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Half-Life 2 (2004)

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The final installment of me replaying Half-Life 2 with that brand new developer commentary. Starting from the entrance to Nova Prospekt I make my way through that whole prison, the unbelievably long city war and then the unquestionably sublime Citadel sequence which apparently was a very late addition to the game and came together very fast. Some good tidbits like that in the commentary, though it does thin out a bit in places.

I'll say Half-Life 2 is really great, very important and was ahead of its time but... it has aged a bit and I did get a bit frustrated by the end, sometimes with good cause! Low health precarious checkpoints are one thing, but softlocks are another. There were too of those! Fortunately all things considered I wasn't set back too badly due to lucky save timing and was able to finish despite the trouble. Also, the Citadel is really worth it.

I'll say no plan right now to do Episode 1 or Episode 2 the same was as this, but maybe next year sometime. I think I'd try to do each episode in a single stream, which might be a bad idea. Who can say?

00:00 - Starting Soon
00:13 - Preamble
07:24 - Inside Nova Prospekt
01:59:59 - The City War Rages
04:02:12 - Softlock Confusion Begins
04:25:24 - Softlock Related Do Over
04:36:54 - The City War Concludes
05:50:19 - The Citadel feat. Gravity Gun
06:46:45 - Ending, Credits & Thoughts

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