HL Alyx has been added to the Friends and Family sub
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goddamn freeloaders!!!
Wait a minute.... your post made me remember that i have the Valve F&F sub too, can't remember where i got it from, but i remember getting Artifact for free, and actually making like 70 bucks selling the cards on the marketplace.
Edit: Yup just checked and it says Alyx is already in my Steam library. Also i think it was some code from the Alienware twitch streams.
Edit: Yup just checked and it says Alyx is already in my Steam library. Also i think it was some code from the Alienware twitch streams.
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i hate you all!
Give us back Idle Thumbs, Gabe, goddamit! I don't care about your new games announcements as much as I do Big Bird talking about Puffins and grenades rolling down hills in Far Cry 2!
But seriously, hopefully it's a shift for the company instead of Wolpaw or Church or Gabe coming out every 3 or 4 years to exclaim they do indeed still exist and make more than hats. Clearly radio silence is worse than being misquoted/just as bad at creating unrealistic expectations
Which platform?
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OH MY FUCKING GOD finally
I loved the first one
I knew waiting would pay off
From forever and a day ago
I loved the first one
I knew waiting would pay off
From forever and a day ago
HL Alyx has been added to the Friends and Family sub
With predators who have hateboner with Valve like JS and NG I think it's a good thing to stay silent.
And make me wonder if their hateboner to Valve is because they don't get any insider information.
apparently Turok 2 and the OG Doom 2 on the Switch cannot hold my attention because I'm either getting bored or hate getting lost.
Hollow Knight is also not holding my attention which sucks, it's really good game
So I'm one of those people, If I'm playing on my switch It's going to be Smash Brothers which is something for me (among other things) to think about
Hollow Knight is also not holding my attention which sucks, it's really good game
So I'm one of those people, If I'm playing on my switch It's going to be Smash Brothers which is something for me (among other things) to think about
You should be locked up! Locked up I say! Playing some games and not others. Sheesh. You're lucky we don't have mods here.
Does anyone know how to enter Steam keys on the mobile app without using the web client link?
XWVM X-Wing Unity Remake (hopefully escaping cease & desist by virtue of requiring the original game files to read off of but who knows what Disney's gonna do, fuckers already shut down the Rogue Squadron 3D UE4 remake) is looking sweet lately (different videos from the last month or so not in order of release).
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Not available in Australia, yet. It does have the R18+ rating though on the page. The first was banned for a while but they sorted it out.
Something something Fallout 76 dont press any button or else.
All this VR discourse is funny. People would buy a $500 PS5 to play Demon Souls 2, a game series/genre beaten to the ground this gen, but when someone (not a console maker) tries to push boundaries of interactivity it is suddenly a hard sell.
Even if HL:A is a piece of shit you can always sell your headset (or you know, play other games), and still have a very decent PC where you can make everything you want.
And I get it, VR is expensive. I know. But acting like it is some kind of greedy scheme of Valve to sell expensive VR sets (I mean, it is, but what happened to #competition and #contentalwayswins then?) is incredibly reductive.
The only fair point I've seen is that VR is a accesibility nightmare, and I agree. But you know, VR is still a very young consumer technology. Baby steps, we will get there.
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Personally, my issue is motion sickness, which I suffer severely from in many first person games (some third person too if the camera moves too quickly). If gaming goes full VR, I'd have to retire from it as a hobby. I hope that won't happen, but if it does, well, it's been a good run.
I understand your concern, but I think it is a little unfounded, no offense intended.
We still have retro style games despite the advent of 3D graphics, we still have ways to play old games that are otherwise impossible to track down and play, etc.
From my point of view, gaming will never go full VR, and the advantage of PC is that there will always be small communities that will make sure of that. We will always have something else to play.
I think the only way is to use the browser version. Thats the only way ive found.
I don't think gaming will go entirely VR, but I can see my favorite genre mostly going there, survival horror. Until RE2 Remake came around, most horror games had gone first person for the immersion, and that has done numbers on my stomach. I even had to force myself through RE7 despite discomfort, but thankfully adjusting a few settings made it bearable. Still, if I couldn't play another survival horror game again, I'd probably just go back and play my old favorites over again for the dozenth time.
It's finally gonna be nice to dig my VR headset out of its box for Half-Life.
The embed shows an "Error" in here (usually region locked), but if I search the game on Steam it's available for me.
The latter. Turok 1 annoyed me when i got lost but it is such a nice game sadly.
So half life alyx trailers on youtube have way more positive upvotes than downvotes
I have multiple old friends who only barely follow games anymore but were huge fans of HL & HL2 back in the day who messaged me asking what was this about a new Half Life game. Word appears to be spreading quick. I move in weird circles, so I can't take that as a wider trend, but it was shocking to me to hear from one of these people. I thought they were done with games period.
Another was even not phased by it being VR, they just said "well guess I gotta get one of those".
Another was even not phased by it being VR, they just said "well guess I gotta get one of those".
It depends on how much I let my Digimon bias show, but at this rate Gujian 3 will very likely either be my GOTY or GOTY #2.
It boggles my mind how massive and simultaneously varied the game is.
That's one hell of a AA+ JRPG.
It boggles my mind how massive and simultaneously varied the game is.
That's one hell of a AA+ JRPG.
My free copy of HL:Alyx arrived too, it's now sitting on my library until March, nice 2:00am surprise
Kinda regret not getting it at that price error now, but eh I wouldn't have palyed it for months due to my game preferences.
Yeah that price was crazy, I didn't know it was a price error.
