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Half-Life: Alyx - Review Thread
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The writer seems pissed about having to write the review, not about the game itself. It affected his enjoyment of the game, clearly. VentureBeat should've picked someone else to review it, I suppose.
No. Not really.
Lots of the same folks who worked way back in HL2 still worked on this one.
I don't know if this is worse or "holding Pokémon hostage in Pokemon Home".
Not as much as you might think, apparently a good amount of devs from HL1 and 2 worked on Alyx.
There are people who worked on the original HL that are still there.
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And what about Half-Life: Alyx. Have you played it yet? Because the nature of teleportation and 90Hz+ means there is actually less chance of sickness than HL1/HL2.
Aahahaa wow. I knew there would be some gems in the review thread.
I haven't, but I got motion sick within seconds of other VR games.
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Era is bugged right now, it won't let me link to the sites no matter how much I keep putting the links in lol. I'll try again.
Why? Games do not exist in a vacuum, they exist as moments of culture within wider society. There was a time while reviewing Alyx where, late in the night, it hit me that I needed to call my mother and tell her she was no longer allowed to see her grandchild. I cried into the VR headset, and had to give myself a moment of "What the fuck am I doing here?" before progressing forward. Reflecting that in your examination of the art makes perfect sense. You have plenty of extremely positive reviews from people who didn't have that hangup. Grow up.
But a lot of people do. That's why so many people complain about cyberpunk being first person. But developers all have to make the decision of the type of game they want to make.
VR has never made me motion sick unless framerate is really bad. It's just as valid a format as regular first person design in regards to motion sickness. There's plenty of solutions in VR to alleviate it if needed.
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I ignored this until seeing this thread. Now that I've seen video reviews, I'm hella jealous. I just can't afford a VR set right now, let alone the Index which looks to be the best way to experience this (I tried PSVR and hated it, but loved using a Vive). This looks like exactly the kind of AAA gaming experience that VR deserves. Maybe next year, I'll get to play.
It seems to be a review from someone who isn't a fan of horror games, and the situation in the real world seems to have affected their enjoyment but it's not as if the VentureBeat writer has dragged the game with a negative review for that reason. It's actually a very positive on the game itself
I know you weren't the one who said it but I'm having trouble seeing why others have said it's 'hot garbage'. I don't identify with that mindset but it's certainly one that I know some people have so I see the value in the review for others.
Hopefully I get to play this someday. I played HL2 several years after it was released so I guess it's no big deal.
Why wouldn't you remove your VR headset before crying
What about Nintendo holding Bayonetta 2 hostage from hardcore gamers?
*sipping coffee* Gamers
Yeah, having read the review, I feel like all the other reasons explained and expanded on in there make sense for his scoring. To the degree that even without mentioning C19, the review would still reflect the score he gives it.
As a reviewer myself, I strongly disagree. I think that our mission is to judge a product on its own merits and while I can understand real-world events influencing the score if the game is commenting on them, I struggle to think of any logical reason why the score of HL: Alyx should be affected by the coronavirus pandemic. If anything the game comes out at a time when people desperately need distractions from the issues of the real world and some entertainment in their homes because they can't go out and enjoy life outside.
RE7 was the most notable for me as that was instant motion sickness.
Nice to see Valve can still make good games if they want to. I really hope they want to more often.
I completely disagree with this. Reviews would need to be consumed with history books, weather reports and the reviewers mood ring to determine if the score was based on the game or the reviewers off day. Let's be honest and say that you have no business reviewing a game that you don't want to play (at absolutely no fault of the game). I agree with others that it likely didn't impact the number, but come on saying it's ok to review games like that.
hardly qualifies as a new game
nice to see good reviews for Alyx, might have to pick up a VR headset sooner than later.
Q1 2020
Too bad OC does not list enhanced editions because there is also this:
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With FFVII and RE3 in the next two weeks we are eating!
Could not disagree more with this honestly. The game should be reviewed on its merits alone, and if a reviewer doesn't feel comfortable reviewing a game due certain circumstances, they should let someone else review it.
Q1 is insane man. Ugh, I guess this is the opportunity to try out Oculus Link for my Quest.Q1 2020
Amazing scores. Didn't anticipate any less since Valve wouldn't sully their foundational franchise with something half assed. Very bummed it's a VR game still but I'm excited to watch some play through on YouTube just to see that world again.
Because the tone, setting, graphics, atmosphere and general feel of the game only underline the current general day to day life instead of distracting from it. Even I thought that was pretty clear from the review.
