On: Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

[paulryanrogers]

According to leaks they tried several times and gave up. Which is strange, it's not like episodes 2 and 3 were revolutionary. They're just more of the same. Alyx too wasn't particularly deep, it's only innovation was showing that narrative action games can work in VR.

[tracerbulletx → paulryanrogers]

Alyx is so far beyond any other VR game. It is a masterful accomplishment and a masterpiece in its own right.

[account42 → tracerbulletx]

That says more about the VR game industry than Alyx.

HL1 and HL2 each changed the industry. Alyx is mostly forgotten.