nazi alert ⚠. ❤️

[@brianprue2548]

Great review and will picking this up for my rift s. I only have a rtx 2060 and I hope I can play this on high settings.

[@Safetyman99]

The problem with this game is, only a small percentage of folks will actually get to play this. Shame.

[@Diarmuhnd]

Will Smith is a hack. He ruined *I am Legend*. cough

[@Mikodemuz11]

Amazing. Game.

[@meltycloudy7660]

This game almost looks real in headset. The graphics are insane.

[@konstantinkh]

Honestly, I'm surprised. I have a first-gen Vive. And I used to think it was headset limitation in other games. I forget that I'm wearing one in Alyx. Controllers are a big part of experience, though. If your headset supports it, get Index controllers.

[@leeonardodienfield402]

@One Thou Wou vive looks great, i have vive and knuckles controllers, it's excellent

[@dogfrog5818]

One Thou Wou no I have a rift s and it works great

[@skyleradd1485]

@@dogfrog5818 And it works so well on low end systems

[@UNSCPILOT]

Threw my WMR headset it feels like Alyx needs glasses, but otherwise great, I look forward to getting an Index down the road to get the *Full Experience*

[@Suyamu]

started playing it today. Game's great. The parts in total darkness are genuinely unsettling. Reloading in total darkness while zombies and headcrabs are closing in is intense. Not many games can genuinely make you panic. I was already used to reloading at that time, but due to the added stress and confusion of the situation, I've fumbled, dropped a mag, started panicking and running away. Good times ;)

[@austinbeige]

My dog bit through my oculus cv1 wire. I still love her but less.

[@t-jay-e]

austinbeige sell her buy a new headset lol

[@bluemooninthedaylight8073]

Use your imagination! Wrap your dog across your face and pretend she's a VR headset.

[@gnomemercycs5578]

She thought it was a headcrab

[@upperjohn117aka]

can you get a new cable? i know you can replace the rift s cable

[@SICRECORDS]

Tell your dog to get a job

[@gtabro1337]

1:39 leave the poor guy alone 😂

[@cubansupreme]

That's no poor guy. That's the Coronavirus disguised as a poor guy. He must be destroyed for the good of humanity. Karak knows what he's doing.

[@Netsuko]

The environmental artists have absolutely outdone themselves with this game. The level of detail in every little corner is astonishing. Hats off, this is amazing. It pulls you right in, and it can be damn scary and damn immersive.

[@nerdcuddles7731]

@@mineplexhelp5372 *Ahem* Half Life 2 exists, Are people forgetting that game Exists now? Cause valve released a cash grab that only rich assholes play?

[@SplendidDog]

@@nerdcuddles7731 I mean I have to agree. Whilst Half-Life 2 was revolutionary for its time, this game does have more fluid and life-like animations, especially when up close. While we shouldn't forget the achievements that is the original Half-Life and Half-Life 2, that doesn't mean they can't be improved in the future. =) Also, you kind of downplayed your argument in the same sentence..? You would think that if it's just a cash grab they would release it on flat-screen only so more people can buy it than a, at the time of release, very short consumer span. It's more about pushing the industry forward, as they're known for, than releasing a cash-grab flat-screen only game- Although everyone has opinions, you're entitled to yours as much as I'm entitled to mine =)

[@big-ounce]

@@nerdcuddles7731 have a cry

[@DawnAfternoon]

@@nerdcuddles7731 If this is a cashgrab, every other AAA titles out there is a bank robbery.

[@ergicgaming1618]

A moment of Silence for the people who didnt get through the 13 years wait for another half life. RIP.

[@AzureInnocence]

F

[@legolaswong]

Still no Half life 3.

[@Bear-tf3ho]

Including the original voice actor for Eli, Robert Guillaume, unfortunately.

[@1vaultdweller]

@@legolaswong But its a HL game isnt it

[@Refreshment01]

13:09 EXACTLY! Alyx is not revolutionary in any way but it is the highest quality VR game ever created. This review is well thought out... well done.

