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Sabbathius t1_jefi5ol wrote

Half Life for me. It's not BAD, but it is just a really primitive linear shooter, entirely single player, and barely 10-15 hrs long. So nothing really amazing. But everyone is acting like these games were the second coming of Jesus, because you could stack a few boxes on top of each other or play fetch with a robot dog.

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your_favorite_wokie t1_jefizqe wrote

I definitely get what you're saying.

I think a lot of the hype was related to Valve, and the game's worldbuilding. I personally find the lore more interesting than the game itself.

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Turbulent_Winter549 t1_jefllhd wrote

The big thing about HL is that it was the first shooter with an actual story, not just running around shooting waves of enemies. It was revolutionary in that sense

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ZylonBane t1_jefpxcz wrote

>The big thing about HL is that it was the first shooter with an actual story

System Shock would like a word with you. Then Strife. Then Terminator: Future Shock. Then probably another dozen or so early story-based FPS.

There is little that Half Life was the legitimate "first" to do. It just happened to do a whole bunch of things that had been done before but did them all very well.

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sumpfkraut666 t1_jefz95s wrote

The argument was terribly explained but it has a point. Half life was revolutionary in that you played the opening cutscene. It wasn't the first shooter with a story that is more complex than "shoot enemy" but it was the first to tell a complex story (mostly) through gameplay. Properly using the medium is part of the art of making video games.

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ZylonBane t1_jeg3i3p wrote

Half Life's story isn't that complex. It's basically Doom's story. "Oh no we opened a portal and shit went to hell. Also there are some bad humans too."

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Turbulent_Winter549 t1_jefyih2 wrote

I've been gaming since Atari 2600 and never heard of strife or terminator future shock but thanks for enlightening me.

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ZylonBane t1_jefpiiz wrote

>entirely single player

You say that like it's in even the slightest way a bad thing.

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0451time t1_jefm9bl wrote

>entirely single player

Opposing Force CTF:

HL Deathmatch:

HL2 Deathmatch:

HL Deathmatch source:

HL Decay:

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mope_n t1_jefsmh4 wrote

The original HL was a kind of second coming of Jesus for single player FPS but more so for online gaming in the late 90s early 00s imo. It had some great popular mods and the obvious TFC and CS came from it.

Half Life 2 was a cool game but the gaming industry had learned and moved on and it never left the same impression as the first game.

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