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1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold...
  • Romkslrqusz@lemm.eeEnglish
    44·
    1 month ago

    In terms of storyline, it doesn’t really matter too much.

    I still think you should play through the first one. If you need something that feels less 1998, Black Mesa is a remake of the original Half Life and it is very fun.

    • brsrklf@jlai.luEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      Maybe it’s because I played them too late, but while I mostly had a blast playing HL2, the first one never clicked for me.

      I know, it’s been very influential and new when it released, but it was still quite straight a FPS game. Whereas HL2 is like a crazy theme park of different ambiences and mechanics.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        Playing the original Half-Life is like a formative gaming memory for me… It had been such a massive leap from your DOOM 2s and Dukes Nukem. I was super young though, so I don’t know how much I cared about the narrative.

        HL2, on the other hand…Now that I remember vividly. I remember having to use five CDs to install it because Steam had literally just been invented (for HL2). Having to create a Steam account and log into a service to play a game was so foreign at the time lol…

        Might be time to re-play.