Quote"you wanted to play the game but didn't want to dish out an eye-popping US$999 for the Valve Index, Half-Life: Alyx with the Pancake VR Starter Kit might be the best way to experience Half-Life until/if Half-Life 3 comes around."
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No. If you dont want to buy a Valve index the best way to play Half-Life: Alyx is to buy a cheaper HMD.
- The Valve index is awesome and the best way to play Alyx.
- The Rift-S will give you 90% of the experience for half the cost.
- The Oculus Quest with Link cable will give you 80% of the experience, but also gives you a wireless HMD, for less than half the cost of the Index.
- You can pick up a Windows Mixed Reality headset for peanuts. Depending what it is this could give a pretty good experience although probably not as good as the Oculus or Valve devices.
- Pancake mode will give you 10% of the experience at best
Really. Don't go with pancake mode. It will ruin the experience for you.
The Pancake VR Starter Kit transforms Half Life: Alyx into something approximating a standard FPS game on PC. This allows users without the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, or Valve Index to enjoy the title.