Getting my 20 year badge in a few weeks. I was so confused at the discourse during the early days. People actively wanted it to fail. I was ready to be rid of physical copies. I still have such fond memories of when the orange box came out.
Honestly portal 2 was less interesting then portal 1. It was very meme heavy. It also became focused on running for your life instead of a puzzle game with a mystery. I’d rather see a new IP that isn’t a card game.
I like portal 1 quite a bit more than portal 2. Portal 1 felt like this dark mystery with occasional bits of humor. It felt very connected to Half Life, not necessarily in story, but definitely in atmosphere. Portal 2 was missing a lot of that. It oddly felt less lonely than Portal 1, and was missing a lot of that Half Life atmosphere.
Additionally I love the implications that Portal 1 has if you play Half Life. Outside is absolute hell, and you don’t know if you’d rather be outside the facility or inside it.
Woo 20 years of taking 30% from some of the most vulnerable game developers. It’s okay though because recently they gave the non vulnerable a percentage cut.
When steam first came out I considered it a nuisance. I had bought half life 2 on disc and was pissed that I had to download a storefront for the game to run. It’s still kind of bs from the POV an old-head gamer, ngl, but here we are in 2023 and it irritates me when a game isn’t on steam lol.
I thought they officially announced Half-Life 3 was dead a few years ago. They released the game’s script online so fans could get some sort of conclusion.
I’m not even finished Alyx, I started again when I got my new build done and I went from an 8/10-10/10 and I haven’t even finished it yet. I played HL2VR mod immediately prior and it has completely changed the way I view the whole series.
Yeah it took me literally years to complete it and then suddenly got on a roll and finished it in one week. On completion I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner. It was a fantastic journey.
Yeah… as years go I keep thinking about this. Not sure if he has any real thought plan or something for somebody he trusts… I mean he has kids but not sure about them wanting anything to do with it, or him wanting to give it to them, no idea.
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