This title screen brought me right back to the first time I played it as a kid… Half-Life was one of the first cinematic feeling games, and this feels like the perfect way to replay it 25 years later.
I’m 90% done with the campaign and beat it this go round entirely on the deck/with a controller. It’s not perfect but it definitely still holds up and plays well!
Yeah I snagged Half-Life on the sale plus a couple of others.
I was hoping for big discounts on the newer AAA games like Hogwarts and Starfield but not so far…Nah no mods necessary. The first part will feel a little slow but stick with it and remember that these were the quake days, so people talking, acting things out in front of you, etc. was all brand new. So the game sort of revels in that for the first half an hour to an hour.
But it’s also a great atmospheric and combat game, and so it really picks up once shit hits the fan. Hope you enjoy it!
It seems to me that this limited edition steam deck was really meant to be a half life special edition based on the timing of the 25th anniversary of half life and the orange palette.
Fuck… Now that you mention it, that really makes me want one.
Bit poor at the moment though :(
lol same here . I dig the design. I have a LCD one which I got a year ago .
Cries in European
Llora en Mexicano
Cries in Norwegian, they dont sell any steamdeck here.
Well, I got mine(LCD) from Elkjøp some weeks ago. The OLED will come.
Right there with ya, it’s so gorgeous and I want it but I’m a filthy European 😭😭😭
I dont understand, if you guys wanted one just use a proxy.
They’d need to proxy their address/house. Not sure that tech exists, yet.
You’ve got to provide your delivery address dude therefore giving your location away or is there a way around that?
It’s really hard to deliver a shoebox sized parcel through a proxy server.
Yeah, I’m not sure what he means. How would they deliver it?!
not that easy
Hyped to see them give half life some updates for playability on deck.
I couldn’t figure it out, couldn’t bring up the menu and save, but at least I got to watch that opening sequence again.
Gave me goosebumps, bro. ;)
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How’s the grippier thumbsticks compared to the og version? Does it make a difference at all?
Much better. The OG thumbsticks were some of the worst I’ve used on a controller to be honest (they were too slippery and too flat). The OLED ones are a bit concave and have a grippy material now.
Mine is supposed to arrive tomorrow, no LE though since I live in Sweden but I’m looking forward to it nevertheless (1TB model)
Hur länge var din i Danmark? Min har varit där i 24h nu…
I think Black Mesa is a definitive edition, if you want to replay the first Half Life
Buggy as hell on the Deck, in my experience. The lighting is completely busted, but it may be a Proton issue that I can’t be arsed to research and fix.
Transparent, eh? Who’s gonna be the first to add RGB mods to this?
The first game I ever played was cs source I feel dam old lol
The first games I played were on an Amiga lol
I played the very first beta of CS when it was an HL mod.
I remember there was only a few guns and only one model, the teams had different skins and they were long and short sleeves. Friendly fire was always on.
It was a mess.
And the map facility, based on the Goldeneye map
It was fantastic
That’s what I’m talking about!
true black, no backlight, mate screen, this looks too good to be true
It’s as true as an unedited iPhone photo is going to be! It’s a pretty remarkable screen.
I never played Half-Life 1 (Deus-Ex was my first real FPS love). I did play HL2 though (but never finished it). I want to play them both when my new OLED arrives. Should I just play 1, then 2? Or Black Mesa first, then 2?
I’d still strongly recommend 1. The game starts slow and feels dated but once it gets going the atmosphere and combat is still top notch.
Lucky! Mine still hasn’t arrived, 3-5 days my ass lol
That is 3-5 business days my man! Lol. Im in the same boat.
Dont forget to sniff the vents👌