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Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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To those who are unhappy with the graphics of HL1, you can download Black Mesa which is an remake of the original. https://www.moddb.com/mods/black-mesa

Black Mesa has an extended Xen portion of the game. Otherwise it's a faithful reproduction of the original with better graphics.

For anyone who wondered "WTF was supposed to be the story behind Xen?" this guys spent way to much time piecing it together and came up with a pretty solid proposal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpp0Jh5514g

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

#132

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Alyx was really good (though I'm a wuss and couldn't finish it) but not a continuation of the cliffhanger that we've been sitting on for 16 years since episode 2.

No spoilers then, but the ending of Alyx does retcon the old cliffhanger.

I need to just watch a lets play at some point

> the ending of Alyx does retcon the old cliffhanger.

that's semi-disappointing, if for no other reason than that they'd do it in a game so few have the ability to actually play.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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Presumably the same captcha nonsense.

Is it ok to steal from a liquor store because they require a license shown to buy it and for some reason you can't get yours?

I’d download a car, if that’s what you’re asking.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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I played it fine on my PC. But I have a VR headset for my PC. I'm not sure that makes it not a PC game. In the 90s you might have needed to buy a graphics card or sound card to play a game, but it was still a PC game.

All games ended up needing a GPU and a soundcard - in fact they became so necessary that all CPUs and motherboards today come with a GPU and a soundcard respectively. While VR headsets were a gimmick of the moment. (Yes I know some CPUs come with no GPU but that's because you will buy a discrete GPU which only furthers my point)

If I released a game on PC that required a peripheral, like a racing wheel, does that make it not a PC game?

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

#136

To those who are unhappy with the graphics of HL1, you can download Black Mesa which is an remake of the original. https://www.moddb.com/mods/black-mesa

Black Mesa has an extended Xen portion of the game. Otherwise it's a faithful reproduction of the original with better graphics.

The Black Mesa Xen levels are one of the best things I've played recently, and sucha monumental improvement. I loved the whole sequence to bits and got stuck thinking about it for days after I finished it: it just feels so right now.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

#137

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Why not make a new account? Valve is giving this out for free, partially to get people to use their program more. Why not support them in that small way at least?

You're trying to reason with a person who can't even complete a captcha.

It appears that the containment system has completely failed.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

#138

To those who are unhappy with the graphics of HL1, you can download Black Mesa which is an remake of the original. https://www.moddb.com/mods/black-mesa

worth every minute of playing. However for me gameplay of the original is still worth a try. I think it forces you to plan, explore and look for alternatives more. Black Mesa has more "modern" gameplay.

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

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post #58
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It's also free until Monday (as in free to get, not just limited free play) https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/

Interesting. I do have a steam account, haven't used it for a long time, it doesn't seem to be in my password manager So I went to reset my password, but got thwarted by the captcha. To email me a password reset link. I think Ill just torrent it.

> but got thwarted by the captcha

...how?

Re: Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update

#140
post #121

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You're trying to reason with a person who can't even complete a captcha.

In his defense, the best way to solve a captcha is by pretending you are partially blind. If you actually select all the relevant squares, Google just says “nope lol go again!”.

My theory is that, if the real goal of the captcha is for AI training then you would want to get rid of the people that were close but not quite right (let them proceed) . If the user was 100% correct on the first test, you'd probably want to give them more tests.
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