Half-Life: Alyx Review

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Half-Life: Alyx reviewed by Dan Stapleton on PC with Valve Index.
"One of the first things that struck me when I started playing Half-Life: Alyx was the dirt under Alyx Vance's fingernails. It's a simple thing, but it's not often that you see that level of fine detail in a VR game. Usually, virtual hands are either low-detail ghostly apparitions or gloved. This grit also tells us something about this character, a scrappy survivor raised in the aftermath of the Seven-Hour War in which the alien Combine conquered Earth, and it quickly establishes that she isn't as buttoned-down as that MIT-educated nerd Dr. Gordon Freeman. Subtle as it is, it sets the stage for the best VR shooter I've ever played by a mile - and one of the best in any perspective."
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@The404Studios 4 жыл бұрын

Valve has always set games standards

@suvadipchakraborty5964 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh ! Artifact !!!

@farrelrasyid9500 3 жыл бұрын

@@suvadipchakraborty5964 shhh that never happened

@TheZombie2415 3 жыл бұрын

@@suvadipchakraborty5964 artifacts gameplay wise was great but they went to greedy for a game that nobody asked. That's why it fails.

@Bens963 3 жыл бұрын

They are lazy as hell but when they do something, it's amazing

@novamous777 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bens963 you call half-life Alyx lazy?

@slolowelo 4 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how many times I refreshed steam this morning Edit: Just beat the game after 12 hours of play and it was a fantastic experience and the ending just makes me want a sequel so badly, all I gotta say if you haven't finished it is prepare for unforseen consequences

@katesbane 4 жыл бұрын

69th like, don't forget me.

@notjeff6547 4 жыл бұрын

@@katesbane i am 70th remember me

@hamzadamra02 4 жыл бұрын

Soothing_sloth Frfr lmao

@Denariio 4 жыл бұрын

Like twice at most I'm guessing

@skylor9520 4 жыл бұрын

Remember, no Russian

@kookdacook1144 4 жыл бұрын

Half-Life games never SET the bars, Half-Life games ARE the bars.

@Feisty123 4 жыл бұрын

Eh makes sense

@agungprastisthasurya80 4 жыл бұрын

Half-Life always raised the (crow)bar

@gimbyplays228 4 жыл бұрын

But boneworks bro

@ZakX11 4 жыл бұрын

Whats the difference???

@misira8256 4 жыл бұрын

@@gimbyplays228 Boneworks is a glorious vr physics tech demo.

@leduc6919 4 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest: This is the first VR game that could actually be a candidate for GOTY. EDIT: This is probably the most successful thing I'll ever achieve, big oof moment right here.

@GotNextVideo 4 жыл бұрын

Lone Echo would have been a candidate for GOTY had it not come out in the same year as Breath of the Wild. But it also didn't have the hype/name recognition needed to gain notoriety outside of VR enthusiast circles.

@colster8049 4 жыл бұрын

GotNextVideo dude what?? Half-life is a massive franchise with a massive following and breath of the wild game out 4 years ago.

@GotNextVideo 4 жыл бұрын

@@colster8049 I wasn't saying Half Life Alyx isn't GOTY material, I was saying Lone Echo might have been the first VR-only GOTY contender when it came out in 2017 if not for BotW.

@aldrincarandang4228 4 жыл бұрын

Its going to be hard especially with cyberpunk 2077 and the last of us pt 2

@leduc6919 4 жыл бұрын

@@aldrincarandang4228 What did we see of last of us pt2 so far? Only a lesbian kissing scene, wowie.

@user-uv2dx3lu4l 4 жыл бұрын

I think this game is going to get a lot of attention due to the quarantine.

@superkind333 4 жыл бұрын

Nah because it's still a VR title.

@CraftinHaloNuts 4 жыл бұрын

No it won’t it won’t sell anything because it’s vr

@nukasmirsh 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, for the 5 people who have VR

@CaptainsRath 4 жыл бұрын

The game is supposed to be the top selling game in steam in 2020, I think that’s a lot of sales for “being a vr title” just because something is in vr does not mean it will 100% do poorly, especially as vr is becoming cheaper.

@Balnazzardi 4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainsRath VR might be coming cheaper, but its still too expensive for most people, especially because you also need quite decent PC on top of that... Plus look at where the world is going right now....the economic crisis of 2008 is going to look like very mild thing in comparison to what is about to come Im afraid....so even if VR becomes cheaper, RIGHT NOW many people have LOT more to worry about saving their money for than VR...

@SoddingSuperHero 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a *10* That also means Valve should make Half-Life 3 now. Anyday now...

@1kbmahan 4 жыл бұрын

Superheroes_Sodding_Handsome 2040

@WillToNihilsm 4 жыл бұрын

THERE ARE ONLY 3 GUNS IN THE ENTIRE GAME. THREE. GUNS

@YuzukiEba 4 жыл бұрын

@@WillToNihilsm you aren't playing as Gordon Freeman. Its alyx. Looool

@BlackParade01 4 жыл бұрын

@@WillToNihilsm WHO CARES

@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 4 жыл бұрын

@@WillToNihilsm 3 guns? that is alot for vr, who gives a crap about 3 guns, its better than half life 2s guns atleast.

@Galf506 4 жыл бұрын

Guys I put my headset on and 4 hours of my life disappeared. That's a magic trick, not a game.

@soldieroftruth77 4 жыл бұрын

Sedew I see what you did there

@1621lionheart 4 жыл бұрын

that 4 hours you lost prolonged Gaben's life, he is immortal now

@jimmycychowski1142 4 жыл бұрын

What your specifications of your pc mate? HMD?

@Galf506 4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmycychowski1142 i7 4790, gtx1080, 32gb ram, on ssd, Index headset with Vive wands/sensors. Runs great maxed out at 90hz! There's people playing this fine on low with a low end cpu and a gtx 1050ti btw, it runs on pretty much anything.

