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Old 19-11-2019, 03:47 AM #1
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Default Half-Life: Alyx - new VR game announced from Valve Software

Half-Life 3?

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In 1998, Valve Software changed the video game landscape forever with Half-Life, an influential horror-fueled first-person shooter that pushed the limits of technology and video game narratives. Six years later, they expanded even further with Half-Life 2. Two years after that, they released two self-contained “episodes” continuing the Half-Life 2 story, with the promise of a third on the horizon. And then… silence. No new Half-Life game, tons of fan demand. Now, finally, out of nowhere, Valve has tweeted out the next chapter in the saga. It’s called Half-Life: Alyx, named ostensibly after a Half-Life 2 character. And it’s coming not to traditional PC and console systems like the previous entries… but to VR.

Not much else is known about the upcoming game except for its title — after all, Valve just now decided to let everyone know it exists. They also teased that full details (and perhaps even a glimpse of footage?) will be disseminated into the public November 22, 10am PST. The game marks Valve’s first entry into the VR space, and if anyone can tame this still semi-nascent technology.....
From https://collider.com/new-half-life-game-vr-valve/
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this is clearly NOT Half-Life 3.
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It's probably events from HL2 from Alyx's perspective if I had to guess.
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Set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Half-Life: Alyx is a new full-length game built from the ground up by Valve for virtual reality.


Compatible VR headsets are pretty expensive.
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I bought Half-Life: Alyx last night, as it was on sale. I've heard people say it is one of the best ever VR games.

I can play it now on the Quest with the Plutosphere cloud streaming service.

Only trouble is that Plutosphere costs about 2 dollars per hour you play.

I bought tokens for an hour's play but unfortunately I used most of it up because I got stuck at the beginning of the game.

They used to do Early Access free tokens so I hope they bring that back.
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