Half-Life to Half-Life 2 Comparison

[CSN NewsBot]

Our partners over at HL Fallout have pieced together a new article entitled "Half-Life Evolution." The article contains a number of comparison screenshots showing how far the graphics in Half-Life 2 have come since the original Half-Life. The image comparisons of characters, environments, and weapons come complete with short descriptions of the changes.

Water

Probably the biggest improvement can be seen in the water. The original's water was a semi-transparent moving texture which kind of resembled a blue spider-web. At the time, it passed quite well for H2O but has aged quickly. Thankfully, HL2 is employing the full range of reflective and refractive shader effects this time around — along with proper splashing and physics effects (though stopping short of physically simulated fluid).

Read up today!

[Matrixi]

H-L 2 looks really cool, but does the CS:S use same water? Someones find the water annoying water is really nice.

[David Johnston]

WHOOOO HL1 nostalgia!!! I really must play it again...

[EdisLeado]

Wow, interesting article. But I'm still wondering where the grenade comes out from in the MP7...

[Linux]

haha. The bullet hole maybe. I love water of Hl2 :-D

[Tek]

David Johnston wrote..

WHOOOO HL1 nostalgia!!! I really must play it again...

truth has a name.

[alien3456]

I don't know what I want to play more... Half Life in source, or Half Life 2. Counter Strike can friggin wait, I bought a game called Half Life, not a game called "Ticket to Counter Strike".

[kerosine99]

alien3456 wrote..

I don't know what I want to play more... Half Life in source, or Half Life 2. Counter Strike can friggin wait, I bought a game called Half Life, not a game called "Ticket to Counter Strike".

word.

[lopinboy]

alien3456 wrote..

I don't know what I want to play more... Half Life in source, or Half Life 2. Counter Strike can friggin wait, I bought a game called Half Life, not a game called "Ticket to Counter Strike".

I'd assume you'd rather just have a game that isn't full of bugs and doesn't go 6yrs without a fix that prevents the elevators from locking the game up, first.

[Doodleman3]

Play Half-Life Source first(and if they are released, Opfor:S and B-Sft:S)and then Half-Life 2 because you can get into the story more, and by the time your finished H-L:S then maybe the help guides and walkthroughs for H-L 2 will have been released.

[Mobius?]

Doodleman3 wrote..

Play Half-Life Source first(and if they are released, Opfor:S and B-Sft:S)and then Half-Life 2 because you can get into the story more, and by the time your finished H-L:S then maybe the help guides and walkthroughs for H-L 2 will have been released.

And that be the word of the no-skill hack who can't even install a game without a guide and some cheats.



No offense.



Well, actually, offense inteded.

[entRo]

Doodleman3 wrote..

Play Half-Life Source first(and if they are released, Opfor:S and B-Sft:S)and then Half-Life 2 because you can get into the story more, and by the time your finished H-L:S then maybe the help guides and walkthroughs for H-L 2 will have been released.

Playing the game with a walkthrough must be really fun!!!! Why even play if everything is already figured out for you? "Watch me show those NPCs who's boss with my l33t sk1illz and my collect0rz edition shirt!!"