Half-Life 3 Gameplay videos [“Alyx” videos inside]

cnorwood · Mar 8, 2020

Kalik said:
that's what you call an artistic revolution- small crappy indie titles and demos??

Yes, have you played VR? Right now all sorts of new stuff is being tried out. It somewhat sucks because many games are based around 1 new gameplay mechanic, but it is a lot of time something new and something you can't do in regular games. Like Fisherman's tale for example

EVIL · Mar 8, 2020

Randomly Generated said:
She doesn't have a crazy upgradable pistol that has laser sights and can shoot grenades and whatever. And the gloves seem way better than the gravity gun.

There is a lot that can happen with her gun in the time between HLA and HL2. Also her pistol doesnt shoot grenades in HLA, that is done with her shotgun.

dex3108 · Mar 8, 2020

What if Alyx from HL Alyx and Alyx from HL2 are not the same person?

TaterTots · Mar 8, 2020

silva1991 said:
Wow those videos look incredible. If only that and Astro bot are available on the same platform so that I can justify buying a VR.

If Astro Bot interests you, I'd suggest looking up a game called Moss. That and Beat Saber are far and away my favorite 2.

TaterTots · Mar 8, 2020

EVIL said:
There is a lot that can happen with her gun in the time between HLA and HL2. Also her pistol doesnt shoot grenades in HLA, that is done with her shotgun.

Yea. That image you shared shows a lot of similarities. We don't know what happened yet.

dex3108 · Mar 10, 2020

Vash63 · Mar 10, 2020

dex3108 said:

Just 2 more weeks now. I'm glad Valve is only letting people talk about the first couple environments, it's going to be so amazing seeing everything this game has to bring.

Randomly Generated · Mar 10, 2020

Vash63 said:
Just 2 more weeks now. I'm glad Valve is only letting people talk about the first couple environments, it's going to be so amazing seeing everything this game has to bring.

I love that it's a 15 hour game and we've basically seen nothing from the last dozen hours.

Randdalf · Mar 13, 2020

How Zelda Helped Inspire Half-Life: Alyx's Gravity Gloves

Valve's own Kerry Davis, Tristan Reidford, and Jane Ng break down the design and gameplay behind Half-Life: Alyx's Gravity Gloves.The gloves, actually called...

youtu.be

New interview about the gravity gloves. There's also some small clips of gameplay footage we haven't seen yet, I wonder if there's another gameplay video coming soon.

Deleted member 41520 · Mar 13, 2020

Randomly Generated said:
I love that it's a 15 hour game and we've basically seen nothing from the last dozen hours.

Yeah I've got a feeling it's gonna get really far out later on

I hope they revisit zen.

Sparks · Mar 13, 2020

Looks real good, not a fan of her voice acting yet though. She seems way too casual... I hope there is a good reason why they didnt use the previous Alyx.

Nzyme32 · Mar 13, 2020

Sparks said:
Looks real good, not a fan of her voice acting yet though. She seems way too casual... I hope there is a good reason why they didnt use the previous Alyx.

I like it. Valve's public reasoning is that they wanted a younger voice for the younger character. To me it works and her performance is great. But I have no context for what the original actress would have attempted for this character in this game, so I can't criticise

Meech · Mar 13, 2020

The more info released the more hyped I get. Waiting is hard.

Mindfreak191 · Mar 13, 2020

I checked out the VR environments, and damn even know that it's a slightly different render I was still blown away, especially since I did a playthrough of the series last week....shit it can only be a showcase of environments in the HL universe and I would be satisfied, having a story and game behind is just the cherry on the top :D

LaneDS · Mar 13, 2020

Mindfreak191 said:
I checked out the VR environments, and damn even know that it's a slightly different render I was still blown away, especially since I did a playthrough of the series last week....shit it can only be a showcase of environments in the HL universe and I would be satisfied, having a story and game behind is just the cherry on the top :D

Sounds like it's worth getting my VR setup, uh, setup a bit early to check this out. Packed it all up last month with the intent to bring it out before 3/23, but maybe this weekend is a good time to do so.

