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How Valve made Half-Life 2 and set a new standard for future games
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Ant
2024-11-14 07:36:06 UTC
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/how-valve-made-half-life-2-and-set-a-new-standard-for-future-games/

20!??!?! What? :O
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rms
2024-11-14 15:19:15 UTC
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HL2 RTX coming soon


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candycanearter07
2024-11-14 15:50:03 UTC
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HL2 RTX coming soon http://youtu.be/5FZ49Ou8zAE
rms
Oh, that sounds cool! Hopefully it goes as well as Portal RTX.
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Ant
2024-11-15 01:22:17 UTC
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HL2 RTX coming soon http://youtu.be/5FZ49Ou8zAE
Need a better video card. :P
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Spalls Hurgenson
2024-11-14 15:36:46 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
Yeah, the years go by really quickly if you don't keep an eye on 'em
;-)



I think most people here know my opinion on the matter. I don't really
think "Half Life 2" was that influential a game... at least not for
its gamey-aspect (the necessity of installing Steam to play the game,
on the other hand...).

A lot of what Valve did with "Half Life 2" was either already being
done by other developers, or was already in development. There were
other games using physics engines, both to make their games feel
cinematic and as gameplay elements. Visuals were advancing day by day
as GPUs became more powerful. Environmental storytelling was embraced
by the industry after the original "Half Life". Many other games
already mixed on-foot combat and vehicles.

"Half Life 2" was arguably a well-made game, but it wasn't really a
leader. It didn't set a new standard. It just was -in some areas-
slightly ahead of the pack, and it was quickly superceded by its
competitors. It's fame came as much from its legacy --and the fact
that it was seen as _the_ exemplar of PC gaming, much as Halo was to
the XBox-- as anything it actually _did_.

The original "Half Life"... that game was revolutionary. "Half Life
2"? It was just another game, albeit one with really great marketing.

IMHO, YMMV, etc.
June Of Daventry
2024-11-15 21:11:13 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
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Ant
2024-11-15 22:43:15 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
Black Mesa too! :)
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Dimensional Traveler
2024-11-16 01:52:05 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
Black Mesa too! :)
Half Mesa!!
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candycanearter07
2024-11-20 17:50:07 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
Black Mesa too! :)
Half Mesa!!
They split black mesa in half?!
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Spalls Hurgenson
2024-11-20 18:16:44 UTC
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:50:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/how-valve-made-half-life-2-and-set-a-new-standard-for-future-games/
20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
Black Mesa too! :)
Half Mesa!!
They split black mesa in half?!
More than that, at the end of "Opposing Force". They split it into
lots of itty bitty pieces, in fact.

Exploding a nuke will do that. ;-)
candycanearter07
2024-11-20 22:00:04 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
Black Mesa too! :)
Half Mesa!!
They split black mesa in half?!
More than that, at the end of "Opposing Force". They split it into
lots of itty bitty pieces, in fact.
Exploding a nuke will do that. ;-)
Wait, then how does black mesa east exist?
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Dimensional Traveler
2024-11-21 01:55:47 UTC
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/how-valve-made-half-life-2-and-set-a-new-standard-for-future-games/
20!??!?! What? :O
Happy birthday to Half-Life 2!!! And more importantly, Half-Life Source,
the far superior experience :^)
Black Mesa too! :)
Half Mesa!!
They split black mesa in half?!
More than that, at the end of "Opposing Force". They split it into
lots of itty bitty pieces, in fact.
Exploding a nuke will do that. ;-)
Wait, then how does black mesa east exist?
The prevailing winds were blowing west.
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Ant
2024-11-15 23:00:39 UTC
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https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th/
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/franchise_half-life
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/220/view/6633333780228604001
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Ant
2024-11-15 23:07:49 UTC
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https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th/
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/franchise_half-life
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/220/view/6633333780228604001
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Ant
2024-11-15 23:14:09 UTC
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SIGGRAPH 2000 Demo:

E3 (2002 & 2003) Demos:
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I don't even remember these! :(
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https://store.steampowered.com/sale/franchise_half-life
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/220/view/6633333780228604001
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rms
2024-11-16 02:02:42 UTC
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20!??!?! What? :O
VAlve put out a 2hour documentary also: Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary
Documentary http://youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4

rms
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Spalls Hurgenson
2024-11-16 15:30:31 UTC
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:02:42 -0700, "rms"
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Post by Ant
20!??!?! What? :O
VAlve put out a 2hour documentary also: Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary
Documentary http://youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4
Gee, there does seem to be a lot of Half-Life news recently. Almost as
if it's building up to something.

Half Life 3 confirmed!

;-)
Ant
2024-11-17 01:07:27 UTC
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 19:02:42 -0700, "rms"
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20!??!?! What? :O
VAlve put out a 2hour documentary also: Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary
Documentary http://youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4
Gee, there does seem to be a lot of Half-Life news recently. Almost as
if it's building up to something.
Half Life 3 confirmed!
;-)
Great documentary. I was going to watch a movie last night, but this came up. ;)
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