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The whole Half-Life story is free to play on Steam right nowCatch up on the story so far!
Catch up on the story so far!
It has come to my attention that some people have not played theHalf-Lifegames, to which I can only say: mate, I think you might really like it. Valve will soon return to the series after thirteen years withHalf-Life: Alyxin March, and ahead of that they’re inviting everyone to catch up on the story so far. From now until the launch of Alyx, the Half-Life games are free for everyone to play in full on Steam. You know, some of these really are quite good.
“Half-Life: Alyxis set before the events ofHalf-Life 2and the episodes, but the games share characters and story elements. The Half-Life: Alyx team believes that the best way to enjoy the new game is to play through the old ones, especially Half-Life 2 and the episodes, so we want to make that as easy as possible,” Valve explained in last night’sannouncement.
The Half-Life games might seem less remarkable to newcomers after decades of other studios following Valve’s example, but even if you don’t click with the first I would still recommend trying HL2. It’s a right good’un, that, and a fair jumping-on point. I sympathise with pals who’ve come to Half-Life late and bounced off the first. Never let anyone tell you “YOU HAVE TO FINISH THIS, IT’S A CLASSIC.”
Half-Life: Alyx is coming to VR goggles in March. Our resident G-Man, Graham, haseverything you need to know about it. Valve havecasually mentionedthat Half-Life 3 seems less of a daunting prospect after Alyx, but I wouldn’t get too excited about that just yet.
