Valve recently released an update for Half-Life: Alyx which contains 3 hours of developer audio commentary explaining in detail how the game was actually made. The commentary is subtitled in over 10 languages.
This appears similar to the Half-Life 2 and Portal developer commentary modes, but in HL: Alyx, the player can trigger the audio by taking an in-game headset. The developers have tried to detail nearly every aspect of its creation.
To listen to the audio tracks, you’ll need to start a new game and select the “Developer Commentary” option before going back into the world of City 17.
In the commentary mode, you’ll encounter clips at 147 points of interest in the game, covering several corners of development, including design, art, animation, rendering, sound, and more. The dev team in Seattle recorded the commentary “in closets and blanket forts”.
“Like much of the world, we are all working from home, which means that rather than using our comfortable high-quality recording studio at the office, we have been recording our commentary voice overs in closets and blanket forts around greater Seattle.”
As you start playing the game, you’ll encounter floating headphone icons scattered across the environment. In order to listen to a particular audio track, all you need to do is pick up the cans and place them on Alyx’s head.
As mentioned before, you will encounter a total of 147 audio clips as you play through the game. Each one is in English, along with subtitles in 10 other languages, including Chinese, French, German, Korean, Japanese and Russian.
You are also most probably going to run into some major spoilers, so it’s much better to complete the game once before listening, unless of course you don’t mind spoilers. Alyx’s developer commentary was initially expected to ship back in March 2020, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic the plan was scrubbed.
“As the commentary contains significant spoilers, we highly recommend that you play the game to its conclusion before playing through with commentary.”
Half-Life: Alyx is set in the 20 year time gap between Half-Life and Half-Life 2. The game uses Source 2 Engine and features a single-player, story-driven linear FPS campaign. The game also heavily utilizes physics and includes a physical player body.
Half Life Alyx came out in March 2020 and, as Valve has explained, it will be playable only on VR devices.
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Bought a used oculus rift probably some dude used for w@nking with for $150 few
weeks ago just to play this game. Videos or playing a modded 2d version
on your computer won’t do this game justice. Such an incredible
experience I feel everybody that loves video games should try it. It was
pretty f###en amazing!! Seeing combine life size as you and being in
city 17 was unreal. every chapter is unique and incredibly detailed.
It’s one of those must play game experiences I feel everybody needs to
give a chance to.
I’ll def try it as soon as a non-vr version comes out
This game would not translate well to non-vr. Thats why I said even video’s don’t do it justice. you have to play it in 3d vr to get a sense of scale and how the game works. half life alyx in non vr would just be nothing great as a regular game. it isn’t built to cater to that play style.
I call this kind of thinking bs along the lines “Dark Souls was made to play with a controller”. A good game will be a good game regardless of hardware (assuming hardware parity here), one could argue that VR is the best platform, but if the game is really good he will be good non VR as well.
No, Quake III is a fantastic game, i tried the PS2 version and it was sh*t because of the controller, same goes for Doom 2016.
Sometimes a game offers a way better experience on specific peripherals/hardware, what you’re saying is basically a game must be enjoyable whatever the hardware, so go try a very demanding game on a potato computer at 15 fps on 1024×768 and low settings and come here tell me if the experience was good nonetheless, or even better, just go and play on Stadia at this point
I played Quake 2 first on my Playstation 1 and i tought that game was pretty good. Was Quake 2 on Playstation 1 or N64 the same experience on PC? NO, but they can be good on their own right. Never claimed they would be the same experience, and i specifically mentioned hardware parity, so don’t come with the potato PC strawman example.
Now if you think Half Life VR would automatically turn out to be crap on a non-VR version(like a lot of apologists like to claim), maybe the game is not that good?
Or maybe a lot of it mechanics are tied to VR and are hard or impossible to translate to keyboard and mouse ? How can you lean to see what’s down a windows with a mouse ? You can’t, you look down with a mouse and you see your shoes, and how about these puzzles using all the 3D space ? If you have ideas i’ll be glad to hear them, no joke
Back when FPS where more PC centric, we used to lean by pressing a single buttom, like “Q” or “E” in the case of F.E.A.R.