[@robreich6881]

Yes

[@FeviviViper]

That's Karak from ACG for ya. Best reviewer in the game no pun intended 🎮

[@InFlamesor12]

Its a vr game, that in itself is revolutionary, on top of it, this isnt a vr demo, a fully fledged tripple a game with fantastic story, gameplay and the graphics are out of this world. Even now almost 4years since release.

[@FeartheKlown]

Never thought I could be turned on by headcrabs, but here we are.

[@metalgearbas4]

Seeing them in VR for the first time it was immediately clear what the inspiration was...

[@gammasmash1924]

Not my proudest fapp....

[@SinaelDOverom]

"We've met again, Gorgeous Freeman!"

[@SunnyLovetts]

I read that in Benders voice...

[@konstantinkh]

"I have crabs." - "It's ok, I'm into that."

[@BartvG88]

Played it yesterday. The way you break open your shotgun, fill the shells one by one, and then flick your real life wrist to close it feels so good. They really nailed it.

[@J_PIK]

“It is pantshittingly scary.”

[@bounderby99]

Valve should put that on the box 😂

[@sqlevolicious]

Can confirm, you need to wear your brown pants.

[@0mi]

jeff made me feel some real dread

[@zephyric6943]

@@0mi yeah. Feel ya

[@UNSCPILOT]

My description of the Jeff chapter as a whole, also the bit where you get the flashlight, oh my goodness I almost needed brown pants a few times

[@Maxamili]

I can’t wait to get off work to play.. might have to go on quarantine lol

[@jamesonyekwere9607]

I better see you at work tomorrow mate

[@ActNasty5]

James Onyekwere lol dont snitch brudda

[@jamesonyekwere9607]

@@ActNasty5 lol

[@Daniel-pi5qd]

Act Nasty you didn’t show up to work today mate, I’m telling the boss

[@luthegamecat922]

I love how the embargo drops and I instantly get like 8 notifications about this game

[@Balnazzardi]

Right now I just could not afford VR or better PC rig just for this but hopefully when I one day can and especially if VR gets more games like this, then Alyx is the first VR game im definitely gonna get and experience.

[@johnadams1667]

Theres a few vr games that look good but the vr rigs are still insanely expensive

[@Balnazzardi]

@@johnadams1667 Ye especially if you want to play it the best of the best which Valve's Index is...and ofc like said you really need decent gaming PC on top of that. So for now I'll pass despite the game's quality, but I'll definitely check it out if/when the prices of VR gear comes down and if there are more high quality VR games like this in the future....like more than just couple.

[@NitinGopinathan]

@@Balnazzardi I agree that you need at least a $600-700 desktop or $900-1000 laptop for VR, but as far as headsets go, the Index does not provide enough value for money, unless you have money to burn. The Rift S is much better option considering it costs half as much.

[@phamdinhhoang1998]

John Adams name me some.

[@FHD80057]

John Adams they’re definitely not “insanely expensive”. You can get one for 200-300$

[@OpenMind3000]

Yeah! I also don´t why they didn´t include smooth turn

[@UNSCPILOT]

Good news, they did fix that, it's an option now

[@derekfurst6233]

It didn't work for like 24 hours. Was fixed almost immediately

[@clericneokun]

Interactability may not be as big as Boneworks but the types of hand-to-object interactions you do get in Alyx (which are still a lot) are just so much smoother in comparison. Valve did great in giving players 'just enough' assists to make interactions smooth without making them feel disconnected with what's happening onscreen.

[@adamrandell7946]

"Ride you around like a meat motorbike", that was magical wordsmithy my friend... lol

[@TonyDupre]

Actually really excited to hear that Mike Morasky did the score. I loved his music for the Portal series

[@JerkTheHuman]

No ravenholm? Jeff wants to know your location.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Me: Drops a bottle Jeff: location access granted! Me: terrified screaming

[@nukeboyt7509]

Jeff was every bit as scary/intense as Ravenholm. I suspect ACG had not met Jeff yet when he posted this review. No scenes from after The Northern Star are shown in the video.

[@Mightymamba]

I'm running a 1080Ti and use a HP Reverb with the highest settings and with my headset upscaled and It runs at 90Hz solid :D. Also been playing 2 hours and It's amazing.

[@NikoKun]

Anyone else found the Gnome yet? :D I'm carrying it through the game, to see if there's an achievement. It's nicely hidden near Russle's base.

