Valve’s flagship VR game Half-Life: Alyx launches on Steam at present.
Set between the occasions of Half-Life and Half-Life 2, within the game Alyx Vance and her father Eli “mount an early resistance to the Combine’s brutal occupation of Earth.” As Alyx, you interact in fight, resolve puzzles, and discover a world turned derelict due to an alien invasion.
Half-Life: Alyx was first introduced in November 2019 and rapidly led to the Valve Index Headset selling out worldwide – in fact, it is usually suitable with many different VR headsets, together with the less expensive Windows Mixed Reality headsets.
So how does it fare? Read on beneath for our round-up of evaluations from throughout the Internet:
- The VG247 review – VR’s killer app is a key element within the Half-Life story 5/5
- Eurogamer – Recommended
- USgamer – 4.5/5
- IGN – 10/10
- Venturebeat – 80/100
- Gamesradar – 4.5/5
- Gamespot – 9/10
- Video Games Chronicle – 5/5
- PC World – 4.5/5
- The Verge – “This isn’t Valve at its most revelatory — but after waiting more than a decade, it’s the Half-Life story I didn’t know I wanted.”
