Half-Life 2 simply turned 20 years previous, and to have a good time Valve have launched an replace for his or her basic first-person shooter. In short: they’ve recorded developer commentary; they’ve added Steam Workshop help; Episodes One and Two at the moment are a part of the package deal; and there are some bug fixes and new graphics choices.
Seize it earlier than the tip of the weekend (November 18th at 6pm GMT) and it is also free to maintain on Steam.
Episodes 1 and a couple of already had developer commentary, as do a number of different Valve video games, however Half-Life 2 by no means did. This replace provides three and a half hours of commentary by members of the Half-Life 2 workforce, as they attempt to keep in mind what the heck occurred through the making of the sport.
In the event you’re not acquainted with the story of Half-Life 2’s growth, the reply is: quite a bit occurred. Valve additionally partnered with Secret Tape to supply a two-hour documentary on the topic:
Half-Life 2 had a bustling modding neighborhood again when, simply as its predecessor did, and it is nice that Steam Workshop help has been added even when it is late. (Steam Workshop itself was solely created in 2011.) It is already filling up with work now.
The complete record of fixes and rendering choices is simply too lengthy for me to incorporate right here. There are adjustments to help ultrawide screens and excessive FOV settings, elevated spawn factors in multiplayer maps to thwart gamers who’re a quickdraw with a rest room, and a few limits lifted inside BSP recordsdata permitting for modders to position extra brushes and fashions inside their very own ranges.
Valve did an identical set of revisions to have a good time the unique Half-Life’s twenty fifth anniversary final yr. Subsequent yr would be the twentieth anniversary of Day Of Defeat: Supply, so I am trying ahead to the three hour-long documentary about that.
