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Half-Life is not dead, as new Steam record shows Valve we all still care (www.pcgamesn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Seems like kind of a weird gesture given that Alyx was released only three years ago. By Valve standards, that's still considered hot off the presses.

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to guess most people into half life aren't going to sink $1000 into computer upgrades and a VR headset.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Half-Life: Alyx doesn't require a NASA PC, and you can play it on cheaper headsets like Quest 2, or even older used ones like Rift S or HTC Vive

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah I used my $600 PC and a ~$300 Windows mixed reality headset. Far from ideal tbf but still a mind-blowing experience.

[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It requires a fairly good PC. I played it on my budget rig with a used rift s. I was very glad I don't get motion sick easily because it was very often well below 60fps.

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

My PC has an RX 580 and it works fine for me, I'd say that's a budget GPU

[–] Thepolack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Are you telling me a new Half Life game came out three years ago and I missed it?

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

My impression from participating was that it was more for fun rather than trying to make a statement. It was cool to see multiple full servers.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the numbers also show that TF2 has always been alive and popular. Valve don't care about anything.

[–] sep@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

;( Compleatly missed this. Would have joined for sure.

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I call my daughter half-life 3

I don't have a daughter