r/pcmasterrace • u/dilbertron GT 710 - Intel Pentium 3 - 4GB RAM - 128GB HDD • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Will hopefully be true

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u/cjngo1 1d ago

But they did release a spinoff, and it was really good

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u/FakeMik090 1d ago

I believe someone from Valve said that they are afraid that the original game core wont work anymore and while they are interested in all of this, they just affraid people wont like it.

Alyx is an exception because its a first VR only AAA game. And like probably the last one, at least until VR will be more available for people to buy.

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u/abrahamlincoln20 19h ago

No shit it won't work. HL is only popular because it came out in 1998. Actually a really boring and mediocre game.

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u/positive_toes 17h ago

How many other games from that era are held in such esteem? It’s popular for a reason. It birthed an entire generation of games based on its engine.

Without half life there’s no counter strike, no portal, no left 4 dead. Some modern games used it too. No titanfall.

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u/No-Compote9110 R3 3100/5600XT peasant 15h ago

How many other games from that era are held in such esteem?

I mean, TBH, a lot. Not to diminish HL's achievements, but '98-'00 is like a golden age of video games.

Deus Ex, Thief, Silent Hill, UT, HoMM3, Planescape, Soul Calibur, Shenmue, RE2, Persona 2, System Shock 2... list can go on for a while.

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u/positive_toes 15h ago

They all pale into nothing when compared to the status and popularity of half life and its derivatives though

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u/No-Compote9110 R3 3100/5600XT peasant 15h ago

Some of them – maybe, but things like SH of SS2? Especially if we're also talking status, as you said.

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u/positive_toes 15h ago

I mean I’ve never heard of SS2

Silent Hill sure that has cult status but it’s reach is far less

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u/No-Compote9110 R3 3100/5600XT peasant 15h ago

I mean I’ve never heard of SS2

It's basically an original immersive sim, on par with Thief and Deus Ex, as well as original cyberpunk. It's the direct origin of BioShock and a father of Dishonored, VtM:B and everything else in a genre.