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Anyone who has been keeping an eye on Valve knows they've been putting in tons of research effort into VR for a long time now and the Half-Life series has always been their 'tadaaaa' when they've built something good and want to show other game developers how it's done. For a while now I've been saying that we won't see the next Half-Life until Valve feels their VR tech is ready so this just might be it. Also lol: https://twitter.com/Charalanahzard/status/1196583837616074753?s=20
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gently caress SNEEP posted:That's not hl3 tho They’re calling it their flagship game in the tweet. It’s pretty clear that it’s going to be more than a super-hot scale tech demo. What’s in a name?
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Nov 19, 2019 06:45
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Also I’m pretty skeptical that they’ve still got their chops because last I heard almost all their competent game makers have left a long time ago. I don’t think this will be Duke Nukem Forever all over again but that’s also not a high bar to clear
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Nov 19, 2019 06:58
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What's gorilla arm? Also I have an Oculus Quest and everyone who's tried it loved it without many issues. The people who've straight up never played video games before seemed to enjoy it the most. It's definitely here to stay
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Nov 19, 2019 16:50
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TheFluff posted:I have never tried VR at all. There are no VR games that really interest me and there are many other dumb electronic toys that rank higher than a VR headset in my nerd budget. I was extremely skeptical of VR as well until I tried my friend's Oculus headset a few years ago. It really is incredible how immersive it makes things and how well it works. Sucks about the motion sickness some people get
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Nov 19, 2019 17:57
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Donnerberg posted:Pretty much, but a traditional Half-Life sequel would still have been dicey. The expectation is so insanely out of proportion that another Half-Life is like making a new Star Wars movie. Someone was always going to be upset. What would it even have looked like? Just more HL2, or a full departure from corridor shooter to open world or some multiplayer thing? I assume the reason there hasn't been one in 15 years is that Valve didn't have a good answer to that question either. I remember way back in the day Yahtzee's main criticism of Episode 2 being, 'Yeah this is all great and incredibly well made but.... where are you guys going with this? This is starting to get a bit repetitive.' and I feel like that's exactly what Valve thought about it internally as well. They haven't wanted to work on a new Half-Life unless it was something that they could actually trailblaze with.
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Nov 19, 2019 19:28
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TheFluff posted:
I've had a Quest for months and you may want to sit down for this: it's good
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Nov 20, 2019 00:19
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KakerMix posted:I'm going to play Half-Life VR and nobody can stop me 
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Nov 20, 2019 02:39
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I've seen this excuse before, that Valve only does a Half-Life game if there's new tech to show off, and it's bullshit and a cop-out. Valve didn't make a new Half-Life game because their internal structure sucks and has no clear leadership. Full stop. No other reason. They would have made one years ago if not for that. So it's just a coincidence that their internal structure and leadership got their act together when their VR tech was ready to make a new game?
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Nov 20, 2019 04:01
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Gnome de plume posted:What, the critically acclaimed official Steam storefront releases Prospekt and Hunt Down The Freeman that were sold for actual money dollars didn't scratch that itch? Black Mesa and Minerva were p. good tho
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Nov 21, 2019 05:58
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TheNamedSavior posted:My opinion: lol imagine being this entitled
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Nov 21, 2019 15:15
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Well that looks loving awesome
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Nov 21, 2019 19:07
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quote:Slated for release on Steam in March 2020, the title will be compatible with all PC-based VR headsets in March 2020. Wondering if this will include my linked Quest headset
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Nov 21, 2019 19:18
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Rotten Red Rod posted:That does indeed look very good. And it is a full-length game, huh, lol. The Quest is a good headset and your most affordable option. Join us Rookersh posted:How's the Quest, stuck between it and Index I guess. I really can't mount anything in my apartment due to my lease, so unless the base stations work 3-4 feet off the ground, I might end up with the Quest just due to that. Is the link that makes it work with Steam games just plugging a HDMI cable into it from my PC? The tracking works great and I haven't had any issues with it. You link up to your PC with a USB-C cable, not HDMI
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Nov 21, 2019 19:43
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TheNamedSavior posted:I'm sorry I don't have tons of money to throw around for the low low price of 300$+ VR. 
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Nov 22, 2019 02:33
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track day bro! posted:So is this going to be set during the 2 hour war or whatever it was called. I'm sure my pc should be capable of playing this, but it's gonna have to be amazing to make me want to buy a headset for it. Nah this is pretty clearly after the 7 hour war and fully into the occupation period.
