Half-Life: Alyx

This is the single best gaming experience on the face of the planet.

super coll graphics and gameplay

Started off just throwing random objects around like a toddler, ended up fighting for my life against headcrabs in an abandoned subway. The gravity gloves make me feel like a sci-fi wizard, and every locked door makes me question my intelligence.

game gud
me shoot zombie, zombie ded
headcrab survive, me no ammo left
me ded
10/10 game

Despite the technical issues I received involving my computer freezing between load points, the game was actually enjoyable enough for me to actively push through and sidestep said issues. Half-Life: Alyx is the kind of game that makes you wish you could play it for the first time everytime. And to top it off, the system requirements GPU-wise aren't even that strict and yet I was gawking at all the tiny details the game had to offer. Highly recommend if you have VR.

There's really nothing left to be said about this game that someone hasn't yet.
It's a masterpiece of VR, that even 5 years after its release, there's nothing that comes close to the feeling of starting it up for the first time.
Half-Life fan or not, this is the standard to play against. And I really recommend all to try it.

I'm late to the party but 'WHAT A GAME'. Plus, modders are amazing. Keep up the good work.

This game presents itself as one of the most memorable and fleshed out VR Experiences within 10 minutes of playtime.

what sucks the most about this game, is that after you play it, you'll realize nothing else on VR comes close even 5 years later and you'll fall into depression.
10/10

There's a non-VR mod and a coop mod that works. I'm sadly unable to finish the game since my coop partner suddenly abandoned Half Life last summer I guess, but we got half-way through the game and it was fun for me at least.

I have like bare minimum specs and a cheap off-brand link cable for my quest, but this game is still the best. Even though I don't get the best framerate and will occasionally freeze or have a frame drop in a nauseating manner, it's still enjoyable. One of my favorite games to play with my dad.

I might one day get better hardware, but until then, I'm just happy it even runs.

The only problem with this game is that after playing it every other VR game becomes crap…

Good Half-life game, and probably the best VR game of all time. I dont think a better VR game is possible to create tbh

This game is very fun. Writing is witty, the game play is satisfying and it looks beautiful. Thanks to the NoVR mod you can play without a VR headset. It's very easy to setup on Windows and Linux. I definitely recommend this game.

This game is highly engaging and you feel like you are in Alyx's world. It is difficult but not too difficult even for a 67 year old gamer like me :)

honestly, the best vr game i have played, and im not even done i with this story lol, great game to buy rn especially because its on sale

Finally got a headset to play this and despite having basically the whole game spoiled for me through playthroughs on YouTube, it still blew me away. Ran very well and looked good on relatively bad specs for VR so I am very impressed with what Valve managed to pull off.

The Half-Life series was always one of my favorite
and this game was the greatest VR game to ever played in my life
definitely worth buying it.

im going to be very excited for Half-Life 3.

A MUST GET for VR! and has set the bar so high I can't see any single player VR game topping this for decades, the immersion, technical feats/physics is absolutely CRAZY!

Of all things to expect from the Half-Life series, a VR game was the most unexpected. Even more is that this isn't just some shooting gallery or mini-game shovelware, but a full-on virtual reality game from Valve themselves! This game has the still Half-Life energy as its previous non-VR games without it being too overwhelming.

That being said, it's not a complete bed of roses. The lack of melee combat left me disappointed, but at least bullets were plentiful enough so I wouldn't run out in combat. There was also limited storage space for items that weren't bullets or resin.

In any case, Valve's still got it when it comes to making Half-Life content, and one that is VR is no exception.

This is without a doubt, the greatest VR game of all time, the only prerequisites for the ending are the other Half-Life games.

Great game. Great visuals, great story, and a great addition to the Half Life series. Feels like a game with some missed oportunities and it does have some small typical VR issues like hitbox or killzone shenanigans, but it's all manageable. Yeah, sweet sweet game. People say it's the best VR game there is, and I have no trouble believing it.

