Half-Life 2 Anniversary Update

Time certainly flies, and Gordon Freeman’s followers comprehend it higher than anybody. Half-Life 2 is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and Valve has determined to make good on the event.

The builders have launched a big replace that makes the classic even better.It is offered on Steam free of charge till November 18.

Few issues might have made Half-Life lovers happier than this, aside from any news about a Half-Life 3.

What’s within the Anniversary Replace?

Valve has put out a comprehensive changelog on the Half-Life 2 Steam web page, however right here is an abridged checklist of what’s new on this good outdated sport.

Further Content material

The most important information by far is that Episode One and Episode Two are lastly merged into the principle sport.

These expansions beforehand needed to be accessed individually, however now you can progress by way of them routinely as you’ll with different ranges.

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Half-Life 2: Misplaced Coast can be accessible by way of the principle menu now, underneath the Extras tab.

All ranges have developer commentary if you wish to play by way of the sport whereas studying about its growth. The choice is offered from the get-go on the New Sport display.

Concerning Steam integration, you now have Workshop help for all your modding needs, and customized Steam Sport Recording occasions.

Visible Updates

Setting Shader Element to Very Excessive now permits bicubic filtering for gentle maps, which produces smoother shadows. Radial fog can be now enabled.

Fonts must be extra legible throughout platforms because of a brand new font renderer and fixes to the antialiasing to keep away from clipping the ends of letters.

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G-Man’s eyes now have correct specular highlights, so you may get misplaced in his loving gaze as soon as extra as an alternative of being distracted by bizarre visuals.

All fences solid shadows correctly now, and utility poles have constant numbers of cables connecting them.

Interface Updates

PC customers can lastly benefit from the controller-friendly UI first launched on the Steam Deck.

You’ll be able to entry this by launching it in Large Image mode or by enabling the gamepad launch choice.

Gamepad customers now have a devoted tab within the settings menu, and Intention Help modes that may be tuned to be used with controllers or mouse and keyboard.