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  It Sucks That Half-Life: Alyx Is VR Only, But I’m Still Excited For More Half-Life
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  Half-Lifetime 2is in all probability my most loved match of all time, with my other choice stayingFifty percent-Everyday living 1. I wanted to get started with that sentence for the reason that I believe it really allows explain my really like for theFifty percent-Lifetimefranchise. And as a lifelong, hardcore, superHalf-Lifestylesupporter I’m psyched to playHalf-Lifestyle: Alyx, even if it implies I have to borrow a VR headset and put up with strange VR issues.
  The50 %-Daily lifevideo games and their entire world are points I deeply treatment about and think about much more typically than you could possibly anticipate. I’ve replayed everyFifty percent-Daily lifeactivity and enlargement various times. I producedFifty percent-Lifetime 2maps. I even wroteHalf-Lifesupporter fiction starring Gordon Freeman back again whenHalf-Existence 2experienced very first appear out. And I’m made use of to jumping as a result of some hoops to enjoy a new50 %-Lifeactivity.
  When50 %-Existence twowas announced I bought so enthusiastic. And then I realized that my Computer system wouldn’t be in a position to participate in it. I had played the original game for the first time on PS2. My Laptop back again then was horrible and could not even operateHalf-Lifeallow by itself this new fancy seeking sequel. So when it was also introduced that it was heading to get an Xbox port I was thrilled. Of class, I would have to have tobuyan Xbox. So I saved up some revenue, built a number of specials with my mother and father and bought an Xbox practically a 12 months before50 %-lifestyle tworeally delivered for the console. (I finished up playing someHaloon that console in the meantime and became a big lover of that franchise way too.)
  I did finally play and drop in enjoy withFifty percent-Lifetime 2on Xbox. And then once more on Xbox 360 and Personal computer. I actually played the opening chapters of50 percent-Daily life twoall over again just a few weeks ago for no reason other than it felt like it experienced been much too very long.
  So a handful of yrs ago, as rumors of a new50 percent-Daily lifeVR sport commenced to area on YouTube and message boards, I had the similar reaction that I had when50 %-Lifestyle 2was announced all those people decades back. I was psyched, a newFifty percent-Lifetimerecreation.At last. I also realized that I didn’t have a VR headset or controllers and I was not self-confident my Laptop could effectively run a VR recreation. So I started pricing out headsets and waiting around until finally much more information and facts about the recreation was launched by Valve. And truthfully, I didn’t anticipate any information and facts.
  Valve has a practice of doing the job on issues for decades and then shelving them with no fanfare or news. We only know about these initiatives and cancellations due to the fact of data miners and rumors. So this50 %-ExistenceVR task appeared like just an additional job to toss on the pile of useless and canceled Valve online games.
  And then I observed the tweet from Valve asserting a newHalf-Existencesport.
  I want to say that I’m expert and ready to glance at factors with a significant eye, and generally, that is accurate. Not this time. I freaked the fuck out. I could not consider it. And then a handful of times afterwards, on November 21st, 2019, I noticed an real trailer for a new50 %-Everyday livingmatch.
  I had to pause the trailer midway as a result of and acquire myself. I could not feel it. It was true. I was observing it.50 percent-Existence: Alyxis authentic and it’s coming out quickly. (March 2020!)
  Fortunately, I have a pal who has a Valve Index and she is prepared to permit me play50 percent-Lifestyle: Alyxat her place on her laptop. I’ll possibly cry the initially time I see Eli Vance. And I’ll almost certainly scream every time I see items from50 percent-Lifestyle two, like The Citadel. But if I did not have access to a excellent VR headset, would I continue to be enthusiastic about50 %-Life: Alyx? Indeed.
  Certain, this isn’t THEFifty percent-Lifetimegame so several people have preferred. Forgetting about the VR stuff for a instant, this is a prequel to50 percent-Everyday living 2. So the ending ofEpisode 2will stay unresolved. This isn’tEpisode 3orHalf-Lifestyle 3. Is there a likelihood that this match has some hints to the potential of the franchise? Yeah. In fact, I would not be amazed if there is some sort of tease towards the future. Just a tease is not likely to fulfill enthusiasts who have been waiting around considering that 2007 for any sort of closure to the cliffhanger ending ofEpisode two.
  Having said that,50 %-Lifetime: Alyxnot remainingFifty percent-Existence threeis one thing I’ve designed my peace with at any time considering that the rumors of the recreation being a prequel began popping up. It is not the very first point I would have asked for, but at minimum we are getting a lot more Alyx, which is always a excellent matter.
  And about the VR element ofHL: Alyx. I know a whole lot of individuals are upset and upset about the video game becoming VR only. And I get it. There are some legit motives to be offended about this. Folks dwelling with diverse bodily disabilities and health problems won’t be ready to very easily performHL: Alyx. Fans who really don’t individual VR headsets and effective PCs will not be in a position to engage in this new50 percent-Lifetimevideo game, both. And whilst the charge of acquiring into VR gaming has reduced more than the several years, it is still a higher expense to invest on 1 sport.
  Here’s the factor while, the only rationale we are finding a new50 percent-Lifematch from Valve is because of VR.This is mainly what Valve developers say in a movie unveiled past week.The idea of doing work on50 percent-Life threeis scary and mind-boggling for quite a few of the folks at Valve. So employing VR as an justification, the crew was capable to kind of influence by themselves that this was not50 %-Everyday living 3and it could be important in a different way: It could be the foreseeable future of VR gaming.
  Will50 %-Life: Alyxbe the upcoming of VR gaming? Probably. But I never care, truthfully. What I’m much more fascinated in isFifty percent-Life’sforeseeable future. For a extended time, it seemed like Valve experienced placedFifty percent-Existenceand its people into an aged box and shoved it into the back of a closet, letting it obtain dust. But now we are acquiring a large, entire-lengthFifty percent-Lifetimevideo game from Valve. And I want to participate in that damn video game. But I also comprehend why so a lot of folks are offended and upset withAlyx. And I’m not hoping to say they are erroneous or need to shut up. They have legitimate issues and challenges. I’m just a significant, dumb, tremendousHalf-Everyday livingsupporter and I’ll just take a new50 percent-Lifestylesport in any form, VR, 3D or whatever.
  Even if I have to invest in, borrow or steal a silly VR headset to engage in it. I really don’t treatment.Half-Everyday livingis back and I’m joyful.