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Half-Life: Alyx - Valve's full-length flagship VR game set between HL1 and HL2
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SumDrunkGuy
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Do you ever role play as a pirate? Like with an eyepatch and stuff?
Trans-Financial-Man
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As I predicted, that reddit leak was full of shit. Shame I had to spoil myself to find out. That bullshit leak was rancid. Also at the end, That's definitely the original Actress. I could tell something was off when she did that interview with VNN. She didn't seem all that concerned about getting recast. As a former actor myself I can tell when an actor is bullshiting for the sake of a role.
Game looks fun. I'm waiting till Wednesday when I get paid to buy it. You guys can have this thread to seethe. I have actual fun to be getting on with. Enjoy those crusty Soviet PC games of yours.
A horse of course
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I wouldn't call that acting.
What do you mean "at the end"? We can barely hear Alyx talking to her dead father, only the Alyx protagonist and her (protagonist) voice is definitely not Merle's.
Damn right I will.
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Launch day peak player number: 42,858
https://steamdb.info/app/546560/graphs/
It's not just low for a new Half-life game, it's middling for a big AAA game. Well device requirements and adoption rate and all that.
https://steamdb.info/app/546560/graphs/
It's not just low for a new Half-life game, it's middling for a big AAA game. Well device requirements and adoption rate and all that.
??????? what data do you base this on? the only data available shows it's the best concurrent players number of any HL game
??????? how do you seriously compare this to your normal big AAA game? are you a complete retard or something?
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I mean what is expected for a new Half-Life game, based on the numbers recent popular games reach.
Because the comparison shows that the high entry barrier makes less people buy the game? It's not like I said that is a big new insight or something.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271440/Next_Gen_HP_VR_Headset/
https://uploadvr.com/hp-reverb-g2-teased/
https://uploadvr.com/hp-reverb-g2-teased/
HP Is Building A ‘Next Generation’ SteamVR Headset With Microsoft & Valve
David Heaney
March 23, 2020
The current HP Reverb is the company’s second PC VR headset, with high resolution LCD panels and a focus on comfort. It’s priced at $599. Its first was a cheaper model back in 2017, not significantly modified from Microsoft’s reference design.
HP hasn’t released any details or specifications on the future headset yet. The company provided this short teaser video:
In the videos the words ‘THE NEXT GENERATION’ and ‘NO COMPROMISES’ are shown. This seemingly hints at HP Reverb G2 being the first headset in a new generation of Windows MR (Microsoft’s PC VR platform which all HP VR headsets have used so far).
Windows MR headsets are already compatible with SteamVR through Microsoft’s own driver, available on Steam. So why is Valve involved in this collaboration?
Microsoft worked with Valve to make the first generation WMR headsets work on SteamVR. While the company tried to make its Windows Store the place for VR apps, it seems to have now shifted to endorsing Steam, even putting its own apps on Valve’s store.
Brightening the headset from the video appears to show nearfield off-ear speakers, very similar to what the Valve Index has. This should enable high quality, accurately positioned audio in VR.
The image also shows what looks like two tracking cameras on the front. There may be extra cameras on the sides to allow for wide tracking volume, like on the design Samsung submitted to the Chinese patent office in January. If Samsung’s design becomes a product, it could be another entry in WMR’s new generation alongside Reverb G2.
This announcement hits just as Valve released its “flagship” VR game, Half-Life: Alyx, the first full entry in the series in over a decade. It’s designed to give a lot of VR fans exactly what they’ve been asking for; a full-length VR shooter with the same kind of production values you’d expect from a traditional videogame release. You can read more in our full review right here.
Valve knows that the majority of Alyx players won’t be using Index, both due to stock issues and the pricepoint of $1000. With the Reverb G2, the company may have at the very least be endorsing, or potentially even working on, a more accessible affordable. Even if it doesn’t take on Facebook’s Oculus Rift S directly at $400, it could offer a middle ground for PC gamers looking for a balance of quality and price.
We’ll bring you more information about this headset as soon as we have it.
So it's not like your big AAA game at all. No point comparing them.
Tonally the game just seems off - dialogue wise. It has this typical millennial zoomer writing. Constantly sarcastic, making lame jokes etc. Just does not fit to what they are living in and happening around them. It's the Star Wars curse. Like nothing is serious.
Considering that's an eighth of what Destiny did the day it went free2play and made it's Steam debut, I'd say those are pretty damn good numbers.
vortex
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I hope Alyx gives them enough money to finance Portal 3, HL3 and some new game in that manner.
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That difference makes it worth comparison. Because they're not so different but different in some critical aspects. So comparison informs us the effect of difference. Isn't it the point of comparison?
It's not like I want to downplay this game or something, just an observation.
Probably very (maybe extremely) good number for a VR game.
It's like comparing the taste of water to some $1000 meal or drink. It's retarded. They have nothing in common aside from the very basic foundations. Half-Life Alyx is locked behind an entirely new platform with a low consumer base to start with. Your post was very obviously trying to downplay the game's achievements. You even say it didn't even do as well as past HL games in terms of concurrent players, when there is literally 0 evidence for that because there are no records from 2007 and back. Tell me what exactly you meant by that statement, if not to downplay Alyx?
If you want to make comparisons, use analogous situations. Compare Alyx to Boneworks or something, not whatever stupid shit you did.
