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Fan-made mod turns ‘Half-Life 2’ into a fully playable VR game

<p>If Half-Life: Alyx (https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-23-half-life-alyx-review-valve-vr.html) left you with an itch to revisit its seminal 2004 predecessor, now you can do so in virtual reality. On Friday, a group of fans known as the Source VR Mod Team released Half-Life 2: VR Mod. As long as you own the original, you can download and play the mod free through Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/).</p><p>While it’s currently in public beta, the mod allows you to play through Half-Life 2’s single-player story from start to finish. The Source VR Mod Team integrated a handful of features found in Half-Life: Alyx to modernize the experience and make it playable in VR. For instance, you switch between weapons using the same selection grid found in Valve’s 2020 game.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><div id="6d53dcd6618f4be689bfc393482cbd90"><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6PUorMb2dGU?rel=0" style="top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no"></iframe></div></div><p>Other VR-minded tweaks include the addition of optional laser sights, over-the-shoulder ammo storage, manual reloading and two-handed weapon handling. There’s even support for room-scale movement. The Source VR Mod Team says the project isn’t finished (https://halflife2vr.com/roadmap/), but that hasn’t stopped people from enjoying the experience, with the mod currently holding an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on 732 reviews.</p><p>Like Black Mesa (https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-25-black-mesa-the-fan-made-half-life-remake-finally-has-a-rel.html) before it, Half-Life 2: VR Mod has been a long time coming. As Eurogamer notes (https://www.eurogamer.net/long-in-the-works-half-life-2-vr-mod-finally-launches-on-steam-today), the project was first announced in 2017 and went through development hell before remerging in 2021. The fact you can play it today is thanks to a recent influx of new team members who &quot;revitalized&quot; development.</p>

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