Two days ago, we informed you about the possibility of seeing the next Valve VR game and Elden Ring next month. And it appears we were right. Earlier today, a leaker – who was also responsible for the DOTA Underlords leak – has revealed the first details about this game.
Valve’s VR game will be called Half-Life: Alyx, will be announced at the Video Game Awards 2019, and targets a March 2020 release. Or at least that’s what the leaker claims.
The leaker leaked a snippet from an interview between Geoff Keighley and two of Valve’s employees. We do know that Keighley and his team is currently rehearsing the VGA 2019, so this actually sounds plausible.
According to the leak, Half-Life: Alyx started as a VR exploration game. Furthermore, Valve does not currently plan to release a more “traditional” version that PC gamers can play with the mouse and keyboard.
What’s also interesting here is that Valve plans to create more games after Half-Life: Alyx. As one unnamed Valve employee claimed during the interview.
“Yeah, the engine is ready now. I think it’s like Robin says, we want to put this out and see how the world reacts to it before we make any concrete plans about what we do next.”
You can find the full Half-Life: Alyx leak here. However, and as the title suggests, this is a rumour (at least for now). Therefore, take everything you just read with a grain of salt.
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“Half-Life: Alyx is the next game”
gross. absolutely no one wanted this.
That’s why the shills are hard at work in this post.
The gameplay will consist of you constantly getting in the way of Gordon Freeman and always trying to annoy him through the need to babysit you and just being a dull, boring companion in general.
But hey, at least you will be playing a one dimensional character… in three dimensions!
based and redpilled. FPS NPC companions suck.
and saying “stand back mutetard this is a WOMANS job.
Like a 2019 game.
and Freeman will be that black guy meme who says “oookay”
He’s Scots-Hebrew, duh.
How do you know you play as Alyx?
Yes, where could I possibly get that idea?
“Furthermore, Valve does not currently plan to release a more “traditional” version that PC gamers can play with the mouse and keyboard” https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3a1b61dd0e0bbe41d33f015d7acc991fb0a8354d09878eca7cfff83b4eb83130.gif
You mean Mario 64 isn’t releasing a 2D version? Well screw you Miyamoto! – You.
Different case…find better comparison. Next!!!
Both games are only possible on their native hardware. It’s about as good of a comparision as you can get. Anyone that doesn’t get this and is still angry is entitled.
Imagine creating a franchise that is PC native, only to release the next installment exclusive to PS4 or Xbone…
Imagine creating a franchise that is 2D native like Mario only to release the next instalment exclusive to the N64.
2D or 3D, we are talking about game style (and by the mid 90’s, everyone was sick of 2D and was salivating for 3d games), Mario was still from Nintendo consoles, there is also plenty of VR games that release non VR version, so it’s not like there is an excuse here.
There is an excuse here because the game’s mechanics will be impossible without VR. Valve confirms this in the leaked transcript for the interview you’ll see in a couple of days. Not to mention Kerry Davis talking about the game a couple of months ago, without revealing what it actually was, he told everyone how far they are going to push physics.
“There is an excuse here because the game’s mechanics will be impossible without VR.”
I love how you preemptively injects company aproved apologetics, without even knowing if it is true or not. Kinda reminds me of Dark Soul fanboys claiming that Souls games can’t be played with Keyboard and Mouse, except their claim is utter BS.
Except I know it’s true because I watched the Kerry Davis door talk and even read the leaked interview transcript which is confirmed to be real. They are pushing physics interactions hard.
“They are pushing physics interactions hard.”
How? By jumping from a bridge in real life? Talk about pushing physics a little too hard… Why don’t you explain how Valve’s new POS game needs to be absolutely exclusive to their VR tech and it’s not a BS excuse to buy their overpriced crap?
Jesus dude, just wait for the gameplay reveal whether that’s on Thursday or at the Game Awards. The physics will immediately tell you why it can only work in VR. It’s about the interaction and agency with those physics; you can’t map intuitive physics like that to a keyboard and mouse, ever.