@jimmycychowski1142 4 жыл бұрын

@@Galf506 Fair enough I've got the original HTC vive Asus strix GTX 1080 i5 3570k running at 4.7 GHz and 16 gigabyte ram it should hopefully run decent at mid to high quality I hope 😁

@XICO2KX 4 жыл бұрын

*WARNING:* ⚠ Might make you try to use non-existing _gravity gloves_ in real life after playing this game for long time periods! 🧤

@NeoAphelion 4 жыл бұрын

Very VERY true

@MaxArceus 4 жыл бұрын

for sure

@EliteFreeman 4 жыл бұрын

**Seek medical attention**

@thunder_bear9925 3 жыл бұрын

That actually is true I played for at least 4 hours straight because I just got my head set plus a perfect game to play so I was excited and didnt want to quit. Well after I took it off for at lesst an hour I still thought I was in the game.

@tuckeredout2887 3 жыл бұрын

I got frustrated after trying to gravity-glove my tv remote across the room for 5 minutes.

@valleybiitch 4 жыл бұрын

i prob won't be playing this for a while but that ain't gonna stop me from getting hype

@JMillerrr 4 жыл бұрын

Same. Also there's no more Oculus Quest to be found at decent prices so, yeah. People need something to do during this pandemic I guess..

@eggoalbero2447 4 жыл бұрын

Feel you. It looks so fresh compared to all the other games in the market right now

@ThePro100DK 4 жыл бұрын

lol I feel this about every game. Clearly can't understand why would I spend 60$ now if I can wait and buy it for 10-15 in pair of months

@NickMac91 4 жыл бұрын

Same literally didn’t get to play half-life 2 on my own PC till like 6 years after it came out by that time the game wasn’t the graphics overhaul it had once been meaning I didn’t break the bank on a PC.

@actualgarbage8549 4 жыл бұрын

@@eggoalbero2447 doom?

@SgtStinger 4 жыл бұрын

I finished the game two days ago. I whole heartedly agree, it is a true masterpiece, and a grand return to form for Valve.

@Leprutz 3 жыл бұрын

what console is this on? And is it only VR capable?

@SgtStinger 3 жыл бұрын

@@Leprutzonly on pc, only on vr.

@Mini-wd7qz 2 жыл бұрын

@@SgtStinger sheesh it’s so expensive

@SaberRexZealot Жыл бұрын

@@Mini-wd7qz get it in a few years. VR will be more mainstream and Valve games are usually on sale.

@ajd0652 4 жыл бұрын

American Government: “Here’s a $1200 check to offset the economic hardship of Coronavirus.” American Gamers: “Valve, here’s $1200 now give me an Index and Half-Life 3.”

@three-letterfriend5890 4 жыл бұрын

It's not half-life 3 you ball-washer

@EternalDensity 4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly balanced. And it's not *not* HL3. Kinda.

@user-zc6yi8st9f 4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the Valve Index is $999

@sebastian8596 4 жыл бұрын

Your gonna need another 1200 for a computer that can run it

@unknownpaws 4 жыл бұрын

@@three-letterfriend5890 it does advance the plot by 10 seconds tho, which no ever saw coming

@balti1991 3 жыл бұрын

Should have won GOTY at game awards 2020, didn't even get nominated

@bluekewne 3 жыл бұрын

My employers will be most displeased. Come, Gordon, WE ARE LEAVING.

@forgotmyname1242 3 жыл бұрын

TGA is rigged.

@randyx007 3 жыл бұрын

It did win GOTY from GameSpot

@icedfirion 3 жыл бұрын

@Tiktok spotlight GOTY isn't a popularity contest... Misses the point. It absolutely should have at a minimum been nominated.

@randyx007 3 жыл бұрын

@@gauravnegi4312I have been a Vive, Vive pro, and Valve Index owner BUT the Oculus Quest 2 is a game changer for VR, even if you have a mid/low spec pc to hook up to. It is bringing VR to the masses.

@xenon5493 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to say, if this isn't a 10 I would be disappointed

@ryuuotaku35 4 жыл бұрын

Xenon 54 It is.

@SkemeKOS 4 жыл бұрын

It should definitely be a 10.

@efeakkayaa 4 жыл бұрын

Thats -2 points just because it is a vr game

@majoshi3535 4 жыл бұрын

@@efeakkayaa if not for VR there would be no game at all

@pcgameboy8407 4 жыл бұрын

@@efeakkayaa Its +4 cause its a VR game. Lol

@marekvlk1421 4 жыл бұрын

1st Half-life game: redefined genre and set up new standarts for fps games 2nd HL : Absolutely supperior to any other fps game at that time and bring revolution to graphics and psychics possibilities of videogames HL- Alyx : VR will be now the most wanted platform for gaming 3rd HL: open your 3rd eye, touch your soul and bring balance to the universe PS: Just kidding, bringing of iron sights will be enough improvements for me

@stancastan 4 жыл бұрын

ADS in valve games? Hell no.

@bmx7596 4 жыл бұрын

The 3 major VR headsets have been sold out for months lol

@info0 4 жыл бұрын

erm no. VR brings me headache and it's not as immersive as 3D Vision from Nvidia was, sadly, Nvidia decided to bin it. I am more interested in mixed reality Microsoft wants to showcase with Xbox Series X more than anything. For me, Augmented Reality was always the better of the two (to know how it COULD be implemented watch Microsoft Tech Demo of Hololens 2) . At least with AR you can SEE your surroundings and won't bump into stuff in your room (you need plenty of space for VR, trust me). Mixing VR AND AR together however, I am in for that. Microsoft please don't disappoint. It could be the true breakthrough. As for Half-Life games being the best or redefining the genre... Hm... Don't really remember that. They brought in the story though and HL2 definitely gave idea to Portal games with physics interactions, but... I have more sentiment to Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein games. Also without id Software there would be no Half Life ;) (Valve used id Tech in their 1st Half Life).

