The writing isn't as good as Marc Laidlaw's.
The OST isn't as good as Kelly Bailey's.
VR still has yet to completely figure out locomotion.
But the game pushes the medium of videogames further than any other game Valve has released since the founding of the company.
Doesn't matter if you can't play it. In the future you'll be glad Valve made it.
You can shit on the writing but the music was better. Seriously, please play the game. The OST is top tier.
noooooooooooooooooooo i wanna click on heads and go fast aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh
The OST is absolutely better than HL2, Ep1 and Ep2.
I'd say between Boneworks and Alyx there can be a VR game that does the best of both within a year or two. The problem with Alyx is its Half Life, mainstream and they have to do teleporting so people don't fail jumps or have to climb for obtuse puzzles like Boneworks
i just finished the game. The OST never struck me that much. it only hit me how much less i liked it once they used one of Kelly's tracks in the game and I started comparing them.
Don't get me wrong, i like it. I just like it a lot less.
I always turn off Half-Life music because it's annoying and ruins the ambience
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read em and weep hipster
both are mediocre, hl was never remembered for having good music, that award goes to michael van den bos and alexander brandon
Nice try Mike Morcucky
What the actual fuck was Valve thinking letting this autistic shitty flute solo into the game
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Meanwhile patrician pilled Kelly "Big Dick" Bailey...
*michiel
Agree on everything especially the soundtracks.
At this very moment I can remember many iconic half life music tracks. None are from Alyx.
I dare anyone to refer to a memorable music piece from alyx that isn't taken from previous games.
Regarding writing, they wasted so much potential playing it safe. They could have added so much to the lore, or even just referenced it.
All this makes it seem like a medium pusher first story expander last.
>Doesn't matter if you can't play it. In the future you'll be glad Valve made it.
Agreed 100%
Yes the music was good!
>Doesn't matter if you can't play it. In the future you'll be glad Valve made it.
I wonder how many other developers are just going to straight up copy how it implemented everything in VR. Probably a lot.
But other than that, holy shit, imagine the modding potential.
The whole Vault sequence is Valve's take on Laidlaw's leak.
So what will the HL:A/VR equivalent of counter strike be? Someone’s going to take this engine and make a multiplayer thing out of it, the question is what will work well in VR?
What are some of your favorite moments Yas Forums?
One that really sticks out to me is the tripmine room.
I remember crouching down to the floor and swinging the bay door over my head only to see several laser beams and explosive barrels.
The music stinger coincided perfectly with my own reaction, groaning and dropping my head in despair.
The game's biggest problems are that you can't move while holding with both hands without dropping the item, and there are no melee attacks.
When you’re stuck in the elevator with Jeff was one of the most intense gaming experiences of my life, best moment in the game for me.
>you can't move while holding with both hands without dropping the item
?????
I played on Oculus but you could hold two things with both triggers and then move with the thumbstick no problem?
How? Jeff's AI is terrible and has no depth to it. As long as you're quiet and a few feet away from him, he will never find you because there is next to no search routine.
How did Alyx not know what the Advisors were in Episode 1 if she saw like 10 of them dead on a train 5 years earlier.
Also why don't the poison headcrabs kill barnicles? These zoomer devs don't know what they're doing.
the guy in the distillery literally says this to you. that is the point.
Yeah you’re right but it was different when it’s dark as fuck and there’s a literal 6 foot tall high fidelity fucking beast (seemingly) right in front of your actual fucking person, it’s genuinely frightening having to go up and push the button, especially when you’re not sure exactly how it’s going to react (since it gets you if you’re too close regardless of if you’re covering your mouth or not).
>that is the point.
So the point is for the player to never be in any real danger or under any pressure of Jeff finding him?
Curious is this your first VR game or something.
he says there is nothing to be afraid of. jeff's just an obstacle.
the point is demonstrating how even something that shouldn't be threatening feels like it when there's a sense of presence. you're challenged to get over your irrational fear by realizing they're actually harmless.
if you're an epic gamer who doesn't feel the fear, you just blow through onto the next chapter, congrats.
>if you're an epic gamer who doesn't feel the fear, you just blow through onto the next chapter, congrats.
It was a missed opportunity to make something truly scary.
