Half Life Anniversary and GoldSrc Games Thread

Lumeinshin

This month the Half-Life series had its 25th anniversary. Now that the game update has settled (and had a few fixes), have you revisited Half-Life due to the event?
this game is certainly retro but it makes me feel old lol

Valve released a documentary on YouTube for the anniversary, definitely worth a watch Link to the video on YT here.

Have you been playing Half-Life Deathmatch or any other GoldSrc games/mods?
Do you have any significant memories with the game and its surrounding influences?
Post about your GoldSrc thoughts here!

Lumeinshin

For me,

I played the big box edition of Half Life that my dad owned, with the base game, blue shift, opposing force and the original counterstrike.
I didnt play online and I mostly replayed the first 2ish hours of HL since I was awful at the puzzles.

Weirdly, since CounterStrike Condition Zero had bot support, I spent most of my GoldSrc time playing that version of CS. I was ultimately definitely more of a Source Baby, although I adore the visuals of the GoldSrc engine.

Do check out Cry of Fear if you like horror games, it looks like a source engine game, but is a goldsrc one. (they did use a new renderer from another mod/fangame which is how it does some cool effects like bump mapping etc)

Gabaghoul

I got close to finishing Half Life many times but never did, since it was made free on steam recently I got it and I'm planning on finishing it on hard, which even with the dumb AI of Half Life is a challenge for me since I don't play many games let alone FPS games.

Lumeinshin

Gabaghoul If it makes you feel better, the Half Life AI are considered quite smart for their time (reactive is probably more the right term)

My favourite thing is they redid the menu's to match the old style I used on disc when I was a kid

Gabaghoul

Lumeinshin true, it's just a bit noticeable since I've also been playing Halo CE and the AI there is really smart, i suck at fps games lol

1996FordMondeo

I personally grew up with goldsrc counterstrike(no idea if it was CZ or 1.6, I just know that it was modded)
I remember getting it in elementary school from an underclassman via skype.
Absolutely played the shit out of zombies maps.
While first time ive played HL was wayyy later. I was already in highschool. Technically never finished it, because I got "stuck" stuck in on rails. Cant proceed forward because of HECU and ive got no health and didint want to start over on rails.
Also the game cover for og HL is amazing and ive been giving it to every game that is made with goldsrc and source engines.

Lumeinshin

Gabaghoul oh thats more than fair, Halo was like the next major step up iirc, definitely an extra level of interactivity

Zergface

I regularly play Sven Co-op and ever since the 25th anniversary update I've also been playing Half-Life multiplayer and the Brutal Half-Life singleplayer campaign.

I have both the CD/WON and Steam versions of Half-Life. I actually remember my older brother buying the original game back close to when the game came out in late 1998 or 1999 and I got a copy a few years after when they released the high definition pack (2003? I think). I still play LAN multiplayer on the CD/WON version with my dad every once in a while.

1996FordMondeo

Zergface is the high definition pack the half life source version?
also I definetly need to get physical HL releases for my game collection.
I wonder if outside of HL generartions there were HL1 released via DVDs.

Zergface

1996FordMondeo No it came out years before source, it was bundled with Blue Shift.
https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Half-Life_High_Definition_Pack

damas

1996FordMondeo

mugcup

I played Cry of Fear over a month ago and although I would have preferred a game that transitions to different areas with different atmosphere a bit quicker it was a fun and atmospheric game. I think GoldSrc is clearly great for coop experiences as exhibited in the popularity of Sven Coop, an experience that never caught on as much on Source. Maybe the simpler engine is better for coop type games?

HL😃M is great too I have had so much fun playing recently. I lack the drive to become better at FPS games that so many other people seem to have but this one encourages me. Although I still have a very casual attitude about it.

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