Again i think you are using the apollogists rethoric, like “how can you make an perfect replica of HL:A mechanics with KBM controls?”. That’s bs, you don’t need a perfect replica, and that would probably be undesirable.
Back then we couldn’t lean forward, that’s what i’m talking about no leaning on sides, how can you lean forward to check what happening down a window in a classic FPS ? You can’t, this simple action is just impossible
Also if you enjoyed Quake 2 on PS1 that’s maybe because you didn’t play it on PC back then, maybe be if you go back to the PS1 version now you’ll find out it was sh*t, and maybe a VRless HL Alyx will please you too after all, i’m just saying that would be an inferior experience, just like the PS1 Quake II compared to it PC counterpart
“how can you lean forward to check what happening down a window in a classic FPS ? You can’t, this simple action is just impossible”
Forget about classic FPS and just think about the mechanic in question. I dunno, how about just a buttom press LMAO. In games like splinter cell there is spy devices that let you see what is on the other side of a closed door, sorry but looking down a window is not that complex to emulate, there is even games that let you jump out of a window haha.
“Also if you enjoyed Quake 2 on PS1 that’s maybe because you didn’t play it on PC back then, maybe be if you go back to the PS1 version now you’ll find out it was sh*t”
I enjoyed my time playing Quake 2 on PS1, but don’t feel the need to go back and play it again and i also don’t expect PS1 FPS games to be superior to PC FPS games of the time.
“and maybe a VRless HL Alyx will please you too after all, i’m just saying that would be an inferior experience”
I would expect them to at least try and make the game to be as good if not better, but i would be totally ok with the game being inferior to VR, it’s the VR HL:A fanboys that are insecure and it is a matter of all or nothing for them.
Why you insist for something you never experienced? Listen to all the people that played it. What fanboyish has anything to do with facts? Simple, the game is meant to be played with VR and its the best gaming experience you can have, simple.
” Listen to all the people that pleyed it.”
You mean the ones that can’t even type proper english?
“What fanboyism has anything to do with facts?”
Which facts? Making excuses for developers is not facts, it’s just being a shill fanboy, i hope you are getting payed, does Valve asks you to behave like an 8 year old boy?
“the game is ment to be played with VR”
Somehow, developers who needs to pay their bills don’t make pedantic rationalizations like these and ends up releasing proper non VR version of their games.
A propre non VR mode from Valve is the only way to make the game playable the way it should be, all the vr elements is going to be off the game and alot of new stuff is going to be add for the non vr version. And this is what fnd reclame i think. And to be honest i think it’s going to happen in the future, the game is going to be different but it’s not a prob. Good for people who like vr and a new game for people who are not into vr or can’t have it. The ending of Alyx concern all the Half-Life fans not only who can have VR.
You mean the way to get the entire fan base to play it and i agree, the thing is to wait for a GOOD mod instead of jumping on the first Frankenstein available, don’t get me wrong, i have no problem with a none-VR version but i loved HLA, and i want people to get a good experience with the game, i was a bit salty toward the first none-VR mods because they’re bad period, not because i think it shouldn’t exist, even though i think a lot of mechanics will be lost in translation, i also think it can be a solid KB/M shooter but only if it’s well done
And that’s the spirit man. VR or not it’s a Half-Life game everyone need to play it, and specially because of the ending, Half-Life 3 is going to be a direct sequel to Alyx not HL2E2.
“and specially because of the ending, Half-Life 3 is going to be a direct sequel to Alyx not HL2E2.”
If they bother making a HL3 in the first place, or maybe releasing yet another spin off to be a new direct sequel to HL3. So many possibilities…
Btw haven’t seen HLA ending yet, but retconning the entirety of Episode 2 seems in poor taste, but that’s just a hunch.
Pretty sure HL3 is on the way. If you don’t care about spoile watch the ending of Alyx, The thing is how they are going to make a game for PC and VR at the same time without altering each version. Cause the way Alyx VR play is not the same as traditional K/M gameplay. If the game came out as Normal FPS, VR owners are going to be super pissed off, cause some of them think Half-Life is bound for ever as VR only game. At this time Valve looks super surious about VR… Wait and see.
” If the game came out as Normal FPS, VR owners are going to be super pissed off, cause some of them think Half-Life is bound for ever as VR only game.”
