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Gamespot Game of the Year: Half Life Alyx
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BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Hell yeah.
I mean, I’d give it to TLOUPII, but HL:A feels like you’re playing a game from like 5-10 years in the future. And it is absolutely incredible. Very deserved.
I mean, I’d give it to TLOUPII, but HL:A feels like you’re playing a game from like 5-10 years in the future. And it is absolutely incredible. Very deserved.
anothertech
Member
Well deserved. I dream about it sometimes after a good session.
Wonko_C
Member
There is a PC OT but it's more to keep up with the news, there is also a PSVR OT and it has a few posts every week, the most active OT right now is the Oculus Quest 2 one. I'm in for just a general VR community OT. Whenever I visit GAF or era (there is more VR activity in there but I can only lurk) it's always to check if there are any new VR-related discussions.
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pr0cs
Member
I don't know if I agree with that
- I didn't find all the upgrades to all the weapons, there were at least 1-2 that I wanted to try out but didn't have elements to do so
- the developer commentary is very well done and gave a good insight at all the challenges they had, I only went through the first game section but was engaged, certainly worth a 2nd play through if you are interested in game design/development for VR
- While the game is linear there are tons of branching paths that I didn't dig too hard into exploring, a number of areas/encounters that I would have liked to replay since I got by only the skin of my teeth and I think if I approached the encounter better I could have walked away with both more health and more ammo.
SF Kosmo
Banned
Yeah, this seems like the reasonable choice. It's an incredible, groundbreaking game, and a comeback story for a developer and series that spent years lost in the wilderness. Just a great game that came from nowhere and delivered in spades.
The only other games that are really in the conversation are TLOU2, which is also incredible in its own way, but so unrelentingly grim; and Cyberpunk, which, while still in contention for my personal favorite of the years, is so marred by well-earned controversy right now it is essentially disqualified.
The only other games that are really in the conversation are TLOU2, which is also incredible in its own way, but so unrelentingly grim; and Cyberpunk, which, while still in contention for my personal favorite of the years, is so marred by well-earned controversy right now it is essentially disqualified.
SF Kosmo
Banned
Only game I played twice this year. It's replayable because it's good, not because random loot or multiplayer.
Twinguistics
Member
Hey, you get a ban from that crazy place too eh? After my ban I did lurk too because of the activity but I do so less and less frequently now.
Off topic but I tried Echo arena tutorial this afternoon and found the movement mind-blowing. Then I tried a match and sucked badly, just ricocheting from wall to wall no where near the disk lol. I'd rather the game was a single player corridor shooter or something.
Man the rift is so much better than the grear vr. I knew it would be but wow.
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Wonko_C
Member
I wasn't banned, I just don't have a paid email anymore and can't confirm my registration.
If you want a single player Echo game, you're in luck: Lone Echo is what you're looking for. Lone Echo 2 is coming soon too.
Wonko_C
Member
Just about anything is crazy in VR. I tried out Metroid Prime in Dolphin VR and, despite gimping myself to 3DOF by not having a way to make head tracking work with my PSVR on my PC, for an early 2000's game it's astoundingly VR-friendly. I could see details in the environment that never noticed on the TV, even for it's age some of the details looked very impressive, like some walls not being just totally flat textures, the raindrops on Tallon IV being fully 3D, it was magic.
If/when Nintendo eventually does a VR console (New Nintendo Switch?) they should just re-release MPTrilogy and MP3-style motion controls for all the games.
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UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I’m late here but it was an OK game. Very simple, closed corridors, lack of NPCs to interact with, few physics on the enemies. The game was quite lacking.
CloudNull
Banned
How is this different than TLOU? This game was not meant to be an open world RPG.
SF Kosmo
Banned
There are some people that felt legit burned by the fact that they waited 12 years for Half Life 3 and ended up with a VR game that is sort of but not quite Half Life 3.
And those people have not played it but nonetheless dismiss it with nonsense criticisms recycled from negativity about VR in general. I've even see people say it's short or it's a demo, even though it's obviously just as long as any other Half Life game (and longer than most linear FPS in general).
Wonko_C
Member
That description perfectly fits the entire Half-Life series.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
I didn’t say open world, it was almost entirely small corridors. Moreover, it lacked physics and was very simplistic, almost like a VR demo.