More buzzwords, corporate speak and blind faith coming from you, but little in the way of a true explanation that goes beyond ” YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY PLAY DARK SOULS WITH KB+MOUSE DUDE!!”
P.s. “gameplay reveal” is just like concept art for the most part, in most cases it doesn’t represent what the real product will look like (or play like). My prediction is that they will just reveal some kind of VR walking simulator.
It’s not blind faith because this is stuff you’d already know if you did the research.
The explanation is much more like “YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY PLAY MARIO 64 WITH 2D GRAPHICS DUDE!!” but you know, actually in a serious sense.
What the heck are you talking about with the gameplay reveal? This will be VR gameplay which means it’s 100% gameplay no matter what you see unless they do some out of body editing and fly-bys. No, they will show mostly everything from 1st person.
I can’t wait to come back to this comment thread when the gameplay hits.
“The explanation is much more like “YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY PLAY MARIO 64 WITH 2D GRAPHICS DUDE!!” but you know, actually in a serious sense.”
That’s easy, you can’t play Mario 64 with 2d graphics because Nintendo never bothered porting the game to the SNES or making a 2d version. Did you know porting back then didn’t used to be 1:1 conversions? That you could make a Sega Genesis game and later port it to the inverior Master System or a superior console? Are you seriously telling me Valve can’t do what devs did regularly 20/30 years ago (and even today)?
“What the heck are you talking about with the gameplay reveal?”
Same thing that happens in every “gameplay reveal”. Ever watched an Ubisoft game E3 preview?
“I can’t wait to come back to this comment thread when the gameplay hits.”
If you think you can prove that valve can’t port a VR game to PC, i already debunked your BS, sorry. They don’t wanna port because they want to sell their VR headsets gathering dust, simple as that.
At least Mario 64 exists! Can’t say the same for Half Life 3 or HL2: Episode 3
Yeah I remember Mario 64. We needed a completely new, bulky and hardly comfortable controller to play that game that was incompatible with 2D platformers.
Nice sarcasm!
Yeah that doesnt sound great for PC gamers in general.
Kind of an insult still to all those who invested in all the games and promises of a finale that never happened.
They have all the resources to make “traditional” PC games like they do years ago,but they choose to invest in niche market…smh
They have way more resources and manpower than before, not only that, Valve have the resources to create first party developers to make exclusive games for them, and yet they let Epic steamroll them with exclusives.
I’m fine with that though. Freeman is the main protagonist in Half Life, not Alyx, so they can keep that spin-off on their gimmicky device.
A PC+monitor and mouse+keyboard is a gimmicky device for gaming, you do realize that, right?
What?
I’m saying that PC is a gimmicky platform for games. In case people are still confused, I’m channelling the people on here calling VR a gimmick. It’s such a nonsensical statement that I’m doing the same for PC just to show how ridiculous it sounds.
What’s next, a TV is a gimmick?
If by gimmick you mean “trash no one wants except for pr0n”, then you are wrong.
If by gimmick you mean “trash no one wants except for p*rn”, then you are wrong.
PC and VR are 2 completely different things, it’s not like PC is bound to VR, so, again, What?
– 10 years without a new game for a franchise in bad need for closure
– I’m fine with that.
Fans these days…
Closure should’ve happened a long time ago. Just let it go before it gets the Star Wars and Star Trek treatment.
I have more faith modders will fix this, than Valve and their supposed VR spin off.
Come on dude. Imagine playing it with a “cinematic mod”. Just nod your head and you can see those delicious boobs. In first-person. 4K. 3D!
Classic Valve, looking at what all their fans want and then giving them some useless crap instead.
More like Modern Valve. The Valve we used to love is the Classic Valve that brought us their first games.
Terrible news for fans of Half-Life.
Fascinating!
Astonishing!
I Ever Asked For This!
Excellent!
I wonder if the downvotes are thanks to the fanboys defending a supposed new stupid VR game or is it Epic Store related? Either way, it’s Steam fanboys doing what they do best (worst).
So it’s Half-Life 3
…D.
Gabe counting: “One, two, Alyx, four…”.