Its a really amazing game. I couldn't shake motion sickness (for all games) so I couldn't complete the game but if you can handle VR this game is the one.

No joke this is the best game ever including flat screen titles there have been many leaks stating that they will make a half life 3 and when they do seeing the graphics on this game I know that it will be a masterpiece if u havent played this game yet then you have too. this is one of the only games that i would buy a vr headset just to play

Its just awesome. The mods allow additional game extensions so you have additional content, the vr is beautiful, action is good, scripts are cool. all in all great.

Great game but the only thing is that it wouldn't let me give the bottle of vodka that I carried all the way through the game to Russel.

Completed the game, and its a must try. It is probably the most immersed ive ever felt in a game before, simply incredible. Im not a person that even likes horror movies and being scared, but i still loved the adrenaline i felt during this game. If your on the fence, get it.

What an amazing game.
I love how immersive it is, sometimes a bit clunky with the controllers but you kinda get used to it 😋

Great gameplay and the graphics are something else.

It has been 5 years and its till the best VR game, and you can always find it on sale.
A great must have if u own a VR, would recommend it every day of the week.
10/10 valve never dissappoints

This game was the reason I got myself VR! The game hits differently with all the immersion and great graphics, but most importantly, the great story. It feels like the classic Half-Life games experience.

I finished the story three times and would do it a few more. You can rush through this game or play it slowly and enjoy all the small details—it's up to you in the end. I also really enjoyed doing achievements in this game. There were a few that were challenging, but nothing too hard. Overall, this is personally my #1 VR game on the market.

9.5/10 The only issue with this game is that you don't get to change your char at all. Would have been great with more rpg elements like changing clothes.

Great story, amazing graphics, extreme details to all objects.

I've played this game, I started a replay to show a friend who sadly has not been available as often and thus I have not been able to show a complete replay. Here's the thing ultimately though: This is one of the best VR games that money can buy. I wouldn't go as far as everyone else does and say it's the best...

...but it's also one of the easiest VR game recommendations I think I can possibly give, the only caveats being the price point is a bit expensive compared to many other VR games (warranted, but expensive) and that, uh, I hope you like horror if you play this! Half-Life Alyx is probably the most terrifying that Half-Lfie has ever been. I would go as far as to call this the only Half-Life game to be a full-on horror game instead of taking place in a horror setting and having a chapter or two that delves into horror more.

Seriously, this game reaches scariness levels that I dare say are almost comparable to Ravenholm from very early on, and it gets more scary from there later. Turns out the world of Half-Life is terrifying to live in when you don't have an HEV suit protecting you, headcrab zombies shambling towards you is way more terrifying when it feels like they're shambling towards you instead of just your screen, and that's all before accounting for the fact that this game has a dedicated chapter that's built to be scarier than the rest.

Everybody else has no doubt already talked about how amazing and innovative the accessiblity features are, how good the visuals look, how immersive the implementation of literally just picking stuff up feels in a way unlike most other VR games, how fun and tense the combat can be... though I'm going to give special shout-outs to that shotgun.

I really, really like that shotgun. Might be my favorite shotgun I've ever used in a game. And mind you I have in fact played Doom and Doom 2, I am familiar with the entertainment of sniping enemies with a shotgun in those games and the fun of blasting powerful enemies with the super shotgun from 2.

Are there any drawbacks? Well, I do think there's a chapter in the game that could've and maybe should've been considered two chapters to make the pacing feel better there without basically any further changes. I forget exactly which one. I guess some parts in the middle do blend together a bit? There's some very, very cool setpieces though.

So, to answer the question of if I'd recommend Half-Life Alyx...

I consider Alyx the best Half-Life game. Probably not the most important one, the most influential one, the one with the engine that has the most modding potential, whatever else like that. But the best one. At least officially. I still need to try the VR mod for 2, you see...

