


You may also pick up a variety of weapons to help in your assault, including a standard pistol, a shotgun, a submachine gun, and various grenades. You can also use them to manipulate Vortigaunt energy, creating a beam that kills anything in its path. Use the Gloves to steal ammo from Combine soldiers or intercept thrown grenades. Just like with the Gravity Gun in Half-Life 2, you can manipulate items in the environment with your Gravity Gloves.

Do all of this with a realism that only VR can provide. Hack the Combine’s computers using your multi-tool. Rummage through containers to look for supplies and ammo. Manually reload guns amidst a hail of fire or while caught in a Barnacle’s grip. Shoot with a single hand so you can have the other hand free to interact with the environment. The world of Half-Life has been rebuilt for VR with astounding high-fidelity graphics and expertly designed game mechanics. You go on a mission to rescue him, but your way is hampered by a city infested with bloodthirsty alien creatures. You work together with the Resistance to find a weakness in the Combine’s defenses, but one day your father is captured and scheduled to be taken to Nova Prospekt. As a VR-only game built on the new Source 2 engine, Half-Life: Alyx takes place after the Black Mesa Incident and before the events of Half-Life 2, with young Alyx Vance and her father Eli taking on the Combine forces occupying City 17. Half-Life: Alyx marks the grand return of the Half-Life series and it was well worth the wait.
