We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx

[ramdileo]

Now that VR is going away (like 3D TV that now is gone)..
We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx ... so they can actually make money with it..
I have the opportunity of test it.. play some minutes with it in a VR experience sale thingies.. and beyond the immersive experience (nice graphics and all of that)... the game is quite slow boring and repetitive as you can see in any playthrough.... is more about constantly picking up stuff over and over and over and hide/jump around...... The few moment of FPS that it have.. are slow because of the VR thing.. so yeah...... that should be improve for a normal NOVR version...... The game is pretty much death in sales this days.. and in general.. nobody even remember about it....... so We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx ... so they can actually make money with it..

[IanL]

Originally posted by ramdileo:

Now that VR is going away (like 3D TV that now is gone)..
We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx ... so they can actually make money with it..
I have the opportunity of test it.. play some minutes with it in a VR experience sale thingies.. and beyond the immersive experience (nice graphics and all of that)... the game is quite slow boring and repetitive as you can see in any playthrough.... is more about constantly picking up stuff over and over and over and hide/jump around...... The few moment of FPS that it have.. are slow because of the VR thing.. so yeah...... that should be improve for a normal NOVR version...... The game is pretty much death in sales this days.. and in general.. nobody even remember about it....... so We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx ... so they can actually make money with it..

They already made money from it, with the added bonus of all the sales as a result of the non-VR mod, pretty sure they have moved on to other things. They stated originally that they did not think the game would translate well to flat screen, having been built specifically for VR, but that they would leave it to modders if there was a demand for a non-VR version.

No harm in asking I guess but I don't see it happening myself.

[necrophonic]

(Apologies double posting a reply to essentially a double post!)

Originally posted by ramdileo:

Hey I just post something related to this.. ------ Now that VR is going away (like 3D TV that now is gone).. We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx ... so they can actually make money with it..
I have the opportunity of test it.. play some minutes with it in a VR experience sale thingies.. and beyond the immersive experience (nice graphics and all of that)... the game is quite slow boring and repetitive as you can see in any playthrough.... is more about constantly picking up stuff over and over and over and hide/jump around...... The few moment of FPS that it have.. are slow because of the VR thing.. so yeah...... that should be improve for a normal NOVR version...... The game is pretty much death in sales this days.. and in general.. nobody even remember about it....... so We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx ... so they can actually make money with it..

a. VR is not "going away" (it is also nothing like 3D TV, so that's not a good start) so no idea where you got that from.

b. Valve is making money hand-over-fist with Steam, they don't need extra money so the "more sales" argument is moot.

c. Quote: "...is more about constantly picking up stuff over and over and over and hide/jump around." Yes, like you would do in real life - that's the R(eality) part of VR you appear to be missing.

d*. There's already a great community mod for those wanting to play the game without VR. Why would Valve want to spend a lot of time and money developing what already exists? Better to use that effort one creating new things, rather than rehashing old ones.

e. "Death in sales"? The game sells fine as far as we can tell, and it achieved its likely reason-to-be, which was to shift a lot of Index Headsets. Also the mod exists, so more people will but anyhow, and at zero extra cost to Valve.

*Of course that's not to say they never would. But only if they genuinely thought it would be fun to do, or add something unique to the experience for players.

[Cat]

Improved version of HL Alyx.... is NoVR!?

[galunga]

people who don't own a game shouldn't be allowed to post freely on its discussions page honestly

[Turambar]

No

[SilentCaay]

Improved? Yes. Flat version? Nah.

[Sledge Hammer!]

Originally posted by ramdileo:

Now that VR is going away (like 3D TV that now is gone)..
We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx

Stop waiting for Valve to come to their senses and just download the fully functional NOVR mod -

https://github.com/bfeber/HLA-NoVR

Then wait for the next time Alyx goes on sale to buy it. No one should pay full price for a game they have to mod themselves.

[Cat]

Originally posted by Sledge Hammer!:

Originally posted by ramdileo:

Now that VR is going away (like 3D TV that now is gone)..
We should ask to VALVE for an official normal (NOVR) and improved version of Half-Life: Alyx

Stop waiting for Valve to come to their senses and just download the fully functional NOVR mod -

https://github.com/bfeber/HLA-NoVR

Then wait for the next time Alyx goes on sale to buy it. No one should pay full price for a game they have to mod themselves.

But Alyx is meant to be played on VR, so there's nothing wrong paying full price even if f you wanna butcher it. Worth the price, it's not like this is that suicide squad game or something 😉

[Cardboard Box]

lmao "Now that VR is going away". My VR headset just up and walked out of my room.....he didn't even leave a note...."Goodbye VR headset. I will miss you."

[galunga]

Originally posted by Cardboard Box:

lmao "Now that VR is going away". My VR headset just up and walked out of my room.....he didn't even leave a note...."Goodbye VR headset. I will miss you."

Damn, VR really is going away

[Wonko]

VR is not going away, in fact it's steadily growing year over year. You better get used to it because more and more games are going to release for VR and it would be a shame to miss on them for no good reason.

[Marmarmar34]

Originally posted by Wonko:

VR is not going away, in fact it's steadily growing year over year. You better get used to it because more and more games are going to release for VR and it would be a shame to miss on them for no good reason.

You sure? I only have a PS5's library worth of good VR games. Each time someone releases another one, 9/10 times it's an overpriced demo or an asset flip.

The VR market is STAGNANT! It's a niche within a niche that's not getting any more popular than it is.

[Rattner219]

The VR market is STAGNANT! It's a niche within a niche that's not getting any more popular than it is.

That's what they said during the 1st generation of VR yet here we are.

[Marmarmar34]

Originally posted by Rattner219:

The VR market is STAGNANT! It's a niche within a niche that's not getting any more popular than it is.

That's what they said during the 1st generation of VR yet here we are.

wow, 5 years since the Oculus Rift and we get a PS5's catalog worth of actual games :/

[SilentCaay]

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Originally posted by Rattner219:

That's what they said during the 1st generation of VR yet here we are.

wow, 5 years since the Oculus Rift and we get a PS5's catalog worth of actual games :/

You need a better calculator. It's been 8 years. And I don't know why "a PS5's catalog worth of actual games" is some sort of negative metric when there are over 600 games available on PS5. There are plenty of great VR games to play.

By your own metric, 1 out of every 10 VR games released is worthwhile which is a fantastic ratio. (Although I'm pretty sure that was an accidentally optimistic figure.)