No other video game has felt the way Alyx felt. No one else has taken such a bold swing in what a video game can be. It's burned into my mind as my Half Life game, the one that came out at just the right time for me.

It was also my "pandemic" game. While everyone else was playing Animal Crossing or Doom Eternal, I was playing and replaying Half Life Alyx.

It definitely feels like it's somewhat doomed to be less remembered in the popular consciousness than most big games that come out, and indeed the rest of the games in the Half Life lineage. Cries of "Half Life 3 when?" still abound in spite of the very clear effort Alyx made to move the story forward. But to me it feels like a game that still hasn't been topped in the five years since it came out, not by a long shot.

Half Life Alyx received a Game of the Year win from GameSpot, and nominations from a few other publications. When it came to events like The Game Awards with a dedicated "Best VR Game" category, it won handily.

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[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 104 points 6 days ago (59 children)

The reason it's forgotten because most people aren't able to play it. If valve really did put important story in a game that they knew most gamers would never be able to play that's kind of shitty

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's the only good way to do VR. Otherwise it's just a gimmick.

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fair but why not include a traditional mode so everyone can experience it. Otherwise it's still just a gimmick to sell hardware

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For the same reason N64 games couldn't run on the SNES

[–] baggins@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Oh I didn't realize connecting a VR headset to my computer made it not a computer anymore

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