@Varil92 4 жыл бұрын

Gabe Newell is interested in brain computer interface. Half-Life 3 will have it LOL

@softpestLIVE 4 жыл бұрын

@@info0 i play vr in my tight bedroom just fine, you don't need large space for vr at all. You can play sitting down aswell. Everything else you said I can semi agree with

@grandsporter 4 жыл бұрын

“It has a little something for everyone”

@mossypotato9899 4 жыл бұрын

It really makes you feel like Alyx Vance.

@Zeegoku1007 4 жыл бұрын

....After u have your VR setup ready 😝

@metalsnake27 4 жыл бұрын

As long as you have the money to afford a VR headset and compatible rig and the room space to do so.

@SymmetricalHorizon 4 жыл бұрын

"Its the dark souls of VR games"

@dimitrypilin3098 4 жыл бұрын

Unresponsible controls, glitchy graphics, multiplayed doesn't work, the developers tried to murder me. 9.8 "It's got a little something for everyone"

@Deezsirrer 4 жыл бұрын

10/10 haven't seen that for a loooooooong time

@MicrowaveBackground 4 жыл бұрын

RDR2 only came out 16 months ago...

@h.a.6790 4 жыл бұрын

If you're a follower of IGN you would know how tough to get 10's from these guys, Rockstar games does not count as those are 100 million dollar budget games.

@ucnguyenmanh1479 4 жыл бұрын

I WANT 10 FOR DOOM ETERNAL.

@Jof- 4 жыл бұрын

@@h.a.6790 Half Life Alyx is a huge budget title too my guy

@PinkFury42 4 жыл бұрын

Breath of the Wild in 2017 says hi. Also Celeste in 2018.

@thatrandomguy8157 4 жыл бұрын

And now we wait another 13 years for Half Life 3

@Ekatkid 4 жыл бұрын

*Half life alyx 2

@gabrielmelo635 4 жыл бұрын

*Half life barney

@campkira 4 жыл бұрын

hl 3 confirm....

@3333218 4 жыл бұрын

@ooczzy That's what they said last time... 14 years ago...

@leduc6919 4 жыл бұрын

@ooczzy Actually I wouldn't say that long. The voiceactor of Gman and Barney teased "A blast from the past" for the end of this year, so it could be that Valve is actually working on it and planning to tease it at the end of the year.

@MrHeliMan 4 жыл бұрын

So Valve actually delivered on expectations. Wow.

@stereoflava2788 4 жыл бұрын

They always have with SP games.

@4rch91 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah they always have with most of their games, except for Artifact.

@MrHeliMan 4 жыл бұрын

@@stereoflava2788 And that is also one of the reasons why the expectations have never been this high.

@derp4317 4 жыл бұрын

This almost sounds sarcastic

@Sagaan42 4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion so far from playing the game they didn't.

@grovilone6070 4 жыл бұрын

This is a review that brings a tear to my eye. This means so much to me, for so many reasons. For starters, I grew up always knowing about Half Life because my father SWORE on it. It was his favorite game of all time and hes always talked about it since I was a kid. I saw my older brothers go through each game on the family computer, and I loved the game myself. Half Life put my Father on gaming, who put my brothers on gaming, who, ultimately, put me on gaming. Half Life is more than a game to me. It’s a symbol of time passing and the advancement of technology. My family eagerly awaited Half Life 3 like everyone else, even me who didn’t fully understand what Half Life was yet. My dad was really upset that episode 3 never came out because of that cliffhanger, and literally never gave up hope. He was convinced it was gonna be a VR title and bought an insane Alienware computer in 2015 just because he thought the new Half life would come out in that timespan (guess he was 5 years early). When I got home in 2019 and checked my feeds to find Valve posted a reveal trailer for a new Half-Life game, I instantly thought of my father and called him, as I lived in a different state. He was really excited, to say the least. It’s wholesome looking at him now, and seeing him FINALLY getting a sprinkle of clarity for the story he’s waited a long 13 years for. NO SPOILERS PLEASE! I don’t know what happens!! but, seriously, I’m satisfied this game defied all odds and came out at such a perfect time. Valve is happy. Their fans love their game, and they were worried that they wouldn’t at one point. The fans are happy. They got to finally play the next Half-Life game. But most importantly, my father is happy. He got to finally see the story he loves continue, and enjoy Half-Life Alyx. I give this game a personal, genuine, 10/10.

@grovilone6070 4 жыл бұрын

French Jesus lol

@noidTV 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a nice little story! Hope your dad gets to play it :) And all I’ll say regarding the ending is.... shit’s wild.

@niks660097 3 жыл бұрын

that's so wholesome, waiting for a half life is now becoming a tradition..

@iloveeveryone8611 2 жыл бұрын

Wholesome. :)

@andrewoaktree584 Жыл бұрын

Can you adopt me please? XD

@swiftassociates 4 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when developers take their time to develop and deliver a great product.

@pexeq 4 жыл бұрын

And don't have to care about money. That's a big part.

@TheDeathOfLucifer 3 жыл бұрын

Kinda helps it could be beat in 7 hours. A 40 hour AAA game might not be the same. Though I hope someday we'll have more AAA games for VR and they will get longer and longer. My biggest issue with VR is some of the best experiences arent even an hour long game and most of the longest don't get to 5 hours usually

@TheDeathOfLucifer 3 жыл бұрын

@And Jesus Wept they either said that in this video or the one I watched before this. I'm still waiting for my Oculus thats arriving in August. The more time the better for me. lol

@mr.littleredemption4097 4 жыл бұрын

Woah, first 10/10 of the year didn't expected this.

@ShinkeiDEI 4 жыл бұрын

It is Half Life, I was actually expecting this :)

@justiny.1773 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. LittleRedemption I guess you don’t remember the half life 2 hype and the critics saying it’s the best game ever?

@mr.littleredemption4097 4 жыл бұрын

Justin Y. Yeah you right. Half Life 2 is revolutionary masterpiece. Regardless, March is an amazing month for video games. Metacritic Scores: 1. Persona 5 Royal: 95 2. Alyx: 93 3. Animal Crossing: 91 4. Doom Eternal: 90 5. Ori: 90

@rbk2kpro 4 жыл бұрын

first 10/10 since gow i think

@bigqdawg100 4 жыл бұрын

@Mr LittleRedemption. I did, Valve always set the bar.

