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Half-Life Alyx is now available to pre-load on PC

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2020/03/21 01:15:09 (permalink)
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Half-Life Alyx is due to release on March 23rd, the VR system-seller that has caused most headsets to sell out worldwide, from Oculus' Rift series to Valve's premium Index headset. Even before launch, the game has been heralded as the game that will bring VR gaming into the mainstream, and based on today's headset shortages; these claims appear to be merited. That said, the global Covid-19 pandemic has helped create this shortage by causing the manufacture of some headsets to slow down or temporarily cease.

Half-Life Alyx is the first Half-Life game to release from Valve in over a decade, bringing players into City 17 before the events of Half-Life 2. Players will take control of Alyx Vance and work to ensure humanity's survival. Thanks to the unique options offered by VR headsets, players will be able to interact with Half-Life Alyx's game world with their own hands, creating many unique gameplay opportunities and levels of immersion that are seemingly unrivalled. Fire a weapon with your own hands, throw bottles to distract enemies and tear headcrabs off you face before you get zombified. 
 
Below are Half-Life Alyx's minimum PC system requirements. The game also requires a compatible VR headset with motion controls. 

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  • Memory: 12 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM

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    Re: Half-Life Alyx is now available to pre-load on PC 2020/03/21 10:26:59 (permalink)
    not in a rush to by a headset ... still in its infancy IMO

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    Re: Half-Life Alyx is now available to pre-load on PC 2020/03/22 02:00:21 (permalink)
    I'll just struggle with it using my old Rift CV1.
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    Re: Half-Life Alyx is now available to pre-load on PC 2020/03/22 17:57:34 (permalink)
    Locked, loaded and chomping at the bit......I can barely contain myself....oh wait we're not allowed outside? Guess I don't have a choice but to stay home this week and binge this game 

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    Re: Half-Life Alyx is now available to pre-load on PC 2020/03/22 19:57:24 (permalink)
    Doom and Half life.  Perfect time to stay inside.

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    Re: Half-Life Alyx is now available to pre-load on PC 2020/03/23 11:52:51 (permalink)
    What a disappointment. While the game looks and runs great at max settings on my VR rig there is a glaring and game breaking bug (at least for me anyway) in that you cannot turn off snap turn. That is a complete immersion killer for me. How this oversight made it through testing is beyond me but you simply cannot disable snap turn in the settings menu in game as it currently does nothing. I cannot play the game like this, snap turn is a total deal breaker. We waited 13+ years for this Valve we deserved better. 

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