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It's been a few years but I needed someplace proper to say that: I'll be happy if I never have to play through another sequence where (typically after "losing" a scripted fight that you have to win) I get knocked out and imprisoned, and then have to spend a boring 10-15 minutes finding all my stuff and escaping with it.

Half-Life: Alyx What can I say? It's the essential VR experience. While it's not necessarily the most immersive VR game (weapons are on a radial menu and jumping is teleport based, for example), it is probably the best game that uses a VR headset right now. I think only Saints and Sinners comes close. The game gives you lots of opportunities to use the environment to figure out your way past obstacles. On one occasion I decided, rather than try to slowly defuse a bunch of bombs like the game wants, to pick up a vase and throw it into the tripwires and then duck for cover. It worked, which was pretty satisfying. It should also be said that even if this game doesn't always take the most immersive solution possible for everything, the mechanics it implements give you the best guarantee of smooth gameplay. The movement, at least the kind I used, was a combination of smooth walking and teleport dashing, which was nice and snappy during firefights. I rarely felt like the game wasn't doing what I wanted it to do. The controls are just that good, and I also like how you pick up faraway objects by using the gravity gloves to yank them from afar and then catch them in midair. You can even yank enemy grenades out of the air. Honestly I can't think of much I didn't like about this game. If I have to nitpick something, I guess sometimes the hacking minigame could be frustrating. Later on each hack is multiple phases, and if you screw up on one phase you have to go all the way back to the beginning. It would have been preferable if you only had to restart the current phase of the hack. Also, your gun is always in your dominant hand, which can make shooting around corners tricky if you're facing the wrong side. Other than that I really can't think of anything negative to say. Hopefully this comes to PS5 so PSVR users can experience it. Otherwise, if you own a PCVR headset and haven't played this yet then you need to rectify that immediately.