NVIDIA has just released a brand new gameplay trailer for Half-Life 2 RTX. Developed by Orbifold Studios and in collaboration with NVIDIA, Half-Life 2 RTX will bring Full Ray Tracing/Path Tracing to this classic FPS.
Half-Life 2 RTX will support DLSS 3 Frame Generation and DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction. By using Frame Generation, RTX40 series owners will be able to improve the game’s performance. Since we’re talking about a fully path-traced game, you’re going to need it. And no, there is no word on whether it will support FSR 3.0. However, owners of older RTX GPUs will be able to use the “DLSS 3 to FSR 3.0” Mod. From what we’ve seen, this mod works fine in games that support Path Tracing. That, or you can use Lossless Scaling.
This free remaster will also come with new assets. These assets will aim to come close to the original ones but also make the game look on par with most modern-day triple-A titles.
From what we know Orbifold Studios rebuilt materials with Physically Based Rendering (PBR) properties. Not only that but the team added extra geometric detail via Valve’s Hammer editor. In Half-Life 2 RTX, average world textures have 8X the pixels, and assets like the suit feature 20X the geometric detail of the original game.
Orbifold Studios has also launched the Steam page for HL2 RTX. Sadly, though, there is still no ETA on when the game will come out. That’s a bummer but hey, it is what it is.
As soon as we get news about its release date or its PC requirements, we’ll be sure to let you know. Until then, you can go ahead and enjoy this new trailer!
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will this game ever come out??so much delay for a remaster.rtx remix games were supposed to be quick and easy to make but this one took more time than gta 6
WWahhhhhh! Wahhhh!
More NVIDIA RTX propaganda? I'd rather use ReShade to inject HDR and other effects.
Waaaaaaah! Waaah!
wow , this is much more than a remaster. they even added ivy leaves to wall surfaces. (at 4:52)
wow , this is much more than a remaster. they even added ivy leaves to wall surfaces. (at 4:52)
This might be worth a replay, if it covers Ep1/2 also…
Really looking forward to this! Hopefully it doesn't take forever to release…
It looks much better technically, but it's still FUGLY to look at! At least the Nova Prospekt prison level and Ravenholm, with those green/blue tinted lights…
Portal RTX, even outside of the white puzzle areas, looks both more advanced and aesthetically pleasing.
I'm not aware of all of this sh*t, this game will only be playbable if you have an RTX Nvidia GPU ? If I buy an AMD card, I'm f*ked up ?
You can play it, but it'll run like any other path traced game (aka dogsh*t).
I thought they retextured many stuffs and did polish here and there, I hope the raytracing can be disabled then
Lol you Dumb guy
ok girl
You're always fooked if you buy AMD. Black slows buy AMD.