Half-Life: Alyx Review - Forget About Freeman

[@Gggmanlives]

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[@micfrog]

I will not.

[@lenhatquang1991]

Yo, glad that your content is getting more rightful exposure and support. Niceee.

[@reflectingh9997]

Respect the hustle. Niggas gotta eat.

[@Dondlo46]

Of course no BITCH

[@shadyone6620]

12:25 "running towards you and shooting or running away from you and shooting" Maybe you should look that video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH6UaZuCl95-fNE or other alike. They have a little bit more complicated combat logic. Hell, even roaches in original HL had a behaviour!

[@LtViper]

"So, player, what would you liked nudged?" "A Team fortess 2 update" "That would he a considerably large nudge, too large"

[@hib7295]

underrated af

[@sauceman2885]

:(

[@connorgolsong290]

"Then can we find out what happened to Adrian Shepard?" "TF2 Update it is, Ms. Vance."

[@Hit_by_a_Parked_Car]

Got your wish

[@ComradeVenus]

"half life 3"

[@ACTNRPLY]

Train: crashing in vr Gman: looks down at feet

[@KFCArbiter]

4:32

[@ps1337]

It might be becuase of capturing, the fov in vr is bigger

[@TheKlink]

I'll wait for the non-vr mod or version

[@OmegaEnvych]

It's mostly because how VR captures video feed. I play HLA with subtitles because english isn't my primary language and it's easier for me to both read and hear rather than just hear. So subtitles are placed at the bottom of my FOV on Rift S, so I can read them but they don't take entire screen. And then I took a screenshot with subtitles and text was right in the center on the screenshot.

[@ACTNRPLY]

OmegaEnvych that makes sense I didn’t think about it, either way I thought it was pretty funny lol

[@AuxiliaryEgg]

About 30 minutes after I finished Half Life: Alyx I tried to lift a tin out of the fridge by flickiing my rist to try and use the gravity gloves... had to sit down and take a deep breath after that

[@ZalkDrives]

I have been having that issue as well and its getting worse and worse.

[@samuelburke7225]

Had that a bit as well, goes to show how brilliantly this game immerses you into the world.

[@tabushka292]

I didn't actually do that but it did cross my mind to just try to grab items from afar, only to realize a second later that I'm in real life and I can't actually do that. It's crazy how immersive VR can be!

[@SolarisKane]

After going on a Resident Evil 4 and 5 binge years ago, I was going down my hallway and I forgot something in my room and tried to activate the quick 180 degree spin.

[@CS-si4nn]

Back when I was in college, I tried to quick save by pressing the f5 button while I was writing an exam, but there was no f5 button on the table.

[@thefonzkiss]

SO MANY noobs in the comments taking “forget about Freeman” personally and getting offended. It was a level name in the original game FFS.

[@Gggmanlives]

Yeah I honestly thought everyone would understand the reference.

[@OptimusCrime1223]

Unfortunately, we're not all boomers :^)

[@cr0b4t19]

@@OptimusCrime1223 im not even 20 and i know where its from lol

[@Reloaded2111]

@@Gggmanlives Why put a reference to a chapter in HL1 in the title of a game review that has no relation to HL1 aside from being its sequel? I think that's what is causing confusion.

[@Speedojesus]

@@Reloaded2111 They're literally in the same series of games. It's a reference to the first Half-Life.

[@horricule451]

About the length: you have to keep in mind that we live in a time period where triple A games are expected to be really long so if the game was only 5 hours long you'd have people complaining that it's too short to be worth $60, even if it's the best 5 hours of their life.

[@rockman1942]

Horricule I have my best 15hours in my vr life, thanks valve

[@Kaiwala]

It's not even 60 bucks!

[@juancampos9468]

@@Kaiwala yes it is

[@Kaiwala]

@@juancampos9468 I got it for like 45 when it came out so Idk what's happened since

[@dcp724]

Half-life Alyx's ending is one of the only games to actually leave me speechless.

[@javkiller]

Same. I got honestly overwhelmed for a little bit. It's a sit down and ponder kind of thing.

[@coltforceplayz5285]

I'm making an Episode 3 storyboard and I honestly liked Episode 2s cliffhanger better than Alyx

[@Anonymous-73]

@@coltforceplayz5285 did you see the after credits scene?

[@coltforceplayz5285]

@@Anonymous-73 yes

[@proxboxgamer69]

Gordon is shocked and is in silence just like you said

[@25hztolife86]

Pay up for those Journey lyrics my Aussie friend.

[@HairyHog77]

I really enjoyed the hacking minigames myself, but the connecting wires one did get a bit tedious towards the end.

[@doctoradventure413]

The connecting wires one was incredible during the chapter Jeff but it did get old by the end

[@HairyHog77]

Did you notice how you could put your hand through the entire gate in that one puzzle that you need to turn a valve and pull a cabinet drawer out to keep the gate open in the Jeff chapter? I wonder if they intended it to be like that because that literally makes as much sense as Rayman

[@de-ment]

I absolutely despised the locker minigames since they were so annoying but the rest was very fun.

[@DatInnocentGuy]

i enjoyed the wires a lot actually but given room size limitations it made it quite hard for them to flow naturally into game-play for me. it also suffered from the not so clear way they are used, i swear sometimes those power outlets would just have wires coming from them and sometimes i'd have to hack the outlet for me to be able to see them.

[@RomainDelmaire]

Same here, really liked the hacking, I thought that was a good use of the VR capabilities and something we haven't really seen in other games somehow. Same for the wiring but I wish there was a bit less of them. They're clearly not as interesting.

[@dontworryhouston]

"it's a vr spin-off no one really asked for or even expected" VNN: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@MrGreghome]

I'm still waiting for the internet historian sequel on Tyler :D

[@babyeater639]

A lot of people theorize that valve would make next half life vr but i doubt anyone actually would have thought they would go through with it.

[@dontworryhouston]

@@MrGreghome yeah smn like the no man's sky redemption video

[@pistool1]

The game looks like a HL2 high-def mod and a boring one. Alyx never had a potential to be the main character in the series - maybe it is just a political and trendy thing to have a female protagonist in 2020? Anyways, I do not believe that VR gaming will never be mainstream or popular among traditional pc gamers. They have been trying to get VR working and appealing for the masses like the last 20 years. Without any decent or concrete results. Must be a disappointment for game developers and marketing people. Great video though, as always :)

[@nbr1rckr]

Yeah, he is.

