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Steam has Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR Digital Download) for $29.99.

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Product Features:
  • Single Player
  • Requires a compatible virtual reality headset to play.
    • Visit the Steam VR Support section here for more info.
  • "Half-Life: Alyx is Valve's VR return to the Half-Life series. It's the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity's only chance for survival."

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    • Offer ends on February 3
  • About this product:
    • This title currently has a 9.2 out of 10 user score and 93 out 100 professional critic score on Metacritic.
    • Rated 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam from over 57,100+ reviews.
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Steam [steampowered.com] has Half-Life: Alyx (PC VR Digital Download) for $29.99.

Note, Steam account and client application required to purchase/play this title (free to register [steampowered.com]).

Product Features:
  • Single Player
  • Requires a compatible virtual reality headset to play.
  • "Half-Life: Alyx is Valve's VR return to the Half-Life series. It's the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity's only chance for survival."
About this deal:
  • Offer ends February 3, 2022
  • This price is $30 lower (50% savings) the standard list price of $59.99.
  • This offer also matches our very popular frontpage deal from December.
Reviews:
  • Rated 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam from over 57,000+ reviews.
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Best VR game I ever played. Worth every penny even with full price.
Without question the best VR game you can play. Story was compelling, the graphics were phenomenal, and the immersion was a showcase for what VR can do. and the art direction was jaw dropping at times. There were levels where I would just look around in awe. They continually push the mechanics of VR in interesting ways throughout the game. I've never been so immersed and scared and impressed all at the same time....also, Jeff can suck it
I played a few of the Oculus store games and was a little underwhelmed. Then I got Virtual Desktop and entered the world of SteamVR with this game as my first purchase. I've played about 4hrs and am completely blown away. It's on a whole different level of immersion and is totally worth the buy.

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ChunkyChimp
01-27-2022 at 06:10 PM.
01-27-2022 at 06:10 PM.
Best VR game I ever played. Worth every penny even with full price.
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01-28-2022 at 08:31 AM.
01-28-2022 at 08:31 AM.
Quote from ChunkyChimp :
Best VR game I ever played. Worth every penny even with full price.
I heard it was a good one. I'm going to get it this time. I didn't get it last time it was sale. I got the Oculus Quest 2 though, so going to give it a try.

Does it work ok w/ the Virtual Desktop [oculus.com] / Airlink or do you recommend the cable for this game?

Btw, Fanatical has a few VR bundles on sale that seem pretty good. Spend $10+ and get a bonus non-VR mystery Steam game too.

https://www.fanatical.com/en/sear...r%20bundle
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MikeB312
01-28-2022 at 10:58 AM.
01-28-2022 at 10:58 AM.
How do I play this with a Quest 2 and crap PC? 😭
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RileyS9009
01-28-2022 at 11:17 AM.
01-28-2022 at 11:17 AM.
Quote from SlickDealio :
I heard it was a good one. I'm going to get it this time. I didn't get it last time it was sale. I got the Oculus Quest 2 though, so going to give it a try.

Does it work ok w/ the Virtual Desktop [oculus.com] / Airlink or do you recommend the cable for this game?

Btw, Fanatical has a few VR bundles on sale that seem pretty good. Spend $10+ and get a bonus non-VR mystery Steam game too.

https://www.fanatical.com/en/sear...r%20bundle

It works phenomenal with Virtual Desktop. There are several very popular/recent YouTube videos (within the past month) that describe the setup and differences between Virtual Desktop/Airlink. Ultimately it works better with VD.

Also in response to the other comment about having a bad PC. It will drastically reduce your playing experience as there will be noticeable drop in frame rate throughout the entire game. There currently no offering to run the game solely on the Oculus Quest 2.
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Jablamu
01-28-2022 at 11:23 AM.
01-28-2022 at 11:23 AM.
I played a few of the Oculus store games and was a little underwhelmed. Then I got Virtual Desktop and entered the world of SteamVR with this game as my first purchase. I've played about 4hrs and am completely blown away. It's on a whole different level of immersion and is totally worth the buy.
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scrapplejoe
01-28-2022 at 11:25 AM.
01-28-2022 at 11:25 AM.
Ill pick this up, like I said before though, Vader Immortal interrogation room was jaw dropping.. so awesome seeing vader in front of you then proceeding to punch him in his boys (10 year old came out in me)
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KevinI4985
01-28-2022 at 01:08 PM.
01-28-2022 at 01:08 PM.
Without question the best VR game you can play. Story was compelling, the graphics were phenomenal, and the immersion was a showcase for what VR can do. and the art direction was jaw dropping at times. There were levels where I would just look around in awe. They continually push the mechanics of VR in interesting ways throughout the game. I've never been so immersed and scared and impressed all at the same time....also, Jeff can suck it
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Gotchaforce
01-28-2022 at 01:14 PM.
01-28-2022 at 01:14 PM.
Quote from Jablamu :
I played a few of the Oculus store games and was a little underwhelmed. Then I got Virtual Desktop and entered the world of SteamVR with this game as my first purchase. I've played about 4hrs and am completely blown away. It's on a whole different level of immersion and is totally worth the buy.
welcome to metas race to the bottom where every dev is trying to cash in on peoples boredom and nothing more. really doubt valve made money on alyx, im sure it cost them an enormous amount of money to make that game (fueled mainly by steam store and dota)

whats sad is the quest controllers are garbage, the game is quite a bit different if you get a chance to play with index controllers (prohibitively expensive though, $580 for the base stations and controllers)
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01-28-2022 at 04:51 PM.
01-28-2022 at 04:51 PM.
My only complaint is that it's short, but there are a ton of mods for it. Love this game and Vox Machinae on VR.
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Moooshe
01-28-2022 at 08:16 PM.
01-28-2022 at 08:16 PM.
Quote from RileyS9009 :
It works phenomenal with Virtual Desktop. There are several very popular/recent YouTube videos (within the past month) that describe the setup and differences between Virtual Desktop/Airlink. Ultimately it works better with VD.

Also in response to the other comment about having a bad PC. It will drastically reduce your playing experience as there will be noticeable drop in frame rate throughout the entire game. There currently no offering to run the game solely on the Oculus Quest 2.
So a 3rd party app works better than something developed by the makers of the device? I was wondering whether I should invest in VD or if Airlink was as good as it gets.
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01-28-2022 at 08:22 PM.
01-28-2022 at 08:22 PM.
Yes, it is the best VR game, ever. Other VR games are just toys compared to this master piece.
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TheUltramatum
01-28-2022 at 08:33 PM.
01-28-2022 at 08:33 PM.
I just bought this at $50 last week after playing a friends Oculus. Bought an oculus just so I could keep playing this. It's not how I imagined VR gaming to be but it really shows the potential for VR in the near future. Highly recommend. Wish I would have waited a week.
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KennyoftheReds
01-28-2022 at 08:37 PM.
01-28-2022 at 08:37 PM.
The best VR game out there no doubt, however I would not play this as a first VR game. Save it for later and savor it!
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