That would be quite stupid, i don’t even consider Half Life a PC exclusive game, since there is plenty of ports for PS2, Xbox and Orange box for PS3 and such. Those ports also wasn’t the same as the original.
“i don’t even consider Half Life a PC exclusive game, since there is plenty of ports for PS2, Xbox and Orange box for PS3”
True, But who play Half-Life in consoles?! all the ports are sh*t they have some additions but useless. Wanna see if the future Valve games are going to be on XBOX SX/PS5.
“But who play Half-Life in consoles?”
People without acess to decent PC’s, but that’s not the point, the point is that the choice is there, those versions have also modifications on levels and controls and no one whines about it.
It seems that you never experienced VR. If you want to ruin the game, play it without VR.
Classic VR shill line.
Classic never gets old.
I respect the honesty here, at least you admit it.
Why not
Trying something new isn’t a starting point to be able to criticize it ?
What i do criticize is the endless rationalizations people make for this specific VR title. Plenty of other VR titles, some of then with non VR versions (i’m playing one these days, Paper Beasts: Folded Edition), and no one seems to care or get defensive with bs lines like “YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT IN VR OR ELSE YOU RUIN THE EXPERIENCE FOREVER !!1!!” (not exageration).
People don’t even care that much for HL:A, they care more about the VR version than the game proper, it’s just another form of console fanboyism.
Well as you know everything is a matter of perspective, on my side i see the same insecure people trashing on VR and VR owners, just dont be biased thinking that every VR owner is an arrogant moron, the only times i criticized none VR mods for HLA it’s because it was poorly done, and as someone who loves the game, i want people to get the best of it, i’m not against a KB/M mod or official version if it’s well done.
“on my side i see the same insecure people trashing on VR and VR owners”
Dude look around the VR side arguments, it is some variation of “the game will be ruined without VR” or elitist ones like “VR is the definitive way to play this game” or some variation of “here’s why Valve shoudn’t bother with a non-VR version”.
HL:A is the “console exclusive” of VR devices and the owners act like the predictable fanboys that they are. If there is insecurity, then it is on VR owners bland “tech evangelism” or having something to justify buying the device.
Well it’s not the definitive way to experience it it’s the only proper way, there is no proper mod at the moment.
And lines like “VR is a gimmick” “HL should stay a KB/M game” “VR guys are stupid for spending so much money” and all their respective derivatives are a thing too, like i said, matter of perspective, all i ask for these people is to at least try it, and if they’re not interested, at least wait for a proper none VR mod instead of kissing the first modder who gets rid of VR without any kind of polish, don’t be rude with someone who just want you to get a good experience with a game he likes, try to keep your toxicity for someone who is truly toxic and stop putting all VR owners on the same bag
“Well it’s not the definitive way to experience it it’s the only proper way, there is no proper mod at the moment.”
Turns out when you lock a software out of existing platforms and consoles then you have your “definitive way” to play it. Same can be said of consoles and their exclusives, then comes emulation giving people higher resolution and framerates and suddenly there is a better way to play it.
“And lines like “VR is a gimmick” “HL should stay a KB/M game” “VR guys are stupid for spending so much money” and all their respective derivatives are a thing too”
Maybe, but i haven’t see these arguments pop up in this thread, aside from a comment criticizing the game for not selling, which is disputed. I saw some comments wanting to play a potential non VR version only for them to get spammed with VR “tech evangelism”, as i like to call it.
“don’t be rude with someone who just want you to get a good experience with a game he likes”
When the arguments of VR tech evangelists turns elitist or exclusionary, then i have every right to be rude. I don’t know who needs to hear it, but a non VR version will not hurt your VR set one bit, so maybe VR people should cool it with the shill lines that only help Valve get lazy with their costumers.
“try to keep your toxicity for someone who is truly toxic and stop putting all VR owners on the same bag”
Lmao toxicity, are you sure you are not projecting here? I respond to every one with the level of respect they deserve, and any “toxicity” directed at other VR enthusiasts was well deserved. Shill arguments don’t deserve respect, period.
