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Original Half-Life free until 19th (store.steampowered.com)
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[-] verysoft@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago

There are people on Steam who haven't played Half-Life?

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 7 points 11 months ago

The real ones remember installing games off physical media into Steam. When it was released we were all like "What do we need this for?"

[-] r0bi@infosec.pub 6 points 11 months ago

In my case I never had it activated on Steam

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I got into PC gaming in 2015 and finished HL2 before HL1 then finished BM instead, so technically I've never touched og HL before

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Black Mesa is missing nothing from the original, polished every single aspect of the game to a beautiful shine and it's relatively cheap. You aren't missing anything, it should be considered the definitive way to play the original now IMO.

[-] XyliaSky@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Apparently elsewhere in the thread people are saying the AI may not be as good.

I remember seeing Half-Life on my friend’s older brother’s computer as a kid, and I never played it. I did play 2, and by the time I considered playing 1, I grabbed Black Mesa because it just looked so much nicer. I enjoyed it for sure. But I also played it before they finished so maybe I should go back and play it again.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I've only ever played HL2 on Orange Box on xbox, but I'm definitely thinking I might have to try the original because I remember HL2 being a good time, for the most part.

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