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Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I actually have that in my library because I bought the Index but haven't played it yet because I wanted to play the first 2 games first. I didn't play the first game for very long tho because I got stuck at some point early into the game and haven't felt like continuing yet. You can also really feel the age of that game, controls and that kinda stuff. Not sure if I should just punch through that game or just say fuck it and play Alyx.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Well you're in luck because there are VR mods available free for the older Half Life games. Just get the Orange Box or something with all the half life backlog and VR mod them for free.

[–] Epsilion@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago

If by "first game" you mean HL1, you could try playing "Black Mesa" which is a fan remake of the game, in the same engine that powers HL2. It's not a 1:1 recreation, but it's close enough (and I feel it improves on some things).

HL2 is also 3 seperate games (HL2, HL2 Episode 1, HL2 Episode 2), so make sure you have all of those in your library.

At the very least, I'd suggest playing HL2/EP1/EP2 before Alyx, since those would provide the expected background for Alyx, despite it technically being a prequel-ish thing.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Half life 1 just got a new big update that makes it much better to play this day and age and fixed a bunch of bugs. Either way you could skip 1. As a kid I never played 1 and went straight into 2, then 2 episodes 1 and 2 with the orange box. I still haven't finished 1 but with this new update I think I'll go back to it some point soon now.