It doesn’t really compare to console exclusives which are held hostage and can technically run better on PC, HLA is organically tied to it platform just like Wii Sports
“but i haven’t see these arguments pop up in this thread”
There are other threads, and other sites, the first VR mods that popped in the first week of release were real garbage and people were saying “that’s how it should be” and “this is better” which is 100% wrong, things are not better just because you can access them more easily or just because you decided, that’s how you get salt.
“are you sure you are not projecting here?”
I’ve been rude toward the mods, not the people who wanted them, but you are rude towards the game and the people who defend it, so no i’m not projecting at all. And why you consider someone defending VR as a shill systematically ? You’re defending Epic Store does this make you a shill ? If it’s you it’s an opinion but when it comes from the other people it’s a shill argument ?
“When the arguments of VR tech evangelists turns elitist or exclusionary”
Lol PC players have been elitist and exclusionary for decades, and now a portion of these guys play the victim over a game they couldn’t access easily, sorry but this is just hilarious
“so maybe VR people should cool it”
You’re here nearly everytime an HLA articles pops lol, sh*tting on the game at any moment you have an occasion to do it, replying to everyone who tells something about it, and without even trying it on top of that, maybe YOU should also cool it down as you seem to take all this personally 😉
“It doesn’t really compare to console exclusives which are held hostage and can technically run better on PC”
Where’s the evidence of this claim? Console games can also technically run worse on PC, i recently played Gears 2 on Xenia and the experience was worse than the original, not that i can complain.
” HLA is organically tied to it platform just like Wii Sports”
Wii Sports can also be emulated on PC, nice self own. Every VR title is “organically tied” to VR devices… until it isn’t.
“And why you consider someone defending VR as a shill systematically ?”
As a rule of thumb, when some argument is similar to a salesman trying to sell you a product, then you are a shill. In the case of VR, when someone claim that you can’t play a VR game in non VR mode or that a non VR mode would cripple the game to an unplayable state, like so many do in this thread.
“You’re defending Epic Store does this make you a shill ?”
I defend Epic Store so long as they have something to offer me, like a free copy of a MMORPG like Elite:Dangerous that i coudn’t pirate otherwise. Shilling is the act of defending something that goes against your interests or the interest of the general public.
“Lol PC players have been elitist and exclusionary for decades, and now a portion of these guys play the victim over a game they couldn’t access easily, sorry but this is just hilarious”
I’m from the camp of PC players that wants more console games to have PC ports, so no, i don’t think the stereotype fits.
“You’re here nearly everytime an HLA articles pops lol, sh*tting on the game at any moment you have an occasion to do it”
Criticizing Valve’s business pratices is not sh%tting on the game, saying the game would be utterly ruined with a non VR mod is sh#tting on the game, because it takes away any merit that the game may had outside of VR. I already played some decent non VR version of VR games, no reason to think HLA doesn’t fits the bill.
“replying to everyone who tells something about it”
When the argument is dumb, i can’t help it, like saying that looking out of a window is a groundbreaking feature in gaming.
“like saying that looking out of a window is a groundbreaking feature in gaming”
I didn’t say it’s groundbreaking strawman, i only said you couldn’t in a classic shooter as an example of the possibilities, when you move your mouse down, you’ll only see your shoes (if there’s FBA), VR really shows a lot of limitation classic shooter have (and that’s not sh*tting on classic shooters, i still love them just saying) but you’ll have to try to know that, i’m not the one speaking without knowledge here, i tried both
“Wii Sports can also be emulated on PC, nice self own”
Emulating isn’t an official port, it’s an option just like a VR-less mod, and you still need the proper peripherals to enjoy it, or you gonna say that Wii Sports is sh*t because i must play it with a mouse ? No, playing it with a mouse is an inferior experience, i don’t see any self-own here
“As a rule of thumb, when some argument is similar to a salesman trying to sell you a product”
So basically i’m a shill if i advice someone to let’s say buy a game, because that’s what the company want, and if i enjoyed something you don’t i have to STFU because that’s playing the company’s game, Jesus that’s dumb and i don’t even think you know what shilling is
“I’m from the camp of PC players that wants more console games to have PC ports, so no, i don’t think the stereotype fits”
You’re pretty narcistic, why do you think i was talking about you specifically ?? Being different doesn’t save a large portion of the PC crowd from being what it is
“I already played some decent non VR version of VR games”
Yeah but have you played the VR versions to be able to say which one is the best and what the VR-less version loses in translation ?
