Posted November 18, 2019 Today, Valve Software, creator of popular titles like Half-Life, Counter-Strike, and Dota 2, has not only created an official (verified) twitter account, but made their first post an announcement of their new "flagship VR game," Half-Life: Alyx. There's been a ton of speculation on the what this game will be about, but no concrete announcements have been made except for the title, and a promise to officially unveil the game this Thursday at 10am Pacific time. My thoughts in a nutshell: Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 THANK GOD VALVE MAKES A GAME WITH A GUN IN IT seriously so tired of the emphasis on Dota and dumbass card games, TF2 is my favorite games, I love half life and portal, and even though I don't much enjoy CS:GO it's a solid title. Seriously, more shooty games please! Spoiler spoiler alert: It's just Alyx chilling at home. Valve bamboozle. I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B Primary PC: i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me. Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference. How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 Personal Desktop": CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot: SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro. Luna, the temporary Desktop: CPU: AMD R9 7950XT |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 Half-Life: Alyx shit has been leaked through tons of Dota, Artifact and SteamVR updates for ages now. Finally, they felt like they could announce it. Check out my guide on how to scan cover art here! Local asshole and 6th generation console enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 Author 4 minutes ago, Princess Luna said: snip I'm optimistic that "flagship VR game" and "VR demo" are going to be very different products. Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 Just now, Polyvalent said: I'm optimistic that "flagship VR game" and "VR demo" are going to be very different products. It's VR either ways... waste of time for a franchise of the weight of Half Life. I suppose it's good news for the 1% of gamers who care about VR? I'm surely not one, sorry. Personal Desktop": CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot: SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro. Luna, the temporary Desktop: CPU: AMD R9 7950XT |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 Very excited for this. I would be very tempted to play it at work cheekily CPU: Intel 3570 GPUs: Nvidia GTX 660Ti Case: Fractal design Define R4 Storage: 1TB WD Caviar Black & 240GB Hyper X 3k SSD Sound: Custom One Pros Keyboard: Ducky Shine 4 Mouse: Logitech G500 Ubisoft's Anthem: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/249540-my-ubisoft-song/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 18, 2019 Author 4 minutes ago, Princess Luna said: It's VR either ways... waste of time for a franchise of the weight of Half Life. I suppose it's good news for the 1% of gamers who care about VR? I'm surely not one, sorry. Hm, a bit of a hot take to call a game you haven't even seen yet a waste of time? Time will tell I guess. Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 Honestly curious how many people will decide to buy a headset because of it. Sure glad I got my Windows MR headset a few weeks ago for only like $140. Specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen R7 3700X @4.4Ghz, GPU: Gigabyte RX 5700 XT, RAM: 32 GB (2x 8GB Trident Z Royal + 2x 8GB TForce Vulkan Z) @3000Mhz, Motherboard: ASRock B550m Steel Legend, Storage: 1x WD Black 1Tb NVMe (boot) + 1x Samsung 860 QVO 1Tb SSD (storage), Case: Thermaltake Core V21, Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 Welp, we have an announcement for the announcement. I am going to try and not get to excited between now and then and I will see that Valve has to say. I hope they don't have like some 20 second trailer and then release date of Christmas 2030. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 Author 6 minutes ago, Catsrules said: Welp, we have an announcement for the announcement. I am going to try and not get to excited between now and then and I will see that Valve has to say. I hope they don't have like some 20 second trailer and then release date of Christmas 2030. I'm hoping they treat it like they treated the HL2 tech demos and just show off what the game can do and let that speak for itself. However, Valve hasn't exactly inspired confidence from its fans the past few years... Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 It is probably the HLVR game some of the devs were talking about since last year. Specs: Motherboard: Asus X470-PLUS TUF gaming (Yes I know it's poor but I wasn't informed) RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX DDR4 3200Mhz CL16-18-18-36 2x8GB CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X Case: Antec P8 PSU: Corsair RM850x Cooler: Antec K240 with two Noctura Industrial PPC 3000 PWM Drives: Samsung 970 EVO plus 250GB, Micron 1100 2TB, Seagate ST4000DM000/1F2168 GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 ti Black edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 Translated: GabeN can't count to 3 confirmed. Come Bloody Angel Break off your chains And look what I've found in the dirt. Pale battered body Seems she was struggling Something is wrong with this world. Fierce Bloody Angel The blood is on your hands Why did you come to this world? Everybody turns to dust. Everybody turns to dust. The blood is on your hands. The blood is on your hands! Pyo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Princess Luna said: Guess you missed the flagship VR game thing written in the tweet. What part of "flagship" sounds like a tech demo? Are you thinking about The Lab, because that's a completely different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 