Valve is reportedly 'looking into' a standalone version of Half-Life: Alyx for its new Steam Frame VR headset, but still requires a lot of work.

TL;DR: Valve launched the Steam Frame VR headset with an Arm-based Snapdragon chip, aiming to run Half-Life: Alyx natively and streamed from PC. The new hardware features a “Frame Verified” status for optimized games, while rumors suggest two upcoming Half-Life titles supporting PC and VR cooperative play.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          26 days ago

          Half Life: Blue Shift already happened.

          (I appreciate the Flintstones joke, though.)

            • rapchee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              26 days ago

              you can play the og, or the black mesa version, although that may not be fully finished

              • Hadriscus@jlai.luEnglish
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                25 days ago

                I haven’t played through Half-Life anyway so I’ll do them all at some point. Would you recommend I play the original HL, or Black Mesa? do they work on Linux?

                • rapchee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  24 days ago

                  both have a linux native version, both are pretty expensive for how old they are lol, but hl original has the advantage of 1600+ free mods, but obviously it doesn’t look as great as black mesa
                  i would put both on the wishlist, and if you’re bored you probably could easily get a pirated hl copy
                  in both cases, the intro is long, be prepared for that

                  • Hadriscus@jlai.luEnglish
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                    24 days ago

                    I have played some of it but got bored. I love long intros and anything narrative so that was not an issue. I think I was put off by the rigidity of the gameplay itself. But I really do want to play through it. Cheers

                • Chee_Koala@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  23 days ago

                  Hey, I would def play the Black Mesa version (of the og game, not blue shift) unless you really love that HL1 aesthetic or like things ‘untouched’ . No hate for the OG, I loved my first play-through, but I think the Black Mesa version is really good and mostly leaves things how they were but with more polish.

                  I agree with you on the rigidity of the gameplay, its kind of old school in that way. I was kind of jarred by it coming back after a decade and a bit. But it keeps putting down this… vibe, and keeps the gameplay constantly shifting, it payed of for me.