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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:50:04 -0000 (UTC)
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Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote at 07:06 this Friday (GMT):
> 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".


Oh, I never noticed that. More invisible game design stuff.
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