[@AdornedProduct1]

Did you succeed

[@JustAnotherLee]

Wish I could play this one. It looks incredible. My best VR experience so far was playing through RE7 on PS4 Pro.

[@AKSBSU]

Valve's comments when questioned about PSVR seemed like it is very likely to appear on PS5/ PSVR eventually. "Designer Greg Coomer reconfirms that the "initial" release of Half-Life: Alyx will be "available for SteamVR only". It definitely sounds like Valve is aware of the desire to see the game come to PSVR, however: "We believe Sony’s VR platform has been a huge success for the medium, and we assume that lots of Sony customers would love to experience this new chapter of Half-Life."" They could have just said "We have no current plans...blah, blah, blah..." if they didn't want to be bothered right now, but they certainly did not do that.

[@rawpower5419]

AKSBSU that would be awesome!!

[@romaliop]

@@AKSBSU I would assume that the main problem is the performance of the PS4. Porting games on consoles isn't very cumbersome anymore, so as long as PS5 can run the game properly there isn't much reason for them to not do it.

[@JustAnotherLee]

@@AKSBSU Let's hope so then! From that statement I agree it does sound likely down the road.

[@AKSBSU]

@@romaliop PS5 would probably be where they'd want to bring it. The significant amount of extra power would be very useful for VR, which requires lots of frames.

[@bmx7596]

I'm shocked how much better it looks inside my headset versus this video, and my computer isn't great.

[@ActNasty5]

bmx7596 really🙏🏻 really glad to hear

[@jhcoverdrive9287]

it is quite impressive, yeah. 4 hours in and it still amazes me that a gen 1 Vive can look that good.

[@Johnny641]

I think this is what puts lot of people off, watching gameplays makes the graphics look terrible. in the headset it looks much better, light bouncing off things etc.. and much more detail.

[@CarlosElPeruacho]

I completely missed getting the Xen grenades in the apartments, and I tried a bunch of stuff. I didn't figure out how to get those until they showed up again later in the game. I feel like Valve went out of their way to make sure you as the player immersed yourself and found the limits and mechanics available to you. Loved this game, it's the definitive VR experience.

[@geojimz]

I actually just started playing Half-Life 2 on my Xbox one through The Orange Box. Never played any of these games and I must say it still holds up really well. I’m really enjoying it. I finally understand why the Half-Life series is spoken about in such high regards. I wish I could play this one now, but I’m not a PC gamer.

[@aaaron7481]

I wish it wasn't just vr only, I hope a half 3 comes

[@darthbuzzer781]

Half Life 3 will be a VR game going by Gabe's comments. The direction of Half Life depends on if Alyx is good or not. Since it's good, they'll keep going with VR.

[@ftjorven]

@Jeric White No, they won't, this game was designed for VR, it's literally impossible to play this game without VR. Gabe has specifically stated that Valve doesn't care how much this game makes, just how well it's receieved.

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

@@ftjorven Well a minority of gamers own VR headsets and valves costs 999 usd and the cheapest is around 500 usd. Not sure how big of a seller its gonna be given that a minority has VR headsets and I highly doubt this will have that much of an impact on VR headsets.

[@jasonrabeiro3526]

Half Life 3 is going to be VR only. They did not waste all these years and money learning how to use VR just to never do it again

[@Fewe00]

@@thatnorwegianguy1986 the cheapest pc VR headsets are 150 dollars and they function just fine. Like its no valve index but it works well.

[@9ALiTY]

So about 14 Years until Half Life 3

[@tomskiwhit2309]

Preach

[@alphabetaomegainvestments3444]

2033

[@DmanDice]

With people bitching about vr maybe. As they buy a $400 ps4 AND XBONE with games after buying a $900 phone .

[@9ALiTY]

@@DmanDice HAHAH TRUENESS HAHA! But one mistake' as their parents but the consoles and phones

[@sqlevolicious]

@@DmanDice $400 is just for the console, now add like 20 games that are $50-$80 each ($1000!!), a few $50-70 controllers, other accessories, consoles are way overpriced. The peasants just don't know how to do long-term math.

