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Originally Posted by Villanman Here is a link that might help to understand the Halflife Story better. Half Life Story Guide |
Originally Posted by rdank HL1:Source isn't much different from the original. You'd probably be better off picking up a $5 copy of the original unless the Source version is $10 or so. You can add high res graphics packs to the original to give it a better look (the Source version uses the standard texture, not high res versions or anything new). Side by side, you probably wont be able to tell differences in the game immediately. They just aren't that different. Still, it's a fun game, and I went through it and finally finished it after I got done with HL2. |
Originally Posted by StreetPreacher They did upgrade some of the effects in the source version of HL1, for instance the water textures are much improved. The game also seems to run better on my system than the old quake based version, and it'll do widescreen ootb which is nice. Maybe that's another reason the re-relased it, is it possible Valve makes more money on HL Source sales since the quake engine is no longer used (i.e. no royalties?)? |
It is based on Quake engine with many enhancements by Valve's programmers. Changes include things like 16bit color, colored lightning, translucency, MMX support and much more detailed environments. |
Originally Posted by StreetPreacher But as far as I know Valve designed Source from the ground up (they are licensing it). The problem with HL Source is that they just dropped all of the same old game assets into the new engine, so unfotunately there isn't any real visual improvement. |