Half-Life Alyx: 100% Achievement Guide

Half-Life Alyx brings the Half-Life series back into the world after so many years. This guide will help Half-Life Alyx players on how to get 100% of the achievements in the game. Half-Life Alyx was such a surprise when it was initially announced. As a running theme and joke within the gaming community are waiting for the highly anticipated Half-Life 3 to finally be released. Valve as a corporation has ventured beyond game development when they first created Steam, an online marketplace for games. Steam has been a hub for video games on PC for decades as it began back in 2003. While Valve has focused on maintaining its Steam service, they released a handful of solid and unforgettable titles like Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. There’s also a running joke that Valve does not release third entries to any of their series since well, they’ve never released the third entry to any of their series in the past. The Half-Life series has not seen a new entry in the series since Half-Life 2 Episode 2 released back in 2007. It came as a surprise when a new entry was announced in 2019 called Half-Life Alyx. As a new entry in the series has finally released, here’s the 100% achievement guide for completing Half-Life Alyx.

Half-Life Alyx acts are a prequel to Half-Life 2. The game is also the first in the franchise to be completely VR. Players control Alyx as she teams up with her father to create a resistance against the Combine in City 17. Valve called this title their “flagship” franchise when it came to VR. While it is not what most were expecting for Half-Life 3, the game released to universal acclaim, citing it as one of the best VR games to exist to date. The game is also compatible with every current VR headset that can connect to a PC. So for players with an Oculus Rift or an HTC Vive, this may be a reason to dust of those headsets and jump into a new world. Although for owners of the PlayStation VR headset, it is not compatible, making it an unplayable title for players with that headset. Achievements are scattered all around the world of Half-Life Alyx and collecting them requires serious effort or just light-hearted fun. This guide will help players collect every achievement in the game.

All Achievements in Half-Life Alyx

This is the complete list of achievements for Half-Life Alyx and how to unlock them. Careful, as some of these achievements spoil certain story elements of the game.

• Hit and Run: Break out of the Combine prisoner transport vehicle
• Quaranta Giorni: Enter the Quarantine Zone.
• Mazel Tov: Pick up and smash 50 glass bottles.
• Good Grub: Feed the shark.
• Little Slugger: Represent yourself with a specific prop on Russell’s map.
• Mag-Snagger: Catch Russell’s ammo magazine before it hits the ground.
• Sustenance: Receive a tasty treat.
• Zombie with a Shotgun: Collect the shotgun
• Xen Garden: Enter the explosive Xen infestation.
• Off the Rails: Stop the prisoner transport train.
• Checking In: Reach the Northern Star.
• Heart-Breaker Hotel: Get creative turning the power back on.
• Surface Tension: Escape The Underground pit.
• Unbonded: Collect the SMG.
• Cord-Cutter: Shut down the substation.
• Blast From the Past: Defuse a roomful of explosive barrels.
• Flat Note: Kill Jeff.
• Crustacean Frustration: Kill the annoying headcrab before it breaks everything.
• Sea Level: Reach the aquatic exhibits.
• Triple Bypass: Solve the tanker yard’s electrical puzzle and escape.
• High Water March: Start climbing the water tower.
• Textbook Jinxing: Wake the Strider.
• Point Extraction: Get to the superweapon.
• Consequences: Make your choice.
• Dead Giveaway: Loot a corpse.
• Smash and Grab: Break open a supply crate with your hands.
• Up in Arms: Install your first pistol upgrade.
• Pro-Pain: Kill a grunt by shooting their gas tank.
• Indirect Approach: Kill a Combine Heavy while their shield is up
• Combine Harvester: Use the gravity gloves to loot an item off a living Combine soldier.
• Xen Lootism: Snatch a Xen grenade from its resting place.
• Safe Trip: Use the multitool to hack a tripmine.
• Team Spirit: Bring Russell a bottle of vodka.
• On a Roll: Interact with the playground somehow.
• Freshly Squeezed: Test your grip on a headcrab heart.
• Deadliest Catch: Use the gravity gloves to intercept an incoming enemy grenade in mid-flight.
• Eye of the Geiger: Measure Russell with the geiger counter.
• Near-Jeff Experience: Stay close to Jeff for 10 seconds (but not too close).
• Sound Strategy: Escape the distillery without killing Jeff.
• Gnome Vault of My Own: Bring a garden gnome with you to the Vault.
• Hold Your Liquor: Catch a bottle falling out of a cupboard before it breaks and alerts Jeff

Completing all of these tasks will provide the player with every achievement in the game. Players can flex these achievements online through the Steam network. A major purpose for these achievements would be flexing and showing them off to all the player’s friends. The return of the Half-Life series is one that should be celebrated. After being a dormant franchise for so long, it came back swinging with positive reception across the board. Although, Virtual Reality gaming still has a long way to go before it can truly thrive in the mainstream. As many developers continue to interact with VR gaming, very few try to bring all of their big gaming experiences to the new technology. The Resident Evil franchise is one of the few that has brought over one of its mainline titles to VR. With Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, players had the option to play traditionally with only a controller or to use the PlayStation VR headset to enhance the horror experience. Using surround sound to hear where every sound is coming from, including floor creeks and enemy growls is what brings the experience up to another level. The Half-Life franchise continues to dominate in every field is tackles, as this VR-only experience is one that players won’t forget for a long time. It’s only a matter of time before more developers jump on board and bring over popular IPs to VR. It’s still a new technology, so developing it will take time but Half-Life Alyx seems like a step in the right direction.

Half-Life Alyx is available now on Steam.

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