I about died laughing when Lirik couldn't leave the room because the enemy he naded glitched into the door.
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Half-Life Alyx |OT| The right woman in the right place
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I about died laughing when Lirik couldn't leave the room because the enemy he naded glitched into the door.
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Best part of that was he was trying to pull the whole time. When he could have just pushed and it opened lmao.I about died laughing when Lirik couldn't leave the room because the enemy he naded glitched into the door.
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Bare minimum specs on my PC. The opening balcony stutters every time I move. Boy this will be rough but whatever, I get to play Half life. There aren't any visual settings? I want to turn off all the visual shit.
This game is fucking legit. OMG! The head crabs are huge and there are legit scary scenes X_x; Lots of panic shooting and running out of bullets. You learn to reload very fast haha. Hearing the new Alyx voice was a bit jarring. Still not used to it.
I was surprise I could run the game on ULTRA with a gtx 1070. Also using a Rift S. Right now I'm using Shift for the control scheme. I wanted to use continuous but it doesn't seem to work? I turn my head but it doesn't change direction. I also had to change the turning on the left controller to the right one.
Only played 2 hours and no motion sickness. Also no crashes so far!
I was surprise I could run the game on ULTRA with a gtx 1070. Also using a Rift S. Right now I'm using Shift for the control scheme. I wanted to use continuous but it doesn't seem to work? I turn my head but it doesn't change direction. I also had to change the turning on the left controller to the right one.
Only played 2 hours and no motion sickness. Also no crashes so far!
There are, you just need to scroll down in the preferences menu. I imagine you're already set to lowest everything.
This might take the crown as the best game I've ever played and the best gaming experience ever. This is absolutely next level stuff right here. Like I literally can't believe some of the things I'm able to do.
Ori and the Will of the Wisp is the best 2d game I've ever played. Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, as well as God of War 4, were the best games I've ever played until this.
Ori and the Will of the Wisp is the best 2d game I've ever played. Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, as well as God of War 4, were the best games I've ever played until this.
For what it's worth, both actresses are SAG-AFTRA union members, so I don't think that was the factor.
Seems like Index users can squeeze to crush cans, and probably a few other things, but nothing essential over other controllers.
Makes it non-playable for me as it completely takes you out of the experience. I won't play any game in VR that forces this type of camera movement.
Wish we could get some kind of official response from Valve.
You can squeeze stuff with vive controllers too, needs to be done with your dominant hand since the other one opens the menu.
Buckled down and bought it after hearing about snap turning not being able to be shut off might just be a glitch since there's an option for it to be turned off. I managed to play up until chapter 3 before my legs started to cramp a bit.
I'm glad I did, this game is insane. If more people had easy access to VR, I could easily see this being as big of a gaming milestone and cultural phenomenon as the other Half Life games. It's absolutely phenomenal, and frankly I'm not even the biggest Half Life fan, nor was I really all too excited for this game.
I've played a ton of VR games, none of them have looked this gorgeous, had this much fidelity, controlled and felt this good, and were as well crafted as this one is. The closest game I've played to this experience was Resident Evil 7, and that's solely because it was another AAA game in VR. This absolutely lives up to the Half Life name.
I'm glad I did, this game is insane. If more people had easy access to VR, I could easily see this being as big of a gaming milestone and cultural phenomenon as the other Half Life games. It's absolutely phenomenal, and frankly I'm not even the biggest Half Life fan, nor was I really all too excited for this game.
I've played a ton of VR games, none of them have looked this gorgeous, had this much fidelity, controlled and felt this good, and were as well crafted as this one is. The closest game I've played to this experience was Resident Evil 7, and that's solely because it was another AAA game in VR. This absolutely lives up to the Half Life name.
Is there a way to force the spectator display to be full screen? It opens in a tiny window on my TV. My GF wants to watch me play but it's just a tiny window that doesn't let me resize it.
I would be all over this in a heartbeat if it wasn't the only VR game I wanted to play. Alas, maybe in a few years.
Anyone know how long the game is?
I REALLY hate this as well. I want to play continuous + smooth turning with my right stick.