[@OhHeyItsAlexx]

I bought a Valve Index for this. Absolutely no regrets whatsoever.

[@TheNeoDaedalus]

Same here. Except I was an idiot and scratched my lenses a bit with my glasses when playing beat saber. Valve is replacing it for me for free tho. Like, seriously? I'm quite amazed. And I'm buying the perscription lenses, not gonna risk it twice xD

[@CT-CTCheckmate]

Hey Tommy, i see you know the AI half life serie- *HELLO GORDON*

[@devi5383]

Not like you needed food or college lol

[@OhHeyItsAlexx]

@@devi5383 Food? No problem. College? Lol.

[@thegirlwiththemouseyhair6486]

Damn I'm jealous. I could only afford wmr

[@Vidyadude]

My main issue with fighting the combine is that they are so few and make up for it by being massive bullet sponges, atleast on hard. It would be better if they had more and more agressive enemies with lower health than these bullet sponges.

[@jxk46]

ballin Yeah this is one of my biggest issues with the game. Although the final few chapters really relieved the issue. I hope if they make another VR game they won’t be designing it for new players and it’ll be much more high octane

[@breath_of_the_dunk7202]

I think they did it this way cause they expected this game to be the first VR game ever played for a lot of people. And rather than have people frustrated (like some reviewers are about the horror segments) they made the game easier.

[@cyvycymusic1096]

I mean kinda makes more sense since not every player is mentally prepared for a high intensity shootout. Even some Half-Life veterans piss themselves just from a few combine, what more if it's the amount they normally throw in Half Life 2 lol

[@jxk46]

CyvycyMusic I’m really excited for the hammer editor cause maybe we can have shootouts with way more combine

[@cyvycymusic1096]

@@jxk46 there's definitely going to be John Wick fans trying hard to efficiently kill as much combine as possible in that case

[@johnjekyllson28]

The length was probably important to ease characters into the combat before throwing more complex enemies at players. Valve talks about that in their interviews.

[@jojak0512]

John Jekyllson I also think it was to stop vr haters from saying that it was just a short cash grab. I remember watching the angry joe reaction to the original trailer in November saying how it was only going to be like 3 hours at most since it’s vr

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@jojak0512 Angry Joe is trash anyways.

[@tabushka292]

I think it ended up being too long anyway. HLA was my first VR experience, finished it yesterday. And honestly it felt so drawn out that I was kinda burned out by the end. Around halfway through the game I started hating the zombies since it felt like they're the only thing you fight, and they served zero challenge. The only reason for their existence was to drain your ammo that you collected while exploring. And I can count on one hand the amount of fights you have with combines. The game could have been amazing, the mechanics and polish are definitely there, but there is just not enough action. Shame.

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Also the combat is slower to make sure not to overwhelm players, especially first time VR players

[@jd_kreeper]

I agree. I played this as my first VR game and it took me a while to get the hang of things.

[@FastJohn443]

"A decent VR game", triggered: "A great Half-life Game" not triggered.

[@Toripusutashi]

Decent because he doesnt have the mental capacity to fully utilize creative physics.

[@element1111]

@@Toripusutashi You can't use objects as melee weapons. You can shoot from under shutter doors and stuff like that, yeah, but I wouldn't say that alone elevates the game above decent

[@ThatDudeCalledMax]

Dreadnought That's a pretty narrow way at looking at that.

[@304Blaise]

Pandahh no it’s not I don’t want my friends punching the wall anymore, thanks valve

[@ThatDudeCalledMax]

@@penguinchip S'not that. Of course you need melee weapons, specially the crowbar here because it's Half-Life.

[@reflectingh9997]

Im so happy this didn't turn out to be Duke Nukem Forever

[@KevBoy3D]

reflecting H DNF wasn’t nearly as bad as people made it out to be, there are still moments I remember in that game to this day-can’t say that for a lot of games

[@titsmcgee4697]

@@KevBoy3D yeah I remember 1 thing and it was throwing literal shit at npcs, pretty much encapsulated the whole experience.

[@reyhan0447]

@Starscream91 made me wish they ported postal to vr

[@TwistZero]

@@KevBoy3D I remember my experience with the game being among the lines of -Dying -Waiting for an absurdly long loading (but since I've played it on a PS3, I'm willing to give this a pass) -Bored af in turret sections -Dying more.

[@gameragodzilla]

Duke Nukem Forever is good, though.

[@justletmechangemynamegodda5156]

"Forget about Freeman" can we forget about Hunt Down the Freeman as well?

[@cosmicpanda7043]

Thanks for reminding me...

[@justletmechangemynamegodda5156]

@Tom Lis brought what up? Half life 2? Ya it's a great game

[@sethleoric2598]

What's Hunt Down The Freeman? Does it exist? Is it real? The answer is we do not talk about it

[@handlessuck589]

Delete your comment before more people remember.

[@reflectingh9997]

YOU FUCK UP MY FACE

[@AK3601]

Valve, just let me duct-tape my monitor to my eyeballs and mod in some old Nintendo Wii remotes to play this.

[@diogo763]

Adapt a nintendo labo vr ti your monitor

[@e2rqey]

There was a guy on the Virtual Reality Reddit who said "I have a smartphone, Google Daydream, 2 webcams and 2 Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons. How can I use this to play PCVR games?" And he was completely serious

[@MrHinchapelotas]

@@e2rqey Ironically, the answer is iVRy for the headset and driver4VR for the controllers. Mocking poorer gamers for their desperation is bad form, friend.

[@e2rqey]

@@MrHinchapelotas Joycons don't have 6dof tracking so no it wouldn't work and pretty rude to assume the reason he's not buying a real VR HMD is because he's poor, and not because of the litany of supply issues currently facing most VR companies.

[@deadrivers2267]

Give it one month, someone will make an early Non-VR mod. Valve programmer even said it himself.

[@medicolkie3606]

Come on, Gordon. We've got work to do.

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

*_hl3 has actually been confirmed_*

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou I sure as hell hope so. Valve said HLA was their return to the franchise, they best well uphold that statement.

[@bunkaaa8726]

Load times? mines on SSD, takes no more then 10 to 15 seconds

[@mortimerbalbriggan9766]

K

[@shyspacewolf4675]

What sort of SSD though? m.2 NVME, m.2 sata or just plain sata?

[@AK3601]

Short-stroking the HDD then.

[@GWAHARGEBEFLE]

ShySpaceWolf I get pretty similar load times (maybe a couple seconds more at most) and I’ve just got plain ol’ SATA.

