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The Freeman
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Half-Life 2 Anniversary Update
Experience Half-Life 2 all over again, with a brand-new commentary mode, improved graphics and gameplay options, Steam Workshop support, and more. We're also bringing back the art book, and have a new documentary featuring the original development team.
www.half-life.com
HL2 anniversary update merges the episodes into HL2, adds Steam Workshop support (finally!) and added a new developer commentary track.
They also released another 2 hour Secret Tape documentary about HL2's development with a bunch of footage we've never seen and interviews with everyone you'd expect:
And they released some deep cuts from old tech demos etc on their youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Valve/videos
Notably the E3 2002 and 2003 demos and the long lost / fabled SIGGRAPH 2000 demo:
On top of that they're reprinting Raising the Bar next year including new content about the development of the episodes.
Already half an hour into the documentary, it's great so far!
Hard to believe its been 20 years since release. One of the most exciting nights of my life (after the 5 hour wait for Steam to decrypt my preload...), I miss you all and the fun we had in those times! I still remember playing HL2 at about 2am on release night, my mom came downstairs and tapped me on the shoulder in the dark while I was halfway through Ravenholm and scared the absolute shit out of me
How is everyone getting on, 20 years on?
