Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...

On 20/11/2024 18:38, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 03:31 this Saturday (GMT):

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Since HL2 will be/is 20 yrs. old and we're all getting nostalgia! Let's
talk about those days!

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I got it in the modern day, and I remember enjoying it but not fully
seeing why people adore it so much?

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If the comments here are anything to go on, most people --even the
ones who bought it back in 2004-- feel the same way.
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The original "Half Life" really was revolutionary; its success
transformed the FPS genre. "Half Life 2"? It was an okay game but
hardly a match for its predecessor.
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 It's pretty rare that a sequel to a game* that was revolutionary, ground breaking, daring to be different etc. is ever going to be matched by it's sequel. You just can't replicate that feel of an original. BG:II I think is objectively a better game that BG:1 but I still enjoyed the latter more. HL:1 is definitely better though!
 *Or a film come to think of it. Even with Blade Runner 2049 I thought they did a really good job of creating a film with it's own identity but still clearly Blade Runner but you still can't match scenes such as the interview or the death speech. Then we have Das Boot (the mini-series). I was looking forward to the reboot but managed two or so episodes before thinking, the whole point is it's about the crew of the submarine, their interactions and also how the mundane is punctuated by the terrifying. How could you get that so wrong. I dread to think what the later series turned into.