Project Borealis is on Unreal and Project AC uses Source.īlue Shift isn't actually that bad but it's quite short and doesn't add a whole lot of new stuff other than you playing as Barney. The two project games are fan Half Life 2 Episode 3 projects based on Episle 3 as Valve have tried our patience waiting for Half Life 2: Episode 3/Half Life 3 for too long. Also everyone keeps suggesting Blue Shift which I have always only heard horrible things about. Tell me exactly how the Two project games fit into the story. If you do decide to play it too, either the mod, retail remake or both are also valid choices. I'd also put The Stanley Parable in between Portal 2 and Black Mesa but I left it out of the list as it isn't actually a Half Life game. The Half Life 2 games can optionally also use MMod but only if you choose to. Shareware mod is also fine)>Half Life 2: Lost Coast>Half Life 2/Half Life 2 Update>Half Life 2: Episode 1>Half Life 2: Episode 2>Project Borealis and/or Project AC. Half Life Source>Portal>Portal 2>Black Mesa (definately retail once Xen comes out.

Half Life 1>Half Life Opposing Force>Half Life Blue Shift>Half Life Decay (optional) Originally posted by Dark Redshift:My suggestion would be: In order to get the best experience you need to play them in order, IMO. HL2's story it is just Freeman's experience after HL1. Click here to get an answer to your question Calculate the half life of a first order reaction from their rate constants given below:(a) 200 s-1. In other words, the HL2 story does not continue from HL1. Even though the two games share characters and Freeman is the same protagonist, they are very different stories. Once you graduate from the HL1 story, you will find that HL2 goes in a pretty different direction. To a certain extent, how much you enjoy Black Mesa should determine how much you want to play the sequels. They aren't essential to the overall HL story but they are fun and reasonably short. They add to the story in that they fill in the story from multiple viewpoints. The HL sequels are absolutely worth playing. Then I would play Source Opposing Force and Source Blue Shift. I would be jacked to play those with updated tech!

There is also Tripmime Studios working on Blue Shift and also Opposing Force remakes on the Source engine. Originally posted by 1v4n94:Although not exactly the 3 we are expecting the most, these teams are working on a Marc Laidlaw-inspired Half-Life 2: Episode Three:īut, as always within the Half-Life communities, we have to wait.

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