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Great VR Action
Gameplay is fun, satisfying, and varied.
Strong Storytelling
Alyx is a compelling protagonist to follow as the Half-Life story continues.
Immersive World
City 17 is a world worth visiting.
Half-Life fans will find plenty to love in this groundbreaking VR title.
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City 17 provides the setting for a VR adventure filled with brilliant detailing.
Half-Life: Alyx has set a new bar for VR in interactivity, detail, and level design, showing what can happen when a world-class developer goes all-in on the new frontier of technology.
With old friends, new enemies, and an exciting story, revisiting City 17 in VR is a thrill in Half-Life: Alyx.
Alyx doesn't propel VR to unseen heights, nor does it overcome the limitations of the platform. What it does is provide an exceptional name-brand experience that is extraordinarily polished and just about the best example of what VR has to offer right now. Every puzzle is satisfying, every gunfight is a thrill. The environments are beautifully horrifying and the interactables are absurdly detailed. It has no lulls, nothing ever gets played out or boring. It has a ton of fan service and builds some really exciting hype for the future of the series. However, I wish that the game built its core mechanics over time the way Portal 2 so famously did. Alyx is much more akin to a rollercoaster ride than a hill to climb. If you can afford the price of admission though, it's one wild ride.
An incredible technical achievement but one that is surprisingly short of genuinely new ideas, and often struggles to get the balance right between VR showpiece and satisfying gameplay experience.
The dense campaign never lets up with surprising reveals, new enemies, and witty dialogue to carry you through the exciting journey
Valve promises more of its proprietary Index VR headsets will be in stock this Monday, which is great timing with Half-Life: Alyx just around the corner.
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An official March release date has been confirmed for Half-Life: Alyx
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