[@greenaidgelal6865]

We have a glimpse of Freeman on a wall drawing, picturing him as a messiah, which he really is. Awesome!

[@honkchisel]

played a couple of hours, best VR to date. I cant work out how to stand in game and be seated at home. My feet are killing me lol

[@thomasnguyen7850]

Get a bar stool , one that can spin.

[@honkchisel]

@@thomasnguyen7850 :)

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

Since I can't really afford a VR rig right now, I was just wondering if Valve was planning on porting this game over to standard platforms at any time in the future. I'm hoping so since I'd imagine that there are far more players ready to give this title money who don't have VR than do and I can't imagine that Valve would want to loose out on all of that money and not shift more units.

[@Johnny641]

I am playing it now, IMHO on a monitor, it would be a very dull game. The game is very slow-paced to avoid not overwhelming people and relies on VR immersion to work. You have Cyberpunk 2077 to look forward too so I wouldn't feel to bummed about HL Alyx.

[@sqlevolicious]

Nope. It won't happen. VR doesn't work like that. For example, you would end up spending a lifetime just creating the hundreds of millions of command-controls, just to open a door. Not to mention, you would need more keyboards than you could surround yourself with to do so. That is not even the hardest issue of trying to port VR-only to KBM. Imagine if hand simulator also had legs and a highly interactive environment that you need to navigate through and use.

[@Glowbox3D]

I recently got an Index and I'm moving through a lot of the higher rated games. I have to say, not one of them has come close to the overall package of Alyx. The graphics, sound, writing, VA, and vr mechanics are all fantastic. I played the original HL in highschool, and HL2 is one of my favorite games ever...this game was an absolute treat. Definitely in my top 8 gaming experiences ever. What a buttery smooth immersive VR experience dripping with HL goodness. Nail on head.

[@g.lowenklee2268]

Be sure to include Asgard's Wrath on your list. It's too different to compare to Alyx in my opinion, but it's the best action/RPG VR experience I've had on the Index to date. It's a lot of fun.

[@MrMarcusIndia]

​@@g.lowenklee2268 I've heard that Asgard's Wrath 2 is great but makes you spend too much time doing pointless stuff in order to pad out the game time. I'm tired of doing this in general games; give me 20 hours of quality instead of 60 hours of fetch quests any day, because I work 12h a day and only have a couple of hours for games in the evening. But on VR even more so, since gaming on VR _feels_ longer than on a screen. But I got Asgard's Wrath 2 for free with the Quest 3 so I'd be interested on your views on the above, given my concerns, if you don't mind.

[@fistfulofgroovy9746]

Replaying Alyx in a harder difficulty this week... I appreciated the design even more this time around. This holds a special place in my heard and it is my favorite game of all time and I hope to God we are not done with Half Life in VR.

[@tylerdurden6917]

Agreed bro I hope they keep making these VR games, maybe portal!!!!!

[@netwatch7261]

Valve blew this out of the water. 2 years later I finally have it and it's so good. Can't wait to see their next game coming out in 2033 along with persona 6 :)

[@hurrdurr9193]

Thanks for continuing your videos. Content providers like you keep a sense of normalcy in these trying times.

[@Kytetiger]

i played BeatSaber a couple of time at a friend's and really liked it. With HL Alyx out, i'm thinking about getting a vr. Karak, would you say that HL alyx would be a VR seller?

[@HellKnightX88]

Seeing how the Index ran out of stock again I'd say it is a VR seller.

[@ChengTeoh]

Was the intro the beginning of a "Believe it or Not" episode?

[@broonoh]

Im happy that people got this but just watching de video is making me feel sick haha.

[@Zer0_Ph34r]

VR can make you sick when you first get into it, but it gets much better over time. In addition to that, all the footage they are showing here is from a VR headset, which means it jutters and jerks around based on the users head. When *you* are the one inside the headset, you don't notice these things because it's base on your own heads movement, so you won't get sick from that. Really, unless you try on a VR headset and test it out, it is impossible to adequately describe how it looks and feels

[@beyondz55]

VR is too expensive still, and seems unhealthy for long gameplay times. I wasn't too impressed when I tried Oculus last year.