Are you using an Oculus? If so you can just turn off the spectator display built in game and instead use the mirror mode executable that Oculus has in the following file path:
*whatever drive/folder you installed to*\Oculus\Support\oculus-diagnostics\OculusMirror.exe
You should be able to full screen that.
If you're not using an Oculus then I'm not too sure.
Weird, my display takes up the whole screen. I didn't see any settings to change this unfortunately.
Played 4 hours today and I loved it. Gorgeous, runs like a dream 99% of the time, writing is super charming, and it just feels really good. Some control stuff like doors feel a bit fiddly and combine combat is a bit hard right now, but I'm sure after a few more levels it'll click
Same. I was using blink but switched to shift on your recommendation and am finding it far better for keeping situational awareness.
Thanks! Now to see if my GTX 980 w/ only 4gb vram can handle it.
This is one of the best games of all time. There's like a few things I could see improved like making literally everything interactable because it's jarring with the few things that aren't. But so much is already that it is still mind-blowing. Loving it so much. I want Left 4 Dead 3 to be in VR. It would be insane.
Have a buddy that has an HTC Vive Cosmos Elite and she said it's playing well, looks great and functions fine with the Vive wands. Something to consider for those still looking for an HMD. Note: NOT THE VIVE COSMOS. THAT'S A NO GO.
Felt this way about headcrabs. Like, they have to be big enough to eat your head because that's that they do since the HL1 but they always look so small in the games but in VR, NOPE, that thing really is the size of something that could eat my head!
I'm playing on the OG HP headset. I know there is a loss of fidelity that I'm missing out on, but have had very little complaints with the WMR controllers. I had some trouble early on putting ammo in the backpack since that requires you to let go of an item over your shoulder and with the inside-out tracking that can be finicky. Eventually you dial it down right and hasn't been much of an issue after an hour or two.
If that is the real reason it would be extremely disappointing considering that Valve has that extra money for union talent :/
Laying in bed at 1:20am, can't stop thinking about the game. I'm so excited to continue playing tomorrow, which is something I haven't felt since like BOTW.
This feels like Halo CE or Mario 64, a real next gen wow moment, the next consoles or PC GPUs have nothing on this.
This feels like Halo CE or Mario 64, a real next gen wow moment, the next consoles or PC GPUs have nothing on this.
Ultra on a 1070? I was going to hold off on this game till I got a better rig because I thought my 1080 would suffer a bit with this game.
But that is interesting to hear, it makes me more willing to buy a new headset and jump back into VR.
Ah ah ah that was funny.I about died laughing when Lirik couldn't leave the room because the enemy he naded glitched into the door.
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anyone know how to access the Valve Hammer tools for HL: Alyx? I wanted to dick around for a little while, but can't figure out where the tools are..
Yep, I have a 1070 as well, flawless so far on Ultra, 4.5 hours in the game.
anyone know how to access the Valve Hammer tools for HL: Alyx? I wanted to dick around for a little while, but can't figure out where the tools are..
Just got done with 2 hours of it! They really did it, they pulled it off.
They summed of everything that's been accomplished in 2020 VR and then pushed it a little further. It's so much fun!
It's been 6 years since the DK1, imagine what these games will be like another 6 years down the line. Wow.
They summed of everything that's been accomplished in 2020 VR and then pushed it a little further. It's so much fun!
It's been 6 years since the DK1, imagine what these games will be like another 6 years down the line. Wow.
I put the first bucket I saw on my head, which was funny. But then I couldn't get it off. Had to reload the checkpoint.
Whats the most budget friendly vr set out there? Curious to try it but itll be a while before investing in vr for me
I played for about 2 hrs today on a Samsung Odyssey+, and it runs great. The WMR default bindings with SteamVR make sense and all functions seem to be mapped out correctly, so I would say dive in if you have a set. I did experience the snap turning glitch though, so once that gets patched out, I think the dual sticks in either one would work out perfectly.
There is a small hitch with WMR when it comes to holding your hands together for a pistol grip based on the size of the controller rings showing the limits of the inside-out tracking on WMR, but I've managed to find the sweet spot when shooting with two hands and it hasn't bothered me too much. The Tested video demonstrating impressions of HL:A are pretty spot-on.
