Valve held a large-scale Q&A session about Half-Life: Alyx on Reddit, where she answered a lot of questions from fans, telling both about the game itself and about some features of its development.
For example, initially the developers called for the role of Alix Merle Dandridge, who played the part of the girl in Half-life 2However, later the team decided to take another actress because of a desire to go in a different direction. Now the heroine is Ozioma Akaga.
“Alix” should be taken as a full part of the series. To create it, Valve formed the largest team in its history – it is about 80 people. In this case, the passage will take about the same time as on Half-Life 2 – 13-15 hours.
The development is already completed, so you should not expect transfers, now the studio is mainly engaged in polishing. Many developers and testers have passed the game from start to finish several times already.
Veteran Valve is responsible for the soundtrack Mike Moraskyknown for Portal 2, Team fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 1-2. He is actively consulting with Kelly Bailey, who worked on the soundtrack for Half-Life and Half-Life 2.
The developers did not draw their hands completely, leaving only brushes. Testers did not notice this, but they had more review. Each weapon, by the way, can be carried in one hand – even a shotgun.
The developers are trying to make “Alix” accessible to everyone, so they realized the ability to play sitting, with one hand, with the leading left and the like. There are many different modes, but playing in VR glasses for many can still be difficult.
Some testers were very scared to play in segments where there were headcrabs. In general, Valve confidently says that the horror elements of the franchise will not go anywhere in Alix, but you should not expect horrors like the most terrible representatives of the genre.
By the way, players will be able to cover the headcrab with a bucket – it will continue to jump and move around with a bucket. Many testers considered this a bug, but this is a feature.
Finally: in the game there will be a segment in the train. As one of the developers partially jokes, it is illegal to release Half-Life without an episode on the train.
