Levitation, a mod that continues the story of Valve’s hit VR recreation Half-Life: Alyx, is now accessible on Steam (opens in new tab). The mod picks up proper after the occasions of Half-Life: Alyx, bringing the titular character and her pal Russell again to Metropolis 17 to avoid wasting her buddies, and presumably the entire resistance.
Half-Life: Alyx – Levitation has gone from announcement to completion in very brief order, particularly compared to the event of the sport itself: It was solely revealed (opens in new tab) in April this 12 months. The ultimate result’s scaled again a wee bit from what was initially promised—the story is anticipated to run 3-4 hours, moderately than 4-5—besides it feels like a really beefy expertise, with eight ranges that includes new voice traces and character animations. The launch trailer seems fairly nice, too.
“Alyx returns to Metropolis-17 after assembly the G-MAN, and groups up with Russell as soon as once more,” the Steam Workshop web page says. “Throughout her absence, a mysterious levitating constructing appeared within the Sector X area of Metropolis-17. Two key members of the resistance named Barry and Maya determined to infiltrate and examine Sector X—till their sign went quiet…”
Response to Half-Life: Alyx – Levitation may be very optimistic up to now. Steam person Rabid Youngster described it within the feedback as “Valve-level high quality design,” whereas BossMan says Levitation because the “identical stage of high quality as [the] base recreation.”
Half Life Alyx: Levitation is completely attractive!!!! I am keen on it up to now @FMPONE. Your maps are tremendous superb! pic.twitter.com/yrcnFNIWR1November 25, 2022
The one constant criticism of the mod is that efficiency is outwardly not nice, though it is not clear at this level how common that have is. Evidently the builders are wanting into it: In response to at least one latest tweet about efficiency points, mission lead Shawn Snelling, AKA FMPONE (opens in new tab), asked (opens in new tab) if the person was on a Quest or Index headset. (There’s been no reply but.)
Regardless of being a considerable and refined addition to the Half-Life litany, Half-Life: Alyx – Levitation is free: To play, you simply have to subscribe to the mod through the Workshop web page, after which begin taking part in half one. Subsequent chapters will robotically load up when wanted. You may additionally want Half-Life: Alyx and a VR headset (a Valve Index, HTC Vive, or Oculus Rift) to play it on in order for you the correct expertise, however you are missing which you could take a shot with a non-VR mod as a substitute: A few of them are form of (or extraordinarily) janky, however they carry on getting higher (opens in new tab).