If left you with an itch to revisit its seminal 2004 predecessor, now you are able to do so in digital actuality. On Friday, a bunch of followers often known as the Source VR Mod Team launched Half-Life 2: VR Mod. As lengthy as you personal the unique, you’ll be able to obtain and play the mod free .

While it’s at the moment in public beta, the mod permits you to play by Half-Life 2’s single-player story from begin to end. The Source VR Mod Team built-in a handful of options present in Half-Life: Alyx to modernize the expertise and make it playable in VR. For occasion, you turn between weapons utilizing the identical choice grid present in Valve’s 2020 recreation.

Other VR-minded tweaks embody the addition of optionally available laser sights, over-the-shoulder ammo storage, handbook reloading and two-handed weapon dealing with. There’s even help for room-scale motion. The Source VR Mod Team says the undertaking , however that hasn’t stopped individuals from having fun with the expertise, with the mod at the moment holding an Overwhelmingly Positive score on 732 critiques.

Like earlier than it, Half-Life 2: VR Mod has been a very long time coming. As , the undertaking was first introduced in 2017 and went by growth hell earlier than remerging in 2021. The reality you’ll be able to play it at this time is because of a current inflow of latest staff members who “revitalized” growth.