Agreed, also Vr game's are tiny experiences now for full game price, literally paying 50$+ for a 1-5 gig size game is super lame. Alyx is in a league of it's own.
1:22 I dont really know why people think of vr as the future rather than a seperate medium. As someone who owns a VR headset I cannot see it replacing computers entirely as some games would be literally impossible to play, and some people cant even play VR due to motion sickness. I beleive they would just coexist, sharing the market space
Yeah I absolutely love VR but its something I mostly use on weekends when I'm not tired and have time set up my vr playground (racing rig, cables....). When I come home from work and I'm tired, VR is just to much then and I prefer flat games
VR adds an emotional impact to a game, that you don't usually get in flatscreen games. That's why I never play horror games in VR. First stepping out onto that balcony in HLA VR elicits a "whoahhhh moment", but is ordinary in flatscreen. It's such a pity more people don't have VR.
@@RobertA-hq3vzmotion sickness is more of a skill and trainning to become immune to it. The more possibilities ways of interaction in gaming that required almost very little button memorization and no aiming sensitivity setting and 100x more fun is pretty much enough for me to prefer playing any games on VR than its flatscreen counter part. Try it with some decent games before you judge, that's all I have to say
@@TheRogueWolfMotion sickness don’t just grabs you as soon as you put on the headset + with enough training you can get used to it. I’d like to remind people that older ppl get motion sickness on flatcreen and that’s why we got motion blur for them. We don’t talk about it because we all got used to flatscreen.
There's no way it could be a 1-to-1 translation from VR to flatscreen, but I'm happy that people who can't do VR (for either monetary or physiological reasons) can have a chance to experience the game. I'm just upset that Valve never bothered to do this themselves.
I played it on Quest 3 recently. It is the best game on VR hands down. It's mind blowing and you feel so badass reloading and stalking through the corridors.
Fps always works better in vr in everywhere but the downside is that is harder to develope and the marketing and playerbase isn't as high as the boring flat games. VR games should be treated as the next gen step in gaming rather than just a separated media to flat
As much as I adore Alyx, that's surprisingly not true. While it pretty much does have the best graphics and production in VR, there are MANY games that surpass the things that Alyx is good at and are on par with it on others. It even has a lot of really big weaknesses. There's been SO much that has come out since then that's just as worth experiencing. People just don't look.
@@chrislair6832 $60 Game + $300 VR, not worth it for a single game i'm interested in. And i'm not going to buy some body fluid greased up second hand VR set, fucking disgusting.
Man when I played jeff, my first reaction to jeff was "okay well this has been done a million times already this is probably gonna be boring" my sentiment instantly changed when I had to... open... a certain something. that is after the ending the absolute best level in Alyx and THE absolute best what gameplay is concerned.
@@lukebelvin4900 there are a few studios that could probably pull it off, but the shareholders wouldn’t let them invest the resources to make it happen
what makes alyx great is its VERY immersive and engaging, like you can fiddle with anything, pick up headcrabs as a friend and have it travel alongside you the whole adventure and silly shit like that. this game made me buy a pc again just to play it ( and a few other games)
I hope you get to experience the actual game at some point. Remember that playing the game like this is like only listening to a movie instead of watching it.
I can't even afford to play VR, it either takes a top of the line computer with all the bells and whistles or a super expensive headset to even run it.
@@camraid9 and enough room to play, extra budget to get it & a reason to spend that kind of money on a set. And that's the core issues for VR, more than enough people don't have the room for it, dont have the extra budget or dont have any other reason except for alyx to get one and its too much for just that - if not all 3 at once. Valve did a great job making one of the best VR experiences, but no one else followed it up to actually make it worth it to get a set.
No you don't. I just played and beat this game for my first time last week and I'm just running a GTX1070 I bought in release day (8ish years ago?) and a rickety old Rift S. Plays just fine.
You can get a Quest 2 for like 200 bucks. It's a VR console so even without a PC, you can play VR games. If you want to play Alyx though, you can use that same Quest 2 on a gaming PC that can run modern games.
@@LARVideosEven a standalone Quest 2 gaming experience is much richer than a $5,000 powerful pc. The terrible thing is I need to stop playing it and charge it every 1hour of play😂
Honestly, this validates my skepticism toward the No-VR mod. I can understand wanting to play a game without splurging a few hundred on a VR headset, but the game was designed from the ground up it that chunks of gameplay have their wind taken out of their sales on traditional PC. Like how digging for items feels less tactile or how frantically fumbling for rounds or weapons under fire is lost. Even the NPC AI is tuned toward physical movements and fast mouse movements and button presses.
Somewhat , but a LOT of the fun and tension comes from VR where you can easily fumble things xD AND the bullshit and tricks you can pull in VR : grab a chair to smack a headcrab launching at you, wear a helmet to defend against barnackles
You can basically do 100x more thing in vr at its 1% than the full potential flatscreen. Just wait until we have fullbody tracking aaa vr game that will destroy anything ever existed
@@chrislair6832 You can also grab armored headcrabs that jump at you and get an easy heart shot. Who says you cant throw a grenade and shoot your gun in 2 directions. Other games evcen allow you to dual wield and theoretically juggle guns (though you need to know how to juggle)
You can find a used Quest 2 for about $100-150, get HL: Alyx on sale for $30, you're in for $180 if you already have a gaming PC. And TBH, the level of quality here is worth the price. Think of it like buying a concert ticket or Disney Land ticket or something, it's like nothing else and the 2D mod does not do it justice
I’m kind of sick of hearing people say they can’t afford a vr headset and then show you a picture of a valve index. It’s like have you lived on this planet for longer than a second.
Honestly I like it because it gives us a brief glance at how a flatscreen Source 2 Half-Life game would look, the graphics, the ragdolls, how the enemies move, I'd LOVE to fight the combine like this on a game actually meant for flatscreen, because it looks amazing
I only played this game with NoVR. It was great. But I'm a firm believer that it'll be better in VR. The games movement is slow due to the game design being made for VR in mind. You won't be able to sprint around like you did in HL2. Overall the slow movement helped with absorbing details in the world. The graphic leap from HL2 to HLA is BIG.
I understand that for many people the VR experience, especially in this title, was phenomenal. However many people do not really feel like buying the VR headset, mainly due to a limited amount of games or they just don't have a sufficient space to play in. Also there's the cost. I played the VR Half life Alyx at my friend's place and while the gameplay was amazing, I never once thought to myself "Yes, I want to spend $500 on this." He would always have to rearrange the living room completely in order to play a VR game once in a blue moon since the experience of VR stopped being fun after some time. The NoVR mod may kill the uniqueness but if you're a die-hard fan, it's good that there's the option not to be limited.
