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82 points

HL2 is peak first person shooter. More recent games have added a lot, but after playing through HL2 recent, it’s really nice to strip all that extra stuff away.

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29 points

I can see why people didn’t like some parts (boat, car) but they’re so iconic to me.

Except episode 2 (1?) car shit with the buckeyballs. Fuck that.

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23 points

I disagree, I cannot see why people dislike those parts—the tension is fantastic in both

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5 points

It’s only awful if you’re achievement hunting and trying to drive the god damn gnome through the level without it flinging off into space and being lost forever

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51 points

Half Life 2 still holds up really well, honestly better than a ton of modern first person shooters. The only places it’s lacking from a non-technical aspect is enemy variety. If valve did a remake just updating the graphics and gun play that would be my only knock on it and that says a lot for a 20 year old game.

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9 points

The physics puzzles, whole still functioning fine, feel extremely goofy today. It’s easy to forget how revolutionary they were. I’m not saying the game shouldn’t have them or anything, but some are just so silly lol.

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6 points

On enemy variety, I see the critique of games like Zelda: BOTW and even realistic games like Hitman. Something those games have in common is very well-made enemy AI that presents you many ways to defeat them.

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There is also a VR mod on Steam that works perfectly With Half-Life 2, No need to jump through hoops, it just works. One of the best VR experiences out there.

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14 points

You just changed my life.

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2 points

You just changed half my life.

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It just works like the way Skyrim VR just works or will it make HL2 the same kind of experience as HL: Alyx?

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7 points

I mean half life alyx’s entire mechanics revolve around VR controls.

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That’s the difference; does the mod allow interaction with the world like Alyx, or is it just you’re there, but still using basic 2D controls to manipulate shit (press E to use a door instead of grabbing the handle and pushing/pulling)?

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2 points

That’s why they’re asking.

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28 points

How many games receive any update after 20 years?

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29 points

Most, if not all Valve games

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14 points

Ricochet hasn’t recieved the love it deserves. We’ve been waiting on Ricochet 2 for decades. The fans need closure.

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6 points

You just can’t update perfection.

But there’s “Ricochet: Source” out there as a mod

I worked on it with some people half a life(time) ago. It was playable but we never really finished it properly

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Speaking of Richochet and love reminds me of a guy I halfway knew in my youth. He had the bright idea to jerk off a quick one in the middle of a LAN party (I know, right?). After he inevitably got caught (despite being somewhat secluded) he alt tabbed from whatever grainy porn clip he had up straight into Ricochet just as he… well ya know.

He never came to another LAN party again, but 20+ years later he’s still known as the guy who jerked off to Richochet.

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Artifact? Both of them?

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