So, the moment we've all been waiting for is here. Valve have announced a new game in the beloved Half-Life franchise. But is it the HL3 we've all been waiting for?
Well, no.
Valve have chose to release what is possibly one of the most anticipated games ever to a limited market of people who can afford high end pc gaming hardware and VR gear. Whilst you can get okay VR headsets these days for a few hundred dollars, it's more the fact that the PC hardware required to make use of that gear is beyond the budgets of a lot of people.
The minimum specs according to the steam page for HL1.5 is...
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
That might seem pretty modest to some, especially when you see how good their trailer looks, it's worth noting that these are minimum specs and they are pre-release and could well change. I am going to guess the recommended specs will be considerably higher.
Couple that with the fact that most PC hardware retailers (here in Australia) aren't even selling the 1060 GPU anymore... it's likely that you'll want or need to upgrade to something significantly higher if you're keen to play this game.
You can see the steam page for HL1.5 here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/
You can also watch the trailer here.
It's also worth noting that in the trailer it mentions the release date as March 2020... yet the steam page seems to say April 2020. So it's likely that this release date is a "Valve time" type release date. Meaning it is subject to wild variation and changes.
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