@gonzalito_z5791 4 жыл бұрын

2004: Gordon Freeman save my life! 2020: Alyx Vance save my life!

@Lutojar1 4 жыл бұрын

Just played for couple hours. THIS IS THE THIRD GAME, GUYS. It feels like that.

@metallicafan416 4 жыл бұрын

But most of the old fans don't have VR

@RealStupidTV 4 жыл бұрын

@@metallicafan416 Most of the old fans are adults with an income and can afford a headset.

@arnowisp6244 4 жыл бұрын

@@RealStupidTV Plus Valve made sure it works on the widest number of headsets. They'll eventually buy it.

@ximaxwellix 4 жыл бұрын

It's 1.5

@lastnamefirstname6949 4 жыл бұрын

@@arnowisp6244 yeah the optimization really surprised me, i only have a 1060 and expected it to run horribly but it still runs almost perfect while boneworks lagged super hard

@Tobo226 4 жыл бұрын

This game deserves a 10/10 for the ending alone!

@NigerianCrusader Жыл бұрын

WHAT? The game was not released on disks no disks not real game!

@LsdRaccoon 10 ай бұрын

@@NigerianCrusaderwhat

@NigerianCrusader 10 ай бұрын

@@LsdRaccoon NO DISKS NOT REAL PRODUCT

@neocaron87 4 жыл бұрын

Valve: "Digital store is the future of PC gaming" Gamers: "No!" Valve: (Launch Half Life 2 with Steam mandatory) Gamers: "...Yes" Valve: "Vr is the future of gaming!" Gamers:"No!" Valve: (Launch Half-Life Alyx exclusively on VR) Gamers: "... Yes"

@Balnazzardi 4 жыл бұрын

I mean kudos to Valve for atleast doing the best job possible....I mean they set new bar for FPS games with Half-Life, they evolved further with HL2 (especially with ingame physics) and pioneered the digital store for games and now they set new bar for VR games. So ye I understand completely ppl are still pissed off this is VR game only, but if Valve compromised and not designed it fully from VR perspective, it likely would not satisfy fully either VR or non VR gamers. Lets just hope that Half-Life 3 (assuming they would now one day make it) would be non VR title, cause as great as VR is some people are simply never gonna jump into that due to price + motion sickness.

@xstrawberryicex6852 4 жыл бұрын

@@YouCanCallMeMich In other words you are poor and salty you dont have vr?

@sauvagemusic1844 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's them alright and it's getting pretty tiresome. Buying a 1000$+ bundle of VR hardware without knowing if it'll be useful in the future is pretty saddening. I'm not prepared to shell out that much dough for a peripheral that: 1) Has only one game that interests me now, 2) Will be obsolete by the time other decent VR experiences come to the market (if they ever come, VR is DEFINITELY not as ubiquitous as the internet was in 2004...). All of this seems forced and I'm disappointed that folks' blind faith to Valve will make them do anything and everything for them (gotta let that Half-Life carrot hang juuuuust high enough).

@12warmacha 4 жыл бұрын

@@YouCanCallMeMichYour comment is going to age like milk.

@xstrawberryicex6852 4 жыл бұрын

@Clinxr Did he delete the rply?

@vijaz5559 4 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH, Valve is back

@joegaming8599 4 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah great Sega indie game deserves some love!

@user-vb9km7hn1p 4 жыл бұрын

Rizky Iman iman is not risky

@Xenderman 4 жыл бұрын

@@user-vb9km7hn1p Oh, alyx was and very much is risky. It's an incredible game as well!

@vijaz5559 4 жыл бұрын

@@user-vb9km7hn1p wht do you mean?

@favouredmg4336 4 жыл бұрын

@@vijaz5559 You are very sick

@Mikodemuz11 4 жыл бұрын

Have played this for 2 hours now. Just unbelievable... Fricking. Amazing.

@tearfrost984 3 жыл бұрын

I whole heartedly share your opinion bud!

@NigerianCrusader Жыл бұрын

It is not amazing it was not released on disks!

@brandonsmith8235 3 жыл бұрын

This game took me over 22 hours to complete much more than the 15 hours it took IGN. I loved it so much I looked for all the hidden objects and was rewarded for it. Amazing game, and amazing ending.

@farawaygaming_ Жыл бұрын

That honestly makes sense to be fair, alyx's entire adventure took less than a day in universe

@pernikgaming5989 4 жыл бұрын

This should compensate for the rough beginning of the year

@franciscofarias6385 4 жыл бұрын

ha, my sweet summer child, the worse is still to come

@coolertuep 4 жыл бұрын

Walking dead saints and sinners in January was really decent as well

@info0 4 жыл бұрын

Doom Eternal says HI with BFG >.

@coolertuep 4 жыл бұрын

infonator07 playing games on a monitor just isn’t really an option anymore if you have expierenced Vr. It feels so limited, distanced, abstract and unimmersiv.

@info0 4 жыл бұрын

@@coolertuep tried it and like I have said, my head hurts after a while, so it's not for everyone. As for immersion, 3D Vision was much better in my book. Those who have not experienced it, have no idea of what they missed. (shame on you Nvidia, shame on you for dropping the support).

@Calinks 4 жыл бұрын

15 hours? Holy cow! Most vr story experiences I have played have been like 2 hours all together.

@Asghaad 4 жыл бұрын

which is EXACTLY why VR hasnt taken off as it should - lack of proper content combined with high price makes a price of hardware hard pill to swallow. but with full games FINALLY making it on the platform the adoption should go significantly up meaning more customers, meaning more games for the platform ...

@coolertuep 4 жыл бұрын

Asghaad Asgard’s wrath is 40 hours long. Walking dead saints and sinners 15 hours. Length is nothing special for today’s Vr standards

@dominicgunderson 4 жыл бұрын

Have you never played Asgards wrath.

