This game is widely accepted to not be good. And that is a problem.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Valve, a company with many successful games in their track record, games like half life, cs, dota, l4d, all those games ended up being very successful. however, this is pretty much the ONLY title in the half life IP that wasn't successful and that says a lot. the biggest strange thing is how not even the game's belonging to half life franchise saved the game commercially, everybody still trashed on it since its inception. back when it was just announced, a lot of comments said that this game won't be good enough, since this is how it essentially displayed itself, everybody complained that half life alyx is just a VR title. so many accepted that they won't buy this game, either PC or no buy. and it makes sense because valve haven't really done normal games for a long time, they are trying to do something that isn't actually good, rather experimenting with things which eventually fail.

many people also said that hl alyx is a failed experiment, it also makes sense, since other valve games, even deadlock, don't target VR anymore. valve are focusing on mouse and keyboard again, so who this VR half life was for? honestly, there are people who gatekeep hl alyx, but those are usually people trying to justify their failed purchase because VR failed ultimately. it's not a viable business decision to go and start making vr games because you simply won't make much money from it. and hl alyx being such a title that didn't even sell well, what is the point behind this game? it never matched other half life games in terms of quality and especially storytelling and this whole thing was just a drag, an attempt to throw people into VR market, but it didn't work out and no one really wanted it at the end. valve should have been more considering and actually care about interests of gamers, that's the main thing to extract from it.

[IanL]

Originally posted by MiseRawRble.:

Originally posted by Weird Potato:

OP is trolling. HL;A to this day is regarded highly and positively. He's literally talking nonsense.

half life alyx is actually not positively regarded. fans of hl2 don't like hl alyx and didn't buy the game to leave reviews

You need to speak for yourself, not as if you represent all HL2 fans because you evidently don't.

I'm a fan of HL2, in fact of the entire series, and I loved HL Alyx as did most of my other HL fan friends. We all left positive reviews as a result. It was made for VR and to this day is still regarded as the defacto VR game, no point in pretending otherwise.

[DS-utido]

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[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by IanL:

Originally posted by MiseRawRble.:

half life alyx is actually not positively regarded. fans of hl2 don't like hl alyx and didn't buy the game to leave reviews

You need to speak for yourself, not as if you represent all HL2 fans because you evidently don't.

I'm a fan of HL2, in fact of the entire series, and I loved HL Alyx as did most of my other HL fan friends. We all left positive reviews as a result. It was made for VR and to this day is still regarded as the defacto VR game, no point in pretending otherwise.

when it specifically comes to me i represent community concerns, vast community concerns of many many people who have issues with half life alyx. i essentially guide and educate people, so taking my word for it is completely fine, as one can easily look into thread's contents, read them and understand the full base of analysis, research and so on that they can encounter and understand for themselves. like here for example, it is a fact that the game is a failed experiment, it was admitted by devs themselves. it's all based on facts and that's why widely, many people across the world accept that the game is not good. you haven't provided anything yet.

[IanL]

Originally posted by Tighty-Whitey:

Originally posted by IanL:

You need to speak for yourself, not as if you represent all HL2 fans because you evidently don't.

I'm a fan of HL2, in fact of the entire series, and I loved HL Alyx as did most of my other HL fan friends. We all left positive reviews as a result. It was made for VR and to this day is still regarded as the defacto VR game, no point in pretending otherwise.

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like here for example, it is a fact that the game is a failed experiment, it was admitted by devs themselves. it's all based on facts

Really ... Please provide a link to where Valve have stated HL Alyx is a failed experiment to back up what you are saying is factual

[Weird Potato]

Stop feeding the troll lmao

[LittleNinja]

Originally posted by Tighty-Whitey:

when it specifically comes to me i represent community concerns, vast community concerns of many many people who have issues with half life alyx.

What? Who are you talking about?

Alyx is widely known as the #1 best VR campaign, at least for it's time.

[Data]

Originally posted by LittleNinja:

Originally posted by Tighty-Whitey:

when it specifically comes to me i represent community concerns, vast community concerns of many many people who have issues with half life alyx.

What? Who are you talking about?

Alyx is widely known as the #1 best VR campaign, at least for it's time.

They're just making stuff up, again.

