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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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[–] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Imo the best enjoyment to time ratio is:

  1. Black Mesa (the Xen level at the end was redone and extended compared to in HL1 and it's cool but if it starts to drag just move on)

  2. HL2 (main game)

  3. HL2: EP1 start it but maybe skip and watch a playthrough if you get bored

  4. HL2: EP2

  5. HL Alyx, if you can play it on a decent headset. DO NOT MOD IT TO PLAY IT WITH MOUSE/KB it will be extremely boring since it's designed for VR

Have fun, there's simply nothing else like Half-Life games

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Also, to add to this: if you haven't played Portal and Portal 2, then you need to do that now. Like possibly even before HL

[–] Masta_Chief@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Was thinking of adding those but wanted to keep it HL specific. But yes the Portals are must plays. Pretty much perfect games. I remember watching the ending of 2 over and over because it was so dope.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Both end songs are on my playlist, I love it when the randomize function picks them up. You could say it is a triumph.

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