March 23 went on sale Half-Life: Alyx. Waiting for a new part of the cult series Valve It dragged on for almost 13 years, but judging by the enthusiastic reviews of gamers, for a long break the studio did not lose its grip in creating some of their best single shooters. No less rosy the game was met by Western journalists.
The average Half-Life: Alyx rating on the Metacritic aggregator after posting 31 reviews stopped at around 92/100. More of the games in the series at the time only got Half-life and Half-life 2rated at 96 points each.
At the same time, in the Metacritic rating, the new Half-Life is now ranked first among the most highly rated PC releases of the year and second among all platforms. If you look at user-scorpion (8.9), then the project currently holds the third place among all platforms and the first among PC releases of 2023.
On OpenCritic, the game 92/100 after accounting for 26 reviews.
Grades:
- CGMagazine – 100
- Guardian – 5/5
- VGC – 5/5
- VRFocus – 10/10
- RoadToVR – 100/100
- UploadVR – 100/100
- VG247 – 10/10
- IGN – 10/10
- DualShockers – 10/10
- Worth Playing – 98/100
- Power Unlimited – 95/100
- IGN Spain – 9.5 / 10
- Everyeye.it – 9.3 / 10
- GameStar – 92/100
- PCGamer – 92/100
- PC Invasion – 90/100
- 4Players.de – 90/100
- GameMAG.ru – 9/10
- GameInformer – 9/10
- IGN Italia – 9/10
- PCWorld – 90/100
- GamesRadar + – 90/100
- GameSpot – 9/10
- Trusted Reviews – 9/10
- Destructoid – 9/10
- USGamer – 4.5 / 5
- Shacknews – 4.5 / 5
- Metro GameCentral – 8/10
- GamesBeat – 8/10
What the press writes:
IGN: “Half-Life: Alyx sets the bar for VR in interactivity, development and level design, demonstrating what could happen if a world-class developer drops everything in an attempt to break into a new technological frontier.”
Gameinformer: “A saturated game that does not cease to amaze as it is exciting passing through discoveries, new enemies and witty dialogues.”
Polygon: “Valve succeeded in almost all the goals set for this project. The only question left was whether hardcore fans would like to buy and use a virtual reality headset to find out what will happen to the Half-Life world next. In any case, the good news is that those who do this will probably experience the best VR game to date. “
Kotaku: “Half-Life: Alyx reaches amazingly high heights. She manages to be both too ambitious and too conservative for her own good.”
Ars technica: “The mass consumer may not be ready to spend money on VR kits to play Half-Life: Alyx, but anyone who considers himself a fan of video games should look at this game as the next logical step in the possibilities for dramatic and interactive narration “Bravo, Valve. Bravo.”
Gamingbolt: “Half-Life: Alyx is a triumph for VR games and a benchmark for other developers who should follow Valve’s example.”
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