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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:38:49 -0500
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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):

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

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

If the comments here are anything to go on, most people --even the
ones who bought it back in 2004-- feel the same way. 

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.