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Half-Life: Alyx Announced
- Thread starter Nzyme32
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Valve put a huge emphasis on the fact that they've been doing a ton of r&d to prevent exactly that.
Fair? But this is not HL3 so I don't see the point. Valve does not owe you a HL3 before they do their big VR game
Sure which is why if Sony came out with uncharted 5 as a PC exclusive, long time PlayStation fans would be rightfully upset.
The "VR has been out for decades" shit needs to stop.
VR consumer hardware, right now, is useable for the general populace for the very first time in history.
Everything that has come before wasn't ready at all. At most, you could compare the Oculus DK1 with some extremely expensive b2b stuff from the Late 2000s, and even that would sell it short.
Claiming that "the tech has been out for decades" is a dumber comparison than between a PS4 and the Magnavox Odyssey because the Magnavox Odyssey at least worked for what it set out to do.
Oh look, it's actually just console wars lol
Yeah but we have the right to yell at clouds Everytime Valve does something that isn't HL3.
Sure ill let other other people test it but i ain't going nowhere near VR. I'm scared of it. That;s how bad it made me feel. It's a game not life threatening situation, so no need to feel bad for a couple of days and feel off for a week.
We waited 12 years and we can wait a few more. They can do both Half Life 3 and Alyx. But not at the same time.
People have had more than enough time to decide if VR is right for them.
Lol, y'all crazy in here.
They could have done HL3 years ago. We will continue to complain about HL3 until the day it comes out then we will complain about how it sucks.
This is a reason why I hope the game is amazing and sells a shit ton. That way Valve will see that Half Life 3 can meet expectations and they'll finally make it.
Hah, that's neat. I have to admit I thought he was full of shit, but be absolutely wasn't.
They tried, multiple times. There are indications of at least 6 cancelled attempts of making Half Life Episode 3 and Half Life 3.
Making a sequel to a hugely innovative and acclaimed game isnt easy. Doing it twice is harder, and as time goes on it gets even harder.
This brings me back to longingly looking at PC games I would never be able to play because I only had consoles. I have a gaming PC (970 that needs to be upgraded) and I know I won't be able to play this any time soon. I hope those that have VR will be able to enjoy it.
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You mean doing it 3 times. Not an excuse however.
Do you mean Episode 1 and 2? I dont count those because they're not really different than HL2 from a technical standpoint. Valve would obviously want HL3 to be a huge innovative improvement over HL2 just like HL2 was over HL1 all those years ago.
I think I may have misread your post. I meant HL1 and HL2 and HL3 would be the 3rd time.
I hope it is. I don't have VR but I wan't valve to make a truly innovative game again.
Good choice. it's been 84 years since I've played it so I'm not sure of the best way to do so, but aim for the most vanilla experience possible. Interested in your impression tbh. My phone is more powerful than the PC I first played it on lol.
Half Life 2 lives up to all the hype. It's magnificent even today. It's the reason I'm super hyped about the announcement. Episodes are great fun too. Story hang notwithstanding.
It's doable, I have no doubts about that. Does it make sense? No, I don't think so.
People not willing to spend 200€ on a good enough headset + controls (~rift s quality), because VR needs to be set up, there are wires, software needs to work together, you need to adjust a play area, wouldn't also be willing to invest 100€ into a IR camera + controllers, make the software work and adjust a play area.
The thing is: not everybody needs to like or play VR. If somebody doesn't want to, let him. He is missing out on something excellent, but it's not my job to persuade him and it's not the right strategy to create subpar devices or experiences to emulate VR. Nothing you want to exist will give the player a clue how immersive a good VR only game is. It's futile.
What some people are forgetting. Even if VR should become a bigger thing. It won't replace traditional games. Both can do very different things. Both are designed differently. So, of somebody wants to miss out on fun. Let him. But if he can't join, because this stuff is to expansive. Then let's hope for prices to come down.
And they are: rift 1 with controllers and station was 800€? Rift S is better in many ways and only costs 450€. It will happen, maybe 3-4 years.
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N... no? He said two times because he's talking about making sequels to HL. If you are counting Episodes then then it would be 4, I guess? But certainly not 3.
It absolutely is. Making games is hard, and if Valve wasn't happy with their efforts to make HL3 they have no moral or legal obligation to "suck it up" and release a product they aren't happy with just to allegedly please some fans.
This Mario 64 game looks great but all I ask is that they also release a 2d version. That's all.
Damn things made me jump in Black Mesa last night. Probably gonna scare the hell out of me in VR lol.
You're going to be disappointed. They aren't going to add a non-VR option to what they call their "flagship VR game".
Agreed to some degree as there is a hardware cost associated with the product but it also doesn't mean that HL3 would be replacing this if it didn't exist. If anything this only exists due to Valve commitment to hardware and the R/D on the Index.
I'd also say to think it more of a franchise you like doing a different genre rather than platform.
I have a shitty laptop. Would definetly build one from scratch. But i don't know how to do that and how much that would cost.
My first guess was that they'd put it up on the steam frontpage and on steam.tv
Wherever it will be, you can be sure that Valve's twitter will tweet it out.
My body is Reggie.
I will very likely be (re)buying a VR headset for this game. Once it's fully confirmed I can use an Oculus Quest + Link.
I will very likely be (re)buying a VR headset for this game. Once it's fully confirmed I can use an Oculus Quest + Link.
I guess it wont be. It'll probably just be a website that'll go up with a trailer maybe and the Geoff Keighley interview
I agree, that's a good way of looking at it.
The big problem I see is the lack of any movement on a true sequel. If HL3 was definitely in development or had already been released, then you'd have less people disappointed at a VR spinoff.
Lets do a game: everybody who post over here as a gabe, steam and hl fan (as i am) will receive the game for free from our lord and savior. who wants to play this game with me?
anyway, im grooling for every pores right now. when the dusk will come, so ill do
anyway, im grooling for every pores right now. when the dusk will come, so ill do