The wait for Half-Life 3 has been eternal, and after all these years, we're still none the wiser as to when, or even if, we'll get to play it. Thankfully, some talented Half-Life fans have made Not only would playing through the original help you understand Half-Life 2, but it is genuinely an amazing game. I would personally call it even better than Half-Life 2. The environments are varied, the weapons are all unique, the story is great other than the 1990s era graphics there is almost nothing bad about the game, and even they have 242 votes, 184 comments. true. 100% pretty much all of them are still worth it. The main thing you'll notice being gone if you've gone back after playing BL3, some of the quality of life things like being able to Mantle edges, the movement doesn't seem quite as smooth, etc.. Sharp corners and all, Half-Life 2: VR Mod is well worth checking out right now if you can. Ultimately, the physics and tech of Half-Life 2 are still a joy to play with 18 years later. VR only Half-Life: 15 Amazing Mods We Still Remember. Half-Life's community has made incredible mods over the years, and here are the best ones yet. Half-Life was the pioneer of interactive storytelling, allowing players to remain in full control of their character while engaging in memorable dialogue that would typically be relegated to a cutscene. As Half-Life celebrates its 25th anniversary, this documentary serves as a tribute to the visionary minds and collaborative efforts that brought this iconic game to life. It’s not often that Valve talk about Half-Life, in fact, it’s been three years since they published anything on Youtube relating to it. You can watch the documentary here A new Half-Life mod does for the original Valve, sci-fi FPS what Half-Life: Alyx does for Half-Life 2, providing a complete, fully voice-acted prequel, focusing on Gordon Freeman and his work at Half-Life is a staple of the FPS genre and both it and its remake Black Mesa have Gordon Freeman fighting all sorts of creatures and soldiers while escaping the Black Mesa facility. Black Mesa is a fan remake but it's hard to guess that when first playing. It is a faithful remake in that it involves the same puzzles, enemies, and story while WesternEyed 15 years ago #2. Half-Life is a terrific game, but you have to keep in mind that it was released nearly ten years ago. It did a lot of things that had never been done before in the first-person shooter genre that are old hat now. It's still a lot of fun, though. Easily worth ten bucks. Half-Life 2 Still Holds Up as One of the Best Video Games of All Time Apart from its 25-year-old visuals and audio, Half-Life 's technical issues and often unpredictable gameplay are an zueP.