Valve has been careful to reveal too many spoilers about what other characters are coming back in Alyx, but one big return has already been confirmed. The developers have also pointed out that enemies will respond to any noise that players make. In a Reddit AMA, the game’s developers said that physically moving the player without input didn’t work well, so they had to tweak how players interact with the creatures to better fit within VR. The game’s Steam page notes that you can even “rip a Headcrab off your face and throw it out the window.”Īs for other enemies, Barnacles will be returning too, though in a slightly updated fashion. The launch trailer shows a whole host of old enemies, including the iconic headcrabs (we can only imagine how horrifying it will be to deal with those in VR). The Combine aren’t the only familiar faces we’ve spotted so far. Judging by how things go in that game, it’s safe to say Alyx won’t win the fight against them in this game. The plot will return players to City 17 as they take on The Combine, the primary antagonistic force in Half-Life 2. Players will control Half-Life 2’s Alyx Vance, who has founded a fledgling alien resistance with her father, Dr. While you won’t play as Gordon Freeman in the game, Alyx does feature a host of familiar characters, enemies, and locations from the Half-Life universe. Game programmer David Speyrer said that everyone at Valve is enthusiastic about returning to the Half-Life universe and hope to explore it more if Alyx is a success. Players who are still inconsolable about Half-Life 3 may still want to pay attention to Alyx. The gameplay will also be familiar to fans of the series, featuring “world exploration, puzzle-solving, visceral combat, and an intricately woven story that connects it all with the characters iconic to the Half-Life universe,” according to Valve. Like previous games, players will have the ability to save and restore their file at any time. Geoff Keighley tweeted that early versions of the game took him over 15 hours to beat, which would make it even longer than Half-Life 2. Instead, it is its own installment, which lands somewhere between the first and second games.ĭespite being a spinoff, it’s still a full-length game. While fans have spent nearly two decades waiting for a third installment of the series or a proper follow-up to Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Alyx isn’t either of those projects. In the meantime, players can play all Half-Life games, including both episodes, for free until the game launches. Here are the game’s minimum PC requirements: The bounce in sales placed the headset on back-order as Valve tried to keep up with demand over the 2019 holidays. Sales for the Index shot up over 100% following the game’s announcement, making it the best selling PC VR headset in the fourth quarter of 2019. Index owners will even receive extra bonuses, including alternate weapon skins and Alyx-themed content for Counter-Strike: Global-Offensive. It will also support any tracked motion controllers and can be played both standing or sitting.įor players who don’t already own a VR headset, the game comes free with the purchase of a Valve Index. Alyx will run on any PC-compatible headset, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. The game is only compatible with VR headsets, which means that fans will not be able to play it normally with a mouse and keyboard. Players can pre-purchase the game on Steam now for $60. Valve announced that the game will be available on March 23.
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