While VR is pretty cool, I think a lot of people don’t understand that people still wanna enjoy a traditional gaming experience. If somebody wants to go down that road or can’t afford VR (Yes, VR is still expensive, especially when you’re groceries cost more than your gas and your wallet is that much tighter) can enjoy it with the mod. If you enjoy it more with VR and have that capability, play it. People shouldn’t really be telling others not to for any reason if they should. Are they robbing themselves of an experience? Who’s to say? Some people prefer playing games not in VR so this mod can be for them. I think at this point, people should just let people game the way they want to with the games they can find. If there’s a mod to make a VR game a traditional FPS, let them grab, install and play. I understand this game really made the most out of VR but gatekeeping the game just for that reason is just kinda disingenuous. I might get HL: Alyx on this basis alone. I’ve been wanting to for awhile but was never in the position to get a VR headset and it’s even further away now as things get pricier by the day. Might be worth it just to experience a recent Half-Life title instead of relying on playing HL2 for the 10,000,000th time in a row. Game on!
I don't think anyone is trying to "gatekeep" the game. They are just trying to express that it's not even close to the same experience on a flat screen, and if you never even try it in VR, then you are missing out on an experience they had that they want to share with others. If someone tried VR and just earnestly didn't like it and just wants to play this game, they don't need anyone's permission to. But people should at least be aware that it's not going to be the same experience, and it's not going to hit nearly as hard as it did for someone who played it in VR the first time. That's just the facts of the situation. They are warning people not to ruin it for themselves, you can only play it for the first time once, but it's not like they can actually do anything to stop you from doing that. People are allowed to play however they want, but they should at least be aware.
There are good, great and amazing games in VR, and there's HL Alyx in it's own league, sitting alone on the top of the mountain. Yes, there are games that do certain things better, but the whole package of HLA is undefeated to this date. And I see only Metro VR as a possible new king.
many of the things you mentioned about how you interact with stuff in VR vs NoVR is absolutely nothing bad for us who have never played VR. It just feels like HL2 or any other fps. So i dont see anything bad really :) I will grab it when its on sale :)
this game is hard af in actual VR. like its genuinely terrifying at times. you cant control your emotions when these head crabs are coming at you. it changes the ENTIRE experience when youre in a 1st person headset
True, the first headcrab encounter made me genuinely startle and panic equip my gun. This shit was literally from a cheesy horror movie where the protagonist with a gun gets scared and starts randomly shooting in the dark lol.
It's nice to give people that accessibility, as yes, only a small percentage of gamers, even more so on pc have access to a vr headset. But with that given, I feel like it's just best to experience it in vr, if you do have a headset, or can get access to one, as it was one of my first AAA vr experiences, and I feel even more in love with half life because of it.
People wanting to mod Half Life Alyx for Flatscreen reminds of a Dilbert comic from the 1990s where the computer illiterate boss asks his employee to print out the internet for him to browse.
@@_Mythical_Void_ because not everyone wants to strap something on their face when they want to play. Some people like the tradition setup we already have with a TV and controller. Not to mention a lot of us get motion sick.
I borrowed a friend's VR headset just to play this game and I just finished it. It was such a cool experience, but I'm still interested in checking it out again using this mod, since I'll have to return the VR headset to my friend soon. I agree with this video though, don't spoil the experience by playing the no VR mod first. It's such a treat to go through the game in VR.
For fans of Half-Life, what I keep saying about it is this: NO-VR is a better option than NO-ALYX. If VR isn’t an option for you now or in the foreseeable future, playing the NO-VR mod is definitely worth it just to experience the world of Half-Life again. AND it’s not a bad experience at all - it’s just a massive downgrade from the VR experience. But for people with access to VR now or on the horizon, play it on VR, 100%. Shouldn’t be even be a debate. For people who are new to Half-Life, don’t have Half-Life Alyx NO-VR be your introduction, because even though the world is immaculately detailed regardless of how you play it, the game play of NO-VR does not in any way represent the true experience.
Crazy to think Half-Life could be topped, then comes Half-Life 2, another game you'd think couldn't be topped then boom.. Half-Life Alyx.. just insane the amount of quality in this Series. The Half-Life Series is why I became a PC gamer, a gamer in general too be honest.
As someone who literally can't play VR games do to health issues im so hapoy this mod exists! I can sit and wait for my lecture or play on pc and enjoy the gameplay and story. I know it's not the same experience but its like that be honest I don't care because I can't play VR games and its perfect for me and super fun! I am glad I can still experience this game reasonably well rather than never!
i played it when it came out and i was very impressed with the game but playing it without the vr gives alot of people who cant afford an ok vr headset, space limited or who dont have VR sea legs
i got the game free from valve cuz i purchased index controllers but i played it on the htc vive from 2015 and had a pretty decent experience i got the headset in 2018 as a gift for xmas that year
I played through Alyx 4x during the pandemic. Recently I played the non-VR mod on my Steam Deck. It’s a fun novelty, but holy moly does the game lose it’s ✨ when not in VR. It’s true what Valve says in dev commentary that people play their games VERY different in VR vs on a 2D screen. Rooms I would spend 15 minutes in exploring I rush through in seconds in non-VR.
@@eldafint Into the Radius, for instance ,is WAY more immersive and has way better and more detailed interactions. Sadly, it's not as visually stunning as Alyx, and WAY less polished. Vertigo 2 is a better Half Life Game than Alyx, and the visuals ARE Pretty great... except for the character models. Those look awful, but it's still impressive that it was made by one person. Lone Echo 1 and 2 have just as much interaction, polish, and graphical fidelity as Alyx does, but they're a bit shorter. That also goes for Stormland. Asgard's Wrath 1 has amazing graphics and a huge scale, but the combat needs some getting used to. This is fixed in Asgard's Wrath 2, which I consider a better game than the first, but since it's a Quest exclusive, the graphics are pretty bad. Those are just off the top of my head.
Hear me out... in a perfect world we could take the weapon mechanics from receiver 2 ( minus the jams and maybe self shooting ) and the interactivity of Amnesia the bunker ( the way you can use your mouse to move certain objects, doors... and not being able to use a gun when doing so ) shove it all into alyx and get a somewhat enjoyable pancake screen game
I am all for this if 1 more people buying the game gets Valve to make more Half-Life and 2 people understand that this a mod and the flat screen experience is going to be different than the VR one and they don't complain about certain experiences that seem worse cause it wasn't designed for flat gaming.
There’s been lots of talk from people (the guy that spoke about Alyxs way before it was announced) that Valve is working on Half-Life 3. They’ve started development a few times but it never went anywhere, so it’ll be interesting to see if they release it.
