40oz
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Post by 40oz on Nov 17, 2023 14:32:07 GMT -5
The official Valve youtube channel just dropped a documentary about Half Life 1. Posting the thread because its interesting, need to make time to watch it.
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SilverMiner
You're trying to say you like DOS better than me, right?
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Post by SilverMiner on Nov 17, 2023 16:14:19 GMT -5
@16:00
> Gabe: I go play games to have fun
so true
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Post by liveprey87 on Nov 18, 2023 13:23:30 GMT -5
I might watch it in whole...
Anywho, there's also a big update for the first Half-Life game on Steam for the time that its free to take as per its 25th anniversary, (I got it that way yesterday). Also, heads-up, some Goldsrc games and expansions have gotten rather buggy or even become broken due to this update.
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Post by dr_st on Nov 18, 2023 15:04:01 GMT -5
A very nice documentary. Pleasant to watch at 1.5x speed. I never learned about the history of Half-Life development. It was interesting to discover the sorry state in which the game had been before the original shipping date, and how pushing it off by a year essentially saved it. "Late is for a short while, suck is forever" - so true in this case (not always applicable). |
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Post by JadingTsunami on Nov 18, 2023 16:30:28 GMT -5
Really interesting details and history. Surprising how much of the storyline had to be woven backward through the game. I always felt like "Xen" was less polished than the rest of the game, both from a narrative and gameplay perspective. Now I see that indeed was the case.
Lastly hearing stories about how players seem to defy all attempts to manage their behavior while playing was amusing.
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