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Half-Life came out when I was in engineering school, and I told myself I'd get around to playing it when I graduated. Somehow the demands of school, career, and
by jpm_sd 7y ago
Half-Life came out when I was in engineering school, and I told myself I'd get around to playing it when I graduated. Somehow the demands of school, career, and family have added up to more than 20 years, it's probably time to give it a go!
- kristiandupont 7y agoYou are in for a treat!
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- HenryKissinger 7y agoIf you're lucky, you'll get to play Half Life 3 before you reach retirement age.
- wolco 7y agoLife stopped after Half Life 2
- somehnguy 7y agoHalf Life: Alyx is what is finally pushing me to get on the VR train. It's not HL3 but the Half Life series was such a big part of my teenage life I can't not play it. At least I've been wanting to try VR for a while for the other games so it's not quite $1000 to play a single video game..Thats what I tell myself at least.
- olyjohn 7y agoThe announcement of that game definitely got me to look into VR setups. But when I went and tried my buddy's Oculus, I got sick in about 5 minutes. I've never had motion sickness problems in my life, so I was sort of disappointed. Defintely try out a setup before you buy it.
- somehnguy 7y agoThanks for the heads up, definitely a concern for people before committing a whole bunch of money on something. I've been flying FPV racing drones for a few years so I'm pretty confident my brain had adapted to that type of thing pretty well by now. Guess I'll find out for sure in March! Did you give it a few tries to see if you could adapt? When I started FPV it could be pretty disorienting even while sitting down, after a little bit I had no problem at all standing while flipping all over the place with the drone.
- filereaper 7y agoDefinitely play the original Half-Life first. I'd also try the new Black Mesa remake, it's really well done. https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/362890/Black_Mesa/
- sebasmurphy 7y agoHL2 is probably my favorite game of all time. Also worth noting that HL1 looks dated as hell now and Its probably worth paying for and playing Black-Mesa instead. Only thing you'll miss is Xen which is a just a tiny fraction of the original campaign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_(video_game)
- pklem 7y agoThey actually recently finished Xen! It's different from the original, but I think the overall consensus is that it's better than the original. (No more awkward fps platforming)
- tsanummy 7y agoXen is already out for Black Mesa
- nineumbrellas 7y agoXen is out and it is fantastic. I was 13 when it was announced and it was worth the wait. Enjoy :)
- Aardwolf 7y agoI loved HL2 as well, though I found the start of the game a bit linear, almost rail-shooter-ish (in fact even with actual narrow enclosed train rails, and vehicles that moved linearly). But that improved drastically mid game and beyond and in the next episodes :) Just such a shame episode 2 ended with a cliffhanger that never got fulfilled, as almost everyone knows
- robohoe 7y agoAt this point Half Life 3 became a running joke :)
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- Taylor_OD 7y agoI remember playing it for the first time when I was in early high school. It was one of the first games I played on the PC and I loved it. Seems like it's time for a replay.
- growlist 7y agoHL was a delicious escape from studying for me whilst at uni, which consumed pretty much all my other waking hours.