[@kribba8585]

Same. I'm now about 7h in, the loading times take 10 seconds at best on an old ass SSD from like 2015. Haven't experienced yet any frame drops either and I'm super sensitive to that stuff.

[@Dakayto]

Half-Life: Barney, make it happen Valve!

[@MotorikBit]

Damian Rice Blue Shift?

[@Dakayto]

@@MotorikBit Does Blue Shift have VR?

[@theorangeguy.jpg_9949]

did u mean hl blue shift 2?

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Damian Rice That already exist and it is blue shift

[@cambreaKer]

what about half-life: kleiner

[@curdledstraw227]

4:50 im pretty sure thats bc of ur computer, with a ssd you shouldn't have any trouble loading

[@MrCazador123]

people say that even with HDDs, they don't take as long, sounds more like his problem.

[@lifelesshawk5725]

MrCazador123 It was about a minute wait for me, but feels instant compared to boneworks’ load times.

[@Gulatzo]

It takes about 7 seconds to load on my SSD so his examples were a bit over the top..

[@johnhickory9629]

ah, the ole "hey, have you ever heard of this thing called a solid state drive? it stands for solidutitus stateless drivensdius and it will make things faster"

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@lifelesshawk5725 I think that's understandable, considering that Boneworks is more of a VR tech demo with a story slapped onto it than HLA is.

[@tazamane9705]

"If you're one of the 12 people owning a VR Headset (...) then this is a must-play" Yeah, thanks for rubbing it in, all those years of waiting and now I can't even play it :'(

[@DPedroBoh]

We have to wait just a couple more years, let's be patient 😭. Hardware will get cheaper eventually.

[@tazamane9705]

@@DPedroBoh Or I'll get a job eventually.

[@decode.666]

@@DPedroBoh This may be the case ... but until my BPPV is somehow resolved (which it won't be), I cannot play any VR games.

[@bimmer8602]

@@tazamane9705 get a part time once this corona virus shit is over.

[@darkseid856]

@ThatZaliaSGuy I don't think it's possible . Especially the controls . It's definitely not going to work . Unless and until , someone decides to make a brand new game from scratch for non-vr players (a remake , like black Mesa)

[@saberserpent7983]

Attention to details is really amazing in the game

[@sidicle6537]

@@CD-BVL I don't know. Seems they've considered the fans a lot too in the creation of this game.

[@HBlatz87]

4:46 really? Install it on an SSD dude. I've never waited longer than 15 seconds for the game to load.

[@lukkkasz323]

Yeah, i think that's kind off his fault. SSD in 2020 is a must have.

[@Deliveredmean42]

Yep, sounds like he still uses HDD. I mean, it's understandable since those aren't cheap. But he could get just use a small 250 GB SSD for the OS and nothing else.

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

@@lukkkasz323 If you got money to piss down the drain, maybe.

[@LeonardTavast]

If you can afford to pay 500 dollars for a VR headset you can afford 100 dollars for a SSD drive.

[@lukkkasz323]

@@ThatWolfWithShades Dude, if you are playing Half-Life: Alyx, you have money for an SSD.

[@MTB396]

"Forget about freeman" I see what you did there

[@MrRourk]

The Gman has not forgotten

[@neutronpcxt372]

Honestly, the ending is what makes the game so good, and confirms we are going to get HL3.

[@raylot13]

I just hope it's not in VR like this game.

[@TrilosonicResolutions]

@@raylot13 Why would Valve go back to flatscreen after investing millions and figuring out a working VR game formula?

[@darkseid856]

@@raylot13 don't worry by the time half life 3 releases, VR gaming would be common .

[@raylot13]

NotaPotato Because not everyone owns a VR headset or can afford one. It would be a dumb decision on their part to make it a VR exclusive game.

[@raylot13]

NotaPotato Nothing against VR gaming though, trust me, I’d love to have a headset.

[@firedragonosis]

Ive been watching a ton of gmanlives reviews lately, great content

[@firedragonosis]

@@MegaDeathRay10 Lol nice

[@Reloaded2111]

@@MegaDeathRay10 Please refrain from using that joke. Some people might not have a mother anymore.

[@ThatDudeCalledMax]

jesus man, that's *deep*

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@Reloaded2111 A put a fucking sock in it, Captain Snowflake. This whole channel makes tons of your mom jokes.

[@de-ment]

the slow feel of the game that you complain about was made on purpose,valve wanted to optimize the game so anyone could play so they decided to make it calmer and slower than your average half-life game,but they sure as hell nailed the half life feel anyway.Also the AI of the combine get smarter as the difficulty increases.complaining about physically moving in a VR title is by far the dumbest thing to do.making hl:a vr only isn't something valve did because they don't care about fans,valve is about innovation so they tried their best to do something innovative for VR,they tried to recreate what hl2 was to the early 2000's gaming industry but to the present VR industry instead,and judging by what every VR player who has finished the game says,they succeeded. Also I have a gtx 1070,an intel e5 cpu and a Rift S and was playing on high settings although the game told me that low settings were optimal for my setup yet the loading times never got as long as you told they are,sitting down on my bed and waiting a bit without getting out of my VR set was enough.(the game's downloaded on my harddisk)

[@brunoactis1104]

Valve it's working now on Brain-Computer interface, so yeah, they're on that innovation thing more than anything.

[@darkseid856]

Half life changes the way we looked at games . Half life 2 did it as well . And now half life alyx is doing the same .

[@nilsrodas6967]

Yeah, this review was kinda off

[@DatInnocentGuy]

i loved the game but my fatass couldnt stand for that long. my feet started hurting after my 5th hour in.

[@de-ment]

Tdawg Johnsom lag has to do nothing with refrresh rate,your headset and the link cable may be the problem since I’ve seen youtube channels prove that the quest may have problems with higher quality games and that it may also have latency issues

[@HiCZoK]

Decent vr game? I've played a lot of vr games and none even has a start to alyx

[@Greego]

What would you say comes closest to it in VR?

[@HiCZoK]

@@Greego Hellblade but in terms of how "real game" it is and atmosphere. h3vr has great guns but just that. Bonework is quite similar but very clunky

[@t0mgc92]

@@HiCZoK boneworks has gotten a lot less clunky though, thanks to the updates. Personally i've had about the same amount of error with both

[@derp4317]

@@HiCZoK asgards wrath? lone echo? saints and sinners? stormland? ever played any of those?

