“It’s just space” – Half-Life: Alyx collects very positive reviews on Steam, hundreds of thousands of people follow the game on Twitch

Flagship VR Shooter Half-Life: Alyx the company Valve successfully launched and collects extremely positive reviews in the digital distribution service Steam. At the time of this writing, user approval rating makes up 95%. Gamers note that the game is beautiful, exciting and perfectly optimized for a variety of helmets of virtual reality. They also praise unique situations, atmospheric locations and attention to detail. Some call Half-Life: Alyx a “real revolution.”

On the Metacritic Meanwhile, several dozen people tried to bring down the user rating of Half-Life: Alyx with ratings from 0 to 3 points. Judging by the comments, these people are disappointed with the fact that Valve decided to create a “VR game for the elite,” that is, for a relatively narrow circle of helmet owners. As a result, the user score on Metacritic is now 8.5 / 10.

Other Half-Life Alyx achievements after launch:

  • After the release, the game instantly topped the Twitch rating by the number of viewers, where over 300 thousand people watched the broadcasts of the passage in the peak.
  • The number of simultaneously playing in Half-Life: Alyx exceeded 42 thousand people. This is the second result among computer VR games (Beat Saber with 46 thousand remains in the first place) and a record in the Half-Life series – the rest of the pieces put together at the peak of a smaller audience, even though Valve made them free.

You can find our great review of Half-Life: Alyx here..

Earlier today, Valve explained why, instead of Half-Life 3, we got Half-Life: Alyx, and confirmed the desire to develop the series.

In Russia, Half-Life: Alyx is sold for 1,085 rubles. All Valve Index helmets are handed out free of charge.

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