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Bonus: it also seems that the episodes have been rolled into the base game. Full details of the anniversary update.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (29 children)

Never played any of these before. Do I start with this one or would I need 1?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Imo the best enjoyment to time ratio is:

  1. Black Mesa (the Xen level at the end was redone and extended compared to in HL1 and it's cool but if it starts to drag just move on)

  2. HL2 (main game)

  3. HL2: EP1 start it but maybe skip and watch a playthrough if you get bored

  4. HL2: EP2

  5. HL Alyx, if you can play it on a decent headset. DO NOT MOD IT TO PLAY IT WITH MOUSE/KB it will be extremely boring since it's designed for VR

Have fun, there's simply nothing else like Half-Life games

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you can play Alyx on a decent headset, you'll probably want to play Half Life 2 in VR too. The port is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The port is amazing.

It is, but sadly the dev has said this latest update is unlikely to ever be ported to the HL2 VR mod

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