It was November 16, 2004 when Half-Life 2 appeared around the world and the FPS once again felt the earthquake caused by Valve. The first installment was completely revolutionary and Gordon Freeman’s sequel set the bar high with one of the best video games of all time.
A brutal 96 on Metacritic certifies the work as one of the 20 best rated in history, so the company led by Gabe Newell has decided to pay it its well-deserved tribute. On the occasion of his 20 anniversary
It will be until next November 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Europe when we can add it to our personal library. Once we acquire it, it will become part of the collection forever. However, Valve has added a good handful of new features to please fans and improve the experience even more.
For example, the full expansions Episode One and Episode Two have been added to the base game, which are accessible from the main menu. Although this content had comments from the developers, the main campaign of Half-Life 2
On the other hand, it has also been added integrated support for Steam Workshopwhich means that user-created mods can be explored, installed and played without having to leave the game. In addition, a patch has been included that fixes numerous bugs and adds new graphical options for a title that is almost perfect.
If by chance you are still not satisfied, Valve has published a documentary of more than two hours about Half-Life 2. It is completely free to watch on YouTube – you have it right above – and shows almost unexplored facts such as old presentations of the work. Finally, the book Raising the Bar will be published again in 2025, but further expanding the content seen in 2004.
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