But is VR vital for the proper Alyx experience?

I’m not too interested in a VRless Alyx but I’m sure it’s welcome news to some.

Keyboard, mouse, and monitor is all you need.

The player holds their hands up as Combine aim guns at them in Half-Life: Alyx

Oh, and a PC.

you could downloadHalf-LifeAlyx NoVRfrom ModDB.

Several other mods havepreviouslymade Alyx playable without VR goggles.

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Going by what some players have said, this one is perhaps a pretty good implementation?

And that little time capsule of a story illustrates whyI always read mod readme files.

Ah, maybe I’ll give it a curious poke if Alyx goes cheap in a sale.

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Oh, and do check out our recentinterview with Half-Life writer Marc Laidlaw.