There's a damn long Wikipedia page about how much Facebook sucks in this regard.) This was extremely unwelcome news at a time when Facebook is facing heavy criticism for the spread of misinformation and hate speech, continued privacy concerns, and is under scrutiny by the FTC for anticompetitive conduct. Just pop it on and you can be playing a game within seconds.īut Facebook dropped a bomb on that party back in August by requiring Oculus users to have a Facebook account to use the headset. The resolution, power, and fidelity isn't as advanced as Valve's Index or the Vive Pro, but The Quest makes up for it by being so dang easy to use, an absolute breeze when compared to the fiddly setups from other headsets. The Oculus Quest 2 was released, and we've found it to be an excellent headset-lighter, faster, and less expensive than the original Quest (which itself is still great). In terms of hardware, Oculus had a big year as well, though not all of it was good. Somewhat disappointing, however, was Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, another highly anticipated full-length VR game that, unfortunately, didn't quite deliver for critics or fans.
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But those who got to play Alyx (even on a tethered Quest headset or a Vive) were immersed in a thrilling return to the Half-Life universe: many fans bought VR gear for the first time just to play it.Īlyx wasn't the only great VR game of last year: Phasmophobia's co-op ghost hunting game was a perfect fit for VR, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners is a challenging survival game with lots of brains, Population: One is a solid VR battle royale, Star Wars Squadrons has VR support, and Microsoft Flight Simulator added support in December. And the Index is still pretty hard to get ahold of even today due to supply problems related to the pandemic. There was a heavy demand for Valve's expensive ( and excellent) Index VR gear, which quickly sold out both online and in stores.
The run-up to the release of Half-Life: Alyx wasn't without its problems, either.
And most gamers still don't own a headset. Half-Life: Alyx was a fantastic game and a triumphant return to the series, with the only downside (a rather big one) that the majority of Half-Life fans couldn't play it because it was VR-only. Probably the biggest VR event last year was the release of Half-Life: Alyx, the full-length VR game from Valve and the first Half-Life game since 2007.
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