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If you didn’t backflip while juggling in Half-Life: Alyx, did you really play it at all?Flipping heck
Flipping heck
I was gearing up for a second playthrough ofHalf-Life: Alyxthis weekend. I really wanted to use the physics engine to have a little fun this time around, so I took a peek at some inspirational Let’s Plays to see what I could try. Then I uninstalled Alyx and put my headset away. I can’t even juggle in the real world, never mind doing it in VR while backflipping. So here’s the videos that humbled me.
Warning! Here be spoilers.
Juggling and doing a backflip
I can’t say that I didn’t attempt to juggle the first time around, but I did it so poorly that I gave up after a minute. ChrisQuitsReality has already beencovered on RPS, but he’s released an improved follow-up to that. I’m still too scared to do half this stuff, even with a nice amount of space in my room, and he goes and does a backflip…
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Watch on YouTube
Using a barrel to corral headcrabs
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Watch on YouTube
Tossing keycards like Ricky Jay
I… I think I can do some of these? DefendTheHouse’s trick shots are definitely possible. I don’t think I have the patience to carefully set up suitcase dominoes, but I can huck a keycard for sure.
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Watch on YouTube
And to think that my original plan was to carry the gnome all through the game.