@@lamsmiley1944 there have been a bunch of leaks for "hlx" which so far, seems to be a flatscreen Half Life game that continues Gordon's story, after Half Life Alyx's ending
@@cabrinius7596 Half Life 3 could be sitting on a store shelf, and I still wouldn't be able to believe that it actually exists. "ahh that's just more clickbait and vague rumors like it always is" After nearly 20 years of being told that it's just right around the corner any day now, I learned to ignore anything that discusses it. The datamined information is interesting, but it could also be a random internal project or experiment that we never actually see.
@@party4lifedude I get that, but I still think the fact they've been working on it for about 4 years is worth something. It's (currently) held up longer than any other HL3 project before, so there might be something that comes out of it, even if it's small.
@@lamsmiley1944 I have the game and a VR set already, I have tried a few times and unfortunately I get incredibly motion sick. I was hoping that if I just tried it enough times I would adapt but so far that has not been the case. It's a bummer, as there a a few game I would love to play.
this makes me realize just how innovative of a VR game Boneworks was. That game could never be done in flatscreen, as it's intertwined with the medium.
I played Super Hot VR (at my friend's) long before getting Super Hot orig. Gotta say, enjoyed the heck out of both. SH-VR is an experience like few others, but a great game is a great game. I've waited 4 years to play Alyx... getting it on sale for $20 and playing it this way has me seriously tempted.
From the point of view of someone who doesn't care about VR at all but likes Half-Life. It is. The story's great, the world is fun, and I'm sure someone's gonna be able to at some point figure out the difficulty problem (all it'd take is faster enemy ai, and more enemies, really.)
I would love to see games that allow both VR and flatscreen players to play at the same time. I abuse Halo CE as an example, but imagine the flat screen player playing as MC and the VR player would play as a marine
I played HL:A in VR and it was absolutely mindblowing. I can see why HL:A NO VR can't work great since it would be too slow and too easy, but I think it is good that the creators kept it as such. I do believe that the best way of doing things (for the player) would be having 2 versions. The original which we have now and then one with more enemies, more speed, more challenge...
i played half the game in vr, half in no-vr. simply because i HATE using vr, its cool and amazing in concept, half life alyx was extremely advanced. but actually playing it myself was terrible, i would get a lot of headaches quickly lol. i just hope the next half life game wont be vr...
Having played it in VR, I don't think I could play it without now. You can clearly tell it was designed with VR in mind. I'm pleased this mod exists though.
I feel like this non-VR mod could work with a lot more work into it - add some more sequence animations, slow down the gunplay and weapon mechanics (the shotgun doesnt even reload, its just a simplified fire animation), add some sort of free aim to mock up some VR judgement with point-shooting. Lots could still be done but until then, the mod is water
In current day, you can get a used VR headset for below 100$, and a new one for 200$. I really think its justified, not just for one game but for VR's huge current library, there's no excuse for the people spending $200+ on monitors and then complaining about the price of VR
@@ronchasr6656 Yeah, but you could play all those same games on a 50$ monitor. VR provides you an experience you didn't have before, also the reason you aren't interested in other VR games is because you haven't looked into other VR games. I have a huge list of VR games I wanna play in the dozens. I'm sure if you looked into the games, you could find games you wanted to play too
@@ronchasr6656 VR is mostly interesting for sim games, if thats not your cup of tea then its understandable. Altough the PS5 offers some really good vr games that you wont find on PC like the Resident Evil games...
@@ronchasr6656 Depends on what pulls your interest. THe first time I played in VR i was hooked and had to have it. Felt like having a brand new arcade at home. Now I have both VR and original style for options. It's really nice to have it spent and done. It's just another thing to make me happy which is always good.
Not in other countries It cost 520$ new (sometimes almost as much used) or cheapest i could find 260$ used for a quest 2 Even the cheapest i could find is like half a month's worth of minimum wage salary.
I think that flatscreen Half Life ALYX is something I would only ever recommend to people who have already experienced it in full in Virtual Reality. You can only experience it for the first time once, and playing it flatscreen with a mod is doing yourself a disservice. Unless you are physically unable to play VR, then I would not experience it for the first time any other way.
The slow combat was one of my big complaints about Alyx. The combats were still hard, especially with the big shotgun guys walking around. But they were SLOW. They usually involved being punished for staying out in the open and not landing your shots. Killing opponents usually meant carefully concentrating while firing your auto-fire gun. I was hoping it would feel more like Half Life 2. I'm hoping they can pull that off with their next VR game, whenever that happens. When Borderlands 2 was converted to VR for PSVR, there weren't any adjustments to combat except for the addition of an effect that temporarily stuns enemies and slows them down, which I didn't use all that often. The game was very playable in VR. I played it with the AIM controller so that I had hand controller interactivity along with aiming.
I personally don't think it would be good for the tone, atmosphere, or immersion of this particular game if you were able to sprint around at 20 miles per hour and effortlessly mow down entire platoons of combine soldiers at a time. And Alyx doesn't have the HEV suit, she isn't fast sprinting and bunny hopping everywhere, she is just a person who isn't Gordon Freeman. This would naturally change many aspects of the gameplay and level design. It's a lot more grounded and visceral in that way, which is good for a VR game that is trying to put the player in the game in the most literal sense possible. It's different, sure, but I don't view it as a flaw with the game. It all fits together nicely with the overall "vibe" that the developers were trying to create here. That's just my take on it
It should be noted that the firefight portions are significantly easier compared to previous HL entries since aiming is slower and less accurate in VR.
They should really bring it to psvr2. I know they want to promote their own platform but making it available to more people would be ideal. I don’t think I’ll ever buy a gaming pc again, steam deck is fine for me, I require a Mac for my work, so a gaming pc isn’t really in the cards or a priority, but ps5 I got for 399 and psvr2 for 250 used, and there are games like re8, horizon and gt7 vr that really show the potential for aaa titles on it but two of those titles are designed for flat screens originally, and horizon is a pretty shallow tech demo experience. Would love to play half life Alyx, half life 2 and episode 2 are some of my favorite games of all time but I can’t justify buying a gaming pc for one game.
I would thoroughly love to play VR games but as I am missing my left hand, accessibility has always been a concern with me. This gives me hope to play some iconic video games.
How would that work if the screen remains static looking any other direction would mean your no longer looking at the screen that honestly sounds terrible
@@Bagginsess That's because on those you don't have to turn around. This would only work with VR games if one of the joysticks was always set to do quick rotation.
Playing Half Life Alyx in flatscreen is the equivalent of watching a movie with your eyes closed. Or listening to music by plugging up your ears and only feeling the vibrations.
