A new Half-Life: Alyx mod adds a fresh, X-rated experience to the Valve and Steam VR game, with more blood, gruesome kills, and "fun mechanics such as limb dismemberment," a brutal but brilliant way to the time as we wait on Half-Life 3.
Operator, a whole-new VR experience, modded from Half-Life: Alyx, feels like a cross between body horror game Scorn and action classic John Wick, as you try to survive against masses of Combine enemies in a bleeding, broken industrial hellscape.
Billed as "the bloodiest Half-Life: Alyx mod", Operator promises "feverish brutalist geometry, horror themes with bio-mechanical inspiration, and hardcore close-quarter combat". It's tense and fierce in a way Alyx mods rarely are, demanding keen responses and a strong stomach. Take a look at Operator in action:
From that thumping, ominous industrial music, to the almost comical torrents of gore, Operator turns Valve's Half-Life VR adventure into something distinctly adult. And it's not just the visuals and violence that get the adult overhaul. Though you can knock off a leg or pop a Combine head with just a bullet or two, the same applies in reverse – react too slowly or neglect to check your corners, and Operator will bump you off faster than you can say "headcrab". Developed by modder CementStairs, in conjunction with a team of playtesters and collaborators, Operator is out now on Steam Workshop.
Watching Alyx in action again might have you wondering — like we all are, every day — FPS games, or maybe jump back into the classic era of 90s shooters with the best old games that you can still get on your PC.