[@SeriousGamer753]

@@derp4317 tactical dot -> .

[@elijahjarman2837]

6:49 Ironically the hl2 pulse rifle is actually one handed in the view model, as an accidental oversight on valve's part

[@Carmoth86730]

It would've been cool to see some beta enemies utilised in this game like the Hydra or Cremators, or Particle Storm, especially the latter.

[@TylertheCC1010fan]

Creators were intended by once again cut.

[@Zaktot-ho8fe]

The Cremators are perfect for halflife alyx. Not only are they're super tall, imposing, and only really effective at closer ranges, but a major part of the game took place in a quarantine zone filled with dead bodies. It's thematically and technically perfect! The only potential issue I see is the Cremator's flamethrower. Making really good video-game fire up close seems like it'd be incredibly challenging, especially with the game being in VR.

[@rspy24]

Loading times for me are fine.. Loading a save takes like 3 sec, loading a new level around 20 seg.. and i have it in a HDD NOT on a SSD.

[@OopseaDoopsea]

10 second load times max with SSD on my system. There might be other dependencies however that vary those load times, but complaining about it in this video when it is clearly an end user issue makes no sense.

[@andrewfrancois-fortin3970]

on an ssd it took like 2min of loading when i got into a new level, but reloading after death was like 10seconds

[@thealexfish4480]

i have had no issues with loading times and framerates on a 2070 super, SSD and samsung odyssey+

[@DatInnocentGuy]

hell i have a 1060 6gb + 1tb samsung QVO and the framerate is butter smooth and load times around 30 seconds

[@itscard0man]

this guys a complainer lol smh u can hear it in the tone of his voice too SMH LOL

[@DatInnocentGuy]

itscard0man actually he brings up good points, I agree with quite a few and he does give the game praise where it is needed, unfortunately praise doesn’t help things progress. Complaining is better for improvement, valve themselves see that with the interview featuring gaben where he brings up the fact that he focuses on why artefact failed than why half life succeeded

[@Smittypie86]

I must agree. I have it installed on an M.2 SSD and starting the game and loading levels is only 10-15 seconds..

[@eatZeppelin]

Which 2070 Super did you get? I have one also and I’m just curious

[@draketheman75]

Damn, Doom and Half Life coming back in the same year? Took the older dev's to make good fps games again lol.

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@One Eye King There isn't gonna be an Uncharted 5.

[@thedrake5072]

"Put a grenade launcher on the Shotgun". Grenade Launcher. + Shotgun. Explosions and Shotgun. 100/10 best game ever.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

I saw a video of a man carrying inventory items in a box. You can take objects and put them in a box and actually carry it with you. That alone is a 10/10 game. The physics in this game is actually impressive as hell.

[@zombeats2160]

I actually enjoyed the multi-tool mini games...

[@quinnmarchese6313]

for the length of the experience, i did too, but i do understand the annoyance

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

GmanLives doesn't like puzzles.

[@dud5606]

My main complaints with the game: 1) Not enough time spent in the actual city. It woud be cool to just stride through the city streets and admire all the eastern european architecture in the characteristic gloomy atmosphere. One of the things that HL2 nailed was the skybox and overall feel to the city. It feels like its about to rain for most the game, meanwhile HLA gets really colorful at times. Instead we just move through sewers, train stations and abandoned hotels for most of the game which kinda sucks to be honest. There was a potential to maybe walk around the city little bit more and experience the everyday life of a City 17 citizen before we get taken by the CP. Interact with some people, learn more about that girl we talk to in the beginning. 2) Slow gunplay. It really depends on the person but i feel like enemies are way too spongy, especially on harder difficulties. Zombies i can understand, but combine should really feel like an overwhealming force out to get you. We get none of that to be honest. Only some small 3-6 people groups that just stand there and ask to get shot in the face. They dont stategize, they dont try to lure you out of the cover with grenades (i mean they do but its not often and they mostly do it with manhacks). What they shoulve done is make enemies more aggresive and plentiful while also giving them less health. And for people who cant handle it make a difficulty setting that makes enemies dumber and slower. 3) Too many tedious "puzzles". Really, Alyx couldve done with a little less puzzles and more inventive combat scenarios. All of the puzzles are really cool first couple times but they get old REALLY fast. And its mostly because valve just overrelies on a set of like 3 puzzles for most of the game. Every time you want to make something work like an elevator you have to do the circuit connecting puzzle, every time you want to use the upgrade bench you have to do the star system connecting thing. There was potential for much more. Like that time you had to find the different colored keycards or move the pipe using a control panel. Those weresimple but very satisfying "puzzles the game couldve used more of. Maybe instead of forcing me to do a stupid fucking puzzle every time i want to open a lootcrate make me look for a special single use key? Make it so that there is a lot less keyes than those lootcrates to force the player to decide when is a good time to use the key they found? This would also partially solve another issue with the game. 4) Not enogh rewards for exploration. Really all there is is resin and ammo. And if youre a really big half-life fan, maybe some extra info about the world contained in every day items and news papers. Both resin and ammo are scattered all over the place and in plentiful enough supply you could beat the game without spending extra time to look for any of it. And resin is used to upgrade your guns, which is cool but i didnt feel any of the upgrades were all that impactful besides maybe the auto loader and extended mags for smg. But they sure look cool lol. The game shouldve introduced more stuff to look for. Like keycards that could open new optional areas or an occasional armory with lots of cool shit, maybe even extra upgrades. Stuff hidden in safes you have to scatter the einvironment to find codes for, little items hidden in envelopes you have to open like in that Hand Lab demo you get with the vive. There was a lot of potential here and I know for a fact that Valve could come up with stuff hundred times more interesting than me and they probably have but they just decided not to implement any of it. 5)No enemy variety. Its cool that they added more variety to the combine overwatch soldiers but beside them you only fight headcrab zombies and antlions. Theres nothing new, even thugh youre literally going through a xen infested part of the city. There was so much potential to see new xen fauna and aggresive flora we havent seen before but all we get is an electric "dog thing" which is pretty much a headcrab with a tail that can shoot electricity at you. Thats it. We dont even get to see a bullsquids and houndeyes for gods sake.

[@thefonzkiss]

Mip Mup KZbin comments isn’t your personal blog man.

[@jabroniyumerale6204]

Dude can say whatever he wants and with the amount of words he needs.

[@minisithunknown5568]

You could say the same thing about HL2, not enough of the city. But this is not an open world game. It never will be.

