Levitation is a fantastic Half-Life: Alyx mod that apes Valve’s style almost too well

Half-Life Alyx levitation mod

Last week saw the long-awaited release of Levitation (opens in new tab), an expansion-style mod for Half-Life Alyx. Developed over the past two years by solo mapper Shawn ‘FMPONE’ Snelling, Levitation aims to match Valve’s exceptionally detailed mapping style and deliver around three hours of additional running and gunning through City 17’s crumbling streets. Despite a couple rough edges, I think it nails it, but still leaves me with some complex feelings.

Levitation picks up with Alyx shortly after the main game’s end, pushing the young freedom fighter back into the streets of City 17 on another mission for the resistance, this time with a new extradimensional handler watching her progress. No expense has been spared in recreating Valve’s storytelling style, including the return of Russell and the G-Man in speaking roles. Russell in particular gets a great soundalike in Joey Bracken, and while his script is a little more on-the-nose than in the original game, I still got a few good laughs out of his nervous banter.



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