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Half-Life 2 is currently 100% off for its 20th anniversary, plus a major update (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by silverchase@sh.itjust.works to c/games@lemmy.world

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Bonus: it also seems that the episodes have been rolled into the base game. Full details of the anniversary update.

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[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago

I disagree. Black Mesa is Black Mesa. It is no Half Life 1. The atmosphere in one is completely lost with Black Mesa. Start with Half Life and play to Alyx. Go back to Mesa for a second way to view 1.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 days ago

This might only be true for people who played the original when it first came out (or at least, were playing video games at that time, and are used to the dated graphics).

[-] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Interesting, I haven't actually played HL1 but I enjoyed BM a lot, and figured it'd be the better reccomendation for someone just getting into HL.

What parts of the atmosphere do you think BM missed? When I watched videos of HL1 gameplay it seemed that BM did a great job having a graphically updated but similar vibe