Half-Life Is Back - wow, you'll be able to pick up that can in VR

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Ruflux: Jun 16, 2012

Useful Distraction posted:

In order to be accurate to the original games, I hope Gordon is literally just a floating pair of hands

Actually they already retconned Alyx to be a floating pair of hands, so Gordon will get the full body treatment. Half-Life 3's gonna be real confusing, though.

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# ? Jun 2, 2024 22:55

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

GreatGreen posted:

To me, the biggest misstep Valve is making with this game is simply putting �Half-Life� in the title. Valve knows good and well how much of an effect it would have.

I think there�d be a lot more positivity around the conversation if they�d have simply named it �Alyx� or something. Anything else, really.

Then again maybe Valve knowing exactly how controversial this would be is exactly why they did it.

I�ve seen nothing but praise except in this forum so I don�t know what you�re talking about

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:12

Mymla: Aug 12, 2010

Can't wait to hug gordon in VR

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:12

Gnome de plume: Sep 5, 2006; Hell.
Fucking.
Yes.

It's still not giving the fans what they really want, which is Barney.

Maybe that can be the next one HL:A -> HL:B

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:14

chaosapiant: Oct 10, 2012; White Line Fever

This game is a full on Half Life game, why wouldn�t they call it Half Life?

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:16

The REAL Goobusters: Apr 25, 2008

chaosapiant posted:

This game is a full on Half Life game, why wouldn�t they call it Half Life?

Goons have broken brain syndrome

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:16

Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

Supersonic Shine posted:

It's an overplayed joke, but I'm still gonna use it: it was very clever of Valve to make a new Half-Life game without a 3 in the title.

Half-Life: λlyx

λlyx is three letters and a symbol

ergo, 3 is in the title

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:17

Ruflux: Jun 16, 2012

Gnome de plume posted:

It's still not giving the fans what they really want, which is Barney.

Maybe that can be the next one HL:A -> HL:B

After the glorious return of fan-favorite Colette Green in Half-Life: Colette, the emotional tale of Alyx's pet robot and faithful companion Dog in Half-Life: Dog, the moody and relatable tale of yet another father stuck in the middle of the apocalypse with a young daughter in Half-Life: Eli, and the unassumingly pleasant and peaceful tale of The Fisherman in Half-Life: Fisherman, players will finally get to experience the continuation of the Half-Life series in Half-Life: Gordon, a prequel set in Gordon Freeman's days before the Black Mesa Incident, studying at MIT and later in Innsbruck, where he first runs into Dr. Isaac Kleiner, a fateful meeting that forever changes his life's course

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:23

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

I'd play the poo poo out of a Father Grigori game where you design and place traps and poo poo all over Ravenholm.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:25

Mr Luxury Yacht: Apr 16, 2012

Nosfereefer posted:

tbh i think vr at this point is a golden opportunity to revive arcades. the current investment in both money and time setting it up limits the marked a lot atm, but a new golden era of arcading might keep it afloat long enough to get sufficient titles and the tech up for a mass consumer market

There's a bunch of these in a lot of major cities.

Usually like $20-30 per hour for use of a headset and padded individual play area with a bunch of games (including multiplayer ones so you can go with a bunch of friends).

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:27

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

I wasn't expecting to get hype about this but after watching the trailer, I think I'll pick it up shortly after launch.

The only question is whether to dump a bunch of money on a brand new headset and pass the old Vive to a friend for co-op times.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:28

bef: Mar 2, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

GreatGreen posted:

To me, the biggest misstep Valve is making with this game is simply putting “Half-Life” in the title. Valve knows good and well how much of an effect it would have.

I think there’d be a lot more positivity around the conversation if they’d have simply named it “Alyx” or something. Anything else, really.

Then again maybe Valve knowing exactly how controversial this would be is exactly why they did it.

Its a half life game what are you talking about lol

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:31

KakerMix: Apr 8, 2004; 8.2 M.P.G.

bef posted:

Its a half life game what are you talking about lol

*checks notes*
"Hmm, VR only? Not MY Half-Life"

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:40

Nosfereefer: Jun 15, 2011; IF YOU FIND THIS POSTER OUTSIDE BYOB, PLEASE RETURN THEM. WE ARE VERY WORRIED AND WE MISS THEM

Mr Luxury Yacht posted:

There's a bunch of these in a lot of major cities.

Usually like $20-30 per hour for use of a headset and padded individual play area with a bunch of games (including multiplayer ones so you can go with a bunch of friends).

haven't really seen them around here yet, but exciting!

