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Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR (www.tweaktown.com)
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TL;DR: Valve launched the Steam Frame VR headset with an Arm-based Snapdragon chip, aiming to run Half-Life: Alyx natively and streamed from PC. The new hardware features a "Frame Verified" status for optimized games, while rumors suggest two upcoming Half-Life titles supporting PC and VR cooperative play.

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[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

you can play the og, or the black mesa version, although that may not be fully finished

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I haven't played through Half-Life anyway so I'll do them all at some point. Would you recommend I play the original HL, or Black Mesa? do they work on Linux?

[–] rapchee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

both have a linux native version, both are pretty expensive for how old they are lol, but hl original has the advantage of 1600+ free mods, but obviously it doesn't look as great as black mesa
i would put both on the wishlist, and if you're bored you probably could easily get a pirated hl copy
in both cases, the intro is long, be prepared for that

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

I have played some of it but got bored. I love long intros and anything narrative so that was not an issue. I think I was put off by the rigidity of the gameplay itself. But I really do want to play through it. Cheers