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Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by Shorel »

ShawnBird wrote: post #27
aspensmonster wrote: post #4

I loved Half-Life 2. I loved Counter-Strike 1.5 (and 1.6 too). I loved Portal. Valve has done a good job of making games. But I reeeeally wish some other developers would step up to the plate and port as well. I'm thinking Borderlands, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and others. Those two already have Mac ports so I doubt it's unfeasible to move things over. Wine typically works well enough --assuming you're willing to ei…

Doublefine just ported their entire catalog: https://www.humblebundle.com/

Wait, Brutal Legend runs on Linux???

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by gcr »

OrsenPike wrote: post #30
goggles99 wrote: post #19

Isn't this game like 10 years old?

It may be almost 10 years old but it is still one of the best FPS games ever created. Hell I still play Deus Ex as it is my favourite game ever made. Just because a game is not brand new does not mean porting it to a new platform is not worth it.

It also helps Valve keep excitement for half-life 2 going strong when they choose to release episode 3. Then their story won't be "Hey, remember when we released the last chapter to this one back in 2007? Well go play the new one!" Instead, they can say "Hey, remember Half-Life 2? Now you can play it all over again and reacquaint yourself! Then you'll remember why you want episode 3 so bad!"

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by hexonexxon »

valve said last yr they would start porting to linux to avoid microsoft 8 store plans where they want to restrict software sales to the "microsoft app store" and shave 20% fees from all sales. this would destroy the steam delivery model so makes sense they are diversifying

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by hack_edu »

gcr wrote: post #37
BuddhaSource wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry little off topic : Is anybody working on HALF-Life 3 ? I was really looking forward for this, I am old now but not old enough for HL3.

Between the Steam Box, porting everything in their catalog to Linux, Dota 2, and scrambling like madmen to make the ten thousanth TF2 hat, I assume Valve has a lot on their plate right now.

Roll out a new revamped set of TF2 Unusuals and, boom!, cash enough to hire another entire product team.

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by Aardwolf »

Do they also have Portal?

Because I never played it, and if they release it for Linux, I could be this guy:

http://xkcd.com/606/

Even the date is about right :)

(I do play modern games as well, but due to the rebooting to another OS required for that it's a commitment which I don't make for every game)

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by jsalinas »

Aardwolf wrote: post #46

Do they also have Portal? Because I never played it, and if they release it for Linux, I could be this guy: http://xkcd.com/606/ Even the date is about right :) (I do play modern games as well, but due to the rebooting to another OS required for that it's a commitment which I don't make for every game)

Yes, portal is already on Linux: http://steamdb.info/app/400/

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by jsalinas »

brokenparser wrote: post #13

Will not buy, HL1 is still full of bugs: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues?labe... They should at least fix the bugs which affect gameplay, so I won't end up with a library of broken games.

You should try HL1, most of the bugs are just visuals and don't affect gameplay. I've played the game and it never crashed.

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by Shorel »

PlaneSploit wrote: post #45
Shorel wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, Brutal Legend runs on Linux???

It runs pretty well, too.

The other reason I had to buy a PS3, besides GT5, has just vanished forever.

Now buying a console for just one game seems like a waste of money.

Great news!!!

Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux

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Post by Shorel »

brokenparser wrote: post #13

Will not buy, HL1 is still full of bugs: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues?labe... They should at least fix the bugs which affect gameplay, so I won't end up with a library of broken games.

I wonder if the Black Mesa mod works instead.
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