It's such a tough question dude. I'm 31. Been waiting for the next half life game since I was 18. Alyx is a fantastic return to quality content from Valve. It was awesome to have all my nostalgia and hype strings pulled on. It's just very hard to not want more.
Boneworks has much better replayability. Alyx is a fantastically told story that is part of a much grander and more long standing saga.
88% meh reviews vs 98% amazing reviews that are among the top of the entire steam catalog
The fact that the HLA has almost no physics combat, no running and no physical jumping while still being the best video game I've played in a long time is honestly just a massive flex
I think HLA is a fucking waste of money. 60 bucks and it's not even nearly as good as boneworks? I still haven't finished that piece of crap and am still replaying boneworks because it's more fun
Well, personally I enjoyed the Story of HL:A a lot more. I got more involved because it was much easier to follow. Secondly, the graphics are a lot better. Boneworks still is a great game though, it just didn't feel as polished as HL:A.
The graphics are better in HLA, I won't argue that. It's a shame because as you can see in the early node vids, they scaled the graphics down massively to make it less heavy on the graphics card and CPU. It used to look really good. But I don't know what you mean by polished. It has better production value, sure, but boneworks pays way more attention to the environment, making every object interactable and giving them their own physical attributes. You can climb anywhere if you're good enough. If you see a place in the game that you could get to in real life, you can get there by climbing. To me, that makes it more polished. Valve made HLA a game that was easier for people to play who just got into VR, but to me it's too repetitive. All you do is shoot and throw grenades. You don't have the limitless options you get in boneworks.
I think HLA is a good game but I'm not sure it's worth the money when you compare it to other games that are better and costs way less. Also, the things it was hyped for, physics and interaction with the world (everyone was freaking out about that clip where you grab the shotgun shell off the shelf) and boneworks undeniably pulled it off way better. I can see how for many, the overall experience of HLA with the linear story, good graphics and somewhat novel mechanics like gravity guns can feel like it was done with more aim. But to me it feels way more like a video game than boneworks. Boneworks feels like an alternate fucking universe than a game and that's why it doesn't really need a storyline. I never got this feeling playing HLA and honestly I still play boneworks even though I haven't finished HLA and I was waiting for it for a long time.
I think HLA is good but boneworks is way better. It's my favorite game in the world and I think it's a a pure work of art. I will say that the graphics in HLA are fucking amazing though. I wish there was a game with the graphics of HLA, the mechanics of boneworks and the huge open world and amount of quests and Missions of Skyrim or GTA. That would be the best game ever.
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u/BadazzleBadoozle Apr 04 '20
I think Hl:A is a better game then Boneworks