Technically it would be Half Life 7
BS. Valve doesn’t make video games. Didn’t you fall for a fake Valve leak just a few days ago?
i knew that the next half life game with implement vr ideas and wont be with gordon freeman.
I knew that too, i’m a HL top fan and i don’t know what to think about this, i mean VR is not really ready to get full fledged games, but i know that they worked hard to implement some cool features to VR gaming (i suggest you to watch Valve’s Kerry Davis 2019 speak at Digipen) they want to convince people to get VR headsets with a full game, as the VR games right now are just boring demos.
Like everyone one else i just want a traditional game, but if the game will end being a revolutionary title that pushes the limits of VR, it could be interesting, back in 2004 we were all angry about HL2 being released only on steam, and also used steam for retail copies, but in the end it was the right thing, it just needed time to shine, wait and see i guess, the fact that Valve is returning to HL is good news, at least it’s not a mobile game lol
who downvoted you?
The last paragraph is worthy of a downvote (it wasn’t me btw).
If this is confirmed, so Valve is back to dev on SP games, i think it’s good news overall even on VR, all HL fans are tired of TF2, CSGO, DOTA and their last cancer Card game, i’m not saying that VR is the future or something like that, i and will always prefer classic KB/M/Controller over anything else but it could be a good alternative to classic input, it has potential no one can deny it, it just missing THE reference title, that’s what Valve are trying to do
I do prefer a classic HL tho, sadly that’s not how Valve works with HL, the series has always been pushing boundaries, even with the HL2 Episodes, the games were always bundled with some fancy tech and features, a HL game that doesn’t do anything new doesn’t deserve to be released, this is how HL is viewed by Valve
“all HL fans are tired of TF2, CSGO, DOTA”
Maybe, but HL fans are not numerous enough for Valve to cater to them.
“i’m not saying that VR is the future or something like that”
If the future doesn’t involve some pos apocalyptic dystopia, then VR is the future, but not this particular VR, we are just messing with prototypes at this point.
“sadly that’s not how Valve works with HL, the series has always been pushing boundaries, even with the HL2 Episodes, the games were always bundled with some fancy tech and features, a HL game that doesn’t do anything new doesn’t deserve to be released, this is how HL is viewed by Valve”
I’m so tired of hearing this kind of apologetics, mostly because it is straight Bull$h!t. “OMG i’m never releasing another HL ever again because it’s not bundled with some BS tech”. Meanwhile they keep milking better cashcows for all it’s worth without having to resort to some “artistic BS”.
“Maybe, but HL fans are not numerous enough for Valve to cater to them.”
HL Saga is a huge commercial and critical success and it’s one of the most appreciated VG series of all time, there’s enough fans and potential buyers for the series, it’s just that back then, Valve had to work to exist, now they exist, they don’t feel the need to do a sequel.
” but not this particular VR, we are just messing with prototypes at this point.”
I said that to you earlier, did you even read ?? The whole point of HLVR is to do the first full VR game, the first non demo, non prototype, get it ?
“I’m so tired of hearing this kind of apologetics, mostly because it is straight Bull$h!t”
Facts are here, all the HL games were revolutionary titles at release, they surely want to keep the tradition and the reputation of the series.
Also i feel like you’re really angry man, calm down we’re not discussing politics
“Facts are here, all the HL games were revolutionary titles at release”
Nice (irrelevant)opinion you got here, too bad i coudn’t care less.
“they surely want to keep the tradition and the reputation of the series.”
Great reputation they got here, a game series that will eternally be in cliffhanger limbo, or a DNF flashback, take your pick.
“The whole point of HLVR is to do the first full VR game, the first non demo, non prototype, get it ?”
I’m saying that VR gears ARE the prototype, not the game. It’s not like there is not several full games developed for VR (most of them suck tho’).
“HL Saga is a huge commercial and critical success and it’s one of the most appreciated VG series of all time, there’s enough fans and potential buyers for the series, it’s just that back then, Valve had to work to exist, now they exist, they don’t feel the need to do a sequel.”
