As an adult human I have very little time to game. I think the last game I played through was Skyrim, and that was maybe 3 years ago. As far as I'm concerned HL:Alyx is the new standard for getting me to choose gaming over sleep, and that is literally what I have to do to get some game time. It has to be *this* immersive, *this* well-written and *this* f***ing fantastic. You can stop reading now and go buy and play it already. WHY ARE YOU STILL READING

* 🟢 = Available = Fun +1
* 🔴 = Not Available = Fun -1
* Match Nothing = 0 Fun

🟢 Fully potional of VR gameplay
🟢 Interesting VR Puzzle
🟢 Looting & Salvage
🟢 Reload Management
🟢 Stealth Play
🔴 Same fun for non-VR gameplay
🔴 Diverse Action Pack
🔴 Time Attack for replay value
🔴 Simple controls rebind


🏅 Community Rating: Overwhelmingly Positive
⚖️ fMeter {A} Worth playing if you enjoy interacting in a VR world with gunplay. However, if you're looking for full setting for left-handed players, it's not recommended.
🔎 Long Version Checklist ➜ Reveal

* Year 2020: Game released
* 4 years later: Decide to buy it because of "Gunman Contracts" mods
* Year 2024: Start playing for the first time
* 2 hours later: Wow! high quality VR gameplay :)
* 10 hours later: Too many puzzle :(
* 20 hours later: Retrying 30+ time in Chapter 7 :(
* 7 months later: Finally finish the story campaign :)
* 27 hours later: 100% achievements done :)

* Game world timeline: Pre-sequel of Half-Life 2 story
* Non-VR available unofficially but cannot replace the fun in VR
* Gunman Contracts mods from Workshop is Amazing!
* Quick Grab from an Alien Arm to earn a Xen Grenade
* Smash 50 bottles will earn Achievement
* Resin are secretly hidden every corner every where
* Manually increase monitor gamma to have a clear view in the dark
* Player will lose all the weapon & inventory at the final chapter
* Mods or workshop will not disable achievement
* Vault = Huge floating ship on the city
* S2FM = Source 2 Filmmaker

* Same vibes, but in more complex way
* Become more gloomy & spooky
* Replace flash light into restriction mode
* Replace gravity gun into gravity glove
* Added weapon upgrade station
* Increased more puzzle solving
* Reduced combat & action pack
* Reduced number of weapon from 11 into 3
* Removed vehicle driving scenario
* Removed brightness setting

* In depth detail enviroment with physic
* Many movement option to avoid VR motion sickness
* Many VR looting area
* Many VR puzzle challenge
* Using VR device to cover mouth can void poison gas
* Optional commentary available at every area
* Mods & workshop support

* Still the best VR game in 2024 ➜ Agree, it is one of the best VR game
* Remarkable VR game ➜ Because the realistic physic with hand collision with everything
* 10/10 Masterpiece, a game from future ➜ It surely is when matching all of your expectation
* Great fun playing with Jeff ➜ Disagree, the gameplay is about ensnaring boss to move around, and easy failure cause anxiety, that's not fun.
* Game is not for Left handed player ➜ Sorry to hear that, although setting allow to change dominant into left handed, but still struggle in many situation, maybe you should refund the game

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If you want to see the full potentional of VR, just play this game. This is another whole world. If you have a good Headset like Quest 3, you can literaly can see the nutritian informations on soda can. Thas much detail has this game.