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Half-Life: Alyx

Valve

2020•Shooter•About 14 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalfastunsavouryimaginarylinearbig & variedcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical shooter that is expansive, breakneck and dark. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

93 / 100

268 ratings

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About This Game

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Alyx Vance and her father Eli mount an early resistance to the Combine's brutal occupation of Earth.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival. The Combine’s control of the planet since the Black Mesa incident has only strengthened as they corral the remaining population in cities. Among them are some of Earth’s greatest scientists: you and your father, Dr. Eli Vance. As founders of a fledgling resistance, you’ve continued your clandestine scientific activity—performing critical research, and building invaluable tools for the few humans brave enough to defy the Combine. Every day, you learn more about your enemy, and every day you work toward finding a weakness.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalComplex relationshipHuman spirit/resilience/survivalUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Female protagonistBlack protagonistStory richVr only

Where to play

Steam

Details

Developer: Valve
Publisher: Valve
Released: 23 March 2020
Series: Half-Life
Platforms: SteamVR
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Virtual Reality
Time to beat: 7h rushed, 14h normally, 21h complete
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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