SumDrunkGuy
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Yeah because they wouldn't have enough money to make those games otherwise
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Point of comparing Alyx to other recent AAA games: showing VR barrier's effect
Point of comparing Alyx to other VR games: showing the effect of big budget/big IP production form the platform holder
This is the point. I was merely saying it's lower than what is expected for a big AAA game (and a new Half-life game at that) because it's released on a new platform. I didn't say anything about Alyx's achievements in other parts. (And for the record, I personally don't want to buy VR devices for just one or two games, but think Valve making this game as the platform holder is admirable.)
No, that is what you meant to say. What you actually typed out was completely different.
Does this really need to be shown? It's the entire reason Alyx exists in the first place. I'm pretty sure everyone in this thread is aware of the barrier already.
Pegultagol
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Pretty impressive, not revolutionary but a good showpiece for expanding VR world.
Now to wait until the next gen PSVR to launch with VR enabled Gran Turismo and cut this experience barrier of entry by half.
Now to wait until the next gen PSVR to launch with VR enabled Gran Turismo and cut this experience barrier of entry by half.
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I'm barely past the "Walking Sim" part that ends with a short train ride at the beginning and I'm already super impressed. Spent like 2 hours looking around, exploring and getting a bit into the Lore.
You begin on a terrace overlooking City 17 and the Citadel, there's ships flying around, Striders moving along in the background, flying rats (pigeons) are standing on ledges to the left of you and they'll fly away if you try to interact. People are talking and moving around below, you can bend over the hand rail and look down to see what's going on down below:
You already have the first few interactive elements around you, to your right is an old-school radio where you can pull out the antenna and use the control to change the channels, the first one is some sort of weird numbers station, there's also another that plays classical music and a third with some talking, there's some books you can pick up and look at etc. too, a bucket with a few rotten apples and just a shitload of detailed stuff lying around you can interact with like matchbooks, cola cans, bottles etc.:
Right behind the terrace inside is the window you can write shit on that was in one of the videos on the previous pages along with some holophone thing you talk with Eli on:
You will barely get around admiring the attention to detail they put into at least the first level, the texture work and almost everything is really crisp and at times eerily realistic, the parquet flooring, wodden walls and all the dirt look absolutely real when you walk around:
At times you kind of wish for even more interaction than there already is, some objects are static, others you can pick up and play around with but for instance can't open or similar, but obviously there's a limit to budget and what makes sense.
There are some scripted scenes where for instance a Strider walks up a wall right in front of you and damages the environment:
Lots of shit to interact with and lore to find if you look around, for instance there's a globe in the apartment that basically indicates that the good old US of A is no more and you are or there is something of interest in Russia:
There's also some drawn sketches about the Citadel being built and downstairs on a bench you can find a paper you can pick up with one or both hands and read about the recent events:
Lots of shit with Cyrillic writing around:
Some of the environment looks absolutely unreal in how real they managed to make it look:
Combine taking care of law and order:
Lots of the landscape and objects look vaguely Eastern-European, you could move this antenna or parts of it around or do things like open car doors and look around:
This is the first thing you see upon descending from the train when Level 2 starts and after you've got a gun:
Some things I didn't like was the "Jump & Run" and how some section transitions work, jumping over large gaps seems to also hark back to teleport, some section transitions like crawling through a small hole is you standing near it and pressing a button till a UI element loads up and you appear on the other side, while you have to run forward and press the right stick down to hop on something. Also Alyx's voice is a bit annoying so far.
You begin on a terrace overlooking City 17 and the Citadel, there's ships flying around, Striders moving along in the background, flying rats (pigeons) are standing on ledges to the left of you and they'll fly away if you try to interact. People are talking and moving around below, you can bend over the hand rail and look down to see what's going on down below:
You already have the first few interactive elements around you, to your right is an old-school radio where you can pull out the antenna and use the control to change the channels, the first one is some sort of weird numbers station, there's also another that plays classical music and a third with some talking, there's some books you can pick up and look at etc. too, a bucket with a few rotten apples and just a shitload of detailed stuff lying around you can interact with like matchbooks, cola cans, bottles etc.:
Right behind the terrace inside is the window you can write shit on that was in one of the videos on the previous pages along with some holophone thing you talk with Eli on:
You will barely get around admiring the attention to detail they put into at least the first level, the texture work and almost everything is really crisp and at times eerily realistic, the parquet flooring, wodden walls and all the dirt look absolutely real when you walk around:
At times you kind of wish for even more interaction than there already is, some objects are static, others you can pick up and play around with but for instance can't open or similar, but obviously there's a limit to budget and what makes sense.
There are some scripted scenes where for instance a Strider walks up a wall right in front of you and damages the environment:
Lots of shit to interact with and lore to find if you look around, for instance there's a globe in the apartment that basically indicates that the good old US of A is no more and you are or there is something of interest in Russia:
There's also some drawn sketches about the Citadel being built and downstairs on a bench you can find a paper you can pick up with one or both hands and read about the recent events:
Lots of shit with Cyrillic writing around:
Some of the environment looks absolutely unreal in how real they managed to make it look:
Combine taking care of law and order:
Lots of the landscape and objects look vaguely Eastern-European, you could move this antenna or parts of it around or do things like open car doors and look around:
This is the first thing you see upon descending from the train when Level 2 starts and after you've got a gun:
Some things I didn't like was the "Jump & Run" and how some section transitions work, jumping over large gaps seems to also hark back to teleport, some section transitions like crawling through a small hole is you standing near it and pressing a button till a UI element loads up and you appear on the other side, while you have to run forward and press the right stick down to hop on something. Also Alyx's voice is a bit annoying so far.
what the hell else would it look like
A new game? In a new area? Do sequels/prequels usually take place in the same spot with a graphical upgrade? Not really.
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