Half-life reminisce thread. >When/how'd you get your

I got it on Orange Box for console and my fondest memory of the series was either going through ravenholm for the first time or playing HL1 for the first time

>>388174960
>2012
>going to a shop to look for something
>mom feels like she should buy something for me, I pick The Orange Box because it had TF2 in it, but I couldn't play it because my computer was an absolute piece of shit
>she spent quite a lot of money in it, as games have very high taxes over here, but even then I couldn't even play the games because my computer is absolutely shit
>it wouldn't be until 2013 when I got a slighly better computer and was graced with playing HL2 and the episodes, albeit in low settings and 480p
It still feels like yesterday

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>>388175547
nigga what country do you live in

Enough with fucking half-life threads already

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Seeing the half-life 1 intro on my dad's gateway computer is one of the most memorable moments of my childhood.

It was on a big, heavy crt sony screen and my dad turned the lights off in the computer room. That part after the teleport accident when you're in a dark abyss and see the vortigaunts lined up in front of you...holy fuck.

Got through a chunk of the game as a kid. Played with a damn flight sim joystick (don't ask). Was able to get to the tentacle, so maybe a fourth through the game. When you go up to fight the soldiers in the elevator and the rock music starts that was also amazing.

After my friends were talking about CS, I decided to pirate it. And since HL was along with CS "for some reason", I decided to play it as well.

Then I downloaded PS2 version because I didn't have much games for that. Then went back on PC. Few months later tried to buy The Orange Box but it wasn't available at retail, so I got myself only HL2.

2004, HL2 PC box set.

>>388174960

Orange Box, PS3 Version.

Half-Life 2 was this series that took up most of the selection so naturally I checked it out after beating Portal and fell in love. I loved how the game was essentially uninterrupted from beginning to end. I could remember the game like it was an actual place that I visited, and I got Half-Life 1 on Steam not too long after that. This is about the point where I became a PCfag, better late than never. I wanted to see how playing fps games with a mouse and keyboard felt like, and I wanted Half Life 2 mods.

Upon multiple playthroughs I realized just how well designed the games were. This concept of "pacing" in a video game became something I admired immensely, and wished more games gave enough of a shit about. Reading about how the devs watched playtesters behind a one-way mirror to teach themselves better level design was inspiring.

>>388174960
>tfw you care less for HL2 EP3 being dead
>talking with a friend about it
who was right here?

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>>388177278
Pt.1

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>>388177548
Pt. 1 sorry for it being ass backwards

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>>388177658
Pt.3/3

enjoy

>>388174960
orange box for xbox OG

liked it more than portal and tf2

ravenholm and the segment directly afterwards + the gunship chase in the boat are the most memorable moments for me.

it was 7/10 for me

Played CS 1.6 when I got my first PC in 2006. It was a shitty Dell and couldn't run HL2.

Didn't play the series until the Orange Box.

Fuck they were good.

>>388177742
Yes, you're very impressive for complaining about fanboys.

>>388177742
I dunno man, this Despresso guy has some pretty good advice

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>tfw never touched the half-life series

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>played HL2 for first time when Orange Box released
>never touched the first one
>thought it was pretty lame to be honest
>enjoyed Episode 2 the most however
>was still interested in seeing the conclusion with Episode 3 but never cared that much
>now this

Damn I feel sorry for you guys, but mostly because Episode 3 was not meant to be the conclusion of the series so what you read now doesn't give any closure.

>>388179148
>thought it was pretty lame to be honest
I felt the same way, everytime I see /v/ shitting on HL2 for some reason while holding HL1 as some immaculate FPS that aged like fine wine I lose brain cells trying to reason with that mentality

Bought Half-Life 1 on release day back in 1998. Pretty much the entire game was a memorable moment for my teenaged self, even Xen, but mostly for the wrong reasons.

Never been a fan of the sequel.

Seems like this is the more rational HL thread.

>>388177742
>Talking down to your """"friend"""" just because he is bummed out about something than he really wanted
Yeah dude you are so fucking cool. Embarrassing post desu take your shitty (you).

>>388180760
>getting this triggered over a post
moralfag pls

>>388177548
>>388177658
>>388177742
>cross-thread linking your garbage.
You're the faggot in this situation

>>388181282
t. delusional VALVe drone

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>>388181507
t. kiddie with dogshit taste in video games.
>118 hours on blockland
This website is 18+ you niglet.

