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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:00:04 -0000 (UTC)
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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?
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