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Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
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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.