Half-Life PC Specs: Alyx And Interesting Facts
Good news comes from one of the biggest online game developers, Valve. The reason is, some time ago Valve officially announced their latest game, Half-Life: Alyx along with PC specifications to play it.
Half-Life: Alyx itself is the first VR (Virtual Reality) game in the Half-Life series. As is well known, Half-Life: Alyx is not a sequel to Half-Life 3. Even so, many fans are waiting for the presence of this game.
The reason why this game has been eagerly awaited by fans is because many fans are curious about the gameplay and graphics offered. Plus, because this game is predicted to be one of the best VR games.
Half-Life PC specs: Alyx
Through the Steam platform, Valve has provided information regarding the minimum PC specifications required to play the Half-Life: Alyx game on PC devices. Here are the minimum specifications for Half Life Alyx.
| OS | Windows 10 |
| Processor | Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600 |
| Graphics | GTX 1060 / RX 580 – 6GB VRAM |
| Memory | 12GB RAM |
From the specifications shared, the game Half-Life: Alyx requires specifications that are arguably high enough to be played smoothly. Until now, Valve has not provided information regarding the recommended specifications.
For now, you can pre-load this game. Pre-load itself is a stage where game buyers are allowed to download files from the game but cannot play the game before the release date.
So when the game has been released, buyers don’t need to wait for the download again and can already play the game directly. A little information, the pre-load of Half-Life: Alyx itself is quite large at 48GB and will increase to 67 GB when played.
Interesting Facts About Half-Life: Alyx
In Half-Life: Alyx the player will take on the role of Alyx Vance. Alyx is a female scientist who accompanies the protagonist, Gordon Freeman, in the game Half-Life 2.
The story of the game Half-Life: Alyx seems to take place before the events of the previous game. It could be said that Half-Life: ALyx is a prequel to Half-Life 2. Players can see various characters including monsters and places in the game Half-Life 2.
With a gap of 12 years in the making of the game, of course, Valve has plenty of time to develop various things, one of which is graphics. Through the trailer, players can see a much better comparison of appearances compared to Half-Life 2.
Based on the shared trailer, Half-Life: Alyx is scheduled to be released on March 24, 2022. As previously mentioned, Half-Life: Alyx is a VR game, so players who want to play the game must have a VR headset.
If you don’t have a VR headset yet but want to play this game, maybe the Valve Index VR headset could be a good choice for you. The reason is that Valve will provide the game Half-Life: Alyx for free to every Valve Index headset owner.
