Half Life 2 20th Anniversary Update.

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#317834 20-Nov-2024 10:01

Half Life 2 has had a major 20th Anniversary update and is currently on sale if you don't currently own it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/

Lots of fixes and improvements as well as some new content - the launcher includes episode 1 & 2 too. Valve has also release a documentary:

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#3310850 20-Nov-2024 10:23

And still no HL3 :)

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#3310851 20-Nov-2024 10:26

Nabbed HL2 for free the other day on Steam. 👍

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#3310852 20-Nov-2024 10:27

networkn:

And still no HL3 :)

They have snuck it into the update

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#3310864 20-Nov-2024 10:51

I'm watching for the release of HL2 RTX.

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#3310865 20-Nov-2024 10:51

michaelmurfy:

Half Life 2 has had a major 20th Anniversary update and is currently on sale if you don't currently own it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/

Lots of fixes and improvements as well as some new content - the launcher includes episode 1 & 2 too. Valve has also release a documentary:

I used to love that game back in the day... although the followup one where you played the Marines side was my favourite.

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#3310882 20-Nov-2024 11:21

HL2 was free for a few days last week.

I bought it within first week of original release - remember I was in AU for a holiday and they had it really cheap compared to what it was in NZ, so grabbed it....

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#3310886 20-Nov-2024 11:27

xpd:

HL2 was free for a few days last week.

I bought it within first week of original release - remember I was in AU for a holiday and they had it really cheap compared to what it was in NZ, so grabbed it....

Oh don't we feel old...

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#3310887 20-Nov-2024 11:51

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#3310929 20-Nov-2024 13:09

networkn:

And still no HL3 :)

Alyx was basically HL3, or Episode 3, by another name, if you read between the lines of the new documentary that came out along with the anniversary update. It's very good and includes a bit of info about concepts for Episode 3 that never came to anything. They talk about an Ice Gun they wanted to use like something Mr Freeze has in Batman. So you can slide around and navigate by shooting ice at things to traverse them, and as a weapon.

Timing of this is also interesting: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/steam-is-an-unsafe-place-for-teens-and-young-adults-us-senator-warns-gabe-newell-of-more-intense-scrutiny-from-the-government-if-valve-doesnt-take-action-against-extremist-content/

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#3310955 20-Nov-2024 14:07

Have picked up HL2 on Steam for the princely sum of $1.47. Hope it's worth it!

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#3310960 20-Nov-2024 14:11

It's still a fab game, I started again and am very impressed with the quality and performance. It's not a remake, or even a big remaster, but it does make the original product as good as it can possibly be. Combine (pun intended) that with Black Mesa (Half-Life remake) and you have two of the best games ever made, in the (currently) best possible way. The remixed RTX version might tip the scales though.

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#3311254 21-Nov-2024 09:01

I dearly wished they'd release Alyx as a FPS, nonVR mode.

Gabe Newell insistence 'nothing was ever going to be good enough' is the epitome of 'perfection is the enemy of progress'.

Gabe, you're the George R.R Martin of the gaming world, a continual disappointment at never finishing story lines.

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#3311269 21-Nov-2024 09:41

tehgerbil:

Gabe, you're the George R.R Martin of the gaming world, a continual disappointment at never finishing story lines.

Also disappointing he hasn't brought the Steam Deck to NZ despite using us as a hidey hole during the pandemic...

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#3312928 25-Nov-2024 22:41

I've picked this back up again with intent of doing all achievements. Working through the base game at the moment and just did Ravenholm with the 'only use the gravity gun' achievement. Not looking forward to the Ep1 and Ep2 specific achievements.

tehgerbil:

I dearly wished they'd release Alyx as a FPS, nonVR mode.

At it's heart its very basic and simpler compared to HL2 game play wise and I don't think it translates properly. What the non-VR version would lose is everything that makes it so special to play. It's very slick and polished and it's just so damn immersive, and really hard to put into words if you haven't got to try it. Just being in the world and examining everything, picking things up and have a good look at them in detail. A good portion of the joy also comes from all the mundane things you have to do that you don't think about in a normal FPS. There is something to say about panic fumbling a reload in a fire-fight and dropping your last magazine. It really is a shame it has such a hard barrier to experience.

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#3312968 26-Nov-2024 09:19

PsychoSmiley:

A good portion of the joy also comes from all the mundane things you have to do that you don't think about in a normal FPS.

I spent way too long writing on the windows and throwing bottles around the opening apartment, before I even started "the game"!

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