[XΞИOΛLIΞИ]

I don’t know what OP is on, but i want some of it.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by XΞИOΛLIΞИ:

I don’t know what OP is on, but i want some of it.

i am on facts. i'm all about facts and facts only. you see, i'm not trying to come up with things, i'm looking at the game itself, at the reception from the half life community and gaming community as a whole. for example, people who bought hl alyx would buy it anyway, they buy it if they have VR. but most people from hl community don't have vr and they won't buy the game and they know that hl alyx isn't really worth it because vr headsets are too expensive and game itself doesn't introduce anything new to the formula of the game. that's why the majority don't like the game, that's why they didn't buy it. those who did buy it would leave positive review anyway because of lack of other vr games on the market, but vrchat still tops hl alyx and is more successful. a lot more successful, better and even hl2 vr plays a lot better than hl alyx and isn't trying to play it safe. that's what gaming was about back in the day, nowadays we see things degrading in that aspect except for graphics. games suffer as a result.

[SadPlatty©]

Originally posted by XΞИOΛLIΞИ:

I don’t know what OP is on, but i want some of it.

I agree - they have a thread in the Red Dead 2 community right now with a similar title (but the same title as others here) going, and the same troll posters are there.

They also report and get people banned literally whenever someone replies off-topic if they can; I saw 3 people earlier this week banned in 1 day trying to push-back.

They also do this in the Marvel Rivals, Half Life, Half Life 2, and Deadlock (all the same threads more or less). One person replying for example - had only ever really commented in these threads even.

And that's my service to the community today - hope y'all have fun taking down the combine.

[Weird Potato]

Originally posted by Tighty-Whitey:

, but vrchat still tops hl alyx and is more successful. a lot more successful, better

I mean, you're not even trying to mask the trolling. Trolling should be more subtle.

[IanL]

Why would any VR owner care what non VR owners think of the game, the game is rated overwhelmingly positive by VR players which was the only audience the game was created for. Doesn't mean every VR player has to like it, like just about any game ever made, but it was an undeniable success within the VR marketplace.

The very concept of the fact that the majority of gamers never bought the game somehow makes it bad is ridiculous, I could just as well argue that the majority of the worlds gamers have never bought a single Half Life game ... therefore using that same logic it makes all HL games bad. They are blatantly absurd positions to take.

It's simply bait and poor trolling and any common sense moderation should have put an end to this a long time ago, instead they simply ban people when they react and effectively protect the trolls making this forum and its community a less desirable place to hang out in and contribute to.

[Data]

Originally posted by Tighty-Whitey:

Originally posted by XΞИOΛLIΞИ:

I don’t know what OP is on, but i want some of it.

i am on facts. i'm all about facts and facts only. you see, i'm not trying to come up with things, i'm looking at the game itself, at the reception from the half life community and gaming community as a whole. for example, people who bought hl alyx would buy it anyway, they buy it if they have VR. but most people from hl community don't have vr and they won't buy the game and they know that hl alyx isn't really worth it because vr headsets are too expensive and game itself doesn't introduce anything new to the formula of the game. that's why the majority don't like the game, that's why they didn't buy it. those who did buy it would leave positive review anyway because of lack of other vr games on the market, but vrchat still tops hl alyx and is more successful. a lot more successful, better and even hl2 vr plays a lot better than hl alyx and isn't trying to play it safe. that's what gaming was about back in the day, nowadays we see things degrading in that aspect except for graphics. games suffer as a result.

Lies. You remarked on me being banned for saying untrue things but I was banned as for some reason (see above user's post) I called something out I'm apparently not allowed to call out.

Regardless, you are simply wasting everyones time with multiple threads across Steam and it's very surprising we still have this thread going.

[Baldrickk]

heck... he's comparing VRC and Alyx?
One is a well crafted, well running, singleplayer campaign that takes about 10 hours to play through on your first time.
VRC is a massively multiplayer social experience with player content.

I'd definitely prefer to play Alyx of the two. It's the better experience. VRC just has people and content so people can stay in it and still do things. (and isn't exclusively VR) AND IT IS FREE.
The fact more people have/play VRC has absolutely no bearing on how good Alyx is.

[Tighty-Whitey]

Originally posted by Baldrickk:

heck... he's comparing VRC and Alyx?
One is a well crafted, well running, singleplayer campaign that takes about 10 hours to play through on your first time.
VRC is a massively multiplayer social experience with player content.

I'd definitely prefer to play Alyx of the two. It's the better experience. VRC just has people and content so people can stay in it and still do things. (and isn't exclusively VR) AND IT IS FREE.
The fact more people have/play VRC has absolutely no bearing on how good Alyx is.

hl alyx is a one time experiment thing, while vrc is just competitively better. people buy VR not for alyx, how valve hoped it to be, but for vrc because that one is more preferable and better.