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From: Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:06:12 -0600
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candycanearter07 wrote:
> Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote at 00:35 this Thursday (GMT):
>> candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 18:38 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>> 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.
>>
>> Maybe it's better if HL2 is the beginning of the series for you.
>> Stepping into HL2 with no prior experience it's who am I some kind of
>> celebrity or national hero; everybody knows my name.
>>
>> It was enough to draw me in.  I played until I was stuck and then went
>> back a few times (got a little further).
> 
> Same. Nova Prospekt really confused me.
> 
>> obgameExperience: Really like that pipe.  I played Rainbow 6: Raven
>> Shield for 400 hours and never once scored a knife kill.
> 
> What?
> 

The HL2 melee weapon, a piece of pipe, has a good range that it reaches. 
  The Raven Shield knife covers an inappreciable distance.  Same with 
the Call of Duty knife.  HL2 is more "Skyrim-like".