Half-Life 2 Remastered Free on Steam

[Kamikaze Revy]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-2-remastered-for-free-on-steam/1100-6426177/

Half-Life 2 Remastered for Free on Steam
Valve-anointed mod renovates City 17 with improved lighting, enhanced visual detail, and numerous bug fixes.
by Rob Crossley on March 26, 2015

A comprehensive fan-made update for Half-Life 2, which makes sweeping changes to the 11-year-old game's visuals, has gone live on Steam.
The 7 GB update adds in subtle visual effects that essentially restore the look of Valve's seminal first-person shooter. Known simply as Half-Life 2: Update, the remaster is the product of three years' development from a team of modders, with the project sanctioned and supported by Valve.
According to promotional materials, Half-Life 2: Update delivers "improvements to lighting, special effects, increased world detail, countless bug fixes, and an original Community Commentary mode." A new trailer can be found below, while a comparison video is embedded above.

Click on the thumbnails below for a closer look at the updated game's visuals

Project lead Filip Victor said the remaster brings Half-Life 2 to the same standards as its episodic sequels, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, and Half-Life 2: Episode 2, "and just a little bit beyond."

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[Liquid]

This is why the PC is the GOAT platform

 

[HookersandIceCream]

This is some troll shyt

 

[daze23]

what ever happened to Black Mesa?

 

[HookersandIceCream]

This is why the PC is the GOAT platform

You are way too corny to be a mod

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

didn't a remastered version of Half Life 1 come out a couple of years ago?
i played that and it was really good.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

meanwhile, Gabe is sitting in a dark room wearing panties and a bra made of Twizzlers and playing Half Life 3 by himself.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

i have HL 2 episodes 1&2 so how do i get this update?
do i just re-install the game or is this a separate download?

i don't see anything in the Steam store.

*edit*

found it, will release in about 3 hours.

 

[daze23]

didn't a remastered version of Half Life 1 come out a couple of years ago?
i played that and it was really good.

that was Black Mesa. last I heard Valve was gonna release it commercially, with the final Xen chapter. the rumor was this version would be using the Source 2 engine. but I haven't heard anything about it in a minute

 

[Luck]

This is a stand-alone product or do I have to have half life 2? The wording make is confusing

 

[ChrisDorner]

game was overrated imo. boring as fukk, and level design was confusing as fukk. only game i had to repeatedly check IGN to see where the fukk i needed to go next just to find out i gotta pull a lever under a box i didnt know i could move

 

[daze23]

This is a stand-alone product or do I have to have half life 2? The wording make is confusing

you have to own HL2 (I guess it checks somehow), but you don't need to have it installed

I just checked it out. it's nice, but IMO not enough of a difference to make me want to play through again

 

[ExcellentNegro]

The Half-life series isn't a game...it's a cinematic experience. The Portal series, too.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

i was hoping that the models would be re-skinned in this updated.
the lighting looks great but the models look dated.

 

[Luck]

you have to own HL2 (I guess it checks somehow), but you don't need to have it installed

I just checked it out. it's nice, but IMO not enough of a difference to make me want to play through again

Oh aite. I beat the first over a decade ago and never played hl2

Title is misleading then, tempted to neg op. I'd download if it was "free" but I'm not paying for anything I might not ever play with the backload I have