Half-Life Alyx was the first first Half-Life game that I played, I knew a little about the overall story beforehand and it seemed to be the best first-time VR game because of the general high quality Valve puts into their work and the game was built to show off the capabilities of the Valve Index. Immediately after finishing Half-Life Alyx I switched to the original Half-Life and it was a leap and a half.
Going from VR where the textures, motion, and dialogue HAVE to be so good that you become fully immersed in the world, almost as if you were really there, straight into 1998 blocky design, slidy controls, and somewhat still good sound design surprisingly, it was a massive juxtaposition to be sure.
Although you cant even compare the too games on any level that would even be fair because of the technology difference, they both have one thing in common, fantastic story telling that keeps you playing because you want to know more... and also survive.
Now its time to move to Half-Life 2, I hope the 2004 graphics are better and the storytelling stays the same!

Half-Life Alyx was the first first Half-Life game that I played, I knew a little about the overall story beforehand and it seemed to be the best first-time VR game because of the general high quality Valve puts into their work and the game was built to show off the capabilities of the Valve Index. Immediately after finishing Half-Life Alyx I switched to the original Half-Life and it was a leap and a half. Going from VR where the textures, motion, and dialogue HAVE to be so good that you become fully immersed in the world, almost as if you were really there, straight into 1998 blocky design, slidy controls, and somewhat still good sound design surprisingly, it was a massive juxtaposition to be sure. Although you cant even compare the too games on any level that would even be fair because of the technology difference, they both have one thing in common, fantastic story telling that keeps you playing because you want to know more... and also survive. Now its time to move to Half-Life 2, I hope the 2004 graphics are better and the storytelling stays the same!