ATL price of $29.90. Rated on steam as Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 78,638)
Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.
i started to play this again the other day with my quest 3 on virtual desktop with the AV1 setting because I have a 7800 XT now, and WOW!! i play it at max settings and I still get 90fps so smooth so beautiful!! and full wireless freedom!! When I finished this game back in the day I think it was a quest 1.
Is the quest 3 worth it if i have a Q2 alrdy
with a AV1 supported graphics card totally worth it Quest 3 does very well on wifi 6 with AV1 the quality and latency is night and day with AV1 I couldnt' believer how efficient it was untill I tried it. every VR game was better with virtual desktop on AV1 than WIRED!!! AV1 changes everything in a good way. for wireless VR pc gaming.
hmmm. AV1 wireless……
is it worth the $40 for Virtual Desktop?
good timing for the release of the PSVR2 PC Adapter
How do we even get the damn thing? It’s listed as coming soon on every retailer, one day from release with no way to preorder or secure a purchase.
I’ve read someone had gone to jb hifi and preordered in store
Whats a good vr headset to play this on?
This thing still blew my mind on an old HTC Vive, so honestly anything newer than that would be a great experience. For value - Quest 3 (or 2 if you don't mind a slightly older headset) would be your best option - although the PSVR2 might also be a decent shout.
PS VR2, starting from tomorrow ;)
If you managed to get Quest 3 for $699 in the recent Prime day sale it’s the best all-round headset. Otherwise PSVR2 off FB marketplace for $300-$400, it has deeper blacks due to OLED lenses.
Thanks mate, and works in my favour cause i own a ps5
That being said Half Life Alyx is not on Ps Store nor will it ever be. Only way to play it with PSVR2 is on PC by getting the PC adapter which releases tomorrow, as well a Display port cable which isn’t included.
Be aware Quest 3S, a cheaper version of Quest 3 with a Quest 2 form factor, should be announced next month (and probably ship soon after). The main benefits over Quest 2 would be the internals (e.g. better graphics in standalone games) and better passthrough, though, so if you’re playing PCVR-only it may not matter as much. (Wireless quality may be improved though for PCVR wireless streaming).
Quest 3 would be better still, but more expensive. Some chance the Quest 3S launch might bring reduced prices on Quest 2/3.
Interesting as the PSVR2 PC adapter releases this week.
Played with the NoVR mod, was a fantastic experience and great way to play the game. No doubt VR is better, but NoVR is absolutely not to be ignored. The graphics alone in this game make it worth it to play on a good monitor at the very least.
For those VR haters like me, play this with the NoVR mod - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPoSvf8K_U
I got this the last time it went on sale and played it with this mod - it basically turns it into what a new Half Life should have been, a perfect good old fashioned 1st person shooter.
Nay!
Old desktop with 6800xt is running very well with no frame drops, but with this new laptop with rtx4060 is having massive frame drops like a few frames every 10s or so. Cannot find out why, anyone has ideas?
VRAM as the 6800XT has 16GB whereas the 4060 has 8GB.
Yeah that is true, but how can we test it’s the vram causing issue?
I don't have the game however check in the game settings under graphics/video where it gives you a choice to change VRAM. If it does, then change to 8GB on the desktop 6800XT and see if the FPS drops.
I watched a playthrough on YouTube as I couldn't justify the outlay of a vr system just to play this game specifically, it was very compelling.
I've heard they've started work on HL3 or something akin to it, fingers and vortigaunt chest arm crossed
The only way you'll experience VR is to have one. No youtube clip will immerse you in the VR experience.
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Best VR title ever….just saying…