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Nov 22, 2019 15:07
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track day bro! posted:It's been a while since I've played any of the games, did they ever go into what happened in the 7 hour war? I mean apart from the combine just came in, hosed earth up and said it's illegal to gently caress. there used to be a site that was dedicated to laying out the story from all the collected info across the games but it seems like it's disappeared sometime over the past decade
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Nov 22, 2019 15:34
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Ruflux posted:Series writer Marc Laidlaw confirmed it wasn't a 100% accurate, but not bad overall. Can you link it? We can probably grab it out of archive.org. This wiki's timeline is mostly lolwacky portal stuff
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Nov 22, 2019 16:39
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yeah I'm really digging the new affect for when the headcrabs warp in
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Nov 25, 2019 16:03
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When I used my friend's Oculus for the first time years ago I was blown away by Rec Room and how immersive it was to see people's primitive avatars actually interacting with each other. The moment it really struck me was when I was playing tennis or racquetball or whatever and seeing my friend doing a little dance when he scored throwing a  at me. It doesn't seem like it would make that much of a difference until you experience it
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Nov 26, 2019 19:08
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Black August posted:Imagine Steel Battalion, but the massive expensive controller is just there virtually for you. If a good developer makes a VR Mechwarrior I don’t think I’d play anything else ever
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Nov 26, 2019 23:19
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I had no idea that not only was this project was still in development all this time- they're actually finishing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIJich73NY
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lol and here I was under the assumption that the game was basically complete because of how aggressive their release date was. Oh Valve 
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Dec 13, 2019 15:21
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Just finished Black Mesa. Xen was loving incredible.
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Dec 21, 2019 06:06
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Yeah the second half of Interloper was way too long but I thought the rest of it was excellent.
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Dec 21, 2019 19:09
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sigher posted:Wasn't that SMOD? Yes and iirc Gordon’s kick would sometimes gib enemies
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Dec 21, 2019 21:39
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track day bro! posted:Why is nobody talking about Blackmesa now Xen has been finished. I started a playthrough of BM around christmastime, the last time I'd played it was when it was still a free mod and a bit janky. lol scroll up and yeah xen was phenomenal and worth the wait as they clearly put a ton of effort into it. the nihilanth fight will not disappoint you
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Jan 16, 2020 14:01
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track day bro! posted:Only thing I miss from the original HL are the gun sounds, I dunno why but they all sound so satisfying. Like reloading the MP5 and the double barrel shot for the shotgun. Then you come to the HL2 gun sounds which are all ehhh apart from the pulse rifle thingy. It's really odd because the sound design for everything else in the game is top notch as well. It's only the guns that feel limp
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Jan 16, 2020 16:03
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Animal-Mother posted:It says that level doesn't exist. I cheated to the last level that does exist and beat it, jumping through the portal to Xen. Then the credits rolled, game over. Once you see it you’ll understand why it’s that big
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track day bro! posted:After playing a bit more at an incredible snails pace, the only gripe I have with Xen is the factory part in interloper? It starts off with some cool stuff and at first it's enjoyable especially with the sections where you get unlimited gauss gun. But it goes on waaaaaay to long at this point where you are sort of climbing up the factory. Theres a point where you have three doors and you have to essentially do the same thing 3 times to progress and it made me think why the hell didn't they just do this once instead of having 3 slightly different variations of a puzzle. Yup that’s the only part where I was thinking, ‘guys.... come on’ as well. The elevator sequence after it got pretty tiring as well.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:18
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Cartoon Man posted:Been enjoying the hell out of Black Mesa, forgot how well done it is. I’m looking forward to the new Xen stuff even though you guys say it’s a slog. Gonna fire up HL2, ep1, and ep2 when I’m done, can’t wait for Alyx. it’s a slog in the same way that some people say dark souls is hard. it’s a throwback to how games used to be so it may feel wrong. the interloper level was the only one that started to fatigue me but you always feel like you’re making progress the nihilanth then shows up to knock it out of the fuckin park
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Jan 26, 2020 02:50
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sigher posted:same with the whole let's run away from 20 Gargs via jumping that they did to death. I really liked this part. Different strokes I guess.
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Jan 26, 2020 15:03
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So when are we getting the Quest link cable? I'm not gonna be able to play this until that finally ships
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Mar 3, 2020 17:15
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Lemming posted:It's already out, you can either get the $80 official one or a cheaper generic USB 3 a to c cable Ah. Their site is saying it’s unavailable in my country- which is the US. This may be due to the virus :/
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Mar 3, 2020 18:19
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We're not at the stage with VR where we need more innovation. We're at the stage where we need more AAA titles
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Mar 5, 2020 16:03
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Jack Trades posted:Strongly disagree. IMO, innovation is exactly what VR games need because nobody yet has any loving idea how to make VR games. This is literally what every Half-Life game has been so far and looks like what Alyx will be
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Mar 5, 2020 16:58
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Again- the innovation is in the SDK they're publishing along with an example game showing developers how it's done. This is how Half-Life has always been
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Mar 5, 2020 18:42
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Blind Rasputin posted:So what’s the price and parts for an above average fairly future proof machine for this? If this isn’t the right place I’ll ask elsewhere. Are all in one pc’s that aren’t covered up in cords a thing that allows for installing the necessary video card? Get to the PC building thread in SH/SC
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Zaphod42 posted:boundaries of logical consumerism" What does this even mean
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Turin Turambar posted:
lol i spent a good ten minutes doodling here until i realized, 'oh yeah... the rest of the game'
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