“I didn’t say it’s groundbreaking strawman, i only said you couldn’t in a classic shooter as an example of the possibilities”
As a rule of thumb, if the feature is just some mundane crap any average people can do, then it’s not really impressive. Most games let you jump out of windows or do other things more impressive with the Avatar. so it’s not like people would care that much about playing in a pretend virtual house. It’s just an curiosity, nothing more.
“why do you think i was talking about you specifically ?”
This coming from the guy accusing me of generalizing VR users lol.
“or you gonna say that Wii Sports is sh*t because i must play it with a mouse ?”
It is a possibility that a game might translate poorly from one device to the other, or maybe the game gets better with a mouse, who knows? I’m all about options, not about parroting what is best for the bottom line of Nintendo or whatever.
“So basically i’m a shill if i advice someone to let’s say buy a game”
You forgot about the rest. “buy a game”, also “buy a VR device because the game is only good if you play on VR” which is pretty much the PR line Valve employees wants their fans to use to justify not making a VR less version.
“Yeah but have you played the VR versions to be able to say which one is the best and what the VR-less version loses in translation ?”
Lmao have you? Oh wait you can’t compare, you need to justify the lack of non VR version by using Valve’s own PR lines(I still remember Valve fanboys spending years justifying lack of a Episode 3 due to Valve’s perfectionism or something, classic shilling). I don’t care about the best definitive GOTY version, i care about options, the more the better. What use is there in saying a non VR version would be bad if no such version exist?
“non VR version would be bad”
Never said that, i said the 2 mods that came in the first month of release were bad because they were, anyone who has eyes and an internet connection can tell you, and i also said that things will be lost in translation , IMO the best thing Valve can do for their none-VR fans is to release a stand-alone classic shooter and not Alyx, a lot of things like combats and puzzles in Alyx will translate very badly into KB/M gameplay, and if it never happens, the modding has to be ambitious and tweak large portions of the game to make it good, sorry but these 2 Frankenstein mods that everyone was excited for in the first month are just very bad, at least wait for something good and don’t jump on the first crap made in 2h
“Never said that”
Spends the rest of the post explaining how HL:A would be bad as a desktop game, lmao, could you try to be less obvious at least?
“at least wait for something good and don’t jump on the first crap made in 2h”
Why do you assume i downloaded the mod, or this game?
“Spends the rest of the post explaining how HL:A would be bad as a desktop game, lmao, could you try to be less obvious at least?”
Here is what i said “a lot of things like combats and puzzles in Alyx will translate very badly into KB/M gameplay”
I don’t how you see this as an insult to a potential VRless version, all i wanted to say is that a lot of things need to be tweaked, thus requiring a lot of work, especially for a modder, the combats are short with very few enemies, and the puzzles are heavily tied to motion controls, i’m just discussing game design facts this is not shilling in any means, stop taking this discussion personally, after all we’re still talking about entertainment, you’re acting same as the guys you criticize, being triggered everytime you hear HLA and VR in the same sentence
“Why do you assume i downloaded the mod, or this game?”
When i see how much time you spend trashing the game, Valve and VR owners, i guess you are at least interested in the franchise to discuss with such passion, if not, you really have a lot of time to waste mate, enjoy
“Here is what i said “a lot of things like combats and puzzles in Alyx will translate very badly into KB/M gameplay””
“Will translate very badly” AKA the game will be bad in desktop version.
“all i wanted to say is that a lot of things need to be tweaked”
If you actually bothered reading my posts, you would see that i’m totally ok with the game not being the same as the VR version.
” thus requiring a lot of work”
Ah yes, Valve employees are work averse so we should feel bad for them.
“i guess you are at least interested in the franchise to discuss with such passion”
Why yes, i do used to like the franchise before they put it in indefinite hiatus and locked their newer game in a hardware that cost the equivalent of 2 high end GPU’s from where i live.
