Half Life 2 VR have green light on steam. Remember, Half Life 2 was one of the very first games that was compatible with VR. Its VR support, although is impressive for the time. But it is far from successful, so much so that it is mainly used to test its resistance to motion sickness today. And yes, between its keyboard / mouse handling and its repeated loads, it is difficult to hold more than 20 minutes in VR despite the quality of the basic game.
Fortunately, HLVR, a VR game mod correcting most of its worries in virtual reality works out at some point. They even introduced the VR controller that support with the Razer Hydra. But unfortunately it was not working for some time. Except that it is, it is finally back and the developers of the mod just published it on Steam Greenlight!
Half Life 2 VR Features
Half Life 2 VR , which will be completely free for the owners of the basic game. The game has indeed evolved well and will introduce following qualities :
- Support for the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift CV1 and their controllers
- A brand new UI in 3D thought for virtual reality
- Improved graphics
- Realistic interactions with weapons
- And several modes of travel in order to satisfy everyone
Know that it will be compatible with all the episodes of Half Life 2 even if only the campaign of Half Life 2 will be supported at first. So it will make us wait until the 3 big games Valve RV that are supposed. But this is not the case, as it is known that this mod would be compatible with ” other games and mods using the Source Engine ” via a “Retro – Experimental” mode, which does not support VR controllers.
Do not hesitate to vote for the game so that it passes its campaign on Greenlight. Because even if the VR games enjoy a special status and do not require to be validated beforehand. This will show Valve our interest for the title.