"Alyx" is a major step back for FPS gameplay. Casuals will love it tough...

[mckracken]

You move around at a snails pace (like a geriatric) from shooting gallery to shooting gallery. Not being able to shoot and walk. Or not being able to run away, only casually walk away, even in the midst of a freakin firefight. But at least you can put a traffic cone on your head!! I mean that's why we bought VR right?

At this point i have to say this game was made for and is loved by pathethic casuals.

[an entire Roman legion]

more a sidestep

[BearPajamaGod!]

This is a horror game. Also you explore more things than shooting in this game during quite a lot of down time hell I wouldn't even call this a shooting gallery since you can move freely much like you could the original Half Life games.

[Pan_de]

IT´s basically valves first game in VR, And they do good in playing it rather safe.
BUt yes I agree with you that VR games need abit slower pace.
Games like COD or even HL2 are way overpaced in movement speed. it´s not realistic.

Now of course HLA might be a bit too slow, so make it slightly faster and we should be fine.

[Mack]

I have been a fan of VR since I got my first headset the DK2 I now use a CV1 and am loving Half Life but just this morning before going back into the game I said to my GF, this is like playing Half Life as an 85 yr old geriatric lol and it is literally that. But it's not like Half life 1 or 2, this is a Horror game so slowly is the name of the game.

[S-Tix]

Yeah, it's realistic to run at bicycle speed 2h straight in traditionnal FPS , ahah.
A think the pace and walking speed is perfect in Alyx, and and give a good sense of immersion.

[CloneMercy]

How is a game, with the circle of combat - exploration - story, a shootin gallery? lul

[Alternity]

Originally posted by mckracken:

You move around at a snails pace (like a geriatric) from shooting gallery to shooting gallery.

Best genre by far for VR is horror.

Cool, this game is also horror, so I guess it works.

[RicoDX]

Sometimes you need to go a step back...

Why does it need to be fast paced? You are playing it wrong! That is it ;)

[Galbi3000]

Originally posted by BearPajamaGod:

This is a horror game. Also you explore more things than shooting in this game during quite a lot of down time hell I wouldn't even call this a shooting gallery since you can move freely much like you could the original Half Life games.

I agree with this.
It just goes to show that the OP has not actually looked at the game let alone played it. All the Half-Life games are horror FPS games so he justified Alyx as a VR game by stating VR is best for horror! 🤣

And BTW, horror is not the best genre for VR. Space shooters like Elite Dangerous are the best 😛

[Nedly Dedly]

Originally posted by BearPajamaGod:

This is a horror game. Also you explore more things than shooting in this game during quite a lot of down time hell I wouldn't even call this a shooting gallery since you can move freely much like you could the original Half Life games.

It's really not a horror game. More like an FPS action adventure with a few horror elements, just like how HL2 was with Ravenholm and few other elements like disturbing sounds.

[mckracken]

a few zombies and jumping spiders are horror? LOL.

[iNCEPTIONAL]

It really isn't a step back in the slightest. And, not that I should have to explain this, but you could in fact design a game that lets you move around in VR as fast as you'd like, but it's just not that case in Half-Life: Alyx. Also, moving a little slower does help with motion sickness, and very deliberately creates a different style of play. You may be one of those people who loves just bolting around like a headless chicken in fps; I prefer my fps games to play more like GoldenEye and Halo:CE. But your claim is just subjective preference and nothing more. I've started a game in VR and you can more pretty fast if you choose to.

[BearPajamaGod!]

Originally posted by A Nobody Called Galbi:

Originally posted by BearPajamaGod:

This is a horror game. Also you explore more things than shooting in this game during quite a lot of down time hell I wouldn't even call this a shooting gallery since you can move freely much like you could the original Half Life games.

I agree with this.
It just goes to show that the OP has not actually looked at the game let alone played it. All the Half-Life games are horror FPS games so he justified Alyx as a VR game by stating VR is best for horror! 🤣

And BTW, horror is not the best genre for VR. Space shooters like Elite Dangerous are the best 😛

Rhythm games are better in my opinion but I love rhythm games so to each their own.

[BearPajamaGod!]

Originally posted by mckracken:

a few zombies and jumping spiders are horror? LOL.

Try an entirely pitch black underground stage with monsters lurking there waiting for you and only having a flashlight to light your way through the maze that is attached to your hand so anytime you reload or heal you can't see what is coming for you during that period of time but you can hear it. Please at least do some research before easily outing yourself as having no idea what you're talking about and just being another person hating something you don't understand.

[Alternity]

Originally posted by mckracken:

a few zombies and jumping spiders are horror? LOL.

I don't think you understand how immersive VR is...