Irrelevant, Valve can print money with their derivative franchises and game store, whatever potential monetary gain HL franchise can give will be dwarfed by Valve’s own wall of mediocrity.
“Nice (irrelevant)opinion you got here, too bad i coudn’t care less.”
It’s not really my fault if you were not gamer yet in 1998 to witness what HL was, if you’re too young for that so i understand…
“Great reputation they got here, a game series that will eternally be in cliffhanger limbo, or a DNF flashback, take your pick.”
Twin Peaks, one of the best TV Shows ever ended in a cliffhanger and stayed like that for years before a sequel, the cliffhanger isn’t removing what the HL series has accomplished in terms of game design and other stuff, once again if you don’t know what Twin Peaks is, my bad…
“I’m saying that VR gears ARE the prototype, not the game. It’s not like there is not several full games developed for VR (most of them suck tho’).”
I mostly agree, but there was a time when the hardware you’re playing with was a prototype too, things are not here to stay forever like they are you know ??
“Irrelevant, Valve can print money with their derivative franchises and game store, whatever potential monetary gain HL franchise can give will be dwarfed by Valve’s own wall of mediocrity.”
Said that earlier just using other words for the money part, if you think Valve is mediocre and deny all what they done to this industry, so you’re either a very negative person or blind
“It’s not really my fault if you were not gamer yet in 1998 to witness what HL was, if you’re too young for that so i understand…”
Stop making assumptions… but speaking of which, it’s worth remembering 2 expansion packs for HL outsourced to Gearbox, and HL episode 3 was outsourced to Arkane before Valve pulled the plug, so in conclusion, so much for the argument that the next sequel should be super bombastic and artistic or whatever…
“the cliffhanger isn’t removing what the HL series has accomplished in terms of game design and other stuff”
Again, stop making assumptions. Lol imagine making a best selling, critically aclaimed game only to make it linger for 10 years without conclusion, and the only thing on the horizon is a VR game rumor and fans are lapping it up. Quite sad if you ask me…
“I mostly agree, but there was a time when the hardware you’re playing with was a prototype too, things are not here to stay forever like they are you know ?”
The moment VR tech evolves to be better than what we have today (which basically means, the moment VR tech stops being like the VR tech of today, which few exceptions) will be the moment i will support it.
“Said that earlier just using other words for the money part, if you think Valve is mediocre and deny all what they done to this industry, so you’re either a very negative person or blind”
Enough with the appeals for “muh legacy” already. Valve does keep it busy with dumb things like a console, controller, an OS and some dumb new games and that’s it i guess.
“Stop making assumptions… but speaking of which, it’s worth remembering 2 expansion packs for HL outsourced to Gearbox, and HL episode 3 was outsourced to Arkane before Valve pulled the plug, so in conclusion, so much for the argument that the next sequel should be super bombastic and artistic or whatever…”
It was EP4 that was going to be outsourced to Arkane, Opposing Force and Blue Shift were still produced and overseen by Valve, and it’s Gearbox that became a joke over the time, not Valve
“The moment VR tech evolves to be better than what we have today (which basically means, the moment VR tech stops being like the VR tech of today, which few exceptions) will be the moment i will support it.”
I didn’t ask you to support it, do as you want mate, just don’t be negative for the sake of being negative or because you don’t like something, just say “i’m not interested” like everyone in this comment section or use relevant arguments, that VR = Mobile thing is pretty dumb statement, with all the respect
“Again, stop making assumptions. Lol imagine making a best selling, critically aclaimed game only to make it linger for 10 years without conclusion, and the only thing on the horizon is a VR game rumor and fans are lapping it up. Quite sad if you ask me…”
It’s an unfinished saga narrative wise, that doesn’t make the whole thing obsolete, these are games not books, it’s sad for the story, that’s all
“Enough with the appeals for “muh legacy” already. Valve does keep it busy with dumb things like a console, controller, an OS and some dumb new games and that’s it i guess.”
