Summary
- Half-Life is back in the spotlight thanks to new HLX and Project White Sand leaks and rumours.
- Valve might be working on Half-Life 3, the first numbered game since 2007. But there's a lot of vital context in Alyx that you'll need to brush up on.
- Don't worry, you don't need to fork out for VR if you can't affford it, as fans have made the entire thing playable on desktop and even Steam Deck.
Valve finally launched a new 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Half-Life game in 2020 after 13 years of waiting with Alyx, and while it wasn't Half-Life 3, it's still vital to the series' future. The issue is that VR and the gaming rig you need to run it are wildly expensive, so not everyone has had a chance to try the game out.
I won't delve into spoilers, but if 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Half-Life X leaks are true and a new game is underway, it'll be incredibly confusing without the context of Alyx. Thankfully, fans have made it completely playable from start to finish without the need of a VR headset.
Half-Life 3 Doesn't Need To Be Revolutionary
Half-Life 3 doesn't need to𓄧 redefine the FPS genre again, it just needs to tell a satisfying, long-overdue conclusion to t♏his decades-old story.
Dubbed , this fan-made conversion has become the most-popular game on ModDB amidst 168澳洲🅺幸运5开奖网:the new Project Whiteꦇ Sand and HLX rumours. It's aiming for a 1.0 release by the end of the year, with a few goals still being worked on such as making the final six achievements unlockable and adding new animations to Alyx for the health station. But even though it isn't completely finished, you can play through the game on your desktop just as you would 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Half-Life 2.
Half-Life: Alyx Can Even Be Played On Steam Deck
The best part of this mod is that it's Steam Deck compatible, so you can play Alyx on the go. It takes some fiddling with the Linux desktop and control setup, but it's perfectly achievable and there are even instructions on the mod's GitHub.
Half-Life: Alyx is currently $20.39, so there's no better time to try out this mod.
It's an unbelievably impressive feat, even winning Mod of the Year in 2023 from both the editors and players. Of course, the game is intended to be played in VR and it's an incredible experience, but for those who can't afford it or simply find virtual reality too nausea-inducing, now you can finally step back into the Combine dystopia for another adventure after over a decade of waiting.
Half-Life: Alyx focuไses on Alyx Vance, companion to Gordon Freeman in Half-Life 2, in a story that takes place five years before her appearance in that game. Developed solely for VR headsets, it is ia FPS game that was launched to great acclaim.
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