Half Life: Alyx VR

TheValeyard · 19-11-2019 9:41pm #1

This is a big deal. First Half Life game in twelve years. And it's VR. Also from Valve.

Announcement on Thursday.

Atomic Pineapple · 20-11-2019 9:53am

As a Half-Life fan, this is terrible.

As a VR fan, this is incredible.

TheValeyard · 20-11-2019 2:52pm

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

As a Half-Life fan, this is terrible.

As a VR fan, this is incredible.

Paradox?

TheValeyard · 21-11-2019 9:18pm

It's looks really good!

mrcheez · 21-11-2019 11:48pm

Jaysis.. that's looks amazing

lmimmfn · 23-11-2019 3:41pm

This looks fantastic, HL2VR was fantastic until valve bored it so this should be great, also decent physics is brilliant in VR

mrcheez · 23-11-2019 4:40pm

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056469764/101

This thread is absolutely hilarious to read. It's so salty I could tilt my laptop over a saucepan when boiling pasta.

lmimmfn · 23-11-2019 8:46pm

mrcheez wrote: »

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056469764/101

This thread is absolutely hilarious to read. It's so salty I could tilt my laptop over a saucepan when boiling pasta.

Tbf the argument that some people don't have good gaming PCs and headsets is a decent enough argument, however that's not valve's fault Sony always have the option of purchasing the rights.

In general the arguments are nonsensical though as it's obvious the gameplay mechanics are relying on VR and having played HL2VR it's obvious this is the next gen HL needs.

mrcheez · 14-02-2020 11:21am

Available March 23

https://twitter.com/valvesoftware/status/1228039740001177600

fsck me that was quick!

B.A._Baracus · 18-02-2020 9:47am

I am so tempted to buy this. But that also means buying a completely new pc and VR. Which won't be cheap.
Also, am sneekingly hoping the PS5 will have improved vr and who knows, Half Life Alyx may get a port?

Obviously Valve want to push their Index so why port it? But then again, it's not like its "index only" and even Half Life 2 got an XBOX port while HL2 itself was pushing steam. So I dunno heres hoping :pac:

Shlippery · 19-03-2020 4:32pm

Out on Monday...have the rift up for sale but tempted to hang on to try this out :O

Lot of hype around it, apparently it's the real deal..

pasta-solo · 23-03-2020 10:08am

Any idea when this unlocks today? I'm so excited to try it - may no get a chance this evening, but have it preloaded, so hopefully tomorrow if not today!

mrcheez · 23-03-2020 10:38am

pasta-solo wrote: »

Any idea when this unlocks today? I'm so excited to try it - may no get a chance this evening, but have it preloaded, so hopefully tomorrow if not today!

5pm!

Already got my playspace setup, just waiting till I sign off work at 4:59

https://yourcountdown.to/half-life-alyx

pasta-solo · 23-03-2020 11:05am

I hope I get a chance to at least try it this evening, I'm so hyped! Been playing Boneworks and Blade & Sorcery to try to develop a VR sickness threshold.

Shlippery · 23-03-2020 5:51pm

Sold the Rift CV1, now gotta wait til Rift S gets back in stock to get to grips with this...good luck all! Exciting times and only 9 minutes to go!

mrcheez · 23-03-2020 7:59pm

Holy Mother of God, this is incredible

pasta-solo · 23-03-2020 8:48pm

mrcheez wrote: »

Holy Mother of God, this is incredible

It really is! I'm going very slowly, taking it all in. Its so good, and feels so very Half Life! Worth the wait!

mrcheez · 23-03-2020 9:56pm

pasta-solo wrote: »

It really is! I'm going very slowly, taking it all in. Its so good, and feels so very Half Life! Worth the wait!

Yeah it's hard to go fast at it. There's so much detail and things to interact with that it's a joy just to savour every section.

Graphics and sound are astonishing. Best graphics yet I think?

TheValeyard · 24-03-2020 12:15am

as I said on the other forum,

Really enjoying this. Played about two hours so far. Its very immersive, it looks absolutely stunning, the humour is great and story line is good fun so far.

Never felt sick once, or had any motion sickness problems.

kerplun k · 24-03-2020 12:17am

Anyone playing this on the quest?

pasta-solo · 24-03-2020 1:11am

kerplun k wrote: »

Anyone playing this on the quest?

Yes, I am using Oculus Link on my Quest. I have no doubt its a better experience on Index, but I am absolutely loving it on Quest. I've played about two hours so far. It looks incredible, and controls very well with the Quest controllers.

kerplun k · 24-03-2020 1:14am

Good to hear. In the market for a new gaming laptop at the moment. This will be my first purchase after I pick one up.

mrcheez · 24-03-2020 1:37am

Quest and Link here too... curious to try wirelessly tomorrow

pasta-solo · 24-03-2020 9:24am

mrcheez wrote: »

Quest and Link here too... curious to try wirelessly tomorrow

Let me know how that goes!

The dark underground sections are so scary! Headcrabs were an annoyance in old school Half Life, now they are genuinely terrifying.

Atomic Pineapple · 24-03-2020 11:17am

I guess it's impossible to play this without a gaming PC is it? It won't run natively on just the Quest alone?

mrcheez · 24-03-2020 11:23am

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

I guess it's impossible to play this without a gaming PC is it? It won't run natively on just the Quest alone?

yeah you need a gaming PC. I have a laptop with GTX 1070 and 16GB RAM and it runs flawlessly.

You *may* not need a Link cable though, as you can play via Virtual Desktop as long as your home network/router is up to it.

Also for Quest wear some good headphones as the sound in this game is superb and I'd rate it as important as the visuals.

pasta-solo · 24-03-2020 11:24am

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

I guess it's impossible to play this without a gaming PC is it? It won't run natively on just the Quest alone?

That's right, you need to connect the Quest to a reasonably beefy PC to play. I don't think the Quest would have enough power to run the game on its own unfortunately.

mrcheez · 24-03-2020 11:31am

How many here drew a cock n balls on the window at the start?

kerplun k · 24-03-2020 12:13pm

mrcheez wrote: »

yeah you need a gaming PC. I have a laptop with GTX 1070 and 16MB RAM and it runs flawlessly.

You *may* not need a Link cable though, as you can play via Virtual Desktop as long as your home network/router is up to it.

Also for Quest wear some good headphones as the sound in this game is superb and I'd rate it as important as the visuals.

I was gonna ask how you planned on playing it wirelessly on quest. Never thought of the VD option.

TheValeyard · 25-03-2020 4:49pm

mrcheez wrote: »

How many here drew a cock n balls on the window at the start?

No but I spent a lot of time smashing windows on the train.

sticker · 26-03-2020 8:23am

Sorry for double post -

Hi,

I'm considering getting the Steam Valve Index for new Half Life VR Game.

Would my PC spec run well with it?

CCL Customised Reaper PC
Code# CONFIG_C4680228.0
Comprising of:
1 x 3 Year Warranty
1 x GameMax (30cm) Magnetic LED Strip - White
1 x Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 Liquid CPU Cooler
1 x Seagate BarraCuda 4TB SATA III 3.5" HDD
1 x Lite-On eBAU108 External DVD Writer Optical Drive
1 x Gigabyte G750H 750W Modular 80+ Gold PSU
1 x Corsair Carbide 275R TG Gaming Case - White
1 x Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO AMD Socket AM4 Motherboard
1 x Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB 2.5" SATA III SSD
1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER GAMING X 8GB
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8GHz 6 Core (Socket AM4) CPU
1 x HyperX FURY 16GB (2x 8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 RAM

Thanks!

Half Life: Alyx VR

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