The world is not gravitating around our needs, these are companies, that are here to make money not to please us, most of us will do the same in their position, start with passion, ending with capitalism, that’s how the world works, at least Valve has done too much thing (and still doing) for this industry before becoming the greedy company they are now, yes they deserve respect for their legacy even if you hate them, the entire PC platform owe them it actual state
“It was EP4 that was going to be outsourced to Arkane, Opposing Force and Blue Shift were still produced and overseen by Valve, and it’s Gearbox that became a joke over the time, not Valve”
I don’t care about the fate of Gearbox, the point still stands, and the expansions where good fun, which undermine the ” the next HL needs to have muh big bombastic sequel” apologetics.
“just don’t be negative for the sake of being negative or because you don’t like something, just say “i’m not interested” like everyone in this comment section or use relevant arguments, that VR = Mobile thing is pretty dumb statement, with all the respect”
Well yeah it’s sad that facts don’t always translate into sunshine and rainbows, but it is what it is. Maybe comparing VR to mobile gaming was demeaning… to mobile games, but you get thepoint.
“It’s an unfinished saga narrative wise, that doesn’t make the whole thing obsolete, these are games not books, it’s sad for the story, that’s all”
You know what’s the best thing in Half Life series? The multiplayer, there, i said it. s
“The world is not gravitating around our needs, these are companies, that are here to make money not to please us”
If they are not here to please me, why would i please then with fanboyism and blind support? 10 years ago maybe, but definitely not today.
“I don’t care about the fate of Gearbox, the point still stands, and the expansions where good fun, which undermine the ” the next HL needs to have muh big bombastic sequel” apologetics.”
Complete none sense, i don’t even know what to replie to this
“Well yeah it’s sad that facts don’t always translate into sunshine and rainbows, but it is what it is. Maybe comparing VR to mobile gaming was demeaning… to mobile games, but you get thepoint.”
No i don’t get it at all, i think you’re drunk
“You know what’s the best thing in Half Life series? The multiplayer, there, i said it. s”
Your point, opinions are like a**holes, we all have one, i also face palmed to your opinion BTW
“If they are not here to please me, why would i please then with fanboyism and blind support? 10 years ago maybe, but definitely not today.”
F*ck what a crybaby, yeah they’re not your parents, this is a company, and what support you’re talking about ? buying games on steam ? Saying that HL is good ? now i’ll make another assumption, you’re really childish, grow up, i’ll not replie to the next gibberish you’ll puke here, goodnight
“Complete none sense, i don’t even know what to replie to this”
How about you adress your argument that states that:
“(…)the series has always been pushing boundaries, even with the HL2 Episodes, the games were always bundled with some fancy tech and features, a HL game that doesn’t do anything new doesn’t deserve to be released(…)”
There is nothing about “pushing boundaries” by outsourcing your work to other devs. Those expansions and episodes where fun, but nothing revolutionary, When Half Life 3 started turning into vaporware i started hearing this fanboy drivel about “pushing boundaries” or “HL3 shoudn’t be released if it doesn’t innovate”. Pure Nonsense.
“Your point, opinions are like a**holes, we all have one, i also face palmed to your opinion BTW”
You know that s stands for being sarcastic right? Hope that clears it up.
“F*ck what a crybaby, yeah they’re not your parents, this is a company, and what support you’re talking about ? buying games on steam ? Saying that HL is good ?”
What can i say, you get what you pay for. If you really like half life as much as you claim, then wonder why they don’t release another one, just look in the mirror. They already got their customer base figured out. But yeah, being the blind supporting fanboy is the mature thing to do, you keep being you. You are right in a sense, if i did have a fanbase like Valve does, i would already said fack it and stop making an effort, it’s not like the cult of personality fanboys would care.
HL2 Episodes were not outsourced, Ep1 brought HDR rendering for the first time, and EP2 brought large scale environmental scripted physics, these are expansions and still got new technological stuff to show.
Maybe i can leave without a sequel, this a VG not civil rights, i’ll not claim anything, and what fanboyism you’re talking about ? i have the HL games on steam, that makes me a stupid fan boy ? You don’t buy games ? It’s not like i’m giving them 1$ a day or cosplaying or sh*t like that
I’m a fan of HL that’s all, you’re fan of 2 or 3 things too, i don’t like FF games for example but i accept the fact they’ve done so much for this industry and the RPG genre, man what’s your problem ??
