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Re:Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed o... by dyeje on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:29PM (#21576382)
I get the narrative you're trying to paint here, but it's really just not true. None of what you mention is a focal point of the game. The focal points are its story telling, level design, enemy AI, etc. I think this is reflected well in reviews from when it was released [1] [2].

Whereas Half Life 2 was definitely a big ol tech demo of the source engine.

[1] https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/26/half-life-5

[2] https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/half-life-review/1900-25373...

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Re:Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed o... by rpedela on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @01:52PM (#21576715)
Valve originally was a game engine company just like Epic and Id, and they still are but have broaden into a platform and publisher. All three companies built games to show off the capabilities of their engines. Valve is unique for also caring about storytelling and rich game mechanics compared to Epic and Id, at least at the time. HL1 was as much about being a tech demo as it was about being a great game.
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Re:Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed o... by pvg on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @02:31PM (#21577203)
Valve originally was a game engine company just like Epic and Id

Their first product was a game based on technology licensed from Id. It's a fairly different development path from Id and Epic.

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Re:Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed o... by cameronbrown on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:03PM (#21577621)
Not true. GoldSrc wasn't ever really sold. They just acquired mods built on the engine (which was source available) to sell themselves (like counter strike or team fortress)
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Re:Valve confirm Half-Life: Alyx, a VR game being revealed o... by rpedela on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:45PM (#21578070)
There were also third party games such as a 007 game.
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