20th Anniversary of Half-Life 2! Created 1 day ago2024-11-16 11:41:05 UTC by Combiner 1P

In honor of this, Valve made a set that includes HL2 and its episodes, completley free. They also added content for developers, and a mode for selecting episodes, they tinkered with the graphics, updated the gameplay a little, made updates tio the maps, they didn't even forget about Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, and adjusted it too. And also, THEY ADDED WORKSHOP SUPPORT! HOOOOOORAY!!!!!!!

I noticed Half-Life 2: Deathmatch being delisted from the Steam store. Is it automatically granted for HL2 now, along with the episodes, or did it become temporarily unobtainable? It's even possible that it's been like that for a long time, I just didn't notice – even I didn't buy HL2DM separately, but got bundled to something – to what, I don't even remember.

I noticed Half-Life 2: Deathmatch being delisted from the Steam store. Is it automatically granted for HL2 now, along with the episodes, or did it become temporarily unobtainable? It's even possible that it's been like that for a long time, I just didn't notice – even I didn't buy HL2DM separately, but got bundled to something – to what, I don't even remember.

DM was not deleted from the store, but simply removed, and apparently put into the complect. What about whether it was included all the time (Valve Complete Pack), then yes, it was available all this time freely by searching in the store until the 20th anniversary.

Just like they did with Half-Life 1's 25th anniversary, they have created a special website for HL2's 20th:

https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2/20th

Personally, HL2 is not my favorite game of the saga, but it's still a decent FPS. Hope you all enjoy the occasion!

Just like they did with Half-Life 1's 25th anniversary, they have created a special website for HL2's 20th:

Yeah, that's very creative. And they added to this website the Gravity-Gun (instead the Crowbar on first site), and you can grab some links and images and throw it over the page, thats very cool.

What's also ultimately awesome is that you can record HL2 footage right with Steam, without needing to set up complicated recording software like OBS (which is a great recording software and probably more capable than the Steam UI, still I always scratch my head over the settings).

This is my first attempt: Probably I could have achieved better quality with OBS, but I must appreciate the simplicity of the Steam UI, so I think there is a trade-off here. Also it is inherently hard to record any good quality footage with my gear, for example I can't get rid of the awful screen tearing in GoldSource games (like the Sven Co-op footages on the same channel).

What's also ultimately awesome is that you can record HL2 footage right with Steam, without needing to set up complicated recording software like OBS (which is a great recording software and probably more capable than the Steam UI, still I always scratch my head over the settings).

Yeah, the recording thing in Steam - is the thing that must have its place in Steam Overlay. I haven't tested it out, but i hope in future i'll do so.

Yeah, the recording thing in Steam - is the thing that must have its place in Steam Overlay. I haven't tested it out, but i hope in future i'll do so.

Hope it'll became available for HL1 too!