@dosnostalgic perfectly stated. You don’t even notice you’re in a corridor the whole time, or even if you do notice, you pretend you didn’t
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@dosnostalgic Agreed that it didn’t change the world, but its astounding how well it works. The competence of its execution is unrivaled, for an era of interesting failures. When I saw the remains of
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@dosnostalgic name one anything that successfully described a three way conflict betweeen radically different factions (scientists, Xen, HECU) while maintaining an outsider perspective (Freeman) and an external antagonist inciting action (Gman). All the small touches making it happen without the player even noticing. It’s a goddamn masterclass
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@dosnostalgic a game that had better writing than most books or movies of the time, let alone games. Time flies 🥂