/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.6498663]

So my friend has brought to my attention that a decent chunk of HL1 fans (himself included) despise the HD Models Pack that you can switch to nowadays. Any idea why? I love HL1 to death, even more than 2, and I've never had any problems with it. What are your thoughts? And if you happen to hate em too, could you just tell me a bit of why? Genuinely curious.

[Anonymous No.6498681]

>I love HL1 to death,
fuck off to /v/

[Anonymous No.6498684]

>>6498663
Your first mistake was come to vr. People like >>6498681 are bitter and unsatisfied. There only pleasure is the glimmer of a crt tv and upsetting zoomers.

[Anonymous No.6498694]

>>6498684
keep defending mediocre games that ruined gaming.

[Anonymous No.6498697]

>the HD Models Pack that you can switch to nowadays
Blue Shift came out nearly 20 years ago

[Anonymous No.6498698]

>>6498684
That's strange. Idk, I've got no issue with people disliking a game ofc, but HL1 was fantastic in my opinion. If I can't get a concise answer on this here, though, I probably will take his advice and ask there instead, lol

[Anonymous No.6498702]

>>6498697
Yes, and you can still switch to it today, believe it or not

[Anonymous No.6498717]

ruins the simple aesthetics of the characters with uncanny valley shit
randomly changes the color schemes of certain models, your pic is a good example
some weapons have radical design changes, two of them get changed completely

overall clash with the design of the world

[Anonymous No.6498719]

>>6498694
I don't even like half-life I just like you less. You don't seem reasonable or pleasant. You just want to insult random people and there taste in games.There is no place for you, here or anywhere.

[Anonymous No.6498724]

>>6498702
>Nowadays. At the present time, in contrast with the past.
>in contrast with the past.

[Anonymous No.6498725]

>>6498717
I think I can see that. Too each their own, I guess. I should've stated that I do prefer the regular models over the HD ones, I just have no problem with the HD models. Appreciate the answer though, I get what you mean.

[Anonymous No.6498751]

>>6498663
There is always going to be groups that go
>old good, new bad
100% of the time. The best thing to do is just ignore them and do whatever you want.

Also Half-life is good

[Anonymous No.6500607]

>>6498663
I like to play the game how it looked back in the day, hence why I prefer the non HD models

[Anonymous No.6500619]

>>6498751
No, it's better to ignore the "old bad, new good" groups, and do what you want

[Anonymous No.6500643]

>>6500619
Protip: Both groups are stupid because making sweeping generalizations is for fucktards and you should just do what you want.

[Anonymous No.6500647]

The machine gun has a bigger muzzle flash in the Blue Shift model pack, which hides too much of the screen, especially back then when playing in 4:3.

So that was a big con.

[Anonymous No.6500760]

>>6498663

MP5 plus grenade launcher is so silly that I can't simply not love it. The stock Colt AR doesn't give me the same feeling.

[Anonymous No.6501037]

I like the HD models, but something just seem off about them. The actual 3D-modeled ID tags on scientists and security, animated zombie maw, etc. are all nice little details, but the overall models are too cartoony compared to the originals..

[Anonymous No.6501124]

>>6498694
yeah cuz it ruined all your good games you like before the release of this one

shut the fuck up traditionalist boomer, yall were scared of a second analogue stick that point

[Anonymous No.6501161]

>>6498663
the only thing I really care about is having the M4 instead of the MP5

[Anonymous No.6501167]

i see hlfags are zoomies that never played a real retro fps.

[Anonymous No.6501221]

>>6498663
I just hate that the HD Pack doesn't include anything added by Opposing Force, so you wind up with high-poly scientist zombies standing right next to low-poly soldier zombies like this, and it clashes.

[Anonymous No.6501295]

>>6501221
I've always wondered why the base game never had any other than scientist zombies.

[Anonymous No.6501303]

>>6501161
Doesnt make any sense why a glock shares ammo with an m4. Yes i am aware of the 9mm m4 rifle but that mag is clearly a 5.56 mag

[Anonymous No.6501324]

>>6501303
I just try to suspend my disbelief and imagine it magically taking handgun ammo
It's at least easier than trying to figure out how the shotgun can fire two shells at once

[Anonymous No.6501397]

>>6498663
I'm one of those that hate it, have even since I was a kid and installed Blue Shift (I think that was the first instance of it, or maybe it was Opposing force?). I really hated how they changed the mp5 to some kind of AR, and the revolver to that other pistol. The character models were alright though, I think. The mp5 was iconic to me and I still to this day think that it's the best feeling weapon in HL.

