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From: Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:15:12 -0600
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JAB wrote:
> On 20/11/2024 18:38, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> It's pretty rare that a sequel to a game* that was revolutionary, ground 
> breaking, daring to be different etc. is ever going to be matched by 
> it's sequel. You just can't replicate that feel of an original. BG:II I 
> think is objectively a better game that BG:1 but I still enjoyed the 
> latter more. HL:1 is definitely better though!
> 
> *Or a film come to think of it. Even with Blade Runner 2049 I thought 
> they did a really good job of creating a film with it's own identity but 
> still clearly Blade Runner but you still can't match scenes such as the 
> interview or the death speech. Then we have Das Boot (the mini-series). 
> I was looking forward to the reboot but managed two or so episodes 
> before thinking, the whole point is it's about the crew of the 
> submarine, their interactions and also how the mundane is punctuated by 
> the terrifying. How could you get that so wrong. I dread to think what 
> the later series turned into.
> 
It basicall-y became a watermelon-lime with 40 cal. a can.