[@BackwardsPancake]

In relation to that enemy variety point, don't forget the barnacle spam. It's like they gave the level designers a quota for the fucking things.

[@dud5606]

@@BackwardsPancake Amen to that. There was so much of this shit it got a little annoying. And most them are also placed so haphazardly you can avoid them without any trouble.

[@therabbi9848]

Kinda wonder if its even worth avoiding the spoilers. I don't see myself getting a VR set anytime soon

[@nilsrodas6967]

I'm not planning to get a VR headset so I'm totally gonna spoil myself

[@mapacortes2117]

Just watch a Walktrougth then ,i did and i do not regret it specially if you dont see yourself buying a VR set in the near future .

[@lukkkasz323]

It's not worth it. What i did was skipping the majority of the gameplay, and just watching the beginning and the ending. And it was worth it. (If you've played HL1, HL2, EP1 and EP2 before)

[@PhantomOtter]

When the prices of headsets get even lower , please try vr , it's worth it especially with how much some prices are dropping.

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

I have a VR headset (Oculus Quest) but my PC isn't powerful enough for PCVR :/

[@garrettthefrank1903]

Its really not a "spinoff" it's a full game, and plenty of people asked for it. And it truly is groundbreaking with the quality and gameplay.

[@AndroidVageta1]

No one fucking asked for a Half-Life spin-off when we haven't even gotten the third game in the series after 16 years. What a joke.

[@pootisbear]

​@@AndroidVageta1 Wow. I mean I get the ire of being left waiting for something for a long time but in this instance there is fuck all reason to actually be complaining. Going back to pre-HL2 was actually completely necessary from a story perspective for Valve to retroactively expand the HL universe and plant seeds for the next installment, because Laidlaw just up and left and they were forced to move away from his vision for the story. The game is not a "spin-off" and even if you are unhappy or dissastified with Alyx, I really don't understand how you could say something like that. Hell I would argue thatyou're practically objectively wrong. It's a full length game with a mass amount of effort put behind it, if you've actually played or watched a playthrough of the game then that would not be lost on you at all. It's had just as much effort and time put into it as any mainline HL release and the story it tells is pertinent to the future of the franchise and the HL universe as a whole. I feel like just seeing the effort and committment that Valve put into this game is enough for most people to soothe people's ire of having to wait for so long. I mean honestly you're the only person I've seen to take umbridge with this game at this level outside of the fact that it's VR only. Even in this review, Gmanlives had a substantial amount of praise to give to the game on top of some fair and level-headed criticism. But even if none of this is enough to sway your cycnical mind, you still have no fucking reason to be complaing. The end of the game literally sets up HL3 directly and Valve have pretty much confirmed that it's in active development because Alyx has been a success. So you're getting exactly what you fucking wanted...

[@tagg946]

its not that ground breaking. lol

[@garrettthefrank1903]

@@tagg946 the level of detail and story telling in VR game is groundbreaking. And the character animations are some of the best I've ever seen out of all the AAA titles out there

[@tagg946]

@@garrettthefrank1903 Detail, no, other VR games have accomplished higher levels of detail in game mechanics, unless youre talking about graphical detail in a VR game Then yes, this is the most gorgeous VR game ive ever played, by far. Facial animations being top notch is expected with Valve and has been for over 15 years. They didnt do much special that other VR games have is my issue. They absolutely do win with story telling, accessibility for disabled players and players new VR, and graphics. But that isnt "ground breaking".. thats expected with any game coming out in 2020. VR or not....

[@sillkthashocker]

I'm kind of sad we had 2 characters missing in this one, and Gman didn't sound as weird as he did in the HL2 intro but still very sinister.

[@inthefade]

Definitely feeling you with the Combine not being enough of a threat. It made sense with Gordon because the guy is a walking natural disaster and they got away with it because of technological limitations. But they should jump and run from grenades and hide in cover. Killing them should be a puzzle, and approaching it directly should be deadly, at least for the first 2/3 of the game. Russell also ruins the tension and horror elements of the game most of the time. Aren't we done with the comedic companion characters from British colonies?

[@samuraishuyin]

memespace regarding the comic relief from Russel- it was intentional. Gameinformer has a decent interview with Valve and the actually talk about how they wanted to ease the anxiety since it was VR

[@hecunotmakingalogisquad5785]

they might learn in future story expansions or lost coast VR that would be amazing

[@quint3ssent1a]

Well, the guys are indoctrinated as shit, all those mind alterations to make soldiers more obedient and loyal and fearless (in radio chatter they almost never display any emotions, even when reporting that half of their people are fucking dead) probably messed their head to no ends. The game even shows you how they are so fearlessly dumb, the whole squad of them got eaten by barnacles.

[@jojak0512]

samuraishuyin in the parts of the game where it’s really dark Alyx actually asks Russell to talk to her

[@PerritoGG]

Yeah, their AI is way too stupid.

[@1good100]

I put this game on my SSD by default since I knew it was a VR game and never had any loading time problems

[@Struct.3]

yeah i was like what loading issue?, it only takes a couple of seconds each time it has to load. Which at the times it arrived i was kinda happy to just relax for a second

[@farguc]

Ive it on my hybrid hdd and no long loading times. Certainly no gta5, go play a game of apex legends while you wait loading times.

[@johnhickory9629]

wowowowowowowwowowowwowowowowowowowow great tip

[@FPVSlacker]

Loading times are just a few seconds on my NVME SSD... Get with the times, man!

[@gmodpro2099]

wtf load times are still bad on my ssd XD

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@gmodpro2099 Your SSD is shit then.

[@gmodpro2099]

@@the_furry_inside_your_walls639 fastest one store had lol 300 euros

[@mrzeebub5284]

I'm using an Index. Load times are ~20 seconds.

[@Deliveredmean42]

I guess he doesn't have an SDD.

[@jojak0512]

I don’t think the headset has much to do with load times

[@mrzeebub5284]

@@jojak0512 Probably not. I just noticed that he wasn't using Index Controllers, and I initially didn't assume that a gaming youtuber had a slower machine than I did.

[@highfunctioningsociopath4761]

"But this is still one of the most polished VR games you're ever going to experience." Uhh, I expect to experience a truckload of vastly more polished VR games in years to come.

[@ZalkDrives]

Exactly. Valve made this game to set the standard for AAA VR games coming forward, and they nailed it.

[@juliusbelmont350]

@@ZalkDrives Just like in the past with the other Half-Life games.