>>388174960
I never actually played Episodes 1 and 2. I remember thinking that the whole episodic release was stupid (I think it was one of the first games that tried it) and that I would play it when the whole thing is out completely. Still waiting...

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pick up the can and dr kleiners falling down elevators

>>388181791
>shitting on Blockland
go back to Roblox, you mongoloid

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>>388181791
>1.7 hr on HL1
>4.6 on 2
>nothing for Ep1 and 2
>lodes of e/v/-core games with no time actually spent on playing them
>dem reviews
>dat 'artwork'
>screenshots all have #game in them
Pretty embarrassing

>>388182129
>shits on his artwork
sorry it ain't some autistic artistry action shot ;)

>>388182129
>complains about anon's artwork
>uses tyler meme
irony doesn't come close to this shit right here

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>>388182565
>tyler
Nigga u dum

>>388177548
>>388177658
>>388177742
TDude, you are prety much being the biggest douche in this situation, talking down to your friend who only wanted to say how much it sucks that HL3 got cancelled, and then you post it all over /v/ for us to see?

You are a faggot.

>>388174960
>When/how'd you get your first half-life game?
Was SEAmonkey kid who got a pirated CD of CS1.6 from some Chinese guy at an open air market for the equivalent of about 3 USD, because all my friends were playing, this was in 2001 or 2002 I believe. It also happened to have HL1 on it and that was my introduction.
>What was your fondest memory of the series?
Playing part of Ravenholm in the HL2 demo for the first time.

>>388182834
>triggered that i don't know autistic facebook memes
k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goDd02TTxBA

>>388183001
>he's a sad cunt even when he's not fucking around on steam
pathetic

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>Got it from my uncle. He introduced me to it after he finished it, same as Thief.
>Buying my own copy of Half-Life 2 on release day and just being utterly fascinated to be playing a sequel after such a long time

>>388174960
Got HL1 on PS2 used and Orange Box on PS3 when I got the system.

>>388182927
>i'm a douche for seeing that if they released HL3 it'd receive the same, if not more attention ala Duke Nukem Forever
okay buddy

>>388183131
>implying i care about that a game isn't released to Duke Nukem Forever levels of disappointment

>>388183327
Look how fucking tryhard you are, you can't even accept criticism of your actions! Your friend never said that they should just release the game unfinished just to appease the fans ala Duke Nukem Forever, as you pointed out. All your friend wanted to do was just share the article to show you that the game got cancelled, then you just start mocking him for it. On top of that, you post your conversation here so that we can, what, laugh at him with you? You're a fucking asshole.

I bet you're the type of asshole who screams and cries whenever you don't get whatever you want like a child and then turn around and poke fun of others when they don't get what they want. I hope this thread makes it back to your friend so he can what a spiteful person you are. You should really re-evaluate yourself, my man.

>>388184031
>"ugh he doesn't think this is a bad thing, we need a subpar weak Half-Life game"
sorry to tell you, but if the game was release, the risk and percentage of it being shit is astronomically higher now then it was back then

>>388174960
Got HL2 GOTY. Came with HL2:DM, HL:S and CS:S. Only recently did I get the non Source Half Life, wanted to try some mods.

>>388184031
>"I bet you're the type of asshole who screams and cries whenever you don't get whatever you want like a child and then turn around and poke fun of others when they don't get what they want. I hope this thread makes it back to your friend so he can what a spiteful person you are. You should really re-evaluate yourself, my man."
>on 4chan
autistic moralfag detected

Brainbread introduced me to the series
HL1 mods truly were the best mods

>>388175547
>Got into PC gaming around 2014
>Got to experience HL2
>Got to be around in the early days of Dota 2
>Playing Portal and Portal 2 in a marathon
[Spoiler]>Watching TF2 die[/Spoiler]
[Spoiler]>Watching Valve disappoint time and time again[/Spoiler]

I feel you man.

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I also played Deus Ex for the first time on PS2.

>>388174960
Around 2007, rented Half life 2 for the original xbox, had never seen anything like it. Got into pc gaming maybe 2 years after and played through everything valve.

>>388177929
No orange box for original xbox my dude, the port of hl2 was pretty decent though.

