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The Final Hours Of Half-Life Alyx lets you concoct bespoke alien screamsScraeeewh!
Scraeeewh!
Thought it may as well have felt as much at the timeHalf-Life: Alyxdidn’t pop out of a vacuum. Released today,Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hoursis an interactive multimedia docu-book full early prototypes and concepts, deets on what Valve’s been up to for the last decade, and a bespoke make-your-own-headcrab-scream audio tool. You know, the usual behind-the-scenes stuff.
Naturally, there’s a whole heap of Alyx concepts, prototypes, 3D assets and design notes to gawk at as well. Some of these are locked behind simple puzzles, weirdly. And yes, there’s also some sort of “Headcrab Sound Mixer” for remixing your very own parasitic scream. The doc notes that Valve would like to make a “full-scale” Half-Life for consoles (and, we’d hope, non-VR PCs), but it’s way too early to tell.
Other scrapped projects included an open-worldLeft 4 Dead, a whole heap of VR projects preceding Alyx and, of course,Half-Life 3. It does very much seem like the fear of returning to Freeman’s world has been broken now that Alyx is out, closing on a brief thought from designer Phil Co: “This ice has been broken, now we’re hoping to smash through the ice completely. We’re not afraid of Half-Life no more.”
The Final Hours Of Half-Life Alyx is available onSteamfor £7.19/€8.19/$9.99. As a nice aside, Half-Life: Alyx itself is going for 25% off onSteamover the weekend, at £34.87/€37.49/$44.99.