“HL2 Episodes were not outsourced, Ep1 brought HDR rendering for the first time, and EP2 brought large scale environmental scripted physics, these are expansions and still got new technological stuff to show.”
They also where one of the first to brought little content and with a higher price tag, something that Kojima would do later with his Metal Gear V Ground Zeroes. It’s not like Valve’s new releases didn’t have drawbacks and a bit of retrocess compared to the predesessors, and these technical innovations is kind of pointless when you look back into it, it’s like praising Gears for introducing cover based shooting or God of War for Quick Time events. Who cares, just develop a good game FFS is that so freaking hard when you have billions to spare! Talk about a point against big corporations, the bigger they get, the crappier they become.
Really ?? And what about the 50$ Orange Box that included HL2+ Episodes+TF2+ Portal in 2008 ? less than a year after EP2 and Portal release ?? Retail EP1 was 30$ at launch, like any expansion back then.
Cover shooting was introduced by Kill Switch, Gears was a total ripoff with a much bigger budget, QTE were introduced by Shenmue years before GoW, thank me later…
“Talk about a point against big corporations, the bigger they get, the crappier they become”
Said that earlier, we can’t do much for that, that how the world works, start with passion, and in the end capitalism wins, all you can hope is that the passion lap time brings good things before going full greed, and that’s the case with Valve, we had great games from them, i will not complain for a sequel, like i said, it’s not civil rights, i can leave without, there are plenty other games.
“Cover shooting was introduced by Kill Switch, Gears was a total ripoff with a much bigger budget, QTE were introduced by Shenmue years before GoW, thank me later…”
I totally know that, i’ll go even further and state that Time Crisis preceded Kill Switch cover mechanics, and Dragon’s Lair preceded Shemmue QTE, etc., just goes to show that “innovation” is nothing but a buzzword when it comes to the game quality.
Besides, are you really sure Half Life “technical innovations” where really the first ever? Doesn’t matter really, a good sequel is all the fans ask, saying that they should bring something “new” to the table is pure cope, and that’s why we get rumors about a BS VR game.
“i will not complain for a sequel”
Your choice, that coincidentaly reinforces Valves crappy choices. They deserve every criticism for putting their main series in limbo, they have way more resources to develop a game now than back then (or just outsource it to a competent company), etc. But hey, i’m just a fan of Half-life series, they have a new audience that doesn’t really care about their games and are perfectly fine at giving money to them at every turn then get’s very defensive when other game stores try to compete, etc.
Also, you forget they would outsource Ep4 to Arkane, just like they did to Gearbox, nothing wrong with that, would be better an outsourced HL than a vaporware one.
” at least it’s not a mobile game lol”
Same difference, since “VR” gaming is based on motion based controls, the likes of which you can find on mobile phones and nintendo consoles.
Comparing VR to Mobile is foolish man, c’mon, just think about it for a minute
VR in it’s current state is actually a good fit for mobile, if you are into crappy games that is. Which hardware got motion based controls: Nintendo consoles, Kinect, mobile phones and VR tech. It’s not rocket science.
Mobile/Kinect/Nintendo consoles: You control the character by moving your body/part of your body
Vr games: You control the character by moving your body/head.
Classic video game/PC: You control the character by moving your fingers.
Do i need to be clearer than this? A real and revolutionary VR game will have to make the gamer move “less”, not “more” (think sci-fi flicks like The Matrix). Otherwise the only thing VR offers is p*rn simulators.
There are no motion controls remotely like VR. That’s like saying a keyboard and mouse is the same thing as a gamepad because it has buttons.
“That’s like saying a keyboard and mouse is the same thing as a gamepad because it has buttons.”
Not the same, but similar in some ways. Same as VR and motion controls, they are technically not the same, but they work in a similar fashion.
They are so fundamentally different at the end of the day. A Wiimote feels nothing like VR motion controls and has completely different gameplay opportunities.
