>can't prove why their game is innovative or special >can't explain why it was above it's comtemporaries. >gets BTFO by System Shock chads Why are hl fans so pathetic?
Only redditors like Half Life. Inferior to Deus Ex, Thief, System Shock, Hexen, Heretic, Doom. Quake, Unreal, Cybermage, Ultima Underworld, Marathon, Turok, Sin, Shogo, Blood, Shogo, Tribes, Duke, Strife, Dark Forces, Shadow Warrior, Far Cry.
John Roberts
Half-Life was massive because it was very good first, but second... >IT HAD FUCKING MODS If you're not aware of this, that means you're probably underage and shouldn't be here.
My god the nostalgia in this thread. 55 fuckin dollars for this game. That's like 87 dollars in today's money, expensive as fuck.
Joseph Barnes
>having to prove anything to anyone about why you enjoy something
You simply have not achieved inner peace user and the content that comes with it. The calm rested feeling of being able to gaze at the stars, or sit down and play a game without worrying about if it's good enough for others let alone yourself, or being able to scroll through pages of shitposts and being able to have a hearty laugh while curled up in your computer chair in the dark sipping on your favorite cola. For ages man before us has struggle with faith, and who our creator is. Attempting to find the right combination of worship, selflessness, and constraint in hopes of having mercy laid upon thyselves and being welcomed into our creator's arms and the feeling that your happiness is deserved and justified. When the answer has been in front of us all along. Whether it's running down a steel corridor with a crowbar and putting an end to hundreds of beings that will later worship you for their massacre, stealing a car from an old woman and mowing down dozens of protesters in front of a construction yard, or getting kicked out of your friends' apartment because him and his wife don't want to have a threeway. No matter what, the simple achievement of being able to enjoy something by itself without comparing it to others, and not minding the ramblings of dozens of anonymous brazilians online, is something truly wonderful. For years I tried many things. Not jerking off, jerking off enough times in a day to reach complete apathy, three shots at morning, noon, and dinner, visiting strip clubs but hanging out at the bar in attempt to get a free show from afar. But nothing has been able to make me happier than simply ceasing to be a faggot
Ah yes, the great Shogo which gave us Counter-Strike, They Hunger, Team Fortress, Day of Defeat and all the other goodies.
I think you're all missing the point of why Half-Life was so popular. Valve even wanted to capitalize on the success of player-made content early on and make a "game" which would be like an online service/hub for user created games which eventually turned into Steam.
I remember in highschool there was a kid like OP. He would look out the window before home room and watch all the cars come in. He had every license plate memorized. He noticed when I got a new one. Weird bug eyes, and clearly not able to really think. Just a sort of human machine with very odd obsessions. Felt bad for the guy. Never fit in.
I finally started getting into PC gaming on a shitty little laptop and System Shock 2 is the first game I'm playing and I'm loving it. Is the first SS game worth playing too? I plan on playing Half-Life too