I don't get what is supposed to be so special about these games
Play them and find out.Ah wait I forgot your generation requires things to be thoroughly explained. Pic related isn't a video essay but it should be excessively wordy enough for you to parrot after reading.
>>735142921Same.
they're fun :)
>>735142921Astroturfed industry plants
>>735142921Halo is so much better
>>735142921Great story, sound design, music, art style, level design.... pretty much everything is special and great about HL 1+2. the sound design still mogs pretty much every single modern game.>EKS>SEEEEEEEE>DEEEEEE>DEEEEEE>DEEEEEEEE
>>735143280At ruining the genre? Yes
Genuinely, and respectfully, filtered.If you can't see or at least partly understand whats so great about them, then I'm just really sorry.Try to immerse yourself even a little.People that dislike Half-Life definitely are a 5 on the "imagine an apple chart" scale.
Half-Life is great, never really liked 2 tho
>>735143440That was call of duty, you dipshit retard
>>735143440>>735143606Never really got the "specifically X ruined Y genre" arguments because shitty/unimaginative devs that follow trends were going to be shit/follow trends anyway.What really matters is mastery over a genre or trend, which is where good devs truly shine.A topical example being Left 4 Dead 1/2, which hopped on the Zombie trend of the time and basically mastered the Co-op Horde shooter genre on the spot. It's so finely tuned that tons of people still play it today. Whether you like the game or not, that's still respectable. Man, I sound like AI, but I hope I made sense.
>>735143280Gaylo is one of THE worst games ever made.>>735143606lol no.CoD1 was great.THEN they started aping Gaylo with the regen-health console slop, and it was ruined.20 years ago, you would not have found a single soul praising Gaylo on /v/. It wasn't until TLOU that we got even worse gaming industry ruining slop.
>>735142921What's there you don't get, it's literally the predecessor of your faggy narrative games
>>735142921post your favorite FPS
>>735145193Concord
>>735146278figured this much
>>735142921>tl;dr Each game championed a new innovation. While also making a solid game in the process.I wonder if HL3 was supposed to have been HL:Alyx, but they realized VR wasn't going to be "it", and I'm sure they also know AI won't be "it" it's not time for HL3.
>>735143484heh..
>>735146482>I'm sure they also know AI won't be "it" it's not time for HL3.It could be if they use AI for enemy logic. The only issue would be what the minimum specs would be for a game that actually uses AI to control the enemies
>>735143351>Great story, level design.True for HL1 and Episode 2, false for HL2 and Episode 1.
I genuinely think if you can't understand why the Halflife series is popular you don't understand the medium at all and are a secondary at best. You don't deserve videogames and are actively making the scene worse by pretending you do.
>>735146810I invite you to think about what you just wrote, and then acknowledge the shame you are due to feel
I grew up playing HL1 and 2 quite a bit in my childhood and I have zero nostalgia for them. I much prefer halo despite never owning any xbox console, so I only played the series after 2 when MCC released.
>>735147772>I like chewing with my mouth open, and I often pick my noseDope dude!
>>735142921Why? Do you lack basic research and critical thinking skills due to your skin color?
>>735147980OP has critical thinking skills which is why he doesn't like games simply because others like them.
