How Half-Life: Alyx Creates Perfect Pacing

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Version Gamma
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Half-Life: Alyx
Game:
Half-Life: Alyx (2020)
Duration: 12:17
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Half-Life: Alyx is perfectly paced. Am I exaggerating? Maybe, but not by much, it's really good, so lets have a little look at how they do it.
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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - The Act Structure
2:58 - Pacing Curves
4:45 - Jeff
7:19 - Learning
8:15 - Tone
10:25 - Final Thoughts
11:55 - End

References
(1) https://nofilmschool.com/how-to-write-five-act-structure
(2) https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/4jqh95/average_movie_length_since_1931/
(3) https://www.arcstudiopro.com/blog/three-act-structure-in-screenwriting
(4) https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Combine_Grunt#/media/File:HLA_GruntUnmasked02.jpg



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Half-Life: Alyx Statistics For Version Gamma

At this time, Version Gamma has 650 views for Half-Life: Alyx spread across 3 videos. The game makes up 1 hour of published video on his channel, roughly 15.76% of Half-Life: Alyx content that Version Gamma has uploaded to YouTube.