Just like he did with the original. Half life Celebrating the first-person shooter's 25th anniversary last year with a major update, a documentary, and a 100% discount, Valve is celebrating what's arguably even more influential. Half life 220th anniversary with, you guessed it, an update, a documentary and a 100% discount.
Valve made the announcement and detailed all the changes on a new website for the game. Notably, that update includes the usual mix of bug fixes and graphical improvements, a developer feedback track, a practice that all Half-Life and Portal games following the release of Half life 2 benefited, as well as improvements at the Steam platform level in the form of Steam Workshop support and the new Steam game recording.
“Every map in Half life 2 “It has been reviewed by Valve level designers to fix long-standing bugs, restore content and features lost over time, and improve the quality of some things like light map and fog resolution,” Valve details on the site. . Scroll way down for a much more exhaustive list of all the changes.
A major improvement to the game is the inclusion of Half life 2The episodic expansions, Episode 1 and Episode 2. In particular, and unfortunately, this does not include any confirmation of a conclusion in the form of the never published Episode 3although Valve talks about its inability to deliver that ending in the two-hour documentary.
“We could have sent it. It wouldn't have been that hard,” says Valve's Gabe Newell, sporting a new shade as he sends an entire generation of gamers into a dark spiral. “My personal failure was being perplexed. “I couldn't understand why Episode 3 was pushing anything forward.”
And, if somehow you're not done with Half life 2 in your Steam library for the last 20 years, first… congratulations? Actually, that seems difficult to do. Second, you'll be happy to know that it's currently being offered, upgrades and all, for the low price of $0.00 until November 18th, just two days away. Add it to your library permanently by going here and clicking the green Download button, and give it to your grandchildren.
Speaking of downloads, Valve's anniversary Site also includes links to historical videos of the game, such as high-quality screenshots of previously unavailable E3 demos, as well as a host of new wallpapers and links to download or stream the different soundtracks.