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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Hey, I'll take anything over being stuck on the cliffhanger of Eli's death for 20 years, and wrap up the whole Combine story as best as possible.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 days ago (3 children)

cliffhanger of Eli’s death

Uhhh your missing a game there bud.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A game 90% of people can't play.

Should have left the main narrative alone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"i haven't upgraded my pc since 1990, it's not fair they released a game on 2002 pc specs!"
is what you sound like.

Should they not release new games on new consoles too because you only have the old ones?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hardly. HL:A is the only game that would interest me in the slightest on VR platforms. No "upgrade" involves buying a dead end platform for one game.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

No one cares what you think

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

That cliffhanger got addressed in Half-Life: Alyx. And replaced with a different cliffhanger.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As TachyonTele suggested, you may want to play or read into Half Life Alyx. Time travel got involved.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I’ve heard there are mods to play it on a flat screen. Obvs you’d lose a lot of the experience, but that would be a way to get the story.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I watched a story recap on yt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

If possible, I recommend giving Alyx a go, even if you have to borrow a headset, visit a friend, arcade, ect.

Not an option for everyone of course, Alyx aside VR is fun and while the entry requirements are getting lower it's still a leap.

Valve will probably summarise the main story change in HL3, which will be a very WTF moment that's kinda on brand with the scenario.