The beginning and end are the most interesting parts of the game, and Alyx being there 24/7 is kind of irritating when it's not comforting. Lack of new setting, just basic Urban Warfare for four hours. It echoes what Half Life 2 would eventually come to do, with NPC's that actually are part of the story, skins created just for the characters, etc)Īftermath Episode One (not bad, just boring. If you could call a video game a sleeper hit.)īlue Shift (actually extremely likeable, once you look past the short length and lack of new content. Portal (AMAZING puzzle game, set in the HL Universe. the cliffhanger ending angered us all, and we are still waiting for a resolution) Portal 2 (one of those times when a sequel is better than the original - as in the case of Half-Life - this adds actual CHARACTERS, a backstory other than "puzzles, portals, robot" and STEPHEN MERCHANT!)Īftermath Episode Two (a definitive triumph over episode one, this is the one we've been talking about for eight years. Opposing Force (an awesome homage to the first game, adding new friends/enemies, new weapons, new areas. Half-Life (the original awesome atmosphere on first playthrough, a classic) Until it’s time to wake up and smell the ashes again, we’ll keep an eye on HL2: RC.Half-Life 2 (better graphics, more detailed story, awesome setting) Various update mods with modernised textures and new backgrounds have been developed in the intervening years, which leaves us wondering just what the Valve-approved Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection can bring to the table. The problem, however, is that there is quite a bit of competition in this area.
Presumbaly, HL2: RC takes this concept further. While Half-Life does have some nice elements, like the movie. Gameplay 2/10 Everyone always says Half-Life’s single player gameplay is amazing, but I simply don’t agree. Everything unfolds as you play the game, which is one of the neat things about Half-Life. Half-Life 2 – Update brought the game to current gen graphics standard: Half-Life doesn’t exactly have a story, because the whole game is a story. ( HL2: RC)Ĭurrently listed on SteamDB, HL2: RC is a new project by HL2UP modder Filip Victor. There’s also been the revival of the original Half-Life using the modern Source engine, known as Black Mesa, and now Half-Life 2 itself gets the modernization treatment with Half-Life 2: Remastered Collection.
The intervening years have been kind to Half-Life 2, with two follow up chapters (or “episodes”) and the successful VR jaunt, Half-Life: Alyx. It’s been 17 years since Half-Life 2 hit the shelves, and countless gamers across the US and Europe sat hunched over their PCs for hours waiting for the Steam installer to connect to the registration server.
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