Half-Life 2 is the game of the DECADE!

[wsnnwa]

pezus said:

wsnnwa said:
Half-life 2 deserved it, it revolutionized the FPS and story telling abilities when it launched in 2004. Add Counter-Strike: Source to that and you have the best online FPS experienced created until COD. No other game changed the industry as much as Half-Life 2 did back in 2004, hence game of the decade.

Of course all these console kiddies didn't play the port until 2007, so they wouldn't know or understand what I am talking about.

Don't compare to console games from 2007+, it officially launched in 2004 and development began in 1998. No game touched its quality from 2000 - 2007, at least arguably.

I even played it in 2008 or 2009 for the first time and could immediately appreciate its greatness. The episodes only added to that

I played it when It launched, I was 13 in 2004 and I remember getting a new graphics card and power supply with errand money I had saved up. It was amazing, the story, the AI interations, the emotions, the soundtrack, it was a near perfect game when it came out. I also played CS:Source for many years and I even participated in tournaments (CAL,CEVO, etc.)

 

It revolutionized the gaming world, the best DX9 graphics for its time, much better AI than anything before it and even for the next couple of years. CS:Source gave an unparralelled competitive FPS experience too. 

 

Ahhhh memory lane.......