[@Livingroomset799Dep]

It feels so weird to say “Half Life 3 confirmed” and like actually MEAN IT Edit: I’m referring to the ending of this game, not this game itself

[@toanthlp]

yes holy shit

[@im.weasel]

This is not Half Life 3.

[@jaypeterman9721]

More like Half Life 1.99

[@nono7117]

mONEy the ending hints at half life 3

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

@@im.weasel The ending of HL:A *_is_* the confirmation of HL3.

[@Gonzax]

Loading times for me were like 10 seconds when you change a level. Time to get a SSD, man! The game was absolutely fantastic from the first second to the last and the ending was incredible. I can't wait for more HL in VR, this was an amazing game.

[@AutumnWind92]

Well in my country valve index costs the amount of 4 month salary lol.

[@majav15mg]

Gleb B. / Глеб Б. He’s from City 17 haha

[@wira8097]

6 month minimum salary here lmao

[@AutumnWind92]

@Gleb B. / Глеб Б. yes

[@AutumnWind92]

@@majav15mg jokes on you lol. The designer of City 17 is Bulgarian and made city 17 just like Sofia (the city I'm from)

[@justwhybros]

The vive is the budget option to play this game. You could also go even cheaper w/ an occulus quest

[@alexanderchippel]

"Forget about Freeman." *Game is one big teaser for Half-Life 3."

[@thevis5465]

"Forget about freeman" is a reference you mongoloid.

[@johnhickory9629]

*person does not know half life;

[@yung4real77]

ffs

[@mattmurphy2755]

Between this and R.E 3 remake coming out there's a ton of irony in games right now

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@One Eye King So many of the older game franchises are coming back, whether with remakes, reboots, or full on sequels/prequals. That's the irony in it.

[@Lucas61616]

sounds like you have an hdd. Just about every person i've seen who uses an ssd has load times of about 10 seconds. I personally also use an hdd and have to sit through very annoying load times. If your using an ssd and still getting upwards of 2 minute load times, i'd tell you to check your ssd to make sure nothing's wrong with it

[@RetroManiac84]

Gmanlives living up to his title...reviewing the game that has revived the Half Life series...

[@kloa4219]

SPOILER Fitting for this game too

[@titsmcgee4697]

300k people playing... I wouldn't say revival, still a great game.

[@svenzo1199]

I don't think any game could live up to the hype and expectations that this game had when it was anounced.

[@reneepeck8094]

Svenzo1 Cyberpunk 2077?

[@kloa4219]

SPOILER It's a sequel and a prequel

[@brunoactis1104]

It seems that it actually did. So far, i've only seen praises to the game.

[@jakep1178]

Renee Peck cyberpunk is NOT going to live up to the hype are you joking 😂

[@reneepeck8094]

jake p117 Calm down, lol. In what ways do you think it will fail to live up to expectations?

[@the-ultimate-mo9177]

I just wish there was more enemy variety. This would’ve been the best game to include some of the half life 2 beta stuff.

[@samu350]

The point of making the game VR only is to push the whole technology, it's not about just making a game. This is exactly what VR needed, an actual good VR title.

[@HarshNerf]

300k in sales is not gonna get any publisher to seriously care

[@samu350]

@@HarshNerf Any blooming tech has a rough start, as time goes on, prices on higher end hardware will drop, and VR will be more accesible.

[@barney10240]

@@HarshNerf They're get more then that on their own hardware and shit ton of data for analysis?

[@TheOnlyTwitchR6]

I never had ANY low fps moments on max settings I didn't have the "looking at the ground gameplay I didn't have any loading screens over 6-8 seconds

[@quinnmarchese6313]

the looking at the ground problem stems from capturing footage, not performance--differences in fov and resolutions and such

[@TheOnlyTwitchR6]

@@quinnmarchese6313 then why doesn't my footage look downward like his?

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@TheOnlyTwitchR6 because i just said, it has to do you the vr headset resolution and and field of view, its a capture software glitch

[@saberserpent7983]

Thumbnail: Decent VR Game Me: Amazing VR game of all time..... Game of the year?

[@Mickeyds11]

nah, i agree with his sentiment its a good vr game not the best. but thats only because they expect people new to VR to play so they made it very safe, you fall like a feather etc. its not bad tho. as a half life game tho i had a BLAST. boneworks is a better VR game with half life element's. but tbe story here is amazing!

[@StarwindAmada1]

Doesn't matter. We're all going to die by the end of the year. I still have to work and we're well within 6 feet of each other so... it's been nice knowin ya

[@demogeymidge2997]

Okay Mr. Cynical Head

[@demogeymidge2997]

Titan Venom I wasn’t talking about you, I was talking about StarwindArmada1

[@HarshNerf]

last of us 2 is coming out this year so game of the year is already locked up. maybe second best

[@KarlRock]

I still haven't played this game 😭

[@NigerianCrusader]

But you can’t because it’s not on disks

[@gast128]

The question remains if the VR thing was necessary. I don't see myself acquiring a VR headset or playing a game without the comfort of my office chair.

[@anotheramber7074]

It absolutely was, but you can play it with a chair, VR adds a ton of freedom and interactivity you just can't get with flat-screen, and that's what this game is all about

[@minisithunknown5568]

Yep you can play seated and it works the same as standing. I assume they have a crouch button for seated as standing I can not find a crouch button like in other games. Not an issue at all though.

[@anotheramber7074]

@@minisithunknown5568 there is a crouch button, it's in the settings under the name of height adjust

[@HarshNerf]

@@anotheramber7074 you can pick up things and duck with your body, wow so creative

[@anotheramber7074]

@@HarshNerf it's way more than that

[@zerozeroone4424]

JUST A CITY BOY BORN AND RAISED IN SOUTH DETROIT HE TOOK THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN GOING ANYWHERE

[@Terra-Antares]

Combine weapons disappear as soon as they're dropped... Why? I get that they're based on biometrics but that doesn't explain why they just pop out of existence the moment they hit the ground, even a bit of particles to show that the weapons are disintegrating would've been nice. Also, there's a couple of commands in the console that sort of allow you to play the game without VR, seems that Valve expected people to want to "un-VR" the game, so they lightened the load a bit for prospectors, obviously, when the Non-VR mod comes is another debate entirely.

