Why Half-Life: Alyx's "JEFF" Could Only Work in VR 

Indeed

i just recenltly played this game and i have yet to see someone use the gasmask in this section. the gasmask just negates the gas. awesome detail.

​ I recently re-played the game but without VR and Jeff does work without it xD

It also saves you from barnacles

@@busterstar6716 and headcrabs

I always somehow lost any respirator I had

@@Thegoblin_ barnacles and headcrabs can rip them off

william smith I think it was just me that did that

For sure! This was the "Walter White assembling the broken plate" moment for this game.

I'm pretty sure that when I had that realization, I did that thing people do when they're despairing where you make a sound like you're sobbing even though you're not actually crying. I hope people know what I mean by that.

Hah lol

Cpt. CPT Yeah, amen. As someone who played HL2 before HL1, I found HL1’s combat to be vastly more enjoyable. The Combine are such a generic, bland, poorly-coded enemy, whereas there was not a SINGLE fight against the HECU Grunts or the aliens in HL1 that I DIDN’T enjoy. I really feel like the combat aspect of the gameplay in HL2(eps 1 and 2 as well) got drastically toned down in favor of taking a more direct approach with the story-telling, for better or for worse. I’ve enjoyed all the HL games equally, just for different reasons. Hopefully someday I get my life together enough to buy a VR headset so I can play HL:A.

@@CptCPT-dl9lh same here, i enjoy hl1 far more than hl2. For the record i've finished hl1 like 12 times and hl2 only once, every time i want to start a new game i stop after a few chapter because i get bored x)

My favorite parts were: the northern star, Jeff, the ant lion introduction, and the strider fight

Yeah sure it could have worked if heavily scripted... But it wouldn't be fun

Indeed

you dont say

Its an old meme sir, but it still checks out.

Possibly an homage to 'Scud: The Disposable Assassin'.

Well yes but actually yes

Him name jef

I was able to beat him in a day, but that doesn't mean i wasn't shitting my pants, while i didn't have to take breaks with my headset off (didnt want to do that, just in case i put it back on later, only to find out i missed something also i didn't wanna break immersion) i DID however take breaks when i got into a safe spot, like the elevator, or that little space with the outlet to turn the elevator on, either way this part scared me so bad, i have never had a game do that to me before, that's what i love about half life alyx, it also feels like two of my favorite games mixed together, it felt like i was playing dying light and last of us, i really cant wait for half life 3 and i hope to god it's in vr, with the same exact fear factor.

same i was shaking so bad lmao

The entire half life series in a nutshell

i quit for a day when i learned that. I just couldn't do it, lol

Truly a magical moment

I think I let out a few expletives.

"Okay people, we gotta name the next Portal game, what should we call it?" "Portal 3." "Portal 3, obviously!" "Portal: Alyx." "..." "..." "..." "..." "... You're hired!"

@@i-dislike-handles That would actually be kinda sick

Team Fortress Alyx

@@Swarrrovski1337 Team Forteess: Meeeeediiiiiiiic!

Alonso Reyes A DECENT AREA TO PLAY AND FOR MY PARENTS TO NOT YELL AT ME FOR BUYING ONE CUZ THEYRE EXPENSIVE!!!!

Have you played budget cuts? If you haven’t, you’re probavly gonna love ADAM

He also kinda reminds me of the Demogorgon from Stranger Things

Oh shut up

@@Zayats_MW he is right

@@Zayats_MW If you have nothing to bring to the table just don't be an asshole like that.

@@Zayats_MW Argument instead of being an avarage idiot on the internet nobody likes.

get mad nerd

You have a weird interpretation of "equivalent"

@@seanbirch What do you mean? They're both more horror focused than other parts of the game and have much more puzzles and introduce new mechanics. Not to mention they're both themed around zombies.

@@sympleton7439 Alyx is more horror focused theoughout. The big difference with Jeff is purely Jeff himself. The mechanics involved him. It’s a total change in gameplay. Ravenholm changes the setting, but it’s still mostly the sane as the other levels.

@@seanbirch Nah, Ravenholm definitely introduces a whole slew of new puzzles and mechanics. The traps for example are a new mechanic that isn't really present anywhere else in the game.

Not really a flex considering the competition

I mean, its been 5 months since it came out, i get it if he had posted this as soon as the game came out but 5 months later the no spoiler thing dies down

@@Portal2Ben yeah but not too many people have headsets so it'll remain a sizeable spoiler for a while to come

Portal2Ben Five months isn’t a lot of time with something that is as exclusive as this game.

@@Portal2Ben I mean, no, but ok

@@Portal2Ben please, just don't use the "Well it's been x months since release so it's your fault for not knowing" argument. It doesn't work and it's extremely petty.

Cpt. CPT yea I know but it’s so real

I think it's because R6 and COD are for multiplayer, both games are fast paced FPS games that are loud and feel crowded which makes you harder to react and concentrate. While HLA is more slower, silent, and more immersive, there's not too many things happenIng like in R6 and in COD.

@@lartts7483 and hla is in vr so its mostly just muscle memory to catch a falling object before it hits the ground. Especially in a situation like this one.

@@lartts7483 plus internet connection can make you feel slower

do you mean that the live action bits sounded different or there was something wrong for the entire video?

For me it just sounded odd for the start of the live action bits

It only seems to appear at the start of the live action bits but quickly fades out

*avoid*

He also reminded me of a clicker when I first saw him.

He's also invincible against conventional weapons