The wait for Half-Life 3 has been so long that it borders on farce. Was it ever going to be a game at all? Was Half-Life 2 just a dream? While the wait for Half-Life to become an actual trilogy continues, that doesn’t mean that the series has been totally abandoned. It’s not the most accessible game for all players, but the most recent Half-Life release is one of the best parts of the series and one of the best games on its entire platform.
Virtual reality is a hard sell. You need to buy an expensive headset to use it, and it’s not particularly comfortable to have a helmet strapped to your head with two tiny screens just inches from your eyes. But a bigger problem might be its perception. To the non-VR-playing public, virtual reality can look like a gimmick meant to dazzle players rather than give them experiences as satisfying as what they might get in traditional games. That perception is changing somewhat as VR matures, and one of the biggest arguments against it is Half-Life: Alyx.