“If you actually bothered reading my posts”
I read every letter you write, and you should also know at this point that i’m ok f*cking OK if there’s a KB/M version, i’m repeating for 2 centuries that all i want is the game/mod to be good and my negative thoughts about the KB/M version are based off the 2 garbage VRless mods, and then again my bad i shouldn’t call it garbage because there is some work behind it after all, let’s say those experimental barely playable mods
According to the game’s reception among the public, it is already considered good/great, so there’s no way the game can “turn out bad” in the future. Modders are just people messing with the tools provided, we shoudn’t expect much, but at least they are a respectable (and free) competition, so there’s no need to be mad at them, at least Valve don’t go against them, but that doesn’t excuse Valve outsourcing their job if modders can put some decent “Quality of Life” work in the future.
Speak proper english.
Edit: Thanks for fixing your poorly worded post, but there is still the issue of your crappy argument.
“If you want to ruin the game, play it without VR”
What an bizarre argument, so if i configure an PC game graphics to run at 60 fps i’m ruining the game? It is either 8k max settings or don’t bother at all? Lmao goddamn VR shills.
It would if they made it
It’s funny the way they make preemptive excuses for things that haven’t happened yet. “A non-VR HL:A would have sucked”. It’s just so people can excuse Valve for not trying. If valve turned around and make a non VR version these people would all change their tune.
They are shilling more for the VR version than the game proper, it’s interesting to observe.
Don’t bother. The magic behind this game is VR. Its just truly amazing. Best gaming experience of my life and I am glad that I manage to experience it.
If the game will suck in his non-vr version, is it really that good in the first place? Your comment makes the impression that you are just amazed by graphics and little else.
The game is not amazing by its graphics. Its amazing by its vr implementation. The game is frightening, even the most simple enemy. Not to mention one of the most amazing sections to the game, Jeff. The whole atmosphere is second to none. Graphics is a plus to the amazing gameplay.
“The game is not amazing by its graphics. Its amazing by its vr implementation. The game is frightening, even the most simple enemy. Not to mention one of the most amazing sections to the game, Jeff. The whole atmosphere is second to none.”
So… graphics. I’m not against graphics btw. If it looks good on VR it will look good on a monitor.
Not at all. What you see on a monitor just isn’t the same as in a headset. Monitor gives you an impression, but it isnt remotely transferrable. It’s like comparing a picture of the Eiffel Tower on your computer and saying because you’ve seen a picture that you’ve been there.
What’s with VR shills and strawman points? An 8k monitor is better than a 4k monitor, never claimed that a monitor will make you go to France or make you smell french people.
If you’re not intelligent to understand the comparison, you’re not intelligent to understand VR. This is clear from all of your previous posts.
No one asked for the comparison sh*t for brains! You are the people claiming that the game would be ruined without VR, not me. So are all those VR games that added non-VR versions bad? Simple question.
“you’re not intelligent to understand VR.”
“VR IS TOO DEEP GUYZ U WOUDN’T UNDERSTAND”
Lmao, i get it bro, HL:A became a rallying point for VR enthusiasts, it’s the game(apparently the only one) that justified buying the device and all these arguments are just the equivalent of console fanboys defending the honor of their exclusive games. It’s not that HL:A would be crap without VR, it’s that YOU WANT A NON VR VERSION TO FAIL SO YOU COULD SAY YOU ARE RIGHT! That clear enough for you?
lol this clown cracks me up
Forgot to switch alt accounts?
Not interested in vr, just the story/setting
The story is very good. Especially the ending but again there moments in the game that VR explode the gameplay.
“there moments in the game that VR explode the gamepley.”
Gotta love the way these shills make grammar mistakes to appear legit.
“You have to play this game in VR or else you will totally ruin this game forever”
Who uses these kinds of bs arguments? People trying to sell VR devices, that’s who.
Yep it was fantastic, i love the series and i think VR is a perfect fit for fit, it also shows a lot of potential for future VR games, but it’s still a relatively expansive experience that sadly not everyone could try, and to be honest since i completed it, i played Pavlov and Boneworks and tried some few forgettable things, and now my Index is just taking dust and i’m even too lazy to plug it again to try this update, the only hope for VR in the future IMO is more AAA games
Medal of Honor is coming and Walking Dead Saint and Sinners is amazing. Also Vtol.
