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Half-Life: Alyx

Valve
Mar 23, 2020 - HTC Vive, Meta Quest
Mighty

OpenCritic Rating

93

Top Critic Average

97%

Critics Recommend

Eurogamer
Recommended
IGN
10 / 10
PC Gamer
92 / 100
TheGamer
4.5 / 5
Metro GameCentral
8 / 10
Easy Allies
10 / 10
GamesRadar+
4.5 / 5
Game Informer
9 / 10

Half-Life: Alyx Review Summary

MightyCritic Consensus

Great VR Action

Gameplay is fun, satisfying, and varied.

Strong Storytelling

Alyx is a compelling protagonist to follow as the Half-Life story continues.

Immersive World

City 17 is a world worth visiting.

Half-Life fans will find plenty to love in this groundbreaking VR title.


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Critic Reviews for Half-Life: Alyx

City 17 provides the setting for a VR adventure filled with brilliant detailing.

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Half-Life: Alyx has set a new bar for VR in interactivity, detail, and level design, showing what can happen when a world-class developer goes all-in on the new frontier of technology.

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With old friends, new enemies, and an exciting story, revisiting City 17 in VR is a thrill in Half-Life: Alyx.

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Alyx doesn't propel VR to unseen heights, nor does it overcome the limitations of the platform. What it does is provide an exceptional name-brand experience that is extraordinarily polished and just about the best example of what VR has to offer right now. Every puzzle is satisfying, every gunfight is a thrill. The environments are beautifully horrifying and the interactables are absurdly detailed. It has no lulls, nothing ever gets played out or boring. It has a ton of fan service and builds some really exciting hype for the future of the series. However, I wish that the game built its core mechanics over time the way Portal 2 so famously did. Alyx is much more akin to a rollercoaster ride than a hill to climb. If you can afford the price of admission though, it's one wild ride.

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Metro GameCentral

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8 / 10
Metro GameCentral

An incredible technical achievement but one that is surprisingly short of genuinely new ideas, and often struggles to get the balance right between VR showpiece and satisfying gameplay experience.

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Not just a Half-Life game, but an invitation to live in its world.

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The dense campaign never lets up with surprising reveals, new enemies, and witty dialogue to carry you through the exciting journey

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Industry Coverage

Half-Life Beta From 1998 Has Been Discovered

Half-Life Beta From 1998 Has Been Discovered

An old Half-Life beta build containing some cut content emerges online 26 years following the iconic game's original release.

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Valve Is Trying To Cover Its Tracks After Half-Life 3 Leaks

Valve Is Trying To Cover Its Tracks After Half-Life 3 Leaks

Valve has changed some file names to deflect suspicion about Half-Life 3.

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Half-Life PSA: You Can Play Alyx Without VR Thanks To Fans

Half-Life PSA: You Can Play Alyx Without VR Thanks To Fans

Half-Life: Alyx NoVR is back in the spotlight with the new HLX rumours and leaks, even becoming the most-popular game on ModDB.

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Valve Dataminer May Have Good News for Half-Life Fans

Valve Dataminer May Have Good News for Half-Life Fans

A newly discovered Valve project reignites speculation around the fabled Half-Life 3, and a credible dataminer has chimed in with encouraging news.

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