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Muffi, do games w Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

Between this and the awesome Quake remaster, who needs new games?

curiousPJ, do games w Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

Hmmm… Kind of surprised there isn’t an ARG to go along with this.

DAMunzy, do games w Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

Meh. I’m so over Half-Life. Even if GabeN released 3 right now I wouldn’t care.

Cunigulus, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

Never played Half-Life Uplink. Pretty good bonus content.

snor10, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

Oof

dannydotcafe, do gaming w Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update - Half Life Uplink, New Multiplayer Maps, Updated Graphical Settings, SteamDeck Verified and More

I think my favorite part is how they’ve brought back software rendering, both by allowing it on linux and by giving the option to turn off texture filtering on opengl. That plus making the main menu look like the original release brings me right back to how I first played Half-Life!

mctoasterson, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

How to tell someone they’re old in as painful and indirect manner as possible.

danque, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update
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So is Half-life: source now the old one or is Half-life the old version? Or did they revamp both? It is a bit unclear in my library.

vhj,
@vhj@lemmy.world avatar

The one just named “Half Life” is the definitive version now, the one that got the big update yesterday.

Source is the same messy version as it was before and they haven’t touched it. Though it will still be in our libraries for legacy versions.

Valve themselves recommend you ignore Source exists now.

JokeDeity,

IMO Black Mesa is now the definitive version.

slaacaa,

What is their reason for abandoning the source version? I would assume it looks better, and it would be easier to fit for today’s gaming needs

vhj,
@vhj@lemmy.world avatar

If you ask me, the Source version didn’t include any QoL improvements or anything that might make the game more modern feeling.

The “upgrades” are mostly new textures and effects that bugged out half the time. Plus all the gameplay bugs that it introduced.

Even before the update most people were recommending the OG above the Source version, so it makes sense that they would update that one.

dpunked, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update
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There is a nice easter egg on the page, it has to do with the crowbar at the bottom!

MeatsOfRage,

Hah fun

grue,

Nice, I just

spoilergot the achievement.

olosta, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

Relaunched it to replay the demo : “uplink”, it really lived up to my memory. A self contained half hour of half life fun, with an original map that show off diverse game mechanics. This was really a great demo back in the day.

Rokin, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

25 years, still getting updates!

grue,

Anything to avoid making Half Life 3, I guess.

JokeDeity,

Why do people still insist Alyx isn’t 3? It’s clearly 3, it’s the continuation of the story.

ampersandrew,
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Alyx is an interquel, if we're going to say that's a real word, and it released on a platform most of the audience just won't ever have. Also, it doesn't so much continue the story as it does promise to continue the story. They admit that they've got work to do.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update

And it’s free!

spiderkle, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update
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just play “black mesa” to enjoy HL1 in HL2 graphics

kurcatovium,

Or play both and pick your favourite.

apprehensively_human,

Black Mesa is a good game with nice graphics, but it does not scratch that nostalgia itch the same way.

lazynooblet, do gaming w Half-Life 25 Anniversary Update
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My phone really struggled to render the web page. Looks great though

tegs_terry, do games w Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

Love stuff like this.

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