Explore BioShock's Rapture in this Half-Life: Alyx mod

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Explore BioShock's Rapture in this Half-Life: Alyx mod

If you like walking around the creepy ruins of BioShock's Rapture in VR and shooting headcrabs, there's a mod for you.

Return to Rapture (cheers, UploadVR) is a mod for Half-Life: Alyx, created by wim.buytaert.1988, that combines two universes. The combine has discovered the location of Andrew Ryan's undersea city and is trying to get his amazing plasmid technology into alien hands. You, Alix, must first get it and stop them.

The plasmid is not available, but at least Alix has her handy gravity glove. That said, there are still plenty of things reminiscent of BioShock, including a working Vita chamber, audio diaries, and vending machines. The latter can recycle junk lying around and turn it into useful items.

Half-Life: Using a mix of Alyx assets and new ones, the game is reminiscent of Irrational Games' ravaged dystopia, although not perfect. The only thing that really doesn't feel right is the signage, which is just text pasted onto vending machines and Vita chambers.

Even if, like me, you get a little sick when wearing a headset for long periods of time, "Return to Rapture" will be a piece of cake. It takes about 25 minutes, so it's more of a sightseeing tour than a long stay. And from the looks of the city, that's probably for the best.

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