Half-Life 2 VR is here, for free, and it looks amazing

Date:
Fri, 16 Sep 2022 11:25:07 +0000

Description:
Half-Life 2: VR Mod lets you play through Valve's classic FPS with full virtual reality support.

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Classic FPS Half-Life 2 is now playable in VR thanks to a fan-made mod, and
it looks pretty darn striking.

After nearly a decade of development and an outpouring of fan support , Half-Life 2: VR Mod has finally launched in open beta on Steam. Adding full virtual reality support to Valves definitive FPS, its not only free but looks like a fitting successor to Half-Life: Alyx.

The mod features full room-scale movement with tracked motion controls, so
you can freely walk about City 17 and pick up objects with your hands. All weapons have been overhauled to support manual reloading, as well as two-handed handling, and optional laser sights. Plus, a new radial weapon-select menu has been added alongside over-the-shoulder ammo storage to tie in with the VR controls.

Its playable on any VR headset which is supported by SteamVR, including the Valve Index , Oculus Rift , Oculus Rift S , and HTC Vive . Being a mod, youll need to own Half-Life 2 on Steam to play it, but why wouldnt you already have one of the best FPS games ever made? Rise and shine, Mr Freeman

Half-Life 2: VR Mod is certainly ambitious. Created by a team of volunteer developers, it looks to translate the original game to VR wholesale, with
much of its changes based on the VR design of Half-Life: Alyx. If the final game plays as smoothly as its trailer suggests, it should feel close to an official VR version of the classic shooter.

Its only launching in beta, though, and the developers say itll be some time yet before the mods completely finished. While it is fully playable from
start to finish and features all gameplay elements, expect to run into a few bugs.

According to the devs roadmap , weapons need extra polishing, new animations and improved handling. Controls also need a bit of fine-tuning, and the team is investigating teleport movement as an alternative to direct controls but is wary that the games levels werent originally designed for such a system.
In the future, textures will also be upscaled so the games 18-year-old graphics appear less jarring in a VR headset.

The team hopes to release VR conversions for Episodes 1 and 2 separately at a later date. Maybe Half-Life 2 will make it onto our pick of the best VR games yet.

Check out the mod on the Half-Life 2: VR Mod Steam page . If you want to make things a little harder for yourself, you could always try playing Half-Life 2 in VR using Garrys Mod . Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 map is the biggest battle royale map yet



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