Mindfreak191 · Mar 13, 2020

LaneDS said:
Sounds like it's worth getting my VR setup, uh, setup a bit early to check this out. Packed it all up last month with the intent to bring it out before 3/23, but maybe this weekend is a good time to do so.

Any specific reason for waiting, there's lots of great stuff to try out before committing to HL:A, a lot of free vr experiences :D

LaneDS · Mar 13, 2020

Mindfreak191 said:
Any specific reason for waiting, there's lots of great stuff to try out before committing to HL:A, a lot of free vr experiences :D

Nothing specific- my basement looks crazy when I've got the Lighthouses hooked up (they're on tripods) so I figured pack it all up until it's go time for Alyx. We're close enough now, so might as well!

Mindfreak191 · Mar 13, 2020

LaneDS said:
Nothing specific- my basement looks crazy when I've got the Lighthouses hooked up (they're on tripods) so I figured pack it all up until it's go time for Alyx. We're close enough now, so might as well!

I bought these for my lighthouses and let me tell you, you're gonna save a lot of space:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000067S12/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Basically wherever I move, I just set these up in a corner and forget about my lighthouses lol
But either way, you should set up early so that everything can be updated and ready, also enough time to check if everything is working correctly :D Welcome to the new world.

jxN3 · Mar 13, 2020

Can't believe it, but I just picked up an oculus rift S for this game.

Anybody have any good VR suggestions to hold me over till launch?

Shinobido Heart · Mar 13, 2020

jxN3 said:
Can't believe it, but I just picked up an oculus rift S for this game.

Anybody have any good VR suggestions to hold me over till launch?

Welcome to the world of VR, I hope you enjoy your stay. :)

As for recommendations, there is Lone Echo, Asgard's Wrath, Stormlands, The Walking Dead Saints & Sinners, Blade & Sorcery, Hellsplit Arena, VR Dungeon Knight, Until You Fall, Pavlov, Sairento VR, VRChat.

Those are just a few recommendations off the top of my head.

kami_sama · Mar 13, 2020

jxN3 said:
Can't believe it, but I just picked up an oculus rift S for this game.

Anybody have any good VR suggestions to hold me over till launch?

If you want to build VR legs at breakneck speeds Boneworks.
also To the top, beat saber, superhot vr, acounting+.

Shinobido Heart · Mar 13, 2020

kami_sama said:
If you want to build VR legs at breakneck speeds Boneworks.
also To the top, beat saber, superhot vr, acounting+.

Ah yes, Boneworks! Can't believe I forgot about that one. That's a good one, with all the robot headcrabs in there. Definitely Half-Life inspired.

hydro94530 · Mar 13, 2020

kami_sama said:
If you want to build VR legs at breakneck speeds Boneworks.
also To the top, beat saber, superhot vr, acounting+.

Don't forget Overload. That game will kick your ass in VR.

wafflebrain · Mar 13, 2020

jxN3 said:
Can't believe it, but I just picked up an oculus rift S for this game.

Anybody have any good VR suggestions to hold me over till launch?

I'll add Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (H3VR) to the list of recommendations, almost for its Take & Hold mode alone. Best gun sim and gun handling out there, and soooo many of them to toy around with. Been my nightly ritual for a minute now.

Time needs to hurry up and get movin on the 23rd already, this final stretch is gonna be brutal.

Deleted member 1839 · Mar 13, 2020

jxN3 said:
Can't believe it, but I just picked up an oculus rift S for this game.

Anybody have any good VR suggestions to hold me over till launch?

Standard must-have trifecta is Beat Saber, Superhot VR and Space Pirate Trainer. Lone Echo and Asgard's Wrath are the most stand out big budget VR games and they are both very excellent.

Another notable one is the recent Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, there is a bit of jank to it but for a survival-ish zombie game it's pretty great. Melee combat is extremely satisfying, probably the most so in any VR game.

jxN3 · Mar 13, 2020

Thanks for all the recommendations! Ya'll are dope.

Nzyme32 · Mar 13, 2020

jxN3 said:
Thanks for all the recommendations! Ya'll are dope.