[Anonymous No.6501484]

SMFH Gearbox didn't make HD models for TFC

[Anonymous No.6501506]

>>6501484
TFC got HD models, well, for the characters at least, the weapon viewmodels are still buggy as hell

[Anonymous No.6501593]

>>6498681
Yeah I agree Half-Life sucks and helped ruin gaming with walking simulators but the game’s quality wasn’t really asked by OP.
/vr/ I swear

[Anonymous No.6501603]

No one gave a shit about the HD packs until Valve accidentally made them on by default on Half Life Source or something. Suddenly everyone began raging because they wanted their original models back.

[Anonymous No.6501725]

>>6501593
Games like that don't belong on /vr/.

[Anonymous No.6501729]

>>6501124
Kys zoomie

[Anonymous No.6501750]

Feels good not being a valve drone and caring about this series and it's shit mods.

[Anonymous No.6501763]

>>6501750
How does it feel to be obsessed with it and letting it live rent free in your head though?

[Anonymous No.6501768]

>>6501763
Retro fps players hate your game.

[Anonymous No.6501774]

>>6501768
>group I don't care about hate my (?) game
Okay.

[Anonymous No.6501781]

>>6501774
/vr/ dislikes your zoomie game.

[Anonymous No.6501784]

>>6501781
Oh no, however will I survive?! Faggots on 4chan DISLIKE something I like?! Holy shit, stop the presses.

[Anonymous No.6501785]

>>6501784
Fuck off to reddit.

[Anonymous No.6501786]

>>6501768
girls hate you

[Anonymous No.6501816]

Explain how hl1 is good then OP.

[Anonymous No.6502025]

>>6498663
I think ps2 half-life is the best version. It simply looks and feels better. I like the enemy marine models more, and the gun selection more.

[Anonymous No.6502057]

6501781
>41 replies
>22 posters
It's literally just (you)

[Anonymous No.6502063]

>>6502057
See>>6501593
Not alone

[Anonymous No.6502092]

>people responding to thieffag
nu-/vr/ I swear

[Anonymous No.6503673]

Half Life will never be good.

[Anonymous No.6503680]

>>6501765
>>6502439
>>6501776

[Anonymous No.6503720]

>wins game of the year at the height of the golden age of vidja
>zoomers: "its shit"

[Anonymous No.6503726]

>>6501593
What is this semi-zoomer thing about retroactively linking Half life with the path that FPS-games took and blaming it for things that are entirely unrelated to it? Face it: FPS games would not play like Quake1 or whatever the fuck today even if Half Life never came out.

[Anonymous No.6503757]

>>6503726
>half-life wins game of the year
>other companies try to ape it's success, perhaps they assume it was due to the "movie" elements (it wasnt)
>flood of shitty linear movie games
>Wis 5 zoomers can't discern their ass from a hole in the ground

[Anonymous No.6503761]

>>6503720
Except zoomers love HL1 and it's shit mods like CS and TFC.
>>6503726
kys casual

[Anonymous No.6503946]

>>6503726
It's literally one doomfag with unironic autism

[Anonymous No.6503972]

>>6503757
You are conflating HL and Call of Duty / Medal of Honor here. It was those games that went the "cinematic" setpiece route, HL just has slightly more story and scripted action-sequences than most contemporaries (and not even by that much).

[Anonymous No.6504029]

>>6498663
HL1 isn't that good.
It's mods however are kino:
>Gunman Chronicles
>Earth's Special Forces
>Vampire Hunter
>TFC
>Afraid Of Monsters
>Cry of Fear
>They Hunger
>Paranoia
>Half-Screwed
>The Specialists
>Syndicate Black Ops
>Wanted!
>Base Defense
>Zombie Edition
>Action Half-Life

[Anonymous No.6504053]

>>6504029
Where's Poke646? Natural Selection? Half-Life Rally? Sven Coop? Science & Industry? Hostile Intent? Point of View? Jaykin Bacon Source? Brainbread? Pirate Knights & Vikings? The Ship? International Online Soccer? Wizard Wars?

[Anonymous No.6504069]

>>6504029
>>6504053
the mods are garbage too.
Play Doom wads or Quake mods.

[Anonymous No.6504095]

YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY
VALVE BOOTS IN MY TUMMY

[Anonymous No.6504101]

>>6504029
You're a clown

[Anonymous No.6504330]

>>6503946
DOOM BOARD, ZOOMIE.
Go back if you don't like it.

[Anonymous No.6504337]

>>6504330
Please just take your meds. We're all very worried about this obsession you have.

[Anonymous No.6504345]

>>6504337
hl1 is objectively bad.

[Anonymous No.6504786]

>>6501295
Aside from the obvious of simpler asset generation, one possible explanation is that Gordon left the facility sooner and when he was there, was either pushing into military-secured or mostly closed off areas of the facility. In Opposing Force you're there later, so there's more time for HECU to end up zombies, plus you're backtracking over areas the military already was.

[Anonymous No.6505263]

Jannies can't handle hl1 criticism.