@@gabrielfmm The purpose of radio is to be an audible medium. The purpose of movies is to be a visual. The purpose of VR is to be a physical medium. If you remove take away the point of the experience, you're taking away the point of the experience.
@@gabrielfmm the entire game is designed from the ground up to be in vr. its not like most vr games which could easily be flatscreen, the game is genuinely just not good without vr
I've played it in both flatscreen and VR and disagree quite a bit, it's more like watching a movie on your phone rather than at a theater, you can still enjoy a good movie, even if you don't get the full, intended experience
If we are to truly achieve the NOVR, we must not replace it with the Gordon Freeman operation... I believe we need to start with at least a FreeAim implementation. (which should at least increase the usefulness of laser sights)
This game stands tall on top of the crowd 4 years after its release. A masterpiece is timeless by definition and Half Life Alyx is a prime example of a masterpiece. Playing it in flat screen is a very big missed opportunity and I strongly suggest, if you have not played it in VR and think sometime in the future, you might get a headset, DON"T PLAY IT ON FLAT. There is absolutely nothing that could prepare you for what you'll experience in a good VR headset like Quest 3 and by playing it on flat, you just remove this unforgettable experience from the list of your gaming experiences in your life. You have been warned!
i got my headset just for this and contractors for COD-zombies lol and now with psvr connector its even cheaper to get into it, shoot if you can find a 64gig quest 2 cause your using steam link anyway to play so you dont need the sets space and you can find a used 1 on FB market place for around 100 and then just replace the face cover and boom cause this game is a work of art and the contract killer mod is sick
From one perspective it's clear why Valve never adapted Alyx for nonV: it's basically a VR tech-demo, a showcase of what VR can do and also a motivation for people to buy VR headsets, preferably Valve VR. But the very sad part is that they chose to do that with Half-Life, a universe which had millions of fans waiting for a new game for over 15 years. Like sure, you can't find a better demo for VR than that, but considering how very few people actually own VR, Valve artificially restricted massive crowd of fans from experiencing a significant entry into Half-Life universe. Like, it feels almost scummy.
There is another HLA no vr mod made by SoMNst that looks even better but it isn't out yet. I think it translates the "vr mechanics" very well into a 2D display
You have no idea what you're missing out on. HL Alyx on a decent headset is one of the best singleplayer gaming experiences you can have. It's a damn crime that PCVR hasn't caught on yet.
@@Skrenja Bro I for real completed it on the very first HTC Vive and RX 570 with 4gb vram, I enjoyed it immensely, imagine if I could actually see things in 40+ FPS!
No VR mod for HL Alyx should have been based on Reciver 2 gun mechanics. 5 button imput for a gun reload should replicate experience of a new player trying to reload a gun in VR, heh.
Half Life Alyx is one of my top 3 gaming experiences ever. Man, it's a shame that nothing like it has come in years after.
Facts
Agreed, also Vr game's are tiny experiences now for full game price, literally paying 50$+ for a 1-5 gig size game is super lame. Alyx is in a league of it's own.
@@TheBlackB0X Not many VR games are that much.
It's only in your top 3 experiences because Half- Life 3 hasn't come out yet....
yea, I went there 😅
I haven’t really played VR since I finished HLA there’s nothing that’s remotely close to its quality.
1:22 I dont really know why people think of vr as the future rather than a seperate medium.
As someone who owns a VR headset I cannot see it replacing computers entirely as some games would be literally impossible to play, and some people cant even play VR due to motion sickness. I beleive they would just coexist, sharing the market space
Yeah I absolutely love VR but its something I mostly use on weekends when I'm not tired and have time set up my vr playground (racing rig, cables....). When I come home from work and I'm tired, VR is just to much then and I prefer flat games
Also money. probably the main factor here
0:27 "The amount of people who have not experienced a fantastic game is criminally low." I don't think that's what he meant to say.
"Is criminally High"
but we got the context anyway
Yall are sharp 👍 goofies
VR adds an emotional impact to a game, that you don't usually get in flatscreen games. That's why I never play horror games in VR. First stepping out onto that balcony in
HLA VR elicits a "whoahhhh moment", but is ordinary in flatscreen. It's such a pity more people don't have VR.
Keep in mind that a great many people can't physically handle VR thanks to "simulation sickness". No amount of money is going to get around that.
@@TheRogueWolf Yes, I suffer from it too, which is why I always use teleport locomotion.
@@TheRogueWolf I don't get that luckily. You do get over it though I hear. Kinda sissy really..
@@RobertA-hq3vzmotion sickness is more of a skill and trainning to become immune to it. The more possibilities ways of interaction in gaming that required almost very little button memorization and no aiming sensitivity setting and 100x more fun is pretty much enough for me to prefer playing any games on VR than its flatscreen counter part.
Try it with some decent games before you judge, that's all I have to say
@@TheRogueWolfMotion sickness don’t just grabs you as soon as you put on the headset + with enough training you can get used to it.
I’d like to remind people that older ppl get motion sickness on flatcreen and that’s why we got motion blur for them. We don’t talk about it because we all got used to flatscreen.
There's no way it could be a 1-to-1 translation from VR to flatscreen, but I'm happy that people who can't do VR (for either monetary or physiological reasons) can have a chance to experience the game. I'm just upset that Valve never bothered to do this themselves.
I played it on Quest 3 recently. It is the best game on VR hands down. It's mind blowing and you feel so badass reloading and stalking through the corridors.
the reloading and gun play in this game is one of the worst i have experienced in vr.
Fps always works better in vr in everywhere but the downside is that is harder to develope and the marketing and playerbase isn't as high as the boring flat games. VR games should be treated as the next gen step in gaming rather than just a separated media to flat
As much as I adore Alyx, that's surprisingly not true. While it pretty much does have the best graphics and production in VR, there are MANY games that surpass the things that Alyx is good at and are on par with it on others. It even has a lot of really big weaknesses. There's been SO much that has come out since then that's just as worth experiencing. People just don't look.
@@wotever99ninynine you don't know what you're talking about... alyx is the best vr game ever made so far and I played every single big title
@@LARVideos exactly 👍
Seeing Jeff for the first time is something I will never forget in VR… damn near shit myself
Kicks a wine bottle.
"I hate you, Jeff."
that one shelf that drops a wine bottle when you open it...
It's not thaaat scary
@@eltdnam I felt so cool when I caught it
Your really should play this on VR for the first time. If that's not possible for you now, wait. Don't spoil the experience by playing in 2D first!
I have to agree with this statement!
I have no interest in VR, so i'll be waiting until death. I'll take a 2D run thank you.
@@thedeegee1601You're absolutely missing out then
I don’t see how it spoils the experience. I played it non-VR and still look forward to to experiencing it in VR at some point.
