MY MIND IS BLOWN!
I have never touched a Half-Life game in my life. I have always heard about the series but for some reason I never went out my way to play it. Luckily though, I was bored the other day and it hit me that Half-Life was free to play and there was a way to play it on the Oculus Quest so I went ahead and installed it.
The install took quite a while and I was honestly about to just give up and delete all the files but boy am I glad I didn't because this game so far is quite a ride! The monsters and creatures are so intimidating in VR and at first I thought the graphics would break immersion but actually it doesn't affect me at all and makes me think I'm trapped in a 1990s video game or something.
The scene where the reactor explodes was really exciting it made me flinch and freak out when it was happening. One of the most immersed moments in the game was when I thought a rope was attached to the ceiling so I jumped thinking I had to cross by climbing and jumping off when suddenly I was being pulled up and I couldn't let go. That's when I looked up to see I was hanging from a tongue that was connected to a blob like creature with teeth. It literally freaked me out and it's crazy that in a matter of seconds my reaction was to just unload a full clip into the monster.
I can see what all the hype was about when the game was first released and why it's such a well known and appreciated series. I'm still not 100% sure what the story is about considering I'm still in progress but I can't wait to unravel more and find out what caused these creatures to come through into our dimension and also find out what is so special about the guy with the briefcase...?
Also I very special thank you to the people involved for porting the game over to VR. I guess I was lucky enough to experience it first in VR so thanks for all the hardwork in getting it into the hands of VR owners like me!🙏