So, anyway.
Yes. Yes I do recommend it.

this is one of the only story games i've finished from my own will, if you are considering buying this game, do not wait till its on sale or whatever, buy it, now

As you know, this is the best game ever created from the ground up for VR. It is NOT the best game that is currently playable in VR using mods. In my opinion, that title goes to Cyberpunk 2077.

This game alone is worth
1) it's price
2) the price of a VR headset (Valve Index recommended)
3) the price of a new middle-range video card
4) the effort to restructure your PC room to make space for VR

it's all worth it

None of the modern VR games has ever surpassed Half-Life: Alyx in quality, immersion, gameplay, visual, story, literally everything... Even five years after its release, being played on the modern equipment like Quest 3 and RTX 5080 on Ultra Quality and high resolution scale, this game reveals its new colors and grants unforgettable impressions. Definitely recommend!

My real only issue tends to be the optimization for it. Even on minimum graphics it tends to GPU crash the game after a half our to an Hour and it's annoying. Overall I think it's my VRAM with 8gigs I love this game, it's great would recommend with a good GPU.

This game is why I bought VR. It's even more fun than I could dream of. it's amazing how realistic VR gets. you do not experience this on a console or pc. i dont get why the whole world isn't playing VR-AR. Oh yea about this game. I love the puzzles in the game. don't worry they are not too hard, but they let u think a little. The gameplay is amazing. You go to actually reload your weapon, not with 1 button auto reload. But you actually need to really reload your gun 😀 You goto drop drop the mag, get a new one out of your backpack and put it in the gun to reload. I am bad with words, so my advice to you is. Get VR, get this game, and you will experience fun in a totally different way. I LOVE this game. I LOVE valve for making this game. GG

Proper 3D Graphics -> Half-Life
Game Physics Breakthroughs -> Half-Life 2
Accessible Consumer VR -> Half-Life: Alyx
????? -> Half-Life 3

This is an incredible introduction to both VR and Half-Life as a whole. I bought it on a whim because the game was on sale, and now I'm fully invested in the franchise. I can't wait to see where Valve takes the next game in 2047

By far one of the best VR games out there. A fantastic experience. That being said, the second half kind of dragged on. The ending was quite disappointing to me.

Great VR experince and i say the flagship title for valve index. Its fun for what it is. Alot of cool physics in the game. Environment is something i say is very immersive and at times creepy but cool as well. just wish it was longer. excited for half life 2.9 to come out.

super nice artwork and the way your hands work with the environment is very detailed. almost makes it feel like your own hands. great pacing of the game, too. feels like they tailor each level to keep you engaged. fun puzzles that are very manageable for most ages.

words can not convey how excited i am for the future of VR after playing this. quite often while playing i forgot i was even playing a game, and in some moments of high intensity i even feared for my life lowkey. if valve continues down this path im all in especially as the hardwear gets better and better. there is still a bit of vr jank from time to time but far less than any game i've played up to this point. not only is this the best VR title i've played by far but it is now in my top ten list of best games i've ever played (vr and flat) and if and when we ever get half life 3 i hope it can be played in vr and on flat but if we only get one id have to say i would want it in VR. But for alyx here's what you can enjoy.
beautiful graphics especially on quest 3
immersive environment
heart pounding gameplay
simple but good story especially if you've played the others.
over all can recommend at full price to any and everyone 10?10.

A friend of mine recommended it, I didn't have VR back then so I thought it's some hyped nonsense.
I started Alyx to check out some hyped nonsense. When I took the headset off 5 (!) hours have gone by.
After this VR experience, no other PC game feels the same.

Best VR game ever. Was worth getting a quest just to play this one title. It burns me they arent doing more PCVR games as this was so incredible.

A honestly insane VR Title, 100% worth the $60, it looks so good and realistic, but in the ugly, non-filtered way that shows the ugliness of things, adding to the feeling of despair in the previously lively locations such as the Northern Star Hotel, finishing this game left me only wanting more from Valve, however we both know that's once in every 13 blue moons

So good it will make you try to like VR games despite the heachahes, nausea and incredible price of entry that makes VR a dead end in video gaming