@@chrislair6832 $60 Game + $300 VR, not worth it for a single game i'm interested in. And i'm not going to buy some body fluid greased up second hand VR set, fucking disgusting.
The enemy design, level layouts, difficulty, etc. are all based around VR. This game would suck to try and play it as a standard FPS.
He literally just explained in this video why it isn’t.
No game will ever beat the feeling I got playing the Jeff level in VR...if you know you know
shh don't talk about Jeff, he might hear you.
Man when I played jeff, my first reaction to jeff was "okay well this has been done a million times already this is probably gonna be boring" my sentiment instantly changed when I had to... open... a certain something. that is after the ending the absolute best level in Alyx and THE absolute best what gameplay is concerned.
Especially intimate moments in the elevator
You should play the fetus part in Village then lol
I swear I was almost panicking.... most terrifying stuff I've ever played
Not only one of the best VR titles it's one of the best games made period.
I had hoped that it would inspire other developers to make triple a quality PC VR titles. Sadly that never happened.
@@lamsmiley1944 unfortunately no one has the ability to make a game like a Valve game
@@lukebelvin4900 there are a few studios that could probably pull it off, but the shareholders wouldn’t let them invest the resources to make it happen
@@lamsmiley1944 A lot have come out since and before. People just don't bother looking.
@@LARVideos The upcoming Behemoth looking extremely promising with the grappling hook.
Alyx in Flat-screen? I mean, I understand, but this is sacrilegious.
what makes alyx great is its VERY immersive and engaging, like you can fiddle with anything, pick up headcrabs as a friend and have it travel alongside you the whole adventure and silly shit like that.
this game made me buy a pc again just to play it ( and a few other games)
I played with this mod when it was relatively new. Enjoyed this game a lot!
I hope you get to experience the actual game at some point. Remember that playing the game like this is like only listening to a movie instead of watching it.
@@LARVideos shut up lmao, you sound like some preacher going to every comment section and preaching to the great gods of vr
@@Wattermelondog I'm the kind of person that loves talking about their favorite things.
I can't even afford to play VR, it either takes a top of the line computer with all the bells and whistles or a super expensive headset to even run it.
you need a mid range PC, and a headset.... it's a significant investment, but it is beyond wild experience.
@@camraid9 and enough room to play, extra budget to get it & a reason to spend that kind of money on a set.
And that's the core issues for VR, more than enough people don't have the room for it, dont have the extra budget or dont have any other reason except for alyx to get one and its too much for just that - if not all 3 at once.
Valve did a great job making one of the best VR experiences, but no one else followed it up to actually make it worth it to get a set.
No you don't. I just played and beat this game for my first time last week and I'm just running a GTX1070 I bought in release day (8ish years ago?) and a rickety old Rift S. Plays just fine.
You can get a Quest 2 for like 200 bucks. It's a VR console so even without a PC, you can play VR games. If you want to play Alyx though, you can use that same Quest 2 on a gaming PC that can run modern games.
@@LARVideosEven a standalone Quest 2 gaming experience is much richer than a $5,000 powerful pc. The terrible thing is I need to stop playing it and charge it every 1hour of play😂
Honestly, this validates my skepticism toward the No-VR mod. I can understand wanting to play a game without splurging a few hundred on a VR headset, but the game was designed from the ground up it that chunks of gameplay have their wind taken out of their sales on traditional PC. Like how digging for items feels less tactile or how frantically fumbling for rounds or weapons under fire is lost.
Even the NPC AI is tuned toward physical movements and fast mouse movements and button presses.
Somewhat , but a LOT of the fun and tension comes from VR where you can easily fumble things xD
AND the bullshit and tricks you can pull in VR : grab a chair to smack a headcrab launching at you, wear a helmet to defend against barnackles
You can basically do 100x more thing in vr at its 1% than the full potential flatscreen. Just wait until we have fullbody tracking aaa vr game that will destroy anything ever existed
Holy shit I never tried the barnacle trick. Looks like I'm going back in.
@@chrislair6832 You can also grab armored headcrabs that jump at you and get an easy heart shot.
Who says you cant throw a grenade and shoot your gun in 2 directions.
Other games evcen allow you to dual wield and theoretically juggle guns (though you need to know how to juggle)
@@toututu2993 theres barely any 3a games on normal vr
You can find a used Quest 2 for about $100-150, get HL: Alyx on sale for $30, you're in for $180 if you already have a gaming PC. And TBH, the level of quality here is worth the price. Think of it like buying a concert ticket or Disney Land ticket or something, it's like nothing else and the 2D mod does not do it justice
payday 2 cheatworkshop mentality right here
I’m kind of sick of hearing people say they can’t afford a vr headset and then show you a picture of a valve index. It’s like have you lived on this planet for longer than a second.
half life alyx is 80$ on steam full price
@TheInfamousMelon7 no? That's like $20 above a normal game cost, hla is only like 50
I did this and sold my quest 2 for more than I bought it for afterward aswell
Honestly I like it because it gives us a brief glance at how a flatscreen Source 2 Half-Life game would look, the graphics, the ragdolls, how the enemies move, I'd LOVE to fight the combine like this on a game actually meant for flatscreen, because it looks amazing
thank you for making this video, it answered a lot of questions i got before!
I only played this game with NoVR. It was great. But I'm a firm believer that it'll be better in VR. The games movement is slow due to the game design being made for VR in mind. You won't be able to sprint around like you did in HL2. Overall the slow movement helped with absorbing details in the world. The graphic leap from HL2 to HLA is BIG.
I understand that for many people the VR experience, especially in this title, was phenomenal. However many people do not really feel like buying the VR headset, mainly due to a limited amount of games or they just don't have a sufficient space to play in. Also there's the cost. I played the VR Half life Alyx at my friend's place and while the gameplay was amazing, I never once thought to myself "Yes, I want to spend $500 on this." He would always have to rearrange the living room completely in order to play a VR game once in a blue moon since the experience of VR stopped being fun after some time.
The NoVR mod may kill the uniqueness but if you're a die-hard fan, it's good that there's the option not to be limited.
first we got a VR mod for half life 2, and now a flatscreen mod for Alyx. I love the modding community.
While VR is pretty cool, I think a lot of people don’t understand that people still wanna enjoy a traditional gaming experience. If somebody wants to go down that road or can’t afford VR (Yes, VR is still expensive, especially when you’re groceries cost more than your gas and your wallet is that much tighter) can enjoy it with the mod. If you enjoy it more with VR and have that capability, play it. People shouldn’t really be telling others not to for any reason if they should. Are they robbing themselves of an experience? Who’s to say? Some people prefer playing games not in VR so this mod can be for them.
