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Recommended 13.8 hrs on record

Just finished playing through and after years of waiting for more Half Life, we got a great new addition to the series. Half Life has always been a hallmark of innovation in computer gaming, and Alyx is no exception. A bold adventure with top notch technological innovation this game doesn't hold back on anything. And after finishing I'm ready to play it all through again.



There are some minor hiccups and there's a bit of a learning curve, but Valve really did an amazing job of optimizing the game so that you can have just about the smoothest game play experience possible. The gravity gloves in particular are a phenomenal choice for the game so that everything you need is never out of reach and are a blast to use.



My only real issue using the game was that some times there would be a major frame rate drop and I would get an effect where my head movements would be incremental, flashing forward a few frames at a time. This issue would sometimes resolve itself, but a system restart resolved the issue for a more long term solution. Also sometimes the loading screens would make the lenses flash individually which cause significant eye strain. I'm unsure if this issue was caused by my pc hardware, the headset itself, or the game, but this really only happened a few times and was fixable by restarting the software or a hard reboot if the issue persisted and was an otherwise smooth game play experience.



As a whole, this is a phenomenal game, it's exactly what I was hoping for and an excellent continuation that the fans had been waiting for, for so long. This is a benchmark for VR gaming, and I would love for more Half Life adventure like this going forward.