Half-life: Alyx is one of the biggest releases of the year, and it’s been getting immensely positive reviews. If you’re playing it, and want to skip Half-life: Alyx Intro logo, here’s how.
The game is exclusively VR, and Valve doesn’t plan to release a non-VR version for it.
Skip Half-life: Alyx Intro logo
To skip the intro logo, all you need to do is add an option in the launch options. Follow the steps below.
- Find Half-life: Alyx in your Steam library, and right-click on the title
- Head over to properties
- Next, click on Set Launch Options
- Enter the following command
-novid
- Click Ok, and the next time you run Half-life: Alyx, it will skip right to the menu.
Half-life: Alyx System Requirements
To run the title on PC, you’ll need the following specifications.
Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 – 6GB VRAM
The game is fairly demanding and if you plan to play it at higher resolutions and frame-rate you’ll need a beefy system for sure.
Steam
You can get it on Steam and you will need a support VR headset to play it.
For non-VR users, Valve has commented that they’re sure that some form of the non-VR mod will eventually come out.
We’re excited to see what Valve has in store for non-VR users, and for VR in general.
Reception
The game currently has a Metacritic score of 92, and an open critic score of 92 as well.
Despite being a VR only title, the game saw a peak player count of 42k, and it seems like a success.
Valve has also commented that the direction they take when it comes to future titles will depend on how well Alyx does.
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