I think at this point, people should just let people game the way they want to with the games they can find. If there’s a mod to make a VR game a traditional FPS, let them grab, install and play. I understand this game really made the most out of VR but gatekeeping the game just for that reason is just kinda disingenuous.
I might get HL: Alyx on this basis alone. I’ve been wanting to for awhile but was never in the position to get a VR headset and it’s even further away now as things get pricier by the day. Might be worth it just to experience a recent Half-Life title instead of relying on playing HL2 for the 10,000,000th time in a row.
Game on!
I don't think anyone is trying to "gatekeep" the game. They are just trying to express that it's not even close to the same experience on a flat screen, and if you never even try it in VR, then you are missing out on an experience they had that they want to share with others.
If someone tried VR and just earnestly didn't like it and just wants to play this game, they don't need anyone's permission to. But people should at least be aware that it's not going to be the same experience, and it's not going to hit nearly as hard as it did for someone who played it in VR the first time. That's just the facts of the situation.
They are warning people not to ruin it for themselves, you can only play it for the first time once, but it's not like they can actually do anything to stop you from doing that. People are allowed to play however they want, but they should at least be aware.
Played it on my Quest one. Such a master piece
There are good, great and amazing games in VR, and there's HL Alyx in it's own league, sitting alone on the top of the mountain. Yes, there are games that do certain things better, but the whole package of HLA is undefeated to this date. And I see only Metro VR as a possible new king.
many of the things you mentioned about how you interact with stuff in VR vs NoVR is absolutely nothing bad for us who have never played VR. It just feels like HL2 or any other fps. So i dont see anything bad really :)
I will grab it when its on sale :)
this game is hard af in actual VR. like its genuinely terrifying at times. you cant control your emotions when these head crabs are coming at you. it changes the ENTIRE experience when youre in a 1st person headset
True, the first headcrab encounter made me genuinely startle and panic equip my gun. This shit was literally from a cheesy horror movie where the protagonist with a gun gets scared and starts randomly shooting in the dark lol.
@@suparibhau Im getting a new quest headset after christmas 2024 and im going to finally beat this damn game
It's nice to give people that accessibility, as yes, only a small percentage of gamers, even more so on pc have access to a vr headset.
But with that given, I feel like it's just best to experience it in vr, if you do have a headset, or can get access to one, as it was one of my first AAA vr experiences, and I feel even more in love with half life because of it.
People wanting to mod Half Life Alyx for Flatscreen reminds of a Dilbert comic from the 1990s where the computer illiterate boss asks his employee to print out the internet for him to browse.
W mod. I'll never buy a VR, doesn't matter how affordable they get.
why not?
Why tf would you not buy a vr headset if its affordable? Its one of the best things ive spent money on
@@_Mythical_Void_ because not everyone wants to strap something on their face when they want to play. Some people like the tradition setup we already have with a TV and controller. Not to mention a lot of us get motion sick.
@@Viper1924 there are settings to help people with motion sickness
One of the best gaming experiences ever.
I borrowed a friend's VR headset just to play this game and I just finished it. It was such a cool experience, but I'm still interested in checking it out again using this mod, since I'll have to return the VR headset to my friend soon. I agree with this video though, don't spoil the experience by playing the no VR mod first. It's such a treat to go through the game in VR.
For fans of Half-Life, what I keep saying about it is this: NO-VR is a better option than NO-ALYX.
If VR isn’t an option for you now or in the foreseeable future, playing the NO-VR mod is definitely worth it just to experience the world of Half-Life again. AND it’s not a bad experience at all - it’s just a massive downgrade from the VR experience.
But for people with access to VR now or on the horizon, play it on VR, 100%. Shouldn’t be even be a debate.
For people who are new to Half-Life, don’t have Half-Life Alyx NO-VR be your introduction, because even though the world is immaculately detailed regardless of how you play it, the game play of NO-VR does not in any way represent the true experience.
Amazing video, i thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you. I will play Half Life: Alyx with No VR mode.
LevelCapGaming, awesome content my guy
Crazy to think Half-Life could be topped, then comes Half-Life 2, another game you'd think couldn't be topped then boom.. Half-Life Alyx.. just insane the amount of quality in this Series. The Half-Life Series is why I became a PC gamer, a gamer in general too be honest.
As someone who literally can't play VR games do to health issues im so hapoy this mod exists! I can sit and wait for my lecture or play on pc and enjoy the gameplay and story. I know it's not the same experience but its like that be honest I don't care because I can't play VR games and its perfect for me and super fun! I am glad I can still experience this game reasonably well rather than never!
i played it when it came out and i was very impressed with the game but playing it without the vr gives alot of people who cant afford an ok vr headset, space limited or who dont have VR sea legs
i got the game free from valve cuz i purchased index controllers but i played it on the htc vive from 2015 and had a pretty decent experience i got the headset in 2018 as a gift for xmas that year
I really want to buy a vr headset in near future
They're incredibly cheap these days.
@@LARVideos ye but in my country it's still expensive
I played through Alyx 4x during the pandemic. Recently I played the non-VR mod on my Steam Deck. It’s a fun novelty, but holy moly does the game lose it’s ✨ when not in VR. It’s true what Valve says in dev commentary that people play their games VERY different in VR vs on a 2D screen. Rooms I would spend 15 minutes in exploring I rush through in seconds in non-VR.
Played it (VR) , beat it. It's awesome, just the menu was fun.
This was my first Vr experience when I bought my Quest 2. Nothing else ever came close!
I suggest looking a bit. There's SO much that comes close and even surpasses Alyx in a lot of ways!
@@LARVideos Like what?
@@eldafint Into the Radius, for instance ,is WAY more immersive and has way better and more detailed interactions. Sadly, it's not as visually stunning as Alyx, and WAY less polished. Vertigo 2 is a better Half Life Game than Alyx, and the visuals ARE Pretty great... except for the character models. Those look awful, but it's still impressive that it was made by one person. Lone Echo 1 and 2 have just as much interaction, polish, and graphical fidelity as Alyx does, but they're a bit shorter. That also goes for Stormland. Asgard's Wrath 1 has amazing graphics and a huge scale, but the combat needs some getting used to. This is fixed in Asgard's Wrath 2, which I consider a better game than the first, but since it's a Quest exclusive, the graphics are pretty bad. Those are just off the top of my head.
I own the game, but no longer have a vr headset
Same here. I'm tempted to try this mod!
Me too. I'm definitely going to try the game with this mod.
I have 2 lol
@@Steelninja77 ok?
You don't own the game. You just have a license to download.