Going from HLA to S&S is a bit difficult, and MoH is an Occulus exclusive
Its not. This is what they wanted you to believe. Check the game on Steam, it supports the index. S&S is not as amazing as Alyx but its good.
Saint and Sinners is amazing lol right
a massive flop. like steam machines
keep your toughs 2 yourself valve, people just don’t care.
Haven’t seen any numbers from this game to be honest. I think they would sell way more if they just release the non VR version they hold hostage.
In your comment above you speak about greedy practices because it’s VR only, and here you state that it would sell more if it wasn’t VR only so less money and less greed, you’re confused and confusing lol
Plenty of layers of complexity on “greed”. A company that releases woke games even tough the wokeness will cost them sales is still greedy but in a future oriented fashion, and when you least expect, virtually all games are SJW woke so you either cash out on gaming, letting the new generation take over or join the bandwagon. Same thing is true for Steam.
Wokeness losses are not that important, just look at TLOU Part 2, it sold really well, same goes for The Outer Worlds, Uncharted 4 and AC Valhalla is doing good at this very moment.
A classic HL game would do x50 times the sales of HL Alyx if they really wanted money, and do you really think a company that takes 30% of each game sold on their store needs a niche VR game to make money ?? LOL
“Wokeness losses are not that important, just look at TLOU Part 2, it sold really well, same goes for The Outer Worlds, Uncharted 4 and AC Valhalla is doing good at this very moment.”
I already clarified this part when i said: “virtually all games are SJW woke so you either cash out on gaming, letting the new generation take over or join the bandwagon.”
If they tried this crap in the 90’s or early 00’s it would probably end bad, so we are talking about calculated risk.
“A classic HL game would do x50 times the sales of HL Alyx if they really wanted money”
Except they still do want money and turns out HL games while lucrative will not churn out big money like their other ventures. You think a company worth billions like Steam they don’t have that figured out?
“and do you really think a company that takes 30% of each game sold on their store needs a niche VR game to make money ?”
Poor strawman, like i said early, their VR game is future oriented, testing the waters as i like to call, maybe some incestous relationship with others VR device sellers looking to move more units, who knows. What i do know is that it ain’t charity.
And what’s the problem with testing new things for the future ? We’re all here complaining about how the industry is plagued by copy/paste games and yet everytime someone tries something everyone goes mad.
And what’s the problem with testing new things for the future?
That’s not really it. Valve is doing the same thing Microsoft does with their flagship franchises like Halo or Gears of War. Microsoft could gain money by releasing those games in the X360 years but they choose their console instead. They where right from a business perspective, but why should i care?
The computer should have never been invented because it was greedy move, it caused so much. Also the Internet because google ads. Also smart phones because, greedy. There are always deniers for moving the technology forward.
Yes, every greedy move have the same moral value, thanks for the insight genius s/
Of course https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5b88cd85bf5bd4f51a69a5ef35183437353d56fed973f9480249f788b65fa220.jpg
Proving what i said right.
Hahaha nop
So HL:A was not made to move more VR devices? haha, thanks for the laughs.
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Learn proper english so you can actually understand what i am saying, greek boy. Or don’t, you are dumb either way.
Majority of VR games on PC offers Non-VR version for those willing to try it out, but to be fair, those devs don’t need to move VR devices like Steam does. It’s just greed and nothing else. Those games also don’t have an army of shills telling the world that YOU CAN ONLY PLAY THIS GAME ON A VR DEVICE!!1!
That would be greed if the game was only compatible with Valve Index, releasing it only on VR means low sales, how is that greedy when you know it’s also compatible with all VR headset of the market ?
Releasing on Valve Index only would be ultra greed, they already alienated a huge part of their fanbase, no need to go overboard.
Most of the players/streamers/youtubers i saw playing HLA were using Occulus devices, the Index isn’t cheap and Valve knows that.
But if you consider any move by a company supposed to make profit first and foremost as greedy then you should try another planet
You can be greedy and please a larger fanbase or you can be greedy and allienate most of your fanbase. I’ll always criticizes the former.
Even a 300 euro VR can play it. Index is not needed.
HL:A was made so people would buy more VR devices regardless of the model. Woudn’t surprise me if Valve got money from other manufacturers looking for a best seller.