Half-Life: Alyx

[MMC]

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[Frankie Spankie]

OMG, there's a new Half Life game coming out! f***ing HYPE

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Holy shit. New Half-Life. Time to buy an Index.

 

[GreytWun]

Wicked news. Got my Oculus Quest ready!

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Holy crap

Is this it? Is this actually going to be Half-Life 3?!

 

[Osprey]

Holy crap

Is this it? Is this actually going to be Half-Life 3?!

I imagine that they would've called it Half-Life 3 and it wouldn't be VR-only if it were. This is likely a spin-off game... but it's an encouraging sign that Valve is finally returning to the Half-Life franchise. Maybe they're secretly working on Half-Life 3 alongside this and/or this is testing the waters and could convince them to go ahead with it if this game is successful.

 

[Warden of the North]

VR.

Meh

 

[Warden of the North]

I imagine that they would've called it Half-Life 3 and it wouldn't be VR-only if it were. This is likely a spin-off game... but it's an encouraging sign that Valve is finally returning to the Half-Life franchise. Maybe they're secretly working on Half-Life 3 alongside this and/or this is testing the waters and could convince them to go ahead with it if this game is successful.

Do they really need a VR game to convince them HL3 would be successful?

Really?

 

[Kiorei]

I am optimistic. VR is the next stage in development, maybe this is the next stage for HL.
Granted, I think the magic of the franchise might have passed them by, as all the talent left long ago, but I am still going to be optimistic about this.

The pessimistic part of me thinks this is just to push the Index which would be really lame.

 

[Beau Knows]

People had speculated for years that Half-Life 3 would be a VR title to help sell the technology. Well they were close.

I expect this title will be a big leap forward for VR.

 

[Osprey]

Do they really need a VR game to convince them HL3 would be successful?

Really?

I didn't suggest that they do. They do seem to need some kind of convincing to finally make HL3, though, and being reminded of how much people (including themselves) love the franchise could, maybe, be the boost that they need. It certainly couldn't hurt.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

VR?

No thank you.

 

[HanSolo]

Alyx

Cool, it's how Starbucks spells my name for some reason

 

[Suxnet]

Everyone should be over HL3 by now. The people responsible for the previous two are long gone. Leave the series dead. I'm at peace.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Booooo.

Where's Portal?

 

[XX]

 

[XX]

Booooo.

Where's Portal?

Coming. They have 2 more VR games under development. The Lab was just a test.

 

[XX]

Pictued: Not an accident

Also, the game is already free to all Index owners, regardless of when you bought it or the Index controllers.

 

[XX]

Everyone should be over HL3 by now. The people responsible for the previous two are long gone. Leave the series dead. I'm at peace.

Wolpaw, Laidlaw, and Pinkerton all came back to Valve. Plus they absorbed Campo Santo (Firewatch), all of which worked on Alyx. Chet Faliszek runs his own company now so he can chime in if Valve wants him to. Even Kelly Bailey (sound, music) is back.

Given the positive response to this and the gang getting back together in the last year or so, I'm more confident than ever that we will actually see HL3 at some point.



If you've never read his piece for HL2, it's a must:
The Final Hours of Half-Life 2

 

[Beau Knows]

Given the positive response to this and the gang getting back together in the last year or so, I'm more confident than ever that we will actually see HL3 at some point.

Agreed. I think this is a stepping stone to HL3, which I assume will also be a VR title. I bet we see it within the next 4-5 years.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

That trailer... holy f*** that looks absolutely amazing.

And when you mean free, does that mean that if I were to get the Index now, I would be able to get the game for free?

 

[XX]

That trailer... holy **** that looks absolutely amazing.

And when you mean free, does that mean that if I were to get the Index now, I would be able to get the game for free?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I see that now. Good shit. Yeah, legit considering buying the full Index kit. Been wanting VR and there is no better kit.

 

[Frankie Spankie]

I'm actually probably going to be upgrading to an Index from my OG Vive. I heard the screen is a lot better and the knuckle controllers are awesome. I've been on the fence about upgrading but getting this for free is a pretty big motivator to upgrade.

For anyone who hasn't tried VR, it's legit. It's expensive but it's definitely worth the ticket of entry. Playing VR games for the first time is like playing video games for the first time again. There's a whole level of magic as you enter a whole new world that you get to experience everything for the first time. It's a feeling I haven't felt in 20 years playing games as they're just games when you've been playing forever. In VR, it's way more than just a game. It's awesome having to move around yourself and do everything in a game rather than press a few buttons on a controller. The tracking is absolutely perfect too, this isn't the BS motion controls of the Wii days, this is 1:1 imitation and everything feels so natural.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Honestly, if anything, I just want to play Arizona Sunshine again. Loved that game.