@philosopher1912 4 жыл бұрын

@@coolertuep but u know what is the problem of them? People know Valve better. Saints and Sinners i heard only when it came.

@energeticyellow1637 4 жыл бұрын

It also took me 10 hours to beat boneworks

@arthurjunior7241 4 жыл бұрын

This game makes you really feel like Half-Life: Alyx

@wyawe6491 4 жыл бұрын

But is it makes you feel like batman tho?

@athalonARC 3 жыл бұрын

Jokes on you, its VR, its meant to do that.

@arthurjunior7241 3 жыл бұрын

@@athalonARC 😂😂

@gleefulreaper 4 жыл бұрын

They released alyx on 23rd of 3 month.(23/03/2020) Also ,adding all the digits we get 2+3+3+2+2= 12 Also divisible by 3 So HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED (the ending was insane)

@ShaneLee3292 3 жыл бұрын

Coincidence? I THINK NOT

@odekugeliui 4 жыл бұрын

This game realy makes you feel like half-life

@mpampistriantafillou9192 4 жыл бұрын

A MASTAHPEECE

@ryan11hawk 4 жыл бұрын

KNACK IS BACK BAYBEE

@rovertkralc1 4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna have to give Half-Life: Alyx a hippopotamus out of 14 points.

@samuellindsey5117 4 жыл бұрын

You are nitpicking and biased I win bye bye.

@flarifier5594 4 жыл бұрын

it’s got a little something for everyone

@Kable10 4 жыл бұрын

3 MINUTES LEFT, I CANNOT WAIT! Also wow 10/10 this will change VR forever

@wrainerr 4 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for Half-Life: Dog

@sydney_pepper 4 жыл бұрын

lol

@fikri7970 4 жыл бұрын

Respect man..African American is NOT an animal. We're all EQUAL

@Rubbersoular 4 жыл бұрын

@@sydney_pepper 8 years left you can do this!

@Savantastic 4 жыл бұрын

How about Half life: Lamar too?

@SmallShibaSSS 4 жыл бұрын

No no. We need Half-life: Barney.... Oh wait we already have that.

@Wvk5zc 4 жыл бұрын

the game settings took place in quarantie zone. Valve predicted this

@blue5peed 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Valve you did it again.

@KevinFrost 4 жыл бұрын

5:25 "It took a few years". Probably the best joke I've heard in 2020 so far.

@Pikminiman 3 жыл бұрын

@asapbruhhhhh 4 жыл бұрын

Is this a game-changer? I’ve never once considered getting a VR set but goddaaaaaaaaamn this looks amazing.

@The_Entropath 4 жыл бұрын

~10 hours in, it certainly feels like a game changer. Makes you forget you are standing in your room with a headset on your head. Which is scary and awesome.

@nicknurman911 4 жыл бұрын

Actually it's gaming changer 😅, cause Ima too poor to get vr set with powerfull pc , to play that , but even with ma phone , I was actually impressed by all the possibilities of this game. That is amazing.

@litjellyfish 4 жыл бұрын

Apart from considering. Will you get a VR set though? (Just checking)

@luisgustavomachadofarias2730 4 жыл бұрын

VR is already great if you know where to look. But with this game it will be epic in a year or 2. Also, you don't need a Valve Index. A CV1, a Rift S or a Quest with PartyLink are all great.

@litjellyfish 4 жыл бұрын

Luis Gustavo Machado Farias problem is to make it big you can’t expect people to search. Until the hardware and software really breaks through you can’t know how it will end. With titles like this VR can get back on its momentum. Still we need to look back in 10 years and see the curve. Until the sales / income of VR games reach 10% I would not call it mainstream

@maheshkumar-sk1kc 6 ай бұрын

truly a game from the future After 3 years and 8 months no vr game is better than this

@betonman9 6 ай бұрын

Well..i kinda like re8 better more...

@brylidan 4 жыл бұрын

hi mom, i'm in history books

@christopheryoung-stone3957 4 жыл бұрын

brylidan factsz Im hère tpo

@belmoski 4 жыл бұрын

brylidan yeah me too

@nikawisesa877 4 жыл бұрын

take me with you kind sir

@LIONSKAY 4 жыл бұрын

me too

@d9zirable 4 жыл бұрын

put me in the screenshot

@arenrehen3824 4 жыл бұрын

Y'know, all of this whinning that the game will sell bad because it's on VR reminds me of the exact same thing that people were saying when Half Life 2 was released, that it won't sell copies because no one has a dedicated GPU, and we all can see how bad that game ended up selling. Also, Valve's intention when making half life games (or at least this one) isn't necessarly to make sales, but to revolutionise gaming with the tools at their disposal: they did it with hl1, hl2 with the dedicated GPUs and now with hl:A

@arenrehen3824 4 жыл бұрын

@ooczzy yeah, that's their mistake internally because they didn't think they'd need to prepare more indexes when they announced hl:a

@nicknurman911 4 жыл бұрын

Literally I think they were waiting for a 13 years , so VR headsets would be more available for a huge amount of people , so they made a revolutionary with this game, but also a huge amount pf money. If you didn't play any of multiplayer games of Valve , you probably don't know that Gaben is a genuis in making money . . .

@Jiffy360 4 жыл бұрын

Steam was the revolution for hl2, not GPUs, they existed pre hl1 and were common in most “gaming” computers before 1998.

@luisgustavomachadofarias2730 4 жыл бұрын

It's unbelievable. I opened the Steam discussion boards to see if there's any interesting Alyx mods on the way and all I could find was people complaining about VR exclusivity. Moderation is already blocking the threads.

@luisgustavomachadofarias2730 4 жыл бұрын

@ooczzy I got a second hand CV1 a few months ago and it works great. I wouldn't wait to get an Index. It's a gread device, but basically $ 600 extra so you can flash hand signs.