[@petermonte2180]

This is source engine 2 game, I look forward to trying to learn the new engine

[@quinnmarchese6313]

considering the best current VR experience was developed in a version of an engine from like 2008 originally from 2002-3, i have to say the source engine is still beastly

[@nhanlenz]

As a Half-Life and first person shooter veteran, I committed to playing my first playthrough in Hard difficult. It was the right choice, making combat very tense. I connect to Alyx's would-be desperation as she would be reloading her guns and fighting for dear life. Made me realised how brave her character is when I am swearing out of fear and combat anxiety. So I could understand if the lesser difficulty induce less emotions from gameplay alone.

[@wesleybcrowen]

The levels loaded at consistent 15 seconds on M.2 NVME drive. Also good to know that it wasn't my fault spectator cam was drooping downwards, thank you.

[@GGGriggs]

Just came across your channel, and already I'm greatly enjoying your style of reviewing games, with your blend of humour and very in-depth analysis of the games themselves. Keep it up!

[@the-ultimate-mo9177]

“Nobody can see me play my visual novels” = the only real reason ppl use vpn on pc

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

Except the people who provide those VPN's to you can still see that shit.

[@VirusL4D]

Guys, it's happening. Half Life 3 is officially confirmed. *heavy breathing*

[@dl6262]

Shouldn’t you be playing Doom?

[@Kymlaar]

For better performance with the Oculus Rift S in Steam games for a slight visual shift in some games do the following: 1> Launch SteamVR 2> Hit the three horizontal lines in the upper left of the SteamVR box 3> Select Settings 4> Set "Advanced Settings" in the lower left to "Show." 5> Select Video from the menu on the left 6> Set "Advanced Supersample Filtering" to "Off" 7> Close settings with the "X" in the upper right. I hope that helps some folks!

[@SpeedsonicOddTristan]

9:13 You shouldn't always prime the gun. You prime it only when it's out of ammo. When you're putting a new mag in while it still has a bullet in the chamber you're ejecting a bullet. Just a little tip for reloading.

[@PyromancerRift]

The loadings last like 10 sec for me. Your drive must be saturated or half dead.

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

Or he still uses an HDD.

[@Nod_Lucario]

While this game does look good, and sounds appealing to play. I won't be able to play this, or any other VR game, due to me being partially blind in my left eye.

[@thessop9439]

Medic here. Whats wrong with your eye?

[@soysquid4312]

Damn sorry about that

[@HairyHog77]

You know, you could still play it. It'd be no different to how you see in real life surely? since it's one lens for each eye you'd just have another lens for your working eye.

[@RealStupidTV]

You can still play it, but you wouldnt be getting the full 3d effect.

[@Nod_Lucario]

@@soysquid4312 Yeah, one of my eyes didn't develop completely, so I can't use it as well as the other.

[@neuron_star]

Russell reminded me of Wheatley for some reason

[@ZalkDrives]

Same!

[@imsupergaybut8444]

it was actually written by one of the guys who worked on portal and wrote many of Wheatley's lines!

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@imsupergaybut8444 that and rhys darby and stephen merchant run in many of the same circles of comedy

[@enjoyer_of_harmbe]

I heard that Russell was originally meant to be laszlo aka the finest mind of his generation but his character went through changes during development and became Russell

[@duckmaneuvers]

_Forget about Freeman! We are abandoning the base. If you have have any last bomb targets, mark them on the tactical map. Otherwise get the hell out of there. Repeat: We are pulling out and abandoning the base. Give us targets or get below!_

[@serafettin6116]

I wonder how well this game would play with the keyboard and mouse hack (setting +vr_strAPI "Emulated" to set launch options).

[@benjaminheim735]

it would be garbage. The immersion is predicated on the virtual reality perspective.

[@DatInnocentGuy]

you need the controllers to interact with the world. otherwise moving objects would, rather than being fun, be a task that is more laborious

[@lotsagold]

itd be underwhelming, the game is built around vr not just a different control scheme

[@crunchychips8123]

The jittering. My god, the jittering. It's like seeing the world from inside Michael J. Fox's head.

[@Deliveredmean42]

It's kind of odd, since the walkthrough I seen were much much better. And doesn't suffer that down view angle too. He may have done something really badly in his setup.

[@Wizuu0274]

A lot of those videos have stabilization work done in editing, given that your head's constantly moving around and having a fairly hefty set of electronics strapped to your face does factor in.

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@Wizuu0274 Stabilization is Built in spectator view, Valve talks about it a lot when talking about VR.

[@WH250398]

Ha. Lol

[@BugsyFoga]

Cant believe Valve did the impossible , which was making another Half Life game .

[@br_i4360]

Great review! Good to hear you didnt have issues with your Rift S. I wasnt so lucky with my own Rift S. I ended up with many cases where my flashlight hand gripping the bottom of my pistol glitched out a lot and then my flashlight lost focus on my target. Very annoying. Also a lot of missed "behind the head" reloads at times because it somehow didn't see my arm go back there. And the last one are my grenade/item throws. That never worked at the speed I was throwing so grenades blew me up a lot.

[@i-dislike-handles]

I just realized at 9:50 the trick to throw a grenade through the vent is actually an idea from a fan mod I played a couple days ago. I forgot what it was called, and when I get the chance I'll edit this comment to show the name. Pretty cool, that was my favorite part of the mod.

[@n00bfishie]

I would love to play this, but spending $1500 on a VR headset and computer upgrade necessary to run it is a big ask.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i cant wait until vr setups come with either the necessary upgrades, or a standalone console and dont cost me half a years work saving up to buy

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

One could say that it's a.... *considerably large nudge...* to spend that much money for one game.

[@trblemayker5157]

I just hope this sells well enough for Valve to make non-VR games as well.

[@thegeek9049]

holybagpipes After Alyx, Valve will never make another non VR game. So if you really care that much, I would start saving.

[@dustojnikhummer]

Valve does not want to do that. HLA is not about selling copies of games, but to sell VR headsets.

[@thegeek9049]

dustojnikhummer Agreed. But it’s not just about selling VR headsets, it’s about proving to the industry that VR is the future and is a viable platform for future AAA games.

[@brunoactis1104]

@@thegeek9049 Yeah, and now they're working on Bran-Computer interface, also Gabe's son said that there will be prototypes in about 5 years. So, that future won't last long.

[@thegeek9049]

Bruno Torres Brain computer interfaces will work in tandem with VR

[@JDH0712]

Getting slight motion sickness from the gameplay footage, odd because I can play Doom Eternal fine.

