You'll forgot it even exists
The voices told me to play this version
Nice update to the original game, probably a better way to play this game, but I forgot it even exists and I would rather just play the original
why is projared in this
Having played OG HL2 the day before to get the last few achievements, particularly Lamba Locator, I can't say I noticed any standout differences visually. As well it actually seemed a little buggier with some triggers not activating and stuttering when quick saving. However it's still HL2 and I managed to do a straight 100% achievement run first time so I can't say I had a bad time, just a underwhelming time considering the entire point of the mod even if it was free.
honestly most people wont notice a huge improvement between this and the original half life 2, but I suppose a small improvement is better than no improvement.
how id prefer to replay the hl2 games
Main benefit is the recompiled maps having a much improved draw distance so grass doesn't just appear in front of you like it used to, which was really the only major sign of age on the original game. I'm not always a fan of how the colored lighting changes the mood of some scenes though, I preferred Half-Life 2 with a bleak eastern-european feeling environment which is tarnished somewhat with the splashes of bright orange and blue in places.
I was willing to forgive the bizarre choice of YouTuber commentary if it was at least insightful but really doesn't provide more than short, surface-level development facts written like a student project. Ironically YouTube analyses have done a better job and stealing clips from those would give you a better commentary track. Commentary nodes are also far too short and frequent so it's really just an interactive bullet-point list.
It might seem like I went in hard on two quite small aspects but really that's all this offers. Still a valid way to play one of the best FPS campaigns of all time but the original is still being updated to work on modern systems.
I was willing to forgive the bizarre choice of YouTuber commentary if it was at least insightful but really doesn't provide more than short, surface-level development facts written like a student project. Ironically YouTube analyses have done a better job and stealing clips from those would give you a better commentary track. Commentary nodes are also far too short and frequent so it's really just an interactive bullet-point list.
It might seem like I went in hard on two quite small aspects but really that's all this offers. Still a valid way to play one of the best FPS campaigns of all time but the original is still being updated to work on modern systems.
Honestly, I didn't notice a lot of difference between this and the og HL2.
half a star higher cuz i never got stuck in the terrain and it looks nicer