@EliteFreeman 4 жыл бұрын

2020: Worst year for humanity Also 2020: Best year for gamers Me: Perfectly Balanced as all things should be

@Aventox 4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment right here

@sebastian8596 4 жыл бұрын

I know you are intentionally exaggerating but we are far from humanity's worst year

@fennfeno 4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastian8596 true

@Aventox 4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastian8596 yea u right,the time when black death spread was much worser than now ..

@EliteFreeman 4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastian8596 do you know of white chlorination syndrome? I fear that's the Corona irl. If you don't know then see what ppl did to prevent the wcs. That's my fear tbh

@rollercoaster478 4 жыл бұрын

Whoever thought of magnetic gloves is a genius and deserves a big bonus and a promotion! :O Some revolutionary amazing stuff, guys! :)

@lajeandom 4 жыл бұрын

Half-Life Alyx, FF7R, Cyberpunk, RE3R, Streets of Rage 4..........what a time to be alive! I swear we are living a new golden age of video games.

@goomduy 4 жыл бұрын

Doom Eternal as well!

@lajeandom 4 жыл бұрын

@@goomduy omg haha can't believe I forgot that one! I will get it for sure! Actually I got a PS4 only for FF7R (yea im crazy like that haha) but turns out I am playing a lot with it, especially Warzone. I am more a Nintendo kind of guy, on my stream it's mostly Mario Maker 2 but man I have to admit the PS4 has a really great library of games.

@coolertuep 4 жыл бұрын

The other games arnt Vr though so you can’t really compare it. I will prefer playing iron man Vr, Medal of Honor above any beyoned, sniper elite vr and lone echo 2 over last of us 2, cyberpunk and halo on a screen

@agungprastisthasurya80 4 жыл бұрын

For those who are concerned about this game not getting a lot of sales, they still have Steam! Which means: They. Don't. Even. Care. They want to push gaming technology to the next level, and they did, look at how many people wishing to get a VR headset since this game was announced. And not only that, with this game, they want to conclude the Half-Life series that they abandon since that cliffhanger. Half-Life: Alyx is just a cherry on top for them.

@anderos_oficial 4 жыл бұрын

To corroborate that, when HL2 was released, the sales were not so high due to the demanding requirements. But that was not the point, the point for Valve was to show the possibility of physics in gaming.

@pAirA_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@anderos_oficial Great point! Half Life doesn't seem to focus on selling units and generating revenue. Valve has Steam and some other games like CSGO, DOTA 2, and TF2 for that. It's really cool that Valve focuses on innovation in Half Life instead.

@niks660097 3 жыл бұрын

@@anderos_oficial yeah remember that, that was first game that made me upgrade my gpu even the best ati 9800 couldn't play this game more than 20-30 fps..

@RobertSela 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, I feel so lucky to have a strong VR setup in those trying times. It couldnt have come at a better time and the same goes for this game.

@odiseezall Жыл бұрын

I'm playing the game right now.. what a masterpiece.

@harshildave4936 4 жыл бұрын

The ending confirms Half life 3 and is way more satisfying than the one we got on episode 2 !!

@Sumatchi 4 жыл бұрын

Could just confirm episode 3

@dntet4998 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sumatchi in prior interviews, they abandoned the episodic format. Mainly because it was meant to be pumped out in little time, but the stakes taken in each episode were larger and larger and bundled with company burnout and various other problems in development (not including episodes), they waited till the new engine.

@darrylalagdon8534 4 жыл бұрын

Next is the VR Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Portal, Left 4 Dead & GMod. And maybe there will be a VR Esports game too.

@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 4 жыл бұрын

vr tf2 is already a thing.

@fatalmokrane 4 жыл бұрын

Portal in VR = Nausea for a lot of people i thing It would be to hard to make Anyway i don't think portal needs a 3rd game

@Kyoko_02 4 жыл бұрын

I mean Gmod is and was a mod for HL2 just saying.

@7448CHRIS 4 жыл бұрын

@@fatalmokrane you can't say it wouldn't be awesome if it was made 😂

@ThePro100DK 4 жыл бұрын

I mean I won't resist

@mikdan8813 4 жыл бұрын

This game really makes you *feel* like Alyx.

@jjuan4382 4 жыл бұрын

Does it make you feel like a girl?

@makak_zeleny 3 жыл бұрын

@@jjuan4382 yeah, you need to change tampons mid-gane

@vinsanity982 4 жыл бұрын

I just downloaded the game a few days ago and I love it. I get so immersed that picking stuff up, throwing it around, reloading my weapons etc that it seems second nature like you are really there.

@coolman124356 4 жыл бұрын

i feel like reviewers are scared too review this anything other than 10.

@Nutty151 4 жыл бұрын

Every point lower than 10, HL3 is delayed by one more year.

@damsen978 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that exact same thing, we shouldn't be judging people for taking things with a bit of salt, a 10/10 is when someone can't find any negatives at all about the game and i doubt it's that perfect.

@franciscofarias6385 4 жыл бұрын

@@damsen978 That's a standard for a 10 that you invented. I can't find anything to complain about lots of games that I don't think are a 10.

@Goober89 4 жыл бұрын

Play the game and see for yourself.

@damsen978 4 жыл бұрын

@@franciscofarias6385 Then why aren't they a 10?

@mikaxms 4 жыл бұрын

Half-Life: Alyx raises the (crow)bar

@PlanetSamix 4 жыл бұрын

why

@mikaxms 4 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetSamix Because it's a bad joke.

@PlanetSamix 4 жыл бұрын

Your giving me PTSD when Alyx said “it’s a Zombine” in Half-Life 2

@netriosilver 4 жыл бұрын

Half-Life: Alyx raises the (red-hot re) *bar* (crossbow)

@PlanetSamix 4 жыл бұрын

I hate This comment section

@GenFredburger 4 жыл бұрын

If there was any game that could be a VR system seller, THIS is it!

