He loved how real City 17 feels, as well as the immersive feeling of holding a gun, flinging objects around with gravity gloves or even just turning on a radio. He awarded the game 92 out of 100 points in his review, claiming that he was “completely enthralled and unwilling to stop playing.” That’s high praise, considering how cumbersome VR gear can be. Half-Life: Alyx was a treat for PC Gamer’s reviewer Christopher Livingston. “Half-Life: Alyx,” he wrote, “is a game of quiet revolutions that make it more than the sum of its parts, of pioneering ideas that we someday may not be able to imagine VR games without.” PC Gamer Still, Half-Life: Alyx has the potential to be a template for action-heavy VR games going forward. He also appreciated how realistic the shooting controls felt - even if they were imprecise, and many of the combat sections dragged on too long. Simply seeing a headcrab jump at him in full VR was terrifying in a way that the non-VR Half-Life games never quite captured. Nathan Grayson reviewed Half-Life: Alyx for Kotaku, and while he didn’t think the game was perfect, certain aspects of the game pulled him in and wouldn’t let go.

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