Hear me out... in a perfect world we could take the weapon mechanics from receiver 2 ( minus the jams and maybe self shooting ) and the interactivity of Amnesia the bunker ( the way you can use your mouse to move certain objects, doors... and not being able to use a gun when doing so ) shove it all into alyx and get a somewhat enjoyable pancake screen game
Those two games you mentioned would be improved in VR.
I am all for this if 1 more people buying the game gets Valve to make more Half-Life and 2 people understand that this a mod and the flat screen experience is going to be different than the VR one and they don't complain about certain experiences that seem worse cause it wasn't designed for flat gaming.
There’s been lots of talk from people (the guy that spoke about Alyxs way before it was announced) that Valve is working on Half-Life 3. They’ve started development a few times but it never went anywhere, so it’ll be interesting to see if they release it.
@@lamsmiley1944 there have been a bunch of leaks for "hlx" which so far, seems to be a flatscreen Half Life game that continues Gordon's story, after Half Life Alyx's ending
@@cabrinius7596 Half Life 3 could be sitting on a store shelf, and I still wouldn't be able to believe that it actually exists. "ahh that's just more clickbait and vague rumors like it always is"
After nearly 20 years of being told that it's just right around the corner any day now, I learned to ignore anything that discusses it.
The datamined information is interesting, but it could also be a random internal project or experiment that we never actually see.
@@party4lifedude I get that, but I still think the fact they've been working on it for about 4 years is worth something. It's (currently) held up longer than any other HL3 project before, so there might be something that comes out of it, even if it's small.
Playing this immediately. Now we just need a mod for the mod. Let me look at my monitor while control the game with VR controllers.
You’re missing out if you play the game this way. I’d suggest waiting until you can play it in VR.
@@lamsmiley1944 I have the game and a VR set already, I have tried a few times and unfortunately I get incredibly motion sick. I was hoping that if I just tried it enough times I would adapt but so far that has not been the case. It's a bummer, as there a a few game I would love to play.
@@ProclarushTaonas Yeah, I'm not sure how they're going to fix that issue. You're not the only one who experiences that.
this makes me realize just how innovative of a VR game Boneworks was. That game could never be done in flatscreen, as it's intertwined with the medium.
I miss the battlefield content, been subbed since I was like 12. Ik it’s not mainstream anymore but damn those were the days
Oh crap, the hat was for BARNACLES! I was wondering what it was for! At least I figured out the respirator
I’m never gonna go VR, slippery slope
A slippery slope to what exactly? I don't get it
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for
2:18 quest 2 is about $200
Some think u can only play it on Index.
This game is best when you play it the second time slow.
The mods are amazing too
This was cool to see, I cant stand VR myself its just not for me, so its cool to know there is a way to play this game without a VR headset
I played Super Hot VR (at my friend's) long before getting Super Hot orig. Gotta say, enjoyed the heck out of both. SH-VR is an experience like few others, but a great game is a great game. I've waited 4 years to play Alyx... getting it on sale for $20 and playing it this way has me seriously tempted.
I played the game like this, and even without VR I loved every second of it.
The Headcrabs on the subway scared me so much, I never finished it, I really need to finish it.
From the point of view of someone who doesn't care about VR at all but likes Half-Life. It is.
The story's great, the world is fun, and I'm sure someone's gonna be able to at some point figure out the difficulty problem (all it'd take is faster enemy ai, and more enemies, really.)
I would love to see games that allow both VR and flatscreen players to play at the same time.
I abuse Halo CE as an example, but imagine the flat screen player playing as MC and the VR player would play as a marine
I played HL:A in VR and it was absolutely mindblowing.
I can see why HL:A NO VR can't work great since it would be too slow and too easy, but I think it is good that the creators kept it as such.
I do believe that the best way of doing things (for the player) would be having 2 versions. The original which we have now and then one with more enemies, more speed, more challenge...
VR will always suit this game the best but it's pretty cool to see somebody actually make it work fairly well on a flat screen
i played half the game in vr, half in no-vr. simply because i HATE using vr, its cool and amazing in concept, half life alyx was extremely advanced. but actually playing it myself was terrible, i would get a lot of headaches quickly lol. i just hope the next half life game wont be vr...
Having played it in VR, I don't think I could play it without now.
You can clearly tell it was designed with VR in mind.
I'm pleased this mod exists though.
I feel like this non-VR mod could work with a lot more work into it - add some more sequence animations, slow down the gunplay and weapon mechanics (the shotgun doesnt even reload, its just a simplified fire animation), add some sort of free aim to mock up some VR judgement with point-shooting.
Lots could still be done but until then, the mod is water
❤ I love mods sometimes they make what we are looking.
I just played the story.
this is the best vr game with boneworks and bonelabs
nah playing this masterpiece without vr is a crime, playing this in vr was legit one of the best games ive ever played
I love how this game looks (incredible), I hate looking for ammo and resin. The adrenaline rush is real
Played on Quest-2 but never finished. Picked it up again with PSVR2 and its incredible.
do not play it without VR, the first time the game loads in VR felt like the first time experiencing Half Life 2, it's groundbreaking.
In current day, you can get a used VR headset for below 100$, and a new one for 200$.
I really think its justified, not just for one game but for VR's huge current library, there's no excuse for the people spending $200+ on monitors and then complaining about the price of VR
i have 1,000+ games that i could play on my $300 monitor. i cant justify VR for only one game. im not really interested in any other VR game.
@@ronchasr6656 Yeah, but you could play all those same games on a 50$ monitor. VR provides you an experience you didn't have before, also the reason you aren't interested in other VR games is because you haven't looked into other VR games. I have a huge list of VR games I wanna play in the dozens. I'm sure if you looked into the games, you could find games you wanted to play too
@@ronchasr6656 VR is mostly interesting for sim games, if thats not your cup of tea then its understandable. Altough the PS5 offers some really good vr games that you wont find on PC like the Resident Evil games...
@@ronchasr6656 Depends on what pulls your interest. THe first time I played in VR i was hooked and had to have it. Felt like having a brand new arcade at home. Now I have both VR and original style for options. It's really nice to have it spent and done. It's just another thing to make me happy which is always good.
Not in other countries
It cost 520$ new (sometimes almost as much used) or cheapest i could find 260$ used for a quest 2
Even the cheapest i could find is like half a month's worth of minimum wage salary.
I think that flatscreen Half Life ALYX is something I would only ever recommend to people who have already experienced it in full in Virtual Reality. You can only experience it for the first time once, and playing it flatscreen with a mod is doing yourself a disservice. Unless you are physically unable to play VR, then I would not experience it for the first time any other way.
The slow combat was one of my big complaints about Alyx.
The combats were still hard, especially with the big shotgun guys walking around. But they were SLOW.
