Half-Life 2 Is turning 20 years old this year

[Shirito]

what do you guys think about it?

[Naho-Garou]

Time flies by too fast

[Fentlover420]

still goated

[doctor sex]

Rise and shine, Mister Freeman, rise and … shine. Not that I wish … to imply that you have been sleeping on … the job. No one is more deserving of a rest, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until … well … let’s just say your hour has come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference … in the world. So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and … smell the ashes.

[Ikagura]

No... it came out yesterday.

[prozealot]

still the best game of all time. Hope HL 3 come soon.

[Shirito]

Originally posted by prozealot:

still the best game of all time. Hope HL 3 come soon.

Also valve at November 16th: "here you can have your :gordon: emoji for free this week." xD

[HEAVY METAL ZOMBIE]

One older than 19

[Virgil]

I didn't even consider it until you mentioned it, OP. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. College had just started, World of WarCraft was sucking the life out of me as I tried and failed to be one of the first level 60 Paladins on my server (Burning Blade) and I found out only after my purchase that I didn't quite meet the system requirements for Half-Life 2, so I had to sit on that ♥♥♥♥ for several painful, painful years. That's half the reason my Steam account was only created in 2011. My grades definitely came second to World of WarCraft, sadly.

I remember trying to play HL2 from the discs and having about 5 FPS max. I was so adamant about playing through it as someone who loved HL1 since the age of 13 (I'm almost 40 now), and I was forced to endure a slideshow until I reached Water Hazard and simply could not progress any further due to not being able to make that jump near the end of the map because of the choppy frames. Memories, man, memories.

EDIT: In all seriousness, I still cannot believe they sat on Half-Life for this long. I know it's been endlessly talked about to death and I've given up on this franchise at least a decade ago, but it's absolutely insane to me to think I remember being a 13 year old playing Half-Life 1 (and especially TFC/CS) on 56k dialup with perfect clarity. I remember the roughly 750MB file size of Team Fortress Classic and not only that being a big deal at the time, but it taking absolutely forever and a day to download and install. I went from a young teenager to a middle aged man in the span of time since then and there's STILL no mention of HL3.

I can confidently say I will be opting out of HL3 simply because my interest in Half-Life peaked several lifetimes ago and the industry as well as the way games are made in general from the ground up has changed completely since then. People have lived and died in abundance since Half-Life 2 was relevant. I do hope it brings a lot of enjoyment for people who are still engaged, and I appreciate (and feel a little sick about) the trip down memory lane.

Here's to Half-Life and Valve for bringing me a literal lifetime of entertainment.



TLDR: I'm old, pay me no mind - sorry for the wall of text but the thought of HL2, WoW and other milestones of my young adulthood being 20 years old is chilling me to the bone.

[Shirito]

Originally posted by Virgil:

I didn't even consider it until you mentioned it, OP. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. College had just started, World of WarCraft was sucking the life out of me as I tried and failed to be one of the first level 60 Paladins on my server (Burning Blade) and I found out only after my purchase that I didn't quite meet the system requirements for Half-Life 2, so I had to sit on that ♥♥♥♥ for several painful, painful years. That's half the reason my Steam account was only created in 2011. My grades definitely came second to World of WarCraft, sadly.

I remember trying to play HL2 from the discs and having about 5 FPS max. I was so adamant about playing through it as someone who loved HL1 since the age of 13 (I'm almost 40 now), and I was forced to endure a slideshow until I reached Water Hazard and simply could not progress any further due to not being able to make that jump near the end of the map because of the choppy frames. Memories, man, memories.

EDIT: In all seriousness, I still cannot believe they sat on Half-Life for this long. I know it's been endlessly talked about to death and I've given up on this franchise at least a decade ago, but it's absolutely insane to me to think I remember being a 13 year old playing Half-Life 1 (and especially TFC/CS) on 56k dialup with perfect clarity. I remember the roughly 750MB file size of Team Fortress Classic and not only that being a big deal at the time, but it taking absolutely forever and a day to download and install. I went from a young teenager to a middle aged man in the span of time since then and there's STILL no mention of HL3.

I can confidently say I will be opting out of HL3 simply because my interest in Half-Life peaked several lifetimes ago and the industry as well as the way games are made in general from the ground up has changed completely since then. People have lived and died in abundance since Half-Life 2 was relevant. I do hope it brings a lot of enjoyment for people who are still engaged, and I appreciate (and feel a little sick about) the trip down memory lane.

Here's to Half-Life and Valve for bringing me a literal lifetime of entertainment.



TLDR: I'm old, pay me no mind - sorry for the wall of text but the thought of HL2, WoW and other milestones of my young adulthood being 20 years old is chilling me to the bone.

Oh man it's ok, a wall of text is better than something short and stupid. As i think - they're not making hl3 because of the amount of time passed by, doing a short game would be rude. Kelly Bailey doesn't work on Valve anymore (as i know). So there won't be such a good music in future half-life series. You are a real fan playing the game even though your computer could barely run it, thank you for answering.

[Virgil]

Originally posted by Shirito:

Oh man it's ok, a wall of text is better than something short and stupid. As i think - they're not making hl3 because of the amount of time passed by, doing a short game would be rude. Kelly Bailey doesn't work on Valve anymore (as i know). So there won't be such a good music in future half-life series. You are a real fan playing the game even though your computer could barely run it, thank you for answering.

Thank you so much for indulging me. I guess time just catches me by surprise sometimes. Take care.

[💚SuperMax💚]

First time i played it back in like 2005 or 2006 probably, when I was either 5 or 6 years old.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Shirito:

Originally posted by prozealot:

still the best game of all time. Hope HL 3 come soon.

Also valve at November 16th: "here you can have your :gordon: emoji for free this week." xD

HL² being free for a whole week is nice.

[Cat]

Originally posted by Doctor Sex:

Rise and shine, Mister Freeman, rise and … shine. Not that I wish … to imply that you have been sleeping on … the job. No one is more deserving of a rest, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until … well … let’s just say your hour has come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference … in the world. So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and … smell the ashes.

Half-life 2! Let me get a look at you, man! My God, you haven't changed one iota! How do you do it?

Now, let's see. The last time I saw you, I sent you up for help after the resonance cascade. I never thought it would take you this long to get back to me!

[Ikagura]

To put in perspective: when Half-Life 2 came out in 2004, twenty years prior was 1984, the Famicom was a year old, the Sega SG-1000 II would come out, Karate Champ and Yie Ar Kung Fu would be the precursor to Street Fighter.

[prozealot]

Are they going to do somethink with HL2 on 20th anniwersaly? or they waiting for 25th. Personaly i think they should remaster HL2 with source 2.