Not gonna lie even though I know the whole thing about scale in VR compared to out of VR and I've always kind of laughed when people talk about how much it blows them away -
When that first fucking Strider crests the buildings and stars scaling them, stamping into the roof four feet away from you - it just about made me fall over. DAMN THEY'RE BIG BOYS
I've put about 3 hours into the game so far and I have to say I am ... just absolutely thrilled that it turned out so great. It's a rare pleasure to play a game that feels absolutely designed for the hardware you use to play it, and Alyx on a Valve Index -- not to say the other platforms aren't great -- is a superlative example of homogeneity in game and hardware design. Each button press, wave of your hand, and physical interaction feels incredible; the connective tissue between the visual performance and the controller feedback gives you just enough physicality to focus on the task in the game, but also feel that much closer to the experience. Finally, the crisp quality of the sound design and visuals turn every environment into a virtual haunted house where each detail begs for the player to slow down and explore to get the most out of it. Playing HL:Alyx in room scale is an additional added pleasure; I knew ever since I played Boneworks that room scale play was the only way I wanted to play VR from then on out, and doing it here has been incredible.
And this is to say nothing of what Valve has delivered here for Half-Life fans. This *is* the next Half-Life game, and it makes me so happy to be able to say that it fits in that heavy hitting pantheon of titles. It is, to be sure, its own experience, hand-crafted for VR in a way that is clear from moment to moment; from the pacing, the encounter design, and the gameplay design of each portion, it's clear that Half-Life wears a bit of a different hat in VR. It's slower, more personal and intimate. It's way, way scarier. It's oppressive atmosphere. Half-Life: Alyx is scary in a way I never expected, and yet the fear it generates is a natural by-product of what Half-Life actually IS in VR; Valve hasn't *done* anything special with Half-Life to accomplish this: it simply is this way when given a faithful VR translation. The visual language of Half-Life speaks so much more loudly in VR, and it is a genuinely special experience that vindicates the purchase of any headset, but especially the Index.
I'm not done with the game, and I hope I won't be done with it for another few days. I can't wait to spend more time with it, unravel its secrets, and then go right back in on Hard and re-experience it. But more than that, I can't wait for Valve to make more Half-Life games and, I hope, I pray, more VR titles. This is VR's moment, finally, right here. There's more to say about the game in contrast with other VR titles like Boneworks, and in general, but I'll save it until I finish this game; for anyone who is on the fence today, though: do it. Buy a VR kit. Play this game. You will not be disappointed.
And this is to say nothing of what Valve has delivered here for Half-Life fans. This *is* the next Half-Life game, and it makes me so happy to be able to say that it fits in that heavy hitting pantheon of titles. It is, to be sure, its own experience, hand-crafted for VR in a way that is clear from moment to moment; from the pacing, the encounter design, and the gameplay design of each portion, it's clear that Half-Life wears a bit of a different hat in VR. It's slower, more personal and intimate. It's way, way scarier. It's oppressive atmosphere. Half-Life: Alyx is scary in a way I never expected, and yet the fear it generates is a natural by-product of what Half-Life actually IS in VR; Valve hasn't *done* anything special with Half-Life to accomplish this: it simply is this way when given a faithful VR translation. The visual language of Half-Life speaks so much more loudly in VR, and it is a genuinely special experience that vindicates the purchase of any headset, but especially the Index.
I'm not done with the game, and I hope I won't be done with it for another few days. I can't wait to spend more time with it, unravel its secrets, and then go right back in on Hard and re-experience it. But more than that, I can't wait for Valve to make more Half-Life games and, I hope, I pray, more VR titles. This is VR's moment, finally, right here. There's more to say about the game in contrast with other VR titles like Boneworks, and in general, but I'll save it until I finish this game; for anyone who is on the fence today, though: do it. Buy a VR kit. Play this game. You will not be disappointed.
Just finished chapter 3 and holy shit
bruh the fucking train crash was probably the best set piece of I've ever seen in VR? The physics were fucking crazy I was blown away[
Also the entire segment in the dark with all the explosive barrels and barnacles was terrifying /SPOILER]
Also the entire segment in the dark with all the explosive barrels and barnacles was terrifying /SPOILER]
I'm playing with a GTX 980. All settings to low but still looks great.