The enemies were just bullet sponges, no physics on them, not very varied and incredibly stupid.
it has a masterful ending, but other than that, I was hoping for a lot more from Valve.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
HL 1 & 2 had NPCs. Also, it wasn’t VR and it was a different generation, so it’s not a fair comparison. However, play HL1 in VR and it’s incredible.
Wonko_C
Member
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Fair enough.
But I want the NPCs in the next game to act like this:
Having that kind of procedural AI for actual NPCs would be the best thing ever.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Fair enough.
But I want the NPCs in the next game to act like this:
Someone will eventually get the formula. Amazing physics, great AI and freedom of movement. This is probably the best we’ll get for quite some time. :/
Mozzarella
Member
Great choice from GameSpot.
Half Life Alyx should won best game direction in TGA, it got hard snubbed. This is true gaming innovation. TLOU2 didnt innovate to deserve it, its similar to the first game with minor improvements and worse writing, no idea how it won.
Half Life Alyx should won best game direction in TGA, it got hard snubbed. This is true gaming innovation. TLOU2 didnt innovate to deserve it, its similar to the first game with minor improvements and worse writing, no idea how it won.
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Wonko_C
Member
I'm convinced the majority of games media don't want games, they want movies.
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Mozzarella
Member
I was writing another post about this but decided to delete it. Yes Sony Triple A gaming is becoming an alternative to Hollywood industry, now more than ever because of the pandemic. Cinematic AAA games from Sony are trying to fill this void. With the success of God of War, The Last of Us 2 and more similar games on the Playstation exclusive picture, a lot of games will follow in the next decade, so expect more games similar to that. Producers from Hollywood will eventually realize that this business is profitable (I mean they are starting to come as hosts to TGA, right?) and they will see it as a good opportunity to expand on Cinema. More support, more budgets in the feature and it will become the standard for Sony gaming.
I dont mind them personally as long as they are not THE inspiration, but i dont want them to be the standard Triple A gaming experience.
Chromanticore
Banned
Why would you want to ruin someone else's day like that?
And they're not even good movies.
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SF Kosmo
Banned
What game did you play? My game had physics on everything...
AI was handicapped a bit for the teleport players, especially because they added full locomotion late in the game. This is probably my one real complaint with the game.
turtlepowa
Banned
So the only option is Animal Crossing, because 26 million bought it?
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
the one where I couldn’t grab an enemy (other than head crab), see the enemy’s head explode when I aimed at their head, tear a head crab apart with my bare hands, jump in game, or interact with things if it wasn’t pre-scripted.
Wonko_C
Member
I don't mind them either, and honestly some of them I do like (I liked the Metroidvania-style exploration in God of War, for example), but my main gaming diet consists of indies, Japanese, retro and VR games.
Clarification: Even though I'm mostly mechanics-driven, I do actually like cutscenes (I love the Yakuza series and that game has an ungodly amount of cutscenes) in my games, what I don't like is when they are integrated seamlessly into gameplay the whole time, like when they force you into walk and talk sections, or even worse, when they confine you to a small room with NPCs having a conversation, Half-Life 2 style. Make them separate, as a reward for clearing a section, and more importantly, make them skippable at least for subsequent playthroughs.
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SF Kosmo
Banned
Oh so just it isn't Boneworks?
CloudNull
Banned
For their first stab at a true VR game it was great. The physics on the items in game were fantastic. Also the enemies died faster depending on where you shoot them. Having to dismember the aliens to slow them and take them out also mixed things up.
There could definitely be more variety in the combat for the next game and I hope they add it. Still no other VR game comes close.
I agree the ending was amazing. I would love a whole game like that in the vain of Eternal Darkness. Combat wouldn’t even be needed just that crazy atmosphere.
I didn’t know this. That makes sense and I am grateful they added locomotion. I couldn’t even imagine playing it without it.
SF Kosmo
Banned
Yeah like when Geoff Keighley said he played it when they first announced it? It didn't have locomotion at that time. And that was what, 4 months before release?
If I recall polygon or someone reported that's why they yanked the reveal from the game awards, so they could make sure locomotion was in before they did a full gameplay reveal.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.001
Huge step in making VR more significant.