@tim_despair 9 ай бұрын

This game is at least 5 years ahead of its time

@5hane9ro 4 жыл бұрын

Halo, Doom, and Half Life all returning this year, my babies are back

@TMCProductions 4 жыл бұрын

We need a new single player quake

@FelixS. 4 жыл бұрын

@@TMCProductions Oh yes, we do! In the Quake 1 setting please :)

@TMCProductions 4 жыл бұрын

@@FelixS. yes please

@engendex7721 4 жыл бұрын

5hane9ro Sorry buddy but Halo is dead if you’ve kept up with the news.

@StrikeWarlock 4 жыл бұрын

Until brain interfacing becomes a thing, Valve wont work on it

@TslilTapiro 4 жыл бұрын

Half life Alyx is the third game in the series. it has 3 words. each has 4 letters HALF LIFE 4 CONFIRMED?

@awesome9174 4 жыл бұрын

It's actually like the 7th or 8th game in the series.

@hokori7534 4 жыл бұрын

When Valve makes a game its always a 10/10 for the reviews

@NigerianCrusader Жыл бұрын

Except for Alyx because it wasn’t released on disks

@RoysProjects 5 ай бұрын

@@NigerianCrusaderHuh (ik you commented 8 months ago but still Huh)

@NigerianCrusader 5 ай бұрын

no disks not real product@@RoysProjects

@ibreakifix 4 жыл бұрын

How do i install this on my google cardboard? Cant wait to play it!

@JushoaStxrz 4 жыл бұрын

🤔

@vinsanity982 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@absterdam9795 4 жыл бұрын

I hate to break it to you mate, but you need a Nintendo virtualboy - minimum requirement

@kitwolfkat6453 3 жыл бұрын

Also use the PowerGlove for the immersion.

@CharlieViking95 4 жыл бұрын

I can't believe this is actually happening, and even though I can't play it, I'm still hyped and excited out of my mind!

@theyellowbrad8168 4 жыл бұрын

Why you can't play it?

@CharlieViking95 4 жыл бұрын

Ultra Trolling garbo computer & no VR headset 😭

@SatchelStreams 4 жыл бұрын

Come on Valve. This should be a wake up call that people still care. People want more. I really hope they consider making Half Life 3.

@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 4 жыл бұрын

they will.

@vextium9396 4 жыл бұрын

@@FounderX9 kids crap lmao stay mad

@Kyoko_02 4 жыл бұрын

@@FounderX9 you know HL2 is still ahead of it's time. That's what they're doing with this. They don't make games to make them they do it to innovate.

@point-bl4nk 4 жыл бұрын

How is 1 guy giving it a safe max score supposed to be a sign of anything?

@Kyoko_02 4 жыл бұрын

@@point-bl4nk I'm sure they all agreed on the score at the team for IGN.

@danielevans8910 4 жыл бұрын

The animations and lighting is so spot on I thought you were showing us real footage of some old guy exploring a house.

@CPorter 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing thats really missing from this game is the 10 minute bit of relative normality before the campaign takes off. Like in Half Life 1 with the tram and going into Labs at black mesa, and then Half Life 2 with getting off the train and exploring City 17 and eventually ending up in Kleiner's lab.

@rarsh7800 4 жыл бұрын

10/10 what did you expect it's half life.

@jeremyc311709 4 жыл бұрын

I hope this kicks other developers in the butt to start putting out for VR

@SK83RJOSH 4 жыл бұрын

@Denny Rubin they had basically the same by using their niche VR audience on KZfaq to secretly fund their game. :)

@stve01 4 жыл бұрын

I love the gun handling in this game. The feeling when you run out of bullets and two headcrabs are jumping your way is intense like nothing I have experienced in VR to date. Getting comfortable with reloading quickly is essential and so much fun! Also, for anyone wondering: It works flawlessly on the Oculus Quest using ALVR ove 5Ghz Wifi.

@reizorbeatz519 4 жыл бұрын

Must never played boneworks

@bongjai 3 жыл бұрын

this game is the pinnacle of gaming. we need more of these.. seriously.

@audiovisual51 4 жыл бұрын

Valve still got it!

@MrOoBAZoO 4 жыл бұрын

I dont own a vr headset after watching this ,that mite have to change .

@MartinArgg 4 жыл бұрын

I need a full walkthrough no commentary video of the game asap. I'm not playing it for at least a couple of years (i dont even have a pc that can handle vr) but i cant wait to see the full story.

@valcrye6145 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that they spared no expense, this game was fantastic to play for hours on end.

@ahchurro111 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad that this game is turning out to be as amazing as everyone hoped it would be. Now, alongside a Half-Life 3, I REALLY hope they don’t stop with VR titles, cause I REALLY wanna see a Portal VR game made with this amount of quality.

@umpire5615 4 жыл бұрын

@smellyclementineshorrifyin5973 4 жыл бұрын

Portal VR would make me so fuckin nauseous

@psionski 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched interviews with Valve, they said Portal was the first idea, but they decided it will be too puke-inducing and went for a Half-Life game instead. I’m sure you can find this interview somewhere, it’s not like they’ve been giving that many of them.

@Sumatchi 4 жыл бұрын

Next game is gonna be L4D

@theconsolekiller7113 4 жыл бұрын

I was always afraid to reach into my toilet in real life. Now I can do it in virtual reality.

@MrRobotrax 4 жыл бұрын

Watch out for the headcrab though

@theconsolekiller7113 4 жыл бұрын

@@ndstrlsm The nintendo power glove?

@buglocc 4 жыл бұрын

@@theconsolekiller7113 no, the 'russel' gravity glove

@nyesass1491 4 жыл бұрын

Why would you need to reach into the toilet

@isaacweisberg3571 4 жыл бұрын

the only important thing about this review: a number at the end really makes you feel like Alyx Vance.

@pchtommy1268 4 жыл бұрын

The best thing about this game is that you can aim down with every gun now since valve never allowed aiming down only in day of defeat and in sniper guns or revolver from half life 1

@Crushenator500 4 жыл бұрын

Jumped straight to the verdict, I am not disappointed. I’ve never been happier to work from home. Already got this thing preloaded, will be playing this extremely shortly!!!!