[@TaigaGaoo]

That's because the video records all the movement the user head makes. Your body is always moving even if slightly, so your vision is also always moving, you don't notice this because well, you are the one moving, you are used to those small movements. Watching another persons vision is, obviously, going to feel weird. and really noticeable. Hence why everyone who've used VR will tell you "Try it. Watching another person use it on a stream or a video doesn't even remotely compare to actually trying it yourself"

[@beyondz55]

@@TaigaGaoo riiiight but you also have a huge population of people with motion sickness issues even while using VR. My wife can't even watch me play regular FPS games without feeling motion sickness, and playing the games herself doesn't change that.

[@brunogamesbr1]

@@beyondz55 she will stop feeling motion sickness if she plays more, when I introduced Minecraft to my sister a few years ago she had to stop every 15 minutes or so because of motion sickness, and now she's fine, she can play non stop for hours, and that's the same for vr, it's new tech, and you have to get used to it

[@RadMatter_]

if HL3 comes out as VR, that would be a bit disappointing but as long as it comes out I am ok with it

[@kingxerocole4616]

I'll be fucking furious.

[@ninjadog1647]

Major spoiler: in the end of the game half life 3 is confirmed and you grab a crowbar as Gordon so it looks like It's gonna be for vr

[@ColombianThunder]

@@ninjadog1647 for real? I feel like that would be huge news by now

[@ninjadog1647]

@@ColombianThunder Most people haven't finished the game or want to avoid spoilers and there are only 2 or 3 videos showing the ending Edit: actually now there a lot more videos if you want to watch one just search Half life: Alyx ending

[@xjesh868]

This game made me feel delight and panic I haven't felt in many years. I am a Alyx stan now.

[@eamonmulholland3159]

1:44 Next gen graphics, last gen pipe puzzle

[@henhenhen19]

Do you play with VR "gloves" or what controller do you use? I'm asymmetrical (disability on left arm) and can play with all controllers and mouse/key, but never tried VR and I'm hesitant. Any other cripples out there with VR tips?

[@jacobwilliams6342]

this looks awesome, just a bummer I can't afford a VR headset right now

[@kingcole55]

Craigslist is a good place to look. Got mine for cheap.

[@captaingrizzly9511]

windows mixed reality headsets are fine and they are $200. with the check the government is about to send everyone for this virus you can just spend it on this essential item in oyur life.

[@TheBigJame_]

@@captaingrizzly9511 lol I'm gonna waste that check so fucking quickly. Doom Eternal and Walking Dead Saints and Sinners

[@xxevilwingzxx5545]

I literally cannot fathom why ACG is not so much bigger than he is, quite literally the only game reviewer I ever listen to, job well done man....job well done

[@blastofo]

He caters to PC gamers which is a niche market, and he puts way too much focus on graphics and technical aspects. Also he talks so fast that its easy to miss some of what he says. Especially his odd jokes.

[@alklazaris3741]

"Somehow they always figure out how to mix color and energy with gloominess." It's called Russia...

[@YourGameTV_]

Love your video, btw they added smooth turning!

[@fastica]

This game would have been awesome for the quarantine... Damn you Valve for making it VR only.

[@miko5167]

Federico Astica I don’t think a non vr version would be possible.

[@fraundakelmbrilpondaprost90]

They played their cards smartly. It's a great push for their Index.

[@title4303]

I'm playing through it right now and chapter 7 "Jeff" has been a major highlight.

[@aidandavick9545]

I’m really glad they patched in smooth turning

[@ThatGuySquippy]

That's super disappointing that they didn't have any smooth turn option. I'm waiting for my order to go through for the Index Knuckles Controllers and I'm not going to play this game until I get them. Please let us know if they ever update it!

[@laartwork]

smooth turn is called turn your actual body.

[@ThatGuySquippy]

@@laartwork Sure I'll just turn my whole body every time I want to turn in game and have the headset cords wrapped around my legs constantly

[@BomimoDK]

The FOV on this video is so narrow i got a bit of motion sickness watching it full-screen. I don't know how recording works and if it's possible, but i think that recording a wider FOV and accepting the inevitable black bars around the image will work better for the future.

[@novabjorngames5799]

Any chance you can check out Until You Fall for VR?

