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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>On 11/15/2024 7:31 PM, Ant wrote:
> >>> Since HL2 will be/is 20 yrs. old and we're all getting nostalgia! Let's
> >>> talk about those days!

> I decided to see what I wrote about the game back 'in the day'. TODAY
> I remember not being that impressed, but was that really the case in
> 2004? Am I just looking back at it with dung-colored glasses? I had to
> find out.

> Because "Half Life 2" came out before we started our traditional 'what
> have you been playing' threads, I don't really have a review for it
> the same way I have for many later games.

>     [In fact, the controversy about Steam is what prompted the 
>      creation of that endless thread, as a break from people 
>      constantly bickering about it. But even so, it was _years_ 
>      before I tormented people with my novel-length essays about 
>      each games, so even had I written an end-of-month review 
>      about Half Life 2 at the time, it probably only would have 
>      been a sentence or two. Oh, how times have changed!]

> Still, I did dig out my initial thoughts of the game when I finally
> did play it in March 2005:


>     Well, enough. Half Life 2 eventually installed. For all that 
>     trouble, I can't say I'm THAT impressed. Oh, so far it's nice 
>     and all, but hardly revolutionary. The physics gun is neat, 
>     but c'mon, we've seen similar stuff before (hell, its basically
>     just an evolution of Trespasser's jiggly arm!). The graphics 
>     are nice, but not exceptional (except for the G-Man in the 
>     intro; now THAT blew me away. Awesome facial animation). Lots 
>     of atmosphere, not much substance so far. Linear levels. Very 
>     good game,  but heads 'n' shoulder above the rest? Not so far. 
>     Oh well, maybe the good stuff happens later on. 



> A month later, having finished the game, I also commented:

>   
>     Having said all that, while Half Life 2 has an interesting 
>     backstory, the actual drama you play through is very weak; 
>     it's about at the same level as Doom (the original!)
>     level as Doom (the original!), practically


> So it's not just me being curmudgeonly today; I didn't think much of
> the game when it was new either. Which just goes to prove that I've
> been a grump for a long, long time ;-)

Are you looking at your saved local posts?! Or are those online? I miss DejaNews! :(
-- 
"Instead, they were longing for a better country--a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." --Hebrews 11:16. I wanna move 2 there. "Rise & shine, Mr. Freeman..." HL2 is 20 yrs. old!
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