@Sataka23clips 4 жыл бұрын

Eyyyyýy then replay it slowly to redigest

@AleksanderHoff 4 жыл бұрын

I need a new hardcore gaming computer, a VR headset and a new house to play in now...

@eightsprites 3 жыл бұрын

I’m running Rift CV1, i7-4820k and a 1080. Not really VR spec PC. Works fine

@Nexist 4 жыл бұрын

so my predictions from 5 years ago were correct valve waited for vr and then raised the bar and revolutionized vr gaming with half life.

@davidgaither1504 3 ай бұрын

I'm playing this now on the Meta Quest 3. It is blowing my mind again like Half-Life did in 1998.

@StefsEngineering 4 жыл бұрын

I've finished my first 2 hours, what an awesome game! Recommended to all with VR equipment for sure

@Mithrie 4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it got a perfect score. I am not that big into VR but this game definitely raises the bar!

@daviddaaannggg 4 жыл бұрын

I hope this reinvigorates the VR market so that more AAA games get released for it. The equipment also needs to come down more in price for it to be accesssible

@brinnanstauffer2982 4 жыл бұрын

Most people needed to see something actually amazing to sell them on VR. I think this will help for sure

@andnowwecry9225 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I would have accepted a review that said "It's a new Half-Life...10/10"

@teagan9460 4 жыл бұрын

2010-2019: Man the world in this game is beautiful! 2020: Guys these hands are incredible!

@mr.antaeus5730 4 жыл бұрын

This is freaking legendary... Even just seeing a video about reviewing the new Half-Life.. Reminds me of looking at my GameInformer magazines when I was younger

@99Ctube 3 жыл бұрын

I suggest to play on hard it can actually get tough and you will really have to use cover and perform several actions at once. Like while shooting over the cover without looking, you take a syringe with your gloves and heal yourself. You need to duck and sometimes even almost lie on the floor to get enough cover. Great game.

@Jack_Krauzers 4 жыл бұрын

this games in a revolution for VR games... the graphics are "unfair" for VR, the textures are superb and the graphics are super photorealistic, I think they used photogrammetry in this game

@SSS_413 4 жыл бұрын

Half life games are specifically meant for breaking the boundaries according to valve. If it isn’t pushing the limits they said that they just scrap the idea

@shadecory 4 жыл бұрын

It looks like slowmo after 10 hours of DOOM: Eternal

@jgperes 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao it does

@jgperes 4 жыл бұрын

vr doom eternal tho

@shadecory 4 жыл бұрын

@@jgperes I couldn't play it because of the constant puking

@Goober89 4 жыл бұрын

gotta go fast

@user-vb9km7hn1p 4 жыл бұрын

shadecory LOL

@JamieLikesGames 4 жыл бұрын

Between this, Beat Saber and No Man's Sky Beyond, VR is slowly taking over my life

@mike7DILFLUVR 4 жыл бұрын

what blew me away was.. that those combine consoles you see Alyx hack in Half Life 2 was always been able to open up like that!?

@sbartuk 4 жыл бұрын

The most manly hands for a 19 year old girl ever seen :D

@Crowbar 4 жыл бұрын

she IS a mechanic

@STEJTHEGREATEST 4 жыл бұрын

3:53 WHOAAAAAAA!!!! I WANNA SEE HOW HORRIFYING THOSE ZOMBIES LOOK WHEN THE HEADCRABS COME OFF THEIR HEADS!!!!!!

@Legion12Centurion 4 жыл бұрын

They look nasty seen some footage, just wait untill the headcrabs jump at your head in vr thats horrifying.

@LeechTM 4 жыл бұрын

its f*cking horrifying. Played it for 2 1/2 Hours. Got damn those small little Things. And the sounds. You instantly turn to everything that makes a beep, no matter where it came from.

@ahmedshaikh7662 4 жыл бұрын

I was playing it today and they look pretty gnarly.

@STEJTHEGREATEST 4 жыл бұрын

@@Legion12Centurion Wouldn't a legion centurion use a dead headcrab's corpse to protect his crotch as a new addition to his unique armour, though????

@Legion12Centurion 4 жыл бұрын

@@STEJTHEGREATEST Well jokes aside you can pick up hardhats and wear them as protection in the game.

@nonac95 4 жыл бұрын

I can see the same Art Director worked on Half-Life 1 and Dishonored series. What an amazing visual design remains.

@enriquemartinez9313 4 жыл бұрын

Dang, I just sold my vr headset, if I knew it was gonna be this cool, I would've stuck with it a while longer.

@Jay-uc9ql 4 жыл бұрын

The people who are mad that this game is a VR only game are the same people who said VR wouldn’t succeed until some AAA games were made for VR

@captaingrizzly9511 4 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine playing this as a kid. I'm only an an hour in. It's thoroughly impressive. I hope they do a freaking horror game next. I want a Resident Evil 2 remake VR remake. Also IGN I wholeheartedly commend your reviewer on playing with the continuous movement option. Don't let someone that has to take dramamine to play VR do you VR reviews.

@midnight687 4 жыл бұрын

foreaal! resident evil in VR would be sick

@Bogglemanify 4 жыл бұрын

Give me a Dead Space VR game!

@yourlongshadows5568 4 жыл бұрын

RE7 is already in VR, and AMAZING. Rumors are there's going to be a new Silent Hill game too, with VR. Future is looking terrific/horrific.

@synecdoche8783 4 жыл бұрын

This game will honestly be in the video game history books. It's the VR game that actually feels like a game, with so much polish and detail; I can't wait to get an index once it becomes more available for the masses.

@synecdoche8783 4 жыл бұрын

@Son of Europa if its with a keyboard and mouse it's just like every other FPS

@paulmitchell73 3 жыл бұрын

2:02 this video does not do this game justice, in VR, that soldiers gun barrel is almost in your face, the characters are life size and are extremely menacing to behold. Just got an index and started playing this.