No I’ve had VR since 2017 but I mostly stick with simracing so VR horror was pretty new besides some demos I did a long time ago. You’re right that from a gaming point of view Jeff is pretty easy to deal with but the atmosphere hit the right notes for me I guess to make it feel extremely intense.
FUUUUCK I wanna play it so bad. My index needs to get here already.
As someone who also has had VR since '17 I'm 100% with you. I've played the horror games too though, and I still think the atmosphere for Jeff was superb. As was the dark part of the sewers.
>make the player feel smart for locking in Jeff
>slowly reveal that they need to open it up again
Ludo.
I knew the second i locked him up i had to let him out at some point
sigh.... i wish i was like the normal kids.... it sucks having 4 billion IQ
Pavlov, lol
I realized it too considering it's too early for him to fet locked up but the way they build tension is just excellent. I wouldn't mind seeing Valve actually doing a full length AAA horror game. Alyx takes more cues from Resident Evil than actual Half Life games.
>It was a missed opportunity to make something truly scary.
like?
Who here gnome gang on the gnome journey?
Where did you find him, and can you put him in your glove pocket?
At the area where Russel throws you the gun, on a white couch if i remember correctly
And no, thankfully you have to carry it the whole way, otherwise what's the point?
>tfw never was able to give Russell his vodka
The pain never ends bros...
Did you get an achievement?
A true pioneer
Haven't gotten to the end yet, but there is an achievement for it yeah, "gnome vault of my own"
>VR still has yet to completely figure out locomotion.
No, it hasn't.
Based
>> I wish I could play the game but my INdex was designed by aliens and doesn't fit my head
Seriously nothing feels comfy. It's the most annoying experience I've ever had. FUCK I HATE VR AND WASTED 1500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My glasses are destroyed and I need new ones. Fuck VR its a dead meme.
I'm only on the 4th chapter right now and am having a lot of fun but the writing can be really annoying sometimes.
I understand Russell is a comedic character to keep things light but some of the stuff Alyx has been saying just makes me groan. The game is a little too quippy for my likings and I don't think people should be cracking jokes back and forth with eachother while being in the middle of a pack of zombies trying to murder me
OG HL2 and it's episodes have awful story, what the fuck are you talking about? Alyx made no difference.
they have exceptional writing though.
>VR still has yet to completely figure out locomotion.
this isn't true, its just valve is super autistic and ignored the last 4 years of progress
>VR still has yet to completely figure out locomotion.
you have yet to figure out VR genelet
Can't have that or a bunch of people will trip and break their headsets
>None are from Alyx.
Because you haven't given it time to marinate in your mind. Is your favorite music album something you listened to once or even twice? Quit being intentionally stupid.
I adore that Valve let moments like that play out by themselves. That room was tense because I was trying to diffuse intersecting tripmines attached to physics objects. It didn't need Russel in my ear telling me to be careful, or Alyx commenting on it, or the soundtrack amping up to keep me on edge. They absolutely understand the difference between regular and VR setpieces.
Also, another favorite one:
OPEN THE DOOR, ALYX
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Part of it is that Alyx is 19 and doing her best to act like shit's not getting to her. It's just an extension of how she was in the originals, really. Kinda like a... zombine, right?
gamers are just too autistic to accept teleport cause its different and doesn't look good on video.
It's far more immersive than sliding around like you're on a hoverboard.
When all your actual movements come from your physical movement, you get much more into the game. Valve ideas don't come from nowhere.
I nearly don't suffer motion sickness at all in any VR game, even demanding ones like Boneworks, but I prefer playing with teleport in alyx.
Perhaps a very large playspace to walk around in does help though.
>playing games for the story
My biggest problem with teleporting movement is how it makes it harder to spatially understand your environment. I find it harder to build a mental map of the environment when I'm seeing it in distinct slices I'm jumping between rather than one coherent space.
>It's far more immersive than sliding around like you're on a hoverboard.
literally kys
teleport breaks the game, zombies absolutely cannot hit you if you're zooming around and they're like half the enemies in the game
Meanwhile playing with slow as fuck continuous makes you a lot more vulnerable. On hard this shit is almost reminiscent of actual survival horror.
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