But honestly the current 16~€ also seem very very much worth it, I'm about 20 hours into the game and looking at the (limited) HLTB data and Steamreviews this is likely a 60-100+ hours game. It's massive.
I wonder, have you actually tried VR gaming (with a well-tracked VR solution)?
The reason I ask is that if you play a VR game with room-scale movement, teleportation and no artificial rotation there is actually potentially less vestibular disconnect than if you play a FPS game on a screen. So, while I know this sounds strange, it's possible it might actually work for you even though on-screen camera movement doesn't. (Of course, it also might not. There are many reasons for motion sickness and vestibular disconnect is just one of them)
Ok. I can visit the store page just fine. I wonder why it does not work in the widget here.
Yesterday I spent ~2 hours in Gujian without advancing the main story at all, haha.
I went around to the various towns to do side-quests, hire new artisans, play the cardgame while making and researched various items in my base.
I now have fishing equipment and my pact creatures are happy to provide me with fish, have mining equipment to let them mine some stone and ores, got a second farming field, researched basic enchanting and crafted some gems to slot into my weapons/accessories, make sure my people and creatures are always well fed (I'm already mostly self sufficient with the crops I harvest and fish I catch). Bunch of them are already level 4~
I think I pretty much ran out of things to research and folks to hire now, so I guess today will be some main story progression again
I went around to the various towns to do side-quests, hire new artisans, play the cardgame while making and researched various items in my base.
I now have fishing equipment and my pact creatures are happy to provide me with fish, have mining equipment to let them mine some stone and ores, got a second farming field, researched basic enchanting and crafted some gems to slot into my weapons/accessories, make sure my people and creatures are always well fed (I'm already mostly self sufficient with the crops I harvest and fish I catch). Bunch of them are already level 4~
I think I pretty much ran out of things to research and folks to hire now, so I guess today will be some main story progression again
Some one that understands me
I like it actually
????? What happened?
It's now avaible in Nippon, I guess this explains why the Deciga site was down the other day
KOMODO Plaza | すべてのハイエンドゲーマーの為のセレクトショップ
ハイエンドゲーマー、クリエーターなら「KOMODO Plaza」。Valve Index VRキット、RPGツクール等、国内公式商品を取りそろえたセレクトショップ。日本全国ご自宅まで配送、最短翌日にお届けいたします。「KOMODO Plaza」だけの特別なセールや特典を実施中。
steamvr.jp
Valve Index
Valve Indexはまるで現場にいるような仮想現実を味わえる、VRシステムでVR限界を極限まで高めています。VRの概念が変わる、想像を超えたリアルさに驚愕されます！
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Famitsu even did an article
VALVE INDEXが11月28日から日本国内でも発売決定。“忠実度”の向上をキーワードにVR体験がさらにワンランクアップしたデバイスをひと足早く体験 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
Valve社による新VRデバイス、VALVE INDEXが日本国内で2019年11月28日に発売されることが決定した。その詳細に迫る。
www.famitsu.com
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That $1k Sushi that Gabe feed him must have been the cause of his luckGabe blessed him.
I would think there is good reason to stay quite.
what's the context of the image?OH MY FUCKING GOD finally
I loved the first one
I knew waiting would pay off
From forever and a day ago
Why listen to those two when you have Tyler (and ya I know, but it is nice to see him happy about HLVR though )
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Good Night and tomorrow I think I will make a post about different VR games and how those were shown off and what people thought about them in the end. Reveal trailer vs critic scores
Black Friday is soon in the US. Wonder if we'll see a rise in VR kits being sold.
Same here. But I added it to my wishlist too
For those who got HL: Alyx by Family and Friends sub, could you please explain how this magic works ? I'm not aware of this F&F thing.
Don't Valve employee family and friends get free Valve games?Same here. But I added it to my wishlist too
For those who got HL: Alyx by Family and Friends sub, could you please explain how this magic works ? I'm not aware of this F&F thing.
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Will Facebook/Oculus now advertise that Half Life Alyx will be playable on the Oculus Rift/Quest?
I know that they will keep on pushing the Oculus store and their platform, but this game will likely get a decent amount of people to buy VR HMDs and we'll according to what some people have been saying they think it's a Valve Index exclusive.
It is:
- either from an old Alienware giveaway,
- or for owning a Mac and buying a Steam controller at launch.
So, if I get the Oculus Rift S I might be able to get both that and the GPU upgrade I wanted when the next GPUs are out. I'll postpone the CPU+MB upgrade to 2021 instead. An unlocked i5 from 2015 should be more than enough to cover next year. I'm at the same time hyped and uncertain. We'll see.
Damn, 4 mill view on HLA and the like dislike bar rate is suprisingly positive for it to be VR only.
Even many big games that are showcased on E3, GamesCom, Game Awards, Tokyo Game Show etc. have difficulty getting so many views so fast.
Valve knows what they are doing.
Even many big games that are showcased on E3, GamesCom, Game Awards, Tokyo Game Show etc. have difficulty getting so many views so fast.
Valve knows what they are doing.
Its not that surprising. I thought it would be even more by now tbh.
People spent a decade searching for any little Half-Life clues on the internet just dreaming of what HL2 game would look like today.
And Valve just drops a long trailer showcasing a next ---> next gen version of City 17 basically lol. People will be dissecting and rewatching this trailer for months now.
Wouldn't a Quest be a better investment since it is standalone and can now be connected to a PC?
What a shitshow. Wow. I feel bad for all the
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