Comment on [Mini Poll] Which of these games feels closest to the original Half-Life?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
None of them really compare.
Quake 2 stripped away the charm of Quake; Quake 3 was the harbinger of a new era of arena shooters and Quake 4 dealt the killing blow to the franchise, ending any resemblance whatsoever to the original. Of all of these, Quake 2 resembled Half Life the most, but still lacked the rich narrative.
AVP (2000) was phenomenal, and thus is probably the most appropriate to compare to Half-Life, though still a very different game.
YUART@feddit.org 18 hours ago
Hi, about Quake 2 - do you mean it was the most similar to the original Half-Life because of style? Or rather because of the main “idea”, genre, and plot? Just interested in your opinion
core@leminal.space 13 hours ago
Quake 2 came before HL. HL used the quake engine and was also heavily influenced by the game itself.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Style, the increase in puzzle aspects, larger interconnected maps with backtracking. HL still blew them away in every category, though.