I've never played the Half Life games, but this was a fantastic standalone game. It really is the quintessential VR game to play of all of them out there. At its core, sure it is just an FPS with some looting elements, but the execution in a VR environment is superb.
valve comes outta the woodwork like a goddamn cockroach you think they're done and they're like "yea imma innovate the genre in an unreal fashion"
beautiful, fun, good vr game. boneworks got betta gameplay but this shit is unreal
beautiful, fun, good vr game. boneworks got betta gameplay but this shit is unreal
The best VR game ever
VR's most complete package.
This review contains spoilers
This game was very impressive. But the biggest factor in my ratings is my enjoyment. I enjoyed this game, but it was very slow. The beginning is cool because you learn a neat telekinetic ability you have. You then fight bad guys and solve puzzles. I love the combat system in this game because I feel like I really had to conserve my ammo. Unfortunately, the game got old for me. They introduce really cool problems like Jeff and the Cicada things, but the game was way too big for only those. I just felt like it was repetitive and I lost the magic too fast. It's undoubtedly an impressive game for VR, but I was slightly disappointed by some aspects of it.
If i consider The Game as a piece of media 10/10 but as a game its just not thattt engaging after the beginning
The best that VR has to offer. A no brainer and a game that everyone should experience.
A VR Masterpiece that may as well have single handedly killed PCVR as nothing else could compete while also highlighting that the space has no future. I'm glad I got to experience it.
Now THIS is awesome.
This is THE VR game.
Go out there and play it, right fucking now.
Go out there and play it, right fucking now.
there's no other VR games like it...... I sorta regret buying my headset...
The most immersive gaming experience currently available.
This game is how Half Life 2 felt to people in that generation, it's so insanely impressive. I don't think I have ever been more blown away by a games graphics and world design before.
It really feels like a real place, they make this world so damn believable and it heightens every moment.
Every little headcrab encounter is one hundred percent more engaging when seen through your own eyes, and don't even get me started on the rest of the game.
This is what VR was made for, holy shit.
I also love throwing around random physics items and fucking up the environment for shits and giggles.
Masterpiece.
This game is how Half Life 2 felt to people in that generation, it's so insanely impressive. I don't think I have ever been more blown away by a games graphics and world design before.
It really feels like a real place, they make this world so damn believable and it heightens every moment.
Every little headcrab encounter is one hundred percent more engaging when seen through your own eyes, and don't even get me started on the rest of the game.
This is what VR was made for, holy shit.
I also love throwing around random physics items and fucking up the environment for shits and giggles.
Masterpiece.
Easily the best game in VR right now and it's not close.
I never would've been able to fathom a VR game being this good. Before playing Half-Life: Alyx, VR games were a novelty to me - games I would play on a whim if I was bored or if my friends wanted to play. However, this game provides the experience that a full AAA title does and can certainly be considered the definitive VR experience. Seeing City 17 from Half Life come to life in VR felt like I was at an amusement park, and getting to explore the fully interactive environments made it even better. A technical marvel and one of the best games I have ever played.
one of the best games ever fucking made, and i had to get rid of my headset before i finished it. i need to finish this game. the story is engaging, the world is SO FUCKING IMMERSIVE, it is SO FUCKING scary, and it is literally perfect. please get this game it's one of the best things i've ever experienced
VR's best game and the best Half-Life game, all in one.
Pinnacle of VR
Got stuck at one part and have no fucking clue what to do
El único juego VR que querría volver a jugar en mi vida. Hay un asombroso entendimiento sobre las mecánicas que pueden ser únicas de jugar con una tecnología así. No puedes compararlo realmente con ningún otro FPS existente y eso emociona porque todavía podemos sorprendernos.
This game is definitely proof that VR games can have full length campaigns with detailed graphics. The physics were surprisingly realistic I genuinely spent a good half hour at the start of the game just picking things up, rotating them and then unceremoniously throwing them. The amount of different sections with different mechanics kept the gameplay engaging. Really enjoyed it, looking forward to more
This review contains spoilers
I played a fair amount of Half-Life: Alyx on a friend's old Vive way back when it first came out, and only came back to finish it on the Quest 3 recently (so I could watch the funny gnome series, naturally), so I lost the initial "wow" factor that pushes this into the god tier for most people. After beating it, I started playing the VR version of the Resident Evil 4 remake. It was only then, when I started trying to open every drawer and pick up every object in that game, that I realized what I'd taken for granted. The natural immersion of just being able to interact with Alyx's world in normal, non-"gamey" ways is the greatest trick it pulls, it turns out, and I miss it already.
Besides that, the game's just plain fun. The Jeff chapter is a standout, packed with clever puzzles, pitfalls, and pranks that make the absolute most of the mechanics, but it's a blast from start to finish. Whatever Valve's actual game devs have been doing in their cage, they clearly haven't lost a step in the near-decade since Portal 2.
The cliffhanger ending is absolutely hilarious, though. Valve goes on record saying that they'll only make another Half-Life if it lives up to the franchise's "total game changer" pedigree; they also go on record saying that Alyx doesn't get a melee weapon because testing revealed melee in VR to feel bad (correct); then in the last ten seconds of the game they put you in Gordon's body and hand you a crowbar like they expect you to expect any chance of a followup. Masterful trolling.
Besides that, the game's just plain fun. The Jeff chapter is a standout, packed with clever puzzles, pitfalls, and pranks that make the absolute most of the mechanics, but it's a blast from start to finish. Whatever Valve's actual game devs have been doing in their cage, they clearly haven't lost a step in the near-decade since Portal 2.
The cliffhanger ending is absolutely hilarious, though. Valve goes on record saying that they'll only make another Half-Life if it lives up to the franchise's "total game changer" pedigree; they also go on record saying that Alyx doesn't get a melee weapon because testing revealed melee in VR to feel bad (correct); then in the last ten seconds of the game they put you in Gordon's body and hand you a crowbar like they expect you to expect any chance of a followup. Masterful trolling.
I might overestimate since this is my first full fledge VR game but man this truely makes love to be alive in this day and age. Valve did an awesome job.
Everyone's experience might be different but for me it was quite hard to play it longer than 1-2 hours.
Everyone's experience might be different but for me it was quite hard to play it longer than 1-2 hours.
Everything in this game would have smelt bad.
Best Half-Life game, best VR game, best "open drawers to find loot" game
My school gave me a VR headset to use for my club.
Did I really spend $300+ on a headset for just one vr game?
Yeah...and?
Yeah...and?
I dont know how one can make a better VR Game
This is the game that justifies the existence of VR. Playing this ruined every other VR experience for me because none of them could even hope to live up to the labor of love that is Half-Life: Alyx. I spent 45 minutes in the first room of the game just playing around with random objects in the world and if the game was just that room (and the dry-erase markers in it) it would still be probably the greatest demonstration of VR of all time. That there is an incredible survival-horror-esque shooter campaign that follows is a testament to just how good this game was. If this isn't the best game that released in 2020, I don't know what is.
The first game to use the medium of VR to its fullest extent.
one of the best games i have ever played but didn't finish. i never will because i get deathly ill from playing vr. still have the headset to use for like 10 minute intervals but any more than that makes me want to hurl