Save 100% on Half-Life 2 on Steam
store.steampowered.com
1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold...
    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3•5 months ago

      This might only be true for people who played the original when it first came out (or at least, were playing video games at that time, and are used to the dated graphics).

    • @Masta_Chief@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•5 months ago

      Interesting, I haven’t actually played HL1 but I enjoyed BM a lot, and figured it’d be the better reccomendation for someone just getting into HL.

      What parts of the atmosphere do you think BM missed? When I watched videos of HL1 gameplay it seemed that BM did a great job having a graphically updated but similar vibe