Time certainly flies, and Gordon Freeman’s followers comprehend it higher than anybody. Half-Life 2 is celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and Valve has determined to make good on the event.
The builders have launched a major replace that makes the basic even higher.It is out there on Steam without spending a dime till November 18.
Few issues might have made Half-Life lovers happier than this, apart from any information a few Half-Life 3.
What’s within the Anniversary Replace?
Valve has put out a complete changelog on the Half-Life 2 Steam web page, however right here is an abridged checklist of what’s new on this good outdated sport.
Extra Content material
The most important information by far is that Episode One and Episode Two are lastly merged into the primary sport.
These expansions beforehand needed to be accessed individually, however now you can progress by means of them routinely as you’d with different ranges.
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Half-Life 2: Misplaced Coast can be accessible by means of the primary menu now, below the Extras tab.
All ranges have developer commentary if you wish to play by means of the sport whereas studying about its improvement. The choice is out there from the get-go on the New Recreation display screen.
Concerning Steam integration, you now have Workshop help for all of your modding wants, and customized Steam Recreation Recording occasions.
Visible Updates
Setting Shader Element to Very Excessive now permits bicubic filtering for mild maps, which produces smoother shadows. Radial fog can be now enabled.
Fonts needs to be extra legible throughout platforms because of a brand new font renderer and fixes to the antialiasing to keep away from clipping the ends of letters.
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G-Man’s eyes now have correct specular highlights, so you will get misplaced in his loving gaze as soon as extra as a substitute of being distracted by bizarre visuals.
All fences solid shadows correctly now, and utility poles have constant numbers of cables connecting them.
Interface Updates
PC customers can lastly benefit from the controller-friendly UI first launched on the Steam Deck.
You possibly can entry this by launching it in Large Image mode or by enabling the gamepad launch possibility.
Gamepad customers now have a devoted tab within the settings menu, and Purpose Help modes that may be tuned to be used with controllers or mouse and keyboard.
Outdated Gripes, New Fixes
Valve has fastened the issue the place objects (or sometimes entire maps) regarded both totally white or totally black, relying on graphics settings.
Mix troops now crouch correctly and can fireplace at you within the finale, fixing a bug that sometimes ruined the climax of the story.
Birds not get caught across the map, whereas gamers now can’t escape or see outdoors the world by means of poorly positioned props in Deathmatch.
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Half-Life 2
- Launched
- November 16, 2004
- Engine
- supply, havok
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence
- How Lengthy To Beat
- 13 Hours