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Share your stories of the landmark title.
Share your opinion as to whether it holds up after 15 years.
Share your theories as to G-Man's role and identity.
Still am pissed. Steam is a fucking gatekeeping tool, nothing more. Anyway, happy birthday Half-Life 2! Shame that we'll never see another one.I remember how pissed I was that I had to install a launcher called "Steam" to play the game.
half life 2 was ground breaking. The physics especially was pretty mind blowing how things would fall and roll about.
I remember how pissed I was that I had to install a launcher called "Steam" to play the game.
The port is quite impressive but hardly playable, framerate dies every time some physics, explosions or enemies show up. The Orange Box (both PS3 and 360) also has heavy drops on physics/explosions, but the rest of the game is far more playable.The original Xbox port is downright fascinating. It chugs in many spots but it's incredible what they achieved. I played through it recently after the PC version, and it's very impressive on that machine.
To see those level of physics on an original xbox looks like voodoo, even when the frames drop.
The port is quite impressive but hardly playable, framerate dies every time some physics, explosions or enemies show up. The Orange Box (both PS3 and 360) also has heavy drops on physics/explosions, but the rest of the game is far more playable.
Nope, Steam's at least this old (or older, maybe I didn't sign up day one, I dunno):So, also happy birthday Steam ? I remember being blown away by the physics in this game. Don't think it is as revolutionary as some people claim it to be. Hell, COD was more influential than HL2
Doom 3 better shadowsTime to play through the game for the two thousandth time. Remember the nerd fights over whether HL2 or Doom 3 was better?