Half-Life 2 is currently 100% off for its 20th anniversary, plus a major update

Cool, but I already bought it like 20 years ago and still have it on steam

Neat, but.

Even HL: Alyx left us with just as much of a cliffhanger as the end of HL2 Episode 2...

Ah, this is why I come to lemmy.

Thank you kind user!

This new edition concludes the Half-Life 2 development story, with never-before-seen concept art from Episode One and Episode Two, along with ideas and experiments for the third episode that never came to be.

Not that it should be a surprise to anyone, but is this the first time Valve has openly admitted that Episode 3 is officially cancelled?

Intriguing thumbnail!

Never played any of these before. Do I start with this one or would I need 1?

us Half-Life fans are eating good this month. first, we get Project Borealis Prologue, and now HL2 update and the game going free to own for a limited time. i am so going to enjoy checking the update out. and the documentary as well.

Thanks good fellow. I never actually played it before.

Hell yeah! Commentary! Looks like I'm replaying it for the 100th time.

Yo after all this time I never bought episode 1 or 2. I'm playing the fuck outta it

Huh? I wanted to see whether Portal 1 and 2 are free as well to recommend them to family and friends but for the life of me I can't figure it out. They don't show any info on purchasing them whether I'm logged in or not.

That changelog is waaaay longer than I expected it to be.

You're amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Hmmm... I guess it has been over a decade. Maybe it's time to play HL2 again.

Thank you! My kids Christmas account will need to save city 17 as soon as Dec 25th

Just started playing it. So far I can't remember it at all. I played HL1 so much and have recently started with Black Mesa. I remember a lot of EP1, also. Managed to clock 3 hrs on HL2 today and there's only one bit I remember, I think. Good fun game. Only annoyance are the ladders and getting on / off them well.

I bought Trepang 2 the other day too and that has a similar era vibe, but with a modern take.

I remember playing this on a Radeon 9550 GPU with 128 MB VRAM and being amazed at how well it was running at 1680x1050.

I remember when halflife 1 became free

I just finished watching the documentary this afternoon. I already own the game since it released but this is all a great excuse to okay through it again.

Played 15 minutes and it was very intriguing but motion sickness got the best of me and I stopped playing after barfing at the toilet

Thanks, I feel old now...

Can the game ve played with controller? Don't judge me, I just prefer controller that mouse + keyboard.

Thanks

I can finally play the cool mods without taking it from my friend's library.