They usually involved being punished for staying out in the open and not landing your shots. Killing opponents usually meant carefully concentrating while firing your auto-fire gun.
I was hoping it would feel more like Half Life 2. I'm hoping they can pull that off with their next VR game, whenever that happens.
When Borderlands 2 was converted to VR for PSVR, there weren't any adjustments to combat except for the addition of an effect that temporarily stuns enemies and slows them down, which I didn't use all that often. The game was very playable in VR. I played it with the AIM controller so that I had hand controller interactivity along with aiming.
I personally don't think it would be good for the tone, atmosphere, or immersion of this particular game if you were able to sprint around at 20 miles per hour and effortlessly mow down entire platoons of combine soldiers at a time. And Alyx doesn't have the HEV suit, she isn't fast sprinting and bunny hopping everywhere, she is just a person who isn't Gordon Freeman. This would naturally change many aspects of the gameplay and level design.
It's a lot more grounded and visceral in that way, which is good for a VR game that is trying to put the player in the game in the most literal sense possible.
It's different, sure, but I don't view it as a flaw with the game. It all fits together nicely with the overall "vibe" that the developers were trying to create here.
That's just my take on it
It should be noted that the firefight portions are significantly easier compared to previous HL entries since aiming is slower and less accurate in VR.
Who else HAS played VR... and just learnt you can put a hard hat on to stop getting eaten by a barnacle?
They should really bring it to psvr2. I know they want to promote their own platform but making it available to more people would be ideal. I don’t think I’ll ever buy a gaming pc again, steam deck is fine for me, I require a Mac for my work, so a gaming pc isn’t really in the cards or a priority, but ps5 I got for 399 and psvr2 for 250 used, and there are games like re8, horizon and gt7 vr that really show the potential for aaa titles on it but two of those titles are designed for flat screens originally, and horizon is a pretty shallow tech demo experience. Would love to play half life Alyx, half life 2 and episode 2 are some of my favorite games of all time but I can’t justify buying a gaming pc for one game.
honestly, while VR will always be the right way to play Alyx. i gotta say that this None VR mod is a very good substitute
There needs to be an non vr version and it's upsetting to not be able to play this
I would thoroughly love to play VR games but as I am missing my left hand, accessibility has always been a concern with me. This gives me hope to play some iconic video games.
this is why i dont want to play hla unless its with the knuckles or when a good knuckles alternative finally comes out
Reminder that Half-Life: Alyx is 4 years old.
Why can't we just use a head tracker with VR controllers to play VR games? Like a suped up Wii remote. Or rather why has no developer made that?
I know right?
How would that work if the screen remains static looking any other direction would mean your no longer looking at the screen that honestly sounds terrible
@@Technicolor_geek work perfectly fine for racing and flight sims.
@@Bagginsess That's because on those you don't have to turn around. This would only work with VR games if one of the joysticks was always set to do quick rotation.
@@bruhtholemew you don't have to turn around in cars and planes? Just aim the right hand controller like a Wii remote like Metroid Prime.
Honestly the flat screen gameplay doesnt look too bad aside from all the stuff you miss out on
Playing Half Life Alyx in flatscreen is the equivalent of watching a movie with your eyes closed. Or listening to music by plugging up your ears and only feeling the vibrations.
overdramatic
I really doubt it
@@gabrielfmm The purpose of radio is to be an audible medium. The purpose of movies is to be a visual. The purpose of VR is to be a physical medium. If you remove take away the point of the experience, you're taking away the point of the experience.
@@gabrielfmm the entire game is designed from the ground up to be in vr. its not like most vr games which could easily be flatscreen, the game is genuinely just not good without vr
I've played it in both flatscreen and VR and disagree quite a bit, it's more like watching a movie on your phone rather than at a theater, you can still enjoy a good movie, even if you don't get the full, intended experience
If we are to truly achieve the NOVR, we must not replace it with the Gordon Freeman operation...
I believe we need to start with at least a FreeAim implementation. (which should at least increase the usefulness of laser sights)
This game stands tall on top of the crowd 4 years after its release. A masterpiece is timeless by definition and Half Life Alyx is a prime example of a masterpiece. Playing it in flat screen is a very big missed opportunity and I strongly suggest, if you have not played it in VR and think sometime in the future, you might get a headset, DON"T PLAY IT ON FLAT. There is absolutely nothing that could prepare you for what you'll experience in a good VR headset like Quest 3 and by playing it on flat, you just remove this unforgettable experience from the list of your gaming experiences in your life. You have been warned!
nice thank u for the mod :D
Wish there are more non VR mods we can play
Is there even one other VR title that would actually be worth converting to flatscreen? I can't think of any
i got my headset just for this and contractors for COD-zombies lol and now with psvr connector its even cheaper to get into it, shoot if you can find a 64gig quest 2 cause your using steam link anyway to play so you dont need the sets space and you can find a used 1 on FB market place for around 100 and then just replace the face cover and boom cause this game is a work of art and the contract killer mod is sick
playing Half Life Alyx not on VR is sacrilegious.
From one perspective it's clear why Valve never adapted Alyx for nonV: it's basically a VR tech-demo, a showcase of what VR can do and also a motivation for people to buy VR headsets, preferably Valve VR. But the very sad part is that they chose to do that with Half-Life, a universe which had millions of fans waiting for a new game for over 15 years. Like sure, you can't find a better demo for VR than that, but considering how very few people actually own VR, Valve artificially restricted massive crowd of fans from experiencing a significant entry into Half-Life universe.
Like, it feels almost scummy.
Played in vr and without vr, and I enjoyed both because it’s still half-life
There is another HLA no vr mod made by SoMNst that looks even better but it isn't out yet. I think it translates the "vr mechanics" very well into a 2D display
Well, I like Half Life and I'll never get VR though.
You have no idea what you're missing out on. HL Alyx on a decent headset is one of the best singleplayer gaming experiences you can have. It's a damn crime that PCVR hasn't caught on yet.
@@Skrenja Bro I for real completed it on the very first HTC Vive and RX 570 with 4gb vram, I enjoyed it immensely, imagine if I could actually see things in 40+ FPS!
I'm latin american, literally impossible to get a vr. I'm happy with this mod.
No VR mod for HL Alyx should have been based on Reciver 2 gun mechanics. 5 button imput for a gun reload should replicate experience of a new player trying to reload a gun in VR, heh.
Nah fr though getting a vr headset to experience this game rather than playing the mod on your pc first is 100% worth
half life alyx put me in awe when i first loaded in
no vr mod is good enough if you have trouble launching after installing mod, add this to launch options: -novr -vsync +vr_enable_fake_vr 1