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We had dramatically different experiences with HL2 if that's your opinion of Alyx. That's even more true if you're including Episodes 1 & 2 into that.
She was smart, funny, capable and likeable. The first game I played with a companion AI that didn't suck. The eps made me genuinely care about her, as much as one can for a fictional character. The fucking ending of Ep 2 haunts me to this day.
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I don't know what all these posters are talking about, VR simulates your elbow + arm position 100% with normal IK. If you don't believe me just load up Echo VR and look at your arms. Valve probably just doesn't want them blocking your view.
Why is this being downvoted? Has no one in this thread played Echo VR?
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I understand what you're saying and I can see why you'd think that, but it's helpful for me to think of Half Life like the videogame equivalent of Star Wars. Not being alive during the release of the first films doesn't preclude one from entering at any point and enjoying the continuation of the story. Even if they haven't played it, kids today know of Half Life as a first person shooter that changed how we play firs…
Star Wars was never a thing outside of America. Even today, fans in China, who otherwise love their CGI heavy sci-fi, don't care much for Star Wars. You really have to have been either a firsthand or secondhand part of that culture to appreciate Star Wars and similar IPs. Even if you didn't watch it when it was released, you probably heard everyone from your dad to SNL discuss it. If that wasn't your experience growi…
I think a fascinating part of Alyx is Valve choosing a female protagonist. 85%+ of VR users are male, compared to say 70/30 male/female balance of say Fornite. (1/2) Any way you carve it the audience for Alyx is going to weight heavily male. And research suggests that gender-swapping in VR is a profound psychological experience: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8260949 (1) https://www.rakutenintelligence.com/blog…
Not sure i understand the TLDR of the IEE study.. what does stereotype lift and induced stereotype threat even mean?
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> (assuming that's the case with Alyx) Uhh. Nope: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/9/9f/D1... https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65727186/... The character isn't 90s Lara Croft.
Thanks. The art looks awesome, btw
I've never understood the appeal of the VR. I play games that benefit from low reaction time and precision and my body is the main source of latency and mistakes. When I watch recordings of my own gameplay, I notice how my brain usually operates a few hundred milliseconds ahead of what my hands controlling mouse & keyboard are capable of executing. Throwing your untrained and sometimes unhealthy body into this mix do…
I've never understood the appeal of the VR. I play games that benefit from low reaction time and precision and my body is the main source of latency and mistakes. When I watch recordings of my own gameplay, I notice how my brain usually operates a few hundred milliseconds ahead of what my hands controlling mouse & keyboard are capable of executing. Throwing your untrained and sometimes unhealthy body into this mix do…
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But how many people are going to spend $2000+ to play this? You're building a new gaming PC and possibly buying a new VR headset just for this game?
I'm also 24, and I can tell you I will absolutely be spending $1000 for the Valve VR headset (I've not previously owned VR) and any other PC upgrades to be able to play this game.
Also 24 years old, also planning to build a PC that's VR ready. I probably won't splurge $1000 for the Valve index, but I might buy their controllers + Oculus (which by the way also gets you Half-Life: Alyx for free).
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24 year old here. I played video games in my teens, including the HL series. I stopped playing video games roughly five years ago. I will be building a computer to play this game. Peers my age are also very excited for this. Not just because it's a new Half Life game, but because it's the VR game we have been waiting for since the VR craze started.
But how many people are going to spend $2000+ to play this? You're building a new gaming PC and possibly buying a new VR headset just for this game?
I sure hope there'll be a non-VR version as well.