Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:00:04 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <62bsjjhmiusmd9nqmldtgi37puuupdsm83@4ax.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:00:05 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="84165a6964e9cba6581638fee9a23405"; logging-data="874279"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//WRN5cD04IaXSaKHDnVZbQRz7E3o+ckbaxjtleUiuOw==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:SC5LR7ejiDeBNmexjSjcHEkla3I= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 00:35 this Thursday (GMT): > candycanearter07 wrote: >> Spalls Hurgenson wrote at 18:38 this Wednesday (GMT): >>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >>> wrote: >>>> Ant 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? -- user is generated from /dev/urandom