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Half-Life 2 is currently 100% off for its 20th anniversary, plus a major update (store.steampowered.com)
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Bonus: it also seems that the episodes have been rolled into the base game. Full details of the anniversary update.

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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemm.ee 33 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

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.lu 5 points 3 hours 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.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 9 points 6 hours ago

FYI, Black Mesa is currently on sale for $4.99, absolute steal at that price.