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TSpyre
post Nov 22 2019, 06:44 AM, updated 7y ago

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/

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Set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, Half-Life: Alyx is a new full-length game built from the ground up by Valve for virtual reality.


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ABOUT THIS GAME
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. 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.

Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance.

As 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.

Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.

ABOUT GAMEPLAY IN VR:

Valve’s return to the Half-Life universe that started it all was built from the ground up for virtual reality. VR was built to enable the gameplay that sits at the heart of Half-Life.

Immerse yourself in deep environmental interactions, puzzle solving, world exploration, and visceral combat.

Lean to aim around a broken wall and under a Barnacle to make an impossible shot. Rummage through shelves to find a healing syringe and some shotgun shells. Manipulate tools to hack alien interfaces. Toss a bottle through a window to distract an enemy. Rip a Headcrab off your face and throw it out the window.

Already own Valve Index? You'll get Half-Life: Alyx free, plus extra content.

Customers who have purchased Valve Index hardware by the end of 2019 will have access to unique bonuses starting early next year:

Explore environments from Half-Life: Alyx in your SteamVR Home space
Alternate gun skins to embellish Alyx's arsenal
Special Half-Life: Alyx-themed content for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Community-built environments

A set of Source 2 tools for building new environments will ship with the game, enabling any player to build and contribute new environments for the community to enjoy. Hammer, Valve’s level authoring tool, has been updated with all of the game’s virtual reality gameplay tools and components.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
DesRed
post Nov 23 2019, 07:14 PM

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Wonder when will Valve continue the story from HL2: EP2...
TSpyre
post Nov 23 2019, 11:25 PM

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cmonstar
post Aug 16 2021, 09:42 AM

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Hi sifus,

I'm running HL:A on my humble PC:
AMD FX8320
20GB RAM
RX570 4GB
Oculus Quest 2 - via cable

I know it is pretty low-spec, but I managed to run Alyx albeit with lower settings. I heard that running Alyx via Virtual Desktop (on Steam via cable, not the Oculus one - my wifi is slow) can improve the performance. Anybody knows how this works?

Appriciate advice.

Can anyone advise

 

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