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I remember playing HL1 on a demo disc I had when I was young. I loved every bit of it. Then I picked up the orange box around 2008 and played HL2 for the first time. The atmosphere of the game was so unexplainable at the time. It wasn't until the summer of 2009 that finished HL2E2, I even got that achievement where you have to keep a gnome with you through out the whole game and place him in a rocket ship toward the ending. Can't believe it's going to be almost 10 years since I played HL. I want to go back

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>Saw HL1 Ps1 around 2005/2006
>Rented Orange Box in roughly Nov/Dec 07
>Got Portal May 08, and Orange Box Dec 08 for PC
>Bought a spy tshirt in 08 that I no longer have
>Parents divorced in 08.
>Played tons of TF2, always cheered me up
>Met good friends who I still speak with when then saw me reading the Orange Box prima guide one day in class
>Went through Middle and HS together
>Currently unemployed and have to somehow find a way to make $800 a month or so minimum to pay this rent

It's been a good run, but this isn't the end of HL, I refuse to believe it.

I'll have a drink or two tonight in its honor.

>>388174960
Got the orange box around 2008/9. Hl2's pacing and level design. Coming from someone who grew up on halo and call of duty, it was unlike anything i had seen before, and pretty much set me off to a path of discovering better and better games as i grew older.

All I remember is pain.

half-life 1 was my first ever video game, to this day it remains my favorite

why did it have to end like this

>>388174960
>how'd you get
From a bootleg video game store
>your fondest memory
Don't know. All of it. Can't think of a single bad moment.

Never got around to it.
Had a steam family share thing with a friend that I would have took advantage of, but that ended for whatever reason, so I've just been putting it off.

I barely remember anything about hl1 and 2 despite finishing both

It's been so long it's just a meme at this point

I read the plot spoilers and I doesn't even make sense to me

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>Be 9
>At aunties friends house
>Her husband is playing games on PS3
>Cool first person shooter, never played one of those before
>He lets me play
>Throwing barrels onto weird tentacle things, then shooting them until they explode
>Leave feeling overjoyed, first shooting game i ever played
>3 years later, dad hooks up his computer to the TV and plays Half Life 2
>Holdup.jpg
>I remember the game
>He lets me play it
>Play it to completion
>Play subsequent games over the years, as i become better at first person shooters
>Dad gives me his steam account when i get my PC
>Now 18
>Over 300 hours across all Half Life games
>Hear game is dead

Brb deleting 9 year old steam account

>>388174960
I'm surprised other people got introduced via the console orange box too. Valve was publicly ashamed of that port.

I got the orange box entirely for portal and tf2, so I went in with no expectations what so ever. I didn't even know it was a shooter at first, I thought it was going to be a short puzzle game like Portal. Having the game actually be long and action filled blew my mind. The game kept blowing my mind my adding a new gameplay style every chapter too.

>1998
>my dad comes home with a new game, says he has been looking forward to it for ages after reading about it in magazines
>spent the next 6 years playing it constantly
>2004 my dad buys half life 2 and we are both super excited playing through it
>do the same with half life episode 1, 2 years later
>2007 my dad gives me a copy of orange box and we play the entire game in almost one sitting. he then tells me afterwards that him and my mum are getting a divorce

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Daily Reminder:

>>388174960
Never played Half-Life

I'm 28 years old

>>388188405
I only played HL2 ep1 :^)

>>388187259
>9
>there are people who were born after 2000s posting on 4chan
kill
me

I'm not sure I ever finished 1, I've seen my brother do it. I remember 2 and episodes.

2 was pretty dope in its time and I remember the pacific northwest atmosphere in ep2 being pretty good.

>>388187259
>be 9
>PS3
Had to remind myself that you're probably not underage. Feels old man.

>>388188490
>not knowing basic math
1999

>>388188602
thats close to 2000 my friend. you could have been born in december.

>>388174960
>When/how'd you get your first half-life game?
Dad got a burned version of HL1 from someone at work
>What was your fondest memory of the series?
Spending christmas playing it with my dad

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The fact that the series fizzles out like this.. it sucks. Just been listening to triage at dawn for a while now. The melancholy is crushing me, both from the ending itself and the way the series was brought down. But I thought it was a good read. I wonder what will happen as they phase out their other unused series, such as l4d, or TF2. I hope that the final comic gives a good ending to it.