[@Fondoofus5542]

2:18 love that “Don’t Stop Believing” joke their

[@GuyFernandez-h1j]

One of my favourite moment is when you hear a toilet flush and a head crab zombie came stumbling out

[@Unkn0wn0utlaw1]

I feel as if the players who dont have any vr headsets are left out with these kind of games

[@PhantomOtter]

I wish there was a cheaper option for them but we'll have to wait until then

[@Unkn0wn0utlaw1]

@@PhantomOtter This is my exact point

[@ProfessorSprouts]

VR is for kids in high school. When working people get home from their hard job, the last thing they want to do is strap on a headset and move around. Even a mouse and keyboard is too much sometimes.

[@HarshNerf]

fucking amen.

[@liamobrien9451]

Why is your view so zoomed in? All other footage I've seen has way more fov

[@jonbourgoin182]

11:20 No one else probably cares but I love that little nod you gave to Dead Space.

[@Hoodiebud]

I think the long loading times are meant to give the player a pause so that they don't get motion sickness.

[@samvimes9510]

I'm pretty sure the only reason Valve made this VR exclusive was to con desperate Half Life fans into buying the Valve Index.

[@Reloaded2111]

I feared that Valve might make the new Half Life game a Linux exclusive to promote their SteamOS. I was wrong, they did something worse than that - they made it a VR exclusive.

[@isaiahkowcun1662]

Except its compatible with literally any pc vr headset...

[@juliusbelmont350]

@@isaiahkowcun1662 Yeah, playing it with a Rift S is still a blast!

[@Rikker95]

I almost got motion sickness by watching the footage of the video, i never actually had a chance to try VR but i'm kind of scared at some point i'm going to be left behind thanks to shitty genetics

[@RealStupidTV]

You get used to it, my first session had me sick for the rest of the day after 30-45 minutes but after the third session I didn't notice any at all. You just have to train your brain for it. But the movement speed in Alyx is so slow it's likely not going to be much of an issue. It's most noticable when going at sprinting speed in something like Payday 2.

[@HarshNerf]

either you get used to it or you don't. it's all genetics unfortunately.

[@justmonika2345]

Just play with teleportation on instead of free roam if you can't handle the motion sickness. Either that or be prepared to take 15 minute breaks between sessions. I did that for Alien Isolation VR and got through it. (It's one of the worst VR experiences regarding motion sickness....the game throws you around everywhere and leaves you in small vents which increases the motion sickness effect)

[@titsmcgee4697]

@@HarshNerf you get used to it. You just do. It's like getting car sick or sea sick, you sit in whatever it is long enough and you'll be fine.

[@Jedevision]

Finally, a level-headed review for this game. Everyone seems to be blindly praising this game, it's nice to see someone hold this game accountable for its mishaps.

[@bmx7596]

The dude said it was a great Half Life game, thats about as high praise as it gets to stand shoulder to shoulder with those.

[@michaelcarson6469]

FriendlyFellaJed I guess you haven’t played the game then because it deserves all the praise it’s getting

[@CharlesGoodwin]

Game is 5 hours long. "This is too short and doesn't justify the price." Game s 10 hours long. "This game didn't need to be that long."

[@shrub8644]

Yeah lol I have to agree. But I think the main issue though is that for 10 hours there should've been more variety in the puzzles etc.

[@nicoleuswhite2192]

I agree. It doesn't do anything groundbreaking, but it did polish the existing VR mechanics to pure perfection. I mean, to innovate some new mechanics, you have to solidify the foundations of the existing mechanics first, right? Alyx accomplishes that magnificently. Now other VR games can follow suit.

[@emiliomorin2581]

I’m sure the game is extremely good and the first seconds I saw of it were so incredible and magnificent. It is completely out of the ordinary and i’m sure a lot of people would play it, but there’s the problem, even if I can understand valve seeing so much potential in VR, what they need to understand is that not everybody has the possibility of buying such technology as a new oculus headset, and because of that, it kinda ruins the game for a lot of people like myself, knowing that I will probably never be able to play the game just because I can’t afford expensive tech. I do have a psvr but at this point, it has become weak( compared to others) and has less and less good games that you find now on platforms like steam, like probably hl: Alyx.

[@magead]

The point is to create more demand, which will eventually result in sales and/or cheaper alternatives

[@PhantomOtter]

Right now medium grade headsets like regular oculus and vive may be expensive right now and I think valve understands that. They wanted to make a vr game because they saw the giant potential of vr and they saw that they could innovate it because that's what half life does. I think they knew not everyone could access vr right now but I think they just want everyone to be patient because vr prices will undoubtedly go down

[@Deliveredmean42]

That's the thing, Valve wasn't expecting a huge interested of this game (yep, the same people who though Artifact will do wonders). They didn't expect their new HeadSet to sell out thanks to the hype of this game. And yes, they know not everyone will buy their new headset, there is a reason every single VR headset are compatible with this game, so a 300 headset can work just as well as a 1000 dollars headset. But like any new tech of today, it will eventually be cheaper in the future (and hopefully prices will be a lot better once AMD also tries to put Nvidia on their place with their overpriced cards.) At this rate, the PSVR is 4 years old, and it won't be long for PSVR2 to replace it. Thankfully expect some huge improvement on the controllers, tracking, Frame Rate, and image quality. Heck, it was the cheapest VR headset compare to Oculus and Valve, so it will be funny if they did it again for next gen.

[@minisithunknown5568]

I could not play HL2 when it first came out. And so did many other people. You do not have to buy a game at release. First day sales are overrated.

[@Deliveredmean42]

@@minisithunknown5568 This my friend is what I am referring to. I don't buy games at lunch either, so I usually wait for Triple AAA games or other games to be cheap for like 35 dollars or less.

[@g.lowenklee2268]

"The game just started chugging along for no real reason ...Loading times, my god the loading times" Those sound more like your PC problems, not game problems: i7 9700K, RTX2080 Super, Valve Index, m.2 NVME drive, with all bells and whistles on ...neither of those issues cropped up on a complete play-through. So it's not bad optimization or something innate to the game per se.

[@BlackMesaEmployee]

That's a high end PC. I don't think you know what optimisation is...

[@TheNewBloodDan]

Alyx shouldn't be installed on an HDD.

[@chan13153]

Loading screens in VR just feels much worse. That's why I keep most of my VR games on my SSDs

[@awesome9174]

According to Steamspy, Half Life Alyx sold between 500,000-1,000,000. That's pretty good considering it just released and it's a VR game. That's impressive for a non VR game tbh