Just to set expectations - a lot of folks recommended Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, but I found it a bit overwhelming as one of my early games to play, purely because it is such an open sandbox with minimal guidance. Just go into it with the right expectations of needing to dig into it a little.

The other recommendations have all been great. Boneworks is one to potentially do a bit later, as the mechanics are bit advanced. Gorn is good fun too. Also, as much as it isn't rated highly, Doom VFR is still fun to mess with. It also has one early moment that feels fun in VR

daase ko · Mar 13, 2020

Does fps work and particularly this game with one base station?
I'm kinda fed up waiting for stock and was thinking of getting one more expensive from vive website first.

s0l0kill · Mar 13, 2020

Walking dead saints and sinners is kinda awesome as well!

grendelrt · Mar 14, 2020

Nzyme32 said:
Just to set expectations - a lot of folks recommended Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, but I found it a bit overwhelming as one of my early games to play, purely because it is such an open sandbox with minimal guidance. Just go into it with the right expectations of needing to dig into it a little.

The other recommendations have all been great. Boneworks is one to potentially do a bit later, as the mechanics are bit advanced. Gorn is good fun too. Also, as much as it isn't rated highly, Doom VFR is still fun to mess with. It also has one early moment that feels fun in VR

I will second this on H3VR, BUT once it does click, its amaze balls haha. It was one of the first games I bought and it wasn't until months later that I got into it.

As for stuff to recommend, I would get a couple stand still games with no locomotion (BeatSaber, Pistol Whip, Space Pirate, etc) to play at first as a warmup getting used to VR and also pick up some locomotion games (Walking Dead S&S, No mans sky, H3VR,Skyrim VR(you will need to mod it), etc) to jump in and out of. Of the highly recommended stuff I would not jump into Boneworks until you are reallllly comfortable.

Deleted member 28523 · Mar 14, 2020

really fun video so far

Vash63 · Mar 14, 2020

Kylac said:
really fun video so far

Yep, great video for sure. Slightly less interesting historically but this one is also cool to see some of their design process.

atom519 · Mar 14, 2020

Nzyme32 said:
Just to set expectations - a lot of folks recommended Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, but I found it a bit overwhelming as one of my early games to play, purely because it is such an open sandbox with minimal guidance. Just go into it with the right expectations of needing to dig into it a little.

I agree on H3, it's just too much simulation for me and overwhelming with it's options. I much prefer something like Pavlov if you want to play around with guns in VR.

Letters · Mar 15, 2020

atom519 said:
I agree on H3, it's just too much simulation for me and overwhelming with it's options. I much prefer something like Pavlov if you want to play around with guns in VR.

Yeah I refunded that one. It was cool but I'm not about to spend hours diving deep learning the inner workings of a sandbox like that just to fool around with weapons, I'd rather spend my time in other proper VR games that are fun to me right off the bat. I'm cool with the simpler weapon simulation/physics from Pavlov or Boneworks.

Nzyme32 · Mar 15, 2020

That BBC HL:A episode has popped up a few days ago (was busy and didn't check). Probably only a 5-10min segment of the show - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gj57/click-half-life

dex3108 · Mar 15, 2020

Nzyme32 said:
That BBC HL:A episode has popped up a few days ago (was busy and didn't check). Probably only a 5-10min segment of the show - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gj57/click-half-life

Watched it and nothing new. It was kinda disappointing.

denx · Mar 15, 2020

Nzyme32 said:
That BBC HL:A episode has popped up a few days ago (was busy and didn't check). Probably only a 5-10min segment of the show - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000gj57/click-half-life

Can't see it. :/ Got any other link / reupload?

Nzyme32 · Mar 15, 2020

denx said:
Can't see it. :/ Got any other link / reupload?

Sorry, no. Though dex3108 is right, there is practically no new content. Maybe 30sec of additional interview chat on movement, and that part of the reason they made the game is to get more people into VR.

cakely · Mar 15, 2020

So I just got a chance to walk through the Steam City 17 VR Room, and wow.

God damn Half-Life: Alyx is going to be a glorious game.

deadman322 · Mar 15, 2020

what are the bbc thinking, using al campbell as a talking head.

