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Are the rumors still hinting at a VR-only experience as they did a couple of years ago when Half-Life: Alyx released, or is that no longer the speculation? Beca
by codeflo 10mo ago
Are the rumors still hinting at a VR-only experience as they did a couple of years ago when Half-Life: Alyx released, or is that no longer the speculation? Because that would be unfortunate for me, I'd have to play with a bucket in hand.
- jsheard 10mo agoValve recently said outright that they have no VR titles in development. https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-no-first-party-vr-game-in-development-half-life/ https://www.roadtovr.com/valve-no-first-party-vr-game-in-dev...
- llbbdd 10mo agoMaybe they finished it...
- Krutonium 10mo agoThey also said there was nothing coming for SteamDeck in terms of better hardware about a week before they launched the OLED.
- jsheard 10mo agoDid they? AFAICT what they actually said was not to expect a faster Steam Deck any time soon, which was true, because the OLED version had basically the same performance as the original and in the two years since they still haven't released anything faster. https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/21/23884863/valve-steam-deck-2-refresh-upgrade-cpu-2025 https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/21/23884863/valve-steam-deck...
- WithinReason 10mo agoOLED has the same HW as the LCD, with only very minor differences
- nemomarx 10mo agoSeems unlikely with the steam machine coming? I haven't heard any sign of it specifically being frame only
- strbean 10mo agoFrom interviews with the Alyx devs, it really sounded like the only reason they didn't call it HL3 was fear of not living up to the name. Given the org structure at Valve, it's going to take someone with massive hubris to say "I can be the one to lead the HL3 project." That or Gabe getting off his megayacht to lead it (or tell someone their project is worthy of being called HL3).
- HeWhoLurksLate 10mo agopretty sure they don't have a totally flat org structure anymore but I might be wrong
- hamdingers 10mo agoThey decided to make it a prequel for fear of not living up to the name, the decision was made much earlier. If you're at all familiar with the contents of Alyx and the Half-Life franchise it wouldn't have made any sense to call it HL3.
- strbean 10mo agoAh, haven't gotten the chance to play it yet. But the same implication - we'll need someone at Valve with a big enough ego to take up the mantle.
- brain_staple 10mo agoI don't think that's how the people at Valve think. These people usually have lifetime dreams to work at Valve well before they do because they admired those early games so much, which if you know the story were held up to very high standards internally and repeatedly. They spent their lives being hyper critical of their own craft and admire Valve because they don't a release subpar product as a rule. So collectively they'll have a LOT of collective ego tied up in whatever that product is, but it's not like "I own this", that would be highly anathema.
- strbean 10mo ago
- KaiMagnus 10mo agoI believe for the next Half-Life, latest rumors indicate it is actually back to 2D. During the press event last month, they were also pretty clear that no VR game is currently in development at Valve. A huge missed opportunity imo, but maybe playing HL3 on a theater sized screen is nice enough.
- LorenDB 10mo agoSome rumors from ~1yr ago indicated they were looking into making it an asymmetric co-op game where one player would be Gordon Freeman on PC and one would be Alyx in VR. Of course, they could have dropped that by now.
- jonny_eh 10mo agoI'm sure they've tried making it hybrid, aka VR optional. I'm curious if they'd be able to make it work. If not, I don't expect a VR only HL game again.
- jack1243star 10mo agoCalling Half-Life 2D somehow feels right and wrong at the same time but I get what you mean.
- petabyt 10mo agoLeaks disproved this in 2023. HLX is a single player non-vr PC game.