I get how my wording was abrasive, but if you aren’t the kind of person sending death threats to Valve and making internet petitions to stop this game from being released (yes, that really exists) then I’m clearly not referring to you. If you aren’t interested in VR for whatever reason or can’t afford it, then I’m…

For the record, Mortal Dictata has been following me around GMG sites all day harassing me because I dismissed their comment after they called me an asshole and a prick. He already dismissed another commenter in this thread because they pointed out how ridiculous it is, and now that I’ve replied to you he’s going to…

No idea dude, he’s been following me around all of the GMG sites and harassing me all day. Some people need a hobby, I guess. 🤷

Imagine being so salty about an internet argument that you have to bring it up days later on a completely unrelated post. I’ll have fun watching you dismiss this reply showing the full context of your trolling and harassment, just like you did last time.

I’m genuinely not trying to be a dick but did you... read the article? Because that is the context, this entire article is the author’s opinion on the dichotomy between VR fans and non-VR fans, as well as the expectations and baggage that come with Valve using the Half-Life name for their experiment.

Oh for sure, disappointment is understandable - and reasonable. But there’s a surprisingly large chunk of people who are going way beyond that and being downright toxic about the whole thing, filling forums with deranged rants and threats because Valve dared to make something that doesn’t align with their own…

I see you conveniently left out the part where you called me an asshole, completely unprompted, and hilariously said I’m somehow entitled for daring to say that Valve can do whatever they want with their games. I dismissed you because you’re just straight-up trolling, there are plenty of replies that disagree with me…

Aaand your entire comment chain is getting Dismissed. Bye, troll. :)

lose access to their past-times

Then... don’t buy it? Videogames are inherently a luxury product, this isn’t some great moral dilemma where Valve is demanding people to choose between groceries or entertainment.

The people clamoring for a port really confuse me. Like, the 1:1 hand control is the game. It enables a range of interactions that literally aren’t possible with a traditional controller. The most recent Boneworks video they just released is a good example of this, it’s full of gameplay mechanics that straight-up…

Counterpoint: It’s great that Half-Life: Alyx is VR only, and everyone complaining (with the very small exception of people with disabilities, which is actually an interesting point that I would love to see expanded in a future article) sound like ridiculous, entitled Luddites.

Have fun with that image, kiddies! :)

They’ll almost definitely get destroyed at the end of the game, and the reason we never heard about it in HL2 is because it was some super-secret prototype. Valve is absolutely meticulous when it comes to their lore, maybe they’ll even patch in a reference to it.

That commenter was explicitly drawing a parallel to Blizzard’s “Do you not have phones?” comment re: Diablo Immortal. You need a phone to play Diablo Immortal, you don’t need an Index to play this. $1000 headsets absolutely do exist but they aren’t the norm at all and nobody is designing games around the assumption…

The Valve index isn’t necessary for this or any other VR game, though. Nowhere does it say this is an Index exclusive, Valve’s explicit mission statement with SteamVR has been to support as many headsets as possible, and literally every game that supports the Index treats it as a bonus and not a prerequisite.

An Oculus Rift S, essentially the second-best VR headset on the market, is cheaper than a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X. No idea where this $1000 myth came from.

Wait, what’s notably shitty about 2K? I mean I’m not a fan of sports games or yearly releases but I don’t think I’ve ever heard about them doing anything actively terrible.

ok boomer

Reminds me of that poor kid whose parents let him drop out of school to pursue a career playing professional Guitar Hero. I wonder where he is now.