Valve didnt release Episode 3 as promised. Now, a decade later they use the Name to sell their VR Stuff. Fuck 'em. Thats what i think. CPU i7 6700k MB MSI Z170A Pro Carbon GPU Zotac GTX980Ti amp!extreme RAM 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance 3k CASE Corsair 760T PSU Corsair RM750i MOUSE Logitech G9x KB Logitech G910 HS Sennheiser GSP 500 SC Asus Xonar 7.1 MONITOR Acer Predator xb270hu Storage 1x1TB + 2x500GB Samsung 7200U/m - 2x500GB SSD Samsung 850EVO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 hey its valve way of getting people to buy the vive....you want a new half life here you go 800 vr head set required lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 It's not a demo. It will be a proper feature length game. 6 hours ago, circeseye said: hey its valve way of getting people to buy the vive....you want a new half life here you go 800 vr head set required lol Not the Vive in particular. Valve wants a healthy VR headset and games ecosystem around Steam. The better PC VR does in general the better for Valve. Most of their money is via Steam and the VR ecosystem is another innovation to drive that forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Praesi said: Valve didnt release Episode 3 as promised. Now, a decade later they use the Name to sell their VR Stuff. Fuck 'em. Thats what i think. i agree, but tbf the writing was kind of falling apart from the bit i could read into the backstory for HL3 team falling apart. I thought the original writer had conflicts with bigwigs or something, and tbh he seemed even in HL2 like he was writing a sort of different game. I know people love HL2 but to me i honestly thought they changed writers the first time i played it, it just never felt the same. Atmosphere was decent, but all the important story-line tidbits got left out of the game and are facts you have to search for about on the net, important lore left unused, years after its release. Things that would of been interesting to include, given its depth, but instead we got a crapload of uninteresting "how to" type dialogue or poorly acted out drama, where in the first game there was almost no dialogue, buckets of humor, but the story still made itself clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 So Valve can't still count to 3? CPU: Sempron 2500+ / P4 2.8E / P4 2.6C / A64 x2 4000+ / E6420 / E8500 / i5-3470 / i7-3770 GPU: TNT2 M64 / Radeon 9000 / MX 440-SE / 7300GT / Radeon 4670 / GTS 250 / Radeon 7950 / 660 Ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 19, 2019 Author 3 hours ago, grss1982 said: So Valve can't still count to 3? Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 20, 2019 At this point who really cares about HL anymore? Or home vr. It has been commercially available for a couple of years. Most people who played the first 2 are in their 40s and out of gaming or are dead by now. That is no joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 20, 2019 Author 45 minutes ago, FmPhenom said: At this point who really cares about HL anymore? Or home vr. It has been commercially available for a couple of years. Most people who played the first 2 are in their 40s and out of gaming or are dead by now. That is no joke. Another flaming hot take, you can't seriously suggest the countless people who grew up with these games dont exist and aren't even 30 yet... And commercially available does not equal commercially viable. For the first time recently we are seeing genuinely affordable VR sets. I'm pretty skeptical that this new HL game will be anything special, but I still don't see where this unfounded negativity is coming from over this game. Personal Rig v3: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Noctua NH-U14S | Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro ITX | Zotac GTX 2070 8GB | 16GB G-Skill Trident DDR4 3200MHz | EVGA Supernova 750B | Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX Peripherals: Sennheiser HD518 & Classic ModMic | Corsair K65 Luxe | Zowie EC2 | ASUS VG259QM | ASUS VG278E | Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Posted November 23, 2019 That announce trailer reeks of BS to me. I've never seen any VR footage that looks remotely close to being that smooth. No jittery head movement, no loss of hand tracking, it looks like pure bullshot and 100% animated. #Muricaparrotgang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 7:37 AM, Otto_iii said: i agree, but tbf the writing was kind of falling apart from the bit i could read into the backstory for HL3 team falling apart. I thought the original writer had conflicts with bigwigs or something, and tbh he seemed even in HL2 like he was writing a sort of different game. Marc Lidlaw, the writer of Half Life, left Valve. Along with Chet Faliszek, the writer of HL2 episode 1 and 2. And, Eric Wodlaw left too. So, good luck if we ever get a good warp up on the story. Personally, I have no interest in picking up this game. The wait been over a decade, there are a lot of other games that I rather play now. Plus, that release window, oof. That right around Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Cyberpunk 2077, FFVII remake, Doom Eternal, and a few other games. 2023 BOINC Pentathlon Event F@H & BOINC Installation on Linux Guide My CPU Army: 5800X, E5-2670V3, 1950X, 5960X J Batch, 10750H *lappy My GPU Army:3080Ti, 960 FTW @ 1551MHz, RTX 2070 Max-Q *lappy My Console Brigade: Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, Switch, PS2 Fatty, Xbox One S, Xbox One X My Tablet Squad: iPad Air 5th Gen, Samsung Tab S, Nexus 7 (1st gen) 3D Printer Unit: Prusa MK3S, Prusa Mini, EPAX E10 VR Headset: Quest 2 Hardware lost to Kevdog's Law of Folding OG Titan, 5960X, ThermalTake BlackWidow 850 Watt PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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