Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells.
Lean to aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle solving, world exploration, and visceral combat. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life. Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. Eli Vance.Īs founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity-performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine.Įvery day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. If people play and say this is just as good, that will teach me a lot," he added.Īdditionally, fans of the game who get to play it through VR will experience being inside the game and directly interacting with it, such as reloading a gun with a hand-tracker controller instead of pressing a button.įor Walker, the mods are a great way of showcasing the stark difference of playing Half-Life: Alyx in VR compared to modifying it and making it work in a way that it was never meant to be played and although he doesn't encourage it "for the sake of the other members of the team," he knows the mods are coming.Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. "It will be a very crisp way of seeing all the stuff we got for the move into VR. Read Also: Twitch Announces Stream Aid 2020 This Weekend to Support Coronavirus Relief Fund His reason is simple: modifying the game will make people realize why the developers had explicitly made it for VR. Personally, I'm not concerned about it at all."
When asked if the mods bother him or anyone at Valve, Walker said: "There are a set of people on the team that are concerned about that. In an interview with Polygon, Robin Walker, who has worked on different titles including Team Fortress Classic, Counter-Strike, and previous Half-Life titles, said that he knows that a fan of the franchise is working hard to modify Half-Life: Alyx and make it playable without VR. The release of the mod is already anticipated by Valve, the creators of the infamous Half-Life franchise. In order to install the mod, fans need to download some files and then follow a set of instructions that are available at Icedwhisper's video that is already uploaded on YouTube.
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