[@Chronically_ChiII]

11:40 Corpses, check Freaky alien matter, check Exploding gas cans, check.... Yep, looks safe.

[@Galf506]

"if you're a VR fan" - I disagree, this is not about being a VR fan, this is about making you a VR fan. It really shows how much better are single player FPS story driven shooters in VR. Yes, games like Doom do belong in the flat screen world still, the more skill based shooters, but for all story driven games this is the future. I just can't easily go back to flat screen. A Call Of Duty game played like this would be insane, and I don't even like call of duty, but the situation you'd be thrown in, played in VR, would make your heart race all the damn time. And you wouldn't need endless waves of enemy soldiers because once you're IN the game, even a short fight against 6 soldiers feels like an eternal life or death situation.

[@mikaelantonkurki]

I will never buy a VR.

[@awesome9174]

Serious Sam 3 VR would disagree about Doom belonging only on flatscreen.

[@muzien87]

oh god they used the doom 3 theory on how flash lights work, light only lights up a small visible circle whereas in real life yes it has a brighter center to it but flashlights illuminate eveything in front of you, not just a tiny circle....

[@Yinzermakesvids]

Does the Vive work?

[@Phobos_Anomaly]

Yes

[@Scry60]

the words "never touch" and "half life" should never be in the same title.

[@Bolgierd]

As a college student, I can't really afford VR set at this moment, but I'm definitely getting that game the second I get my hands on one. I hope I won't accidentally stumble upon serious spoilers until then.

[@nahCmeR]

I've not had the chance to play any shooter in vr and have always been curious how aiming works. In real life you usually have to close 1 eye when using iron sights. You can learn to shoot with both eyes open and red dot and holographic sights help with this but how does that transition into games? For someone like me that Can't hold one eye closed without physically holding it, does both eye open aiming work? How do iron sights align with both perspectives you see in the headset?

[@simpl3y]

Just close one of ur eyes and it does the same thing.

[@preludeboy99]

I really hope that this will eventually come out on PS4 vr, I don’t own as vr system for Xbox 😥

[@bistekbb]

id fucking love a DLC where you are a Civil Protection doing raids on citizens and eventually work your way up to being an Overwatch soldier fighting the resistance

[@jamesadams7853]

Great review as always bro! I bought the oculus quest, getting a gaming PC soon to sync up and play this.

[@Moped_Mike]

How long is it though?

[@ytpooper2670]

I've been playing for around 7 hrs in total and not only is this the best VR game I've ever played, this already goes down as one of the best games I've ever played.. PERIOD! fkn phenominal game, can't believe how immersive it really is..

[@ivorydeluxe1672]

This game looks soooooo good.. shame I'll never get to play it

[@Julez683]

Ivory Deluxe Why ?

[@DoctorDub23]

@@Julez683 because VR is expensive?

[@Julez683]

Jord There are also cheap VR Headsets, such as the mixed reality Headsets. Cost 150-300$

[@galacticrelic258]

@@DoctorDub23 But never? Your realize vr will just get cheaper and cheaper the more popular it is

[@wotmast]

@@Julez683 Not everyone wants to play with VR

[@alexdon7879]

Is the discord patreon only? I cant find it

[@crushingit5128]

Ooof 100% going to invest in a VR set now thanks to this video. Whats the best set out there? Seeing HP Reverb still got lots of mediocre reviews. Not sure if thats the best option.

[@filodrei]

always enjoyed your reviews mate. take care and keep safe.

[@alegotronnortogela7695]

I'm playing at medium fidelity on a quest 1 headset using virtual desktop. Playing in roomscale, with physical turning and crouching, it's pretty awesome. To me it's basically as good as Half Life 3. I mean who thought we were going to get a new Half Life game, period? I thought they gave up with it. For atmosphere and level design it's probably the best of all the VR games, although combat isn't as fun as Half Life 2 or other action dedicated vr games (Robo-Recall, Sairento etc.) but combat is only a part of the game and is extremely grounded in the universe it created so it works well. Can't believe it runs so good through a quest and a budget pc.

[@Sevatarr]

Mindblowingly good game, loving every minute of it !

