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These are the lasting things that Half-Life 2 gave us, besides headcrabs and crowbars (arstechnica.com)
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Beyond the game itself (which rocks), Half-Life 2 had a big impact on PC gaming.

Half-Life 2 introduced many ground-breaking things at once—deep facial animations and expressions, an accessible physics engine, a compelling global-scale but family-minded story—while also being tremendously enjoyable game to play through. This has made it hard for anyone to suggest another game to go above it on any "All-time greatest games" list, especially those with a PC focus.

I'm having a hard time posting an article about HL:2 in "retro gaming" but it is 20 years old. If you'll excuse me, I need to go take my Geritol and Metamucil.

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[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

HEADCRABS AND CROWBARS WERE BOTH IN HALF-LIFE 1.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago

Yup. I think the engine improvements that allowed for the gravity gun to be a m7ch more prominent HL2 thing.

[–] horse_tranquilizers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

> If you’ll excuse me, I need to go take my Geritol and Metamucil.

Cheers to that! *takes valium, prozac, lithium