Eh, I'd argue 2 still holds its own — I play it a few times a year, and while there's a fair bit of nostalgia in there, it's still a good game, good plot, good challenges, good UI.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who feels this way. There are still people asking about episode 3, which would be nothing but nostalgia at this point. Skip ahead to Half-Life 3, please.
Of course, first valve needs to update their engine. In-line loading screens every five minutes and ABSURDLY LONG INITIAL LOAD TIMES are no longer acceptable.
Of course, with Valve making so much money off of Steam, I would not be surprised if they shutter (or sell off) their game studio at some point and become a pure distributor.
There is a set of first person shooter computer games with a main character who And who fights aliens, some of whom Unless they manage to get on your head and bite down with their underside beak into your brain, and take over your body, at which point they
Early on, you either don't have a gun, or have little ammo, so you end up fighting the headcrabs with your trusty crowbar, which involves quite a few fights that
Now, at CERN, the big science place which has been getting lots of attention 'cause of the Large Hadron Collider, there is a guy who just by chance happens to
After him being noticed got around the internet a bit, some computer games website sent him a package, which contained a crowbar, a stuffed cuddly headcrab hat, and a Half Life 1 & 2 strategy guide.
At some point later, that guy sent them back some photos, the above which is one, and a bunch more of which [look like this]
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Date: 2012-03-19 07:18 pm (UTC)I really should play that game, shouldn't I. All of them, possibly?
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Date: 2012-03-19 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-19 09:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-20 01:25 pm (UTC)Of course, first valve needs to update their engine. In-line loading screens every five minutes and ABSURDLY LONG INITIAL LOAD TIMES are no longer acceptable.
Of course, with Valve making so much money off of Steam, I would not be surprised if they shutter (or sell off) their game studio at some point and become a pure distributor.
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-19 10:10 pm (UTC)And who fights aliens, some of whom
Unless they manage to get on your head and bite down with their underside beak into your brain, and take over your body, at which point they
Early on, you either don't have a gun, or have little ammo, so you end up fighting the headcrabs with your trusty crowbar, which involves quite a few fights that
Now, at CERN, the big science place which has been getting lots of attention 'cause of the Large Hadron Collider, there is a guy who just by chance happens to
After him being noticed got around the internet a bit, some computer games website sent him a package, which contained a crowbar, a stuffed cuddly headcrab hat, and a Half Life 1 & 2 strategy guide.
At some point later, that guy sent them back some photos, the above which is one, and a bunch more of which
[look like this]
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Date: 2012-03-19 10:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-03-19 10:12 pm (UTC)It also resulted in me discovering that you can use LJ Spoiler tags in replies, which is rather handy, so I've gained from it too.
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Date: 2012-03-19 10:11 pm (UTC)The plush thingy is a headcrab.
The man in the hardhat has a goatee and a crowbar.
He is Gordon Freeman, and this is Half-Life. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_%28series%29)
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Date: 2012-03-19 08:23 pm (UTC)