Half Life series.

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.Lethal

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Hi, looking to play the HL series and am looking for a bit of info.

There are so many versions of the original HL and I'm wondering which one is the most/complete version to buy to enjoy everything this game had/has.

Same thing goes for Half-Life 2, I know there is an original with just the game but recently I saw a second copy with some extras so I'm again wondering which one is the most complete version to buy

I will then follow that up by purchasing the episode packs for HL2.

Thanks for any that can help
 
i'd have a look whats whats available directly from steam

Valve Complete Pack
Includes: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat, Deathmatch Classic, Opposing Force, Ricochet, Half-Life, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Half-Life: Blue Shift, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Portal, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Team Fortress 2

$99.95

http://www.steamgames.com/v/index.php?area=package&SubId=478&cc=GB
 
Half Life = main story line, play as a scientist running away from aliens and military.

Blue Shift = Play as a security guard in the facility.

Opposing Force = Play as part of the military sent in.

So really you don't need to play Blue Shift/Opposing Force at all, they're just extras.
 
You do see freeman, running into the teleporter before you can get a shot off :D

Thought it was quite clever how they did opposing forces and then blue shift all in the same story line from a different character's point of view though, although you get about halfway through opposing forces and realise it's the end, and blue shift was barely 2 hours worth of gameplay.
 
Zefan said:
Half Life = main story line, play as a scientist running away from aliens and military.

Blue Shift = Play as a security guard in the facility.

Opposing Force = Play as part of the military sent in.
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Can you sum up HL2/Ep1/Ep2 like that please, saves me the trouble of playing them. :D
 
As mentioned, Valve Complete pack is what you want if you haven't played any of the games before. Should work out at around £60 including tax I'd guess, and this includes all the different multiplayer mods.

The singleplayer elements alone should last you well in excess of 50 hours I would have thought.
 
I'm only interested in the story of the game, the single player packs. I want to purchase the games that cover this. Which I thought is the 2 I mentioned above?? I plan to play HL1 before I move onto HL2. I played HL1 briefly years ago but never really finished or progressed far into it before moving to a different game.
 
This is how I'd play it if I were starting out:

HL or HL:Source (same game, but is on the source engine (used in HL2))
HL Opposing Force
HL Blue Shift

HL2
HL2:EP1
HL2:EP2
Portal

You could also play HL2:Lost Coast any time after HL2, but it is not related to the story. It's a demo really.

Gosh speaking of demo's you should also play the HL1 demo, called 'Uplink'. It was a standalone game really that didn't have anything to do with the story really. I would play that after HL1, personally.
 
You're probably best off just going for the valve complete pack. With the weak dollar it should be a shade over £50 with tax, which isn't bad for everything you get. As stated, play HL (and maybe then blue shift and opposing force), then HL2, ep1 and ep2.
 
Ind3h! said:
It would be hard to play? Do games cease to be good once the next gen graphics appear on the scene? :o
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They look really bad and it did in its sday as I owned all 3 titles, (cant remember but there was a add on and counter Strike), Max Payne etc can still pass today but that game looks liek a early Amiga Game.

Why the embarished smillie ?
 
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