Crayon · Mar 15, 2020

I don't have a spot to do room scale but I'm not worried about that detracting from anything. I have a psvr in a room where the lights can be dimmed and 2 key spots for the camera. One for sitting one for standing.

The standing position is a bit far and high. It really stretches the bounding box of what it can capture and keep steady tracking. With that position, I can reach (even down pretty far. About to the knee), duck, lean, and take a step in every direction. I move the coffee table out of the way (put sliders on it) and throw a couple of pillows down to make a little pen. It's about 4 feet wide and 2 feet deep. I can use my whole body and reach in every direction a decent amount with that little space on a psvr.

Something with better/360 tracking would work miles better. You could reach as far as you can in every direction, turn around, or even touch the ground. All inside the standing room right in front of the couch. Nothing I've seen in alyx strikes me as anything you would need room scale for.

Mindfreak191 · Mar 15, 2020

I've been thinking this whole time, me joking about "now I only have to stay alive until the game releases and I play through it" when this first got announced, really, REALLY didn't age well, lol.

DIE BART DIE · Mar 15, 2020

Sad they didn't interview Philomena Cunk for that BBC piece.

Nzyme32 · Mar 15, 2020

DIE BART DIE said:
Sad they didn't interview Philomena Cunk for that BBC piece.

Thought the same thing because of Al Campbell (Barry Shitpeas on Charlie Brooker's News Wipe etc) and:

deadman322 said:
what are the bbc thinking, using al campbell as a talking head.

He's actually a director for a bunch of BBC shows, and a HL fan. There seem to be a few of them at BBC

Miamiwesker · Mar 15, 2020

Crayon said:
I don't have a spot to do room scale but I'm not worried about that detracting from anything. I have a psvr in a room where the lights can be dimmed and 2 key spots for the camera. One for sitting one for standing.

The standing position is a bit far and high. It really stretches the bounding box of what it can capture and keep steady tracking. With that position, I can reach (even down pretty far. About to the knee), duck, lean, and take a step in every direction. I move the coffee table out of the way (put sliders on it) and throw a couple of pillows down to make a little pen. It's about 4 feet wide and 2 feet deep. I can use my whole body and reach in every direction a decent amount with that little space on a psvr.

Something with better/360 tracking would work miles better. You could reach as far as you can in every direction, turn around, or even touch the ground. All inside the standing room right in front of the couch. Nothing I've seen in alyx strikes me as anything you would need room scale for.

That's about the space I have with oculus front sensors only, as long as the games have ways to keep everything in front of you it works fine. You do always have to recenter forward though. I'm sure it will be fine in this game.

deadman322 · Mar 15, 2020

Nzyme32 said:
He's actually a director for a bunch of BBC shows, and a HL fan. There seem to be a few of them at BBC

it's just hard to take anything he says seriously after the wipe shows.

Doc Kelso · Mar 15, 2020

jxN3 said:
Can't believe it, but I just picked up an oculus rift S for this game.

Anybody have any good VR suggestions to hold me over till launch?

Until You Fall and Pistol Whip are both excellent. Until You Fall will give you a workout and a half though lol.

jxN3 · Mar 16, 2020

Doc Kelso said:
Until You Fall and Pistol Whip are both excellent. Until You Fall will give you a workout and a half though lol.

Damn man, I'm so glad I pulled the trigger on VR -- this shit is incredible!

Everybody basically said Pistol Whip and Beat Saber, which are both awesome so far. Pistol Whip is really really really fun.

Downloading Until You Fall right now, it looks rad.

Nateo · Mar 16, 2020

Only a week before this releases and the only two headsets I want to play this on are inaccessible Index(Not selling in Australia) and HP Reverb 6 weeks til stock.

I just have to wait and avoid spoilers which given this is a new half life game will be near impossible.

Nzyme32 · Mar 19, 2020

On HL:A Linux:

"The game will be playable on Proton with DX11 at launch. Post-launch, we'll be aiming to provide Vulkan and Linux support through subsequent updates."

I'd be surprised if the Windows version is not Vulkan off the bat

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