# ? Nov 21, 2019 22:41

SCheeseman: Apr 23, 2003

Per this Verge article:

David Speyrer, Valve dev posted:

While it does take place before the events of Half-Life 2, we actually recommend that you play through Half-Life 2: Episode 2 before you play Half-Life: Alyx, for reasons that will become clear as you progress.

Could mean a lot of things, but considering a major part of Half Life are interdimensional portals maybe they'll be doing some time travel stuff. Perhaps they could be tying up some plot threads after all.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:17

Email Address: Sep 11, 2004; Don't mess with STAR WARS KID

It is nuts to me that anyone would be upset that Valve wants to make a good/complete VR game.

Had a mini-stroke when I saw the announcement.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:30

Bremen: Jul 20, 2006; Our God..... is an awesome God

Ruflux posted:

the emotional tale of Alyx's pet robot and faithful companion Dog in Half-Life: Dog

Now I want a VR game where you're an ethereal spirit that can only interact with the world by trying to guide the robot dog from The Lab.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:40

Thom12255: Feb 23, 2013; WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MONEY

SCheeseman posted:

Per this Verge article:

Could mean a lot of things, but considering a major part of Half Life are interdimensional portals maybe they'll be doing some time travel stuff. Perhaps they could be tying up some plot threads after all.

Isn't Eli's "Don't look" episode 2 line in the trailer?

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:49

TontoCorazon: Aug 18, 2007

poo poo looks dope as gently caress, I can't wait.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:53

VarXX: Oct 31, 2009

Donovan Trip posted:

If they can sell 100 copies at least it'll be more popular than their last game

their last game was Dota Underlords lol

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:54

sigher: Apr 22, 2008; My guiding Moonlight...

bef posted:

Its a half life game what are you talking about lol

What do you mean it's a Half-Life game? It only features everything from Half-Life but you see, it's VR and you're Alyx so it technically doesn't count.

# ? Nov 21, 2019 23:55

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Ruflux posted:

Actually they already retconned Alyx to be a floating pair of hands, so Gordon will get the full body treatment. Half-Life 3's gonna be real confusing, though.

More importantly, is Alyx going to be mute now?

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:33

chaosapiant: Oct 10, 2012; White Line Fever

mobby_6kl posted:

More importantly, is Alyx going to be mute now?

Since you can hear her voice in the trailer probably not.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:36

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

I hope that Alyx is still just a nonstop chatterbox but Gordon pantomimes everything and never says a word, assuming he shows up later on.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:38

Unreal_One: Aug 18, 2010; Now you know how I don't like to use the sit-down gun, but this morning we just don't have time for mucking about.

Every time he shows up, he's just jumping everywhere, swinging his crowbar, trying to clip physics props into the wall

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:44

Bloody Pom: Jun 5, 2011

I hope they release a dumb version of this for us poor non-VR-havers

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:45

Det_no: Oct 24, 2003

Alyx' hud is on her left glove. That's neat.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:47

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

Holy poo poo, we have an FPS thread icon with Gordon, setting it up.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 00:55

Donovan Trip: Jan 6, 2007

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# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:05

Freakazoid_: Jul 5, 2013; Buglord

It's ok for a dying console to have one good game.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:15

runaway dog: Dec 11, 2005; I rarely go into the field, motherfucker.

Somewhat ironic that the Half-Life game they choose to have a voice acted PC in would be the one that would benefit the most from having a silent PC.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:16

turboraton: Aug 28, 2011

drat that trailer looks sweet. Rip having a VR system in Peru tho.

# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:18

Captain Hygiene: Sep 17, 2007; You mess with the crabbo...

Unreal_One posted:

Every time he shows up, he's just jumping everywhere, swinging his crowbar, trying to clip physics props into the wall

You have to wait a randomly chosen amount of time while his AI attempts to stack crates in the right combination to open a door for you

# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:19

Arc Hammer: Mar 4, 2013; Got any deathsticks?

Merle Dandridge still doing the voice? Some bits in the trailer sounded like her but others I'm not so sure about

# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:19

Lemming: Apr 21, 2008

Captain Hygiene posted:

You have to wait a randomly chosen amount of time while his AI attempts to stack crates in the right combination to open a door for you

You move around by having Gordon tap your head with boxes

# ? Nov 22, 2019 01:24

Atheist Sunglasses: Jul 26, 2003; All the candy you want. Crotton crandy, crandy apple. I like to go on the best ride first. Name of roller croaster.