[@thelastspartan87]

Excellent review. I wanted to really say thank you for your dedication to great reviews and finally jumped in as a patron. Stay safe!

[@Leathal]

This works great on the Oculus Quest ($399) and should also be just fine on something like the Samsung Odyssey (~$230). No need to drop $1000 on an Index to dip your toes into VR unless you’re Scrooge McDuck IRL

[@Buggolious]

@Popboy i have not heard a single person say that samsung odyssey is the best vr headset to get, you are the first. think about it

[@fehllyy]

every object and surface in this game looks so detailed

[@26MECH]

Is this for PlayStation VR as well?

[@r1pfake521]

How many "dark sections" (I mean the dark levels where you only see with your flashlight) does this game have? I finished the first one and now there is an other one. The game is awesome but im not sure if I can continue playing if the game has many of these "dark sections" because they stress me like crazy.

[@Pugsliee]

Is this playable on the Quest 2?

[@behroztaib2052]

Does anyone know if it is any smoother in the headset? this looks like very unsmooth. It would take me out of the immersion I feel.

[@JohnShewbrook]

Behroz Taib I’m using Index with 2080Ti and an i9 CPU. It is very smooth during gameplay. Karak put a caveat at the start of his video explaining that the footage came from the Spectator option in the menu.

[@Grim187Grey]

Sounds like I should continue to wait for VR. Kinda figured it wouldn't "Revolutionize" the industry like some said it would.

[@AlternateKek]

Thats enitrely subjective as this is convincing me to get vr

[@D1ab0lical]

VR isn't meant to replace gaming as we know it.

[@makemelaughyouants]

You put on the headset and jump in and you’re like “whoa this is so cool.” But if the game isn’t fun or engaging, it’s still boring after a while. I think VR is better suited to hangouts online with friends and stuff like that. Playing board games in a virtual space.

[@ACGreviews]

@@makemelaughyouants This is sort of the way any game works though

[@Grim187Grey]

@@AlternateKek That's true. Its just that when the game was announced, I heard many VR guys say that this would be "the game that makes VR mainstream." I gotta be honest, a fun game "for current VR owners" doesn't sound like a major pull.

[@car1it05WAY]

Love the beyond belief opening. That was my show back in the day. I need to try this game with the novr mod.

[@juicewon]

awesome review. more vr reviews please!!!!!

[@BrutalBarracuda]

I dont claim to have watched all your reviews but ive watched a good amount and this is the only "buy now" rating ive ever seen.

[@isaacweisberg3571]

Also, speaking of smooth turning? Which games do have smooth turning?

[@ActNasty5]

Isaac Weisberg boneworks, saints and sinners, blades and sorcery, tbh i think all of them. They are usually just different options in settings

[@isaacweisberg3571]

@@ActNasty5 Boneworks had smooth turning... huh...? alright...

[@ActNasty5]

Isaac Weisberg ?? Pretty sure? I didnt use any turning i dont think, i just turned in real life. The others i listed do for sure though. And pavlov

[@isaacweisberg3571]

@@ActNasty5 even pavlov had contigious turning?... never seen it, only 45 degree one.. but ok, I'll take your word for it

[@ActNasty5]

Isaac Weisberg so you havent actually played?

[@tiihtu2507]

PBR materials with good lightning engine combined with great art design works wonders. To me Half-Life Alyx is probably the best looking (released) game I've ever seen.

[@simplebryll123]

I have an i7-4790k OCed to 4.50ghz and an RTX 2070 it runs smooth on high preset with my Rift S, this is the VR that's gonna change how people think about VR games, Vavle is taking VR in the right path the best thing about this game is that you can use smooth motion and "shift" at the same time (hold right thumbstick downwards), it would have been perfect if we could change it to teleport cuz shift makes me nauseous lol

[@AgentMcQueen]

*INTRO MEME ALERT!* Love it!

[@dan2695]

OMG Yes! That's the first thing I noticed and it bugged the Sh*t outta me... there is no smooth turn. Ugh!

[@jhcoverdrive9287]

@Zwenk Wiel i thought it was a bug as well...hopefully they will fix or add it, they were pretty quick to implement smooth movement when people found out it was initially teleport only.

