I remember it like it was yesterday. I was over at my cousin's house for his birthday and I asked him if he had played any great games since we last saw each other and he said "Well .. yeah. Have you tried Half-life?"
At the time I had heard of Half-life from a pc magazine. not a review just some kind of follow up article explaining how Half-life would rule the world or something like that. So I was like "Nah, but I've heard of it. Doesn't look my kind of game really". My cousin took a long hard stare at me and said " ... shut up and dig this". So he sat me down at his computer and fired up Half-life. 60 minutes or so later, gaming as I've known it had changed.
Half-life had in just about an hour changed my way of seeing games. This was just a game sure, but once you were playing it, it was a struggle to get out of Black mesa no matter what the cost. I went home from my cousin ... without a copy of Half-life. I booted up my computer and sat there for a while. At the time I didn't have internet so the only real thing I did on the computer was playing games. But oh, how dull and boring they had become in just a few hours. I was playing Heroes of might and magic for a while but all I could think about was what would happen to me around the very next corner i Half-life ... anything could happen, and anything really did. Some days later I got my hands on a retail copy of Half-life, I sat for some days on all my spare time playing it. I was amazed, I was entertained at a whole new level.
But now, the years has passed. Games has come and gone, some great some not so good. But none of them has come close with the thrill I enjoyd while playing Half-life. I've played Thief, Dues ex, Halo , Far cry and all those, dont get me wrong they were great games no doubt about it ... but did they amaze me like Half-life did? No they did not.
So know Half-life 2 is upon us, the videos are looking great and all the info I've gathered so far builds my hunger for more Half-life to almost unpreceeded heights. However, here comes the Half-life 2 fear, will Valve entertain me to such degree again that it makes all my other games pale in comparison? Will Valve raise the bar so high that all other games struggle like madmen just to get in arms reach of Half-life 2?
I guess only time will tell. I hope all of you guys had an intresting read, and while I'm at it. Thank you Valve for the bringing games to the next level.
At the time I had heard of Half-life from a pc magazine. not a review just some kind of follow up article explaining how Half-life would rule the world or something like that. So I was like "Nah, but I've heard of it. Doesn't look my kind of game really". My cousin took a long hard stare at me and said " ... shut up and dig this". So he sat me down at his computer and fired up Half-life. 60 minutes or so later, gaming as I've known it had changed.
Half-life had in just about an hour changed my way of seeing games. This was just a game sure, but once you were playing it, it was a struggle to get out of Black mesa no matter what the cost. I went home from my cousin ... without a copy of Half-life. I booted up my computer and sat there for a while. At the time I didn't have internet so the only real thing I did on the computer was playing games. But oh, how dull and boring they had become in just a few hours. I was playing Heroes of might and magic for a while but all I could think about was what would happen to me around the very next corner i Half-life ... anything could happen, and anything really did. Some days later I got my hands on a retail copy of Half-life, I sat for some days on all my spare time playing it. I was amazed, I was entertained at a whole new level.
But now, the years has passed. Games has come and gone, some great some not so good. But none of them has come close with the thrill I enjoyd while playing Half-life. I've played Thief, Dues ex, Halo , Far cry and all those, dont get me wrong they were great games no doubt about it ... but did they amaze me like Half-life did? No they did not.
So know Half-life 2 is upon us, the videos are looking great and all the info I've gathered so far builds my hunger for more Half-life to almost unpreceeded heights. However, here comes the Half-life 2 fear, will Valve entertain me to such degree again that it makes all my other games pale in comparison? Will Valve raise the bar so high that all other games struggle like madmen just to get in arms reach of Half-life 2?
I guess only time will tell. I hope all of you guys had an intresting read, and while I'm at it. Thank you Valve for the bringing games to the next level.