I’m not saying a Wiimote is a carbon copy of VR, i’m saying they have the same “philosophy”, which is “move your body/part of your body” to control the character.
“VR motion controls has completely different gameplay opportunities.”
Yeah right, P*rn games is what makes VR motion controls not crash and burn.
At this point anything half-life related is good enough. * Minus Hunt down the Freeman*
Cope harder…
I hope they release this game exclusive to Epic Store for maximum “no one asked for this”.
VR will be a fail. The new Artifact. Just release Half Life 3.
And yet it could end up being one of the best games of the generation. VR is a logical step forward for Half Life.
Ok fanboy… The best game no one will play (if the rumors are true), people only use VR for Pr0n, do the math…
it will be the best game of the generation! You know like all those other groundbreaking VR best-sellers out there. You know them well. Here’s the list:
Astro Bot is considered one of the best of the generation by a bunch of people that have played it. You don’t hear about these games because they’re hidden gems; that’s all.
Why hidden? Because the media won’t really cover VR much unless it’s a big IP. Hint hint Half Life.
That isn’t how the reality works. A “hidden gem” means nobody but very few plays or cares about it. And there’s usually a very good reason for that. Like, honestly, VR still being awful for gaming and only very few people liking it, just like many other niche things. And today it isn’t even a question of a price, most VR games are playable with $300 videocards and good googles aren’t that much more pricey.
A game doesn’t need any media coverage to become a hit, a hit game produces media coverage. Case in point: Counter-Strike, DotA, DayZ, Battle Royale, etc. Maybe you even heard about some of these
So it’s awful for gaming yet VR has produced some of the highest rated games of 2017, 2018, 2019? That isn’t how reality works.
The vast majority of people that try VR like it. Those that haven’t tried it obviously do not count in the ‘quality’ conversation. They can count in terms of market presence, sales potential, pricing discussions – all that stuff, but they do not get a valid say on if VR is good or not until trying it.
VR only? Thanks but no thanks.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two –> 2007+Cliffhanger
2007—>2019 = Nothing HL
2020 Valve’s VR game will be called Half-Life: Alyx
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I know people are salty about this but I’m excited. The Valve Index is amazing, same with the controllers and it will be great seeing AAA content for the Index that properly utilizes the hardware. People will b*tch about it for now, but if the game is good, you’ll see those same people buying a VR headset this time next year.
Too bad people that can’t afford the Index are upset about this. What else is new.
Do you know a single VR game that is a system seller? From memory, i can’t think of one, and i doubt a spin off HL will change that.
Well for starters, could you name a single system seller back in 1976 for game consoles? Nothing happened until Space Invaders in 1980. There are some things that are close to system sellers, like Astro Bot, Asgard’s Wrath, and Lone Echo, or even Beat Saber. The first three are among the highest rated games (all platforms) the year they released. However they aren’t big established franchises at the AAA level.
Half Life will also be innovating and setting standards more than these titles.
So there is no system seller for VR right now (in fact, pr0n is the biggest seller for VR lmao). That means Valve needs to create not only a game, but a new VR hardware as well, good luck with that i guess…
Valve literally released the best consumer VR headset a few months ago. They’ve covered their bases.
Valve literally released the best consumer VR headset a few months ago. They’ve covered their bases.
You should change your username to “Darth Buzzword”, since you only come up with company aproved talking points and buzzwords. Just saying. So yeah, they released an VR hardware, and they might take one of theirs PC (mostly) exclusive game and release it on VR and not even consider a PC port( tough a VR PC port is kind of like a Mobile to PC port, since most games are crap), just like people where complaining.
Could be good games for all i know, but so far, the only thing keeping VR alive is pr0n simulators.
Pavlov, Onward, Beat Saber and Pistol Whip all made it worth it for me.
Game that 1 % of people will be able to play and that nobody asked for… yey!
Well the name Alyx has four letters, and if you subtract 1 from it since it’ll be a single player game it equals 3, hence Half-Life 3 confirmed!
The original Half Life is already a trilogy, so Half Life: Opposing Force (or Blue Shift, whichever came last) is the true Half Life 3.