[@failedGraphics]

@@jhcoverdrive9287 The game was never teleport only, they always had other options people were just jumping to conclusions because that's the mode that was used in the gameplay videos.

[@FroggyQC23]

I'm pretty sure there will be a fix for that in a future patch

[@Subfightr]

LMAO! You're absolutely brilliant mate. "no one ever hoards essential oils, they're fucking useless" truer words have never been said.

[@Isamu1013]

Smooth turn didn't work for me either at the beginning but it has been fixed.

[@NewMateo]

The lack of smooth turn is frustrating! Come on Valve. So much right but damn it's frustrating I cant have smooth turn for some reason.

[@Johnny641]

Agreed, this has been bugging me as well. It kinda reks the immersion sometimes.

[@pexeq]

@@Johnny641 Why don't you just turn your own body?

[@sqlevolicious]

Just use the natural locomotion app, I'm sure it has HLA compatibility, if not, soon.

[@brtcobra]

smooth turn is an option as i use it

[@IvanoForgione]

the snap turning looks like a bug, since there's a switch in the option to turn it off, but it doesn't really seem to do anything

[@simpl3y]

Patch for it came out today!

[@ImBetterThenEveryone]

No smooth turning? wtf

[@davidcole2337]

Based on early reports this is a must have game for VR.

[@shadowbanned5164]

Sounds like there are a few bugs to sort out such as there is an option for smooth turning but it doesn't seem to be working in many headsets....Its quite an important option for limiting motion sickness.

[@carbonio1450]

Looks great, I hope it will be released on psvr sooner or later

[@User71956]

Maybe, but I don't know. Maybe PSVR 2, but that might be a long shot (however I would love that). Of course, I'm sure, the anti-console fanboys will anger jizz out of their eyes and won't see reason because they would be so salty.

[@failedGraphics]

@@User71956 PSVR will work for the PS5 and that's really the only limiting factor because the PS4 just isn't powerful enough for HLA. That being said I agree that people who don't like console, especially people would don't have headsets will rage.

[@rbaleksandar]

Trying to apply permanent marker on an NPC's face and NPC backs off telling to knock it off - f@ckin brilliant interaction design!

[@buzzzerz]

What was that intro with Will Riker from Startrek?

[@custardgannet4836]

No it's from a show he used to present call " Beyond Belief :Fact Or Fiction" he would present a few stories/urban legends and at the end tell you which stories were supposedly true or not. Yeah it's total shite.

[@RafaelBenedicto]

I'm waiting for Doom Eternal VR. Gonna play it in Nightmare.

[@isaacweisberg3571]

> Half Life 2 is a horror game hmmm... okay, I never thought about this this way... but I guess, yeah, there quite a few spooky moments... underground facilities 1 map prior to follow freeman... ravenholm... shitty dark tunnel at start of sandtraps... a couple of houses in highway 17... yeah, I guess

[@84jesterx]

"a few?" Did you not play Half-Life 2? It was full of them. Head crabs and their victims. enough said.

[@isaacweisberg3571]

@@84jesterx yeah dude, I get what you're saying... it's just.. outside of these spooky events I listed above, I never felt like the game was attempting to condone this tone, however the more i think of it, the more it makes sense that the game deliberately wants to be scary

[@TripleMoonPanda]

I love half life but I have a hard time playing horror games. I never looked at half life 2 as a horror game except for ravenholm, and in ravenholm I have to have a friend in the room with me while I play through it even to this day. If I don't then it's just too spooky for me. I hope Alyx isn't too spooky for me, but Imma try it out anyways and force myself through.

[@isaacweisberg3571]

@@TripleMoonPanda No joke, I could not actually bring myself to play hl2 properly until I was 16 in 2013 because it all seemed extremely scary to me. I would usually not go beyond the Kleiner lab in the beginning.

[@myztklk3v]

I played through my first time in 12 hours, zero crashes, zero bugs. My second play through, it's crash like 5 times so far and my left had has disappeared or bugged out half a dozen times

[@patricksoon85]

Buy, Wait for Sale, Rent, Never Touch? @ 15:00

[@YourPalHDee]

Great review man, really appreciate the level of depth

[@chrish5479]

Your writing is the best. Nobody hordes essential oils lol!