Loved the original Painkiller. The battlefield frozen in time was cutting edge stuff to see in a video game back then.

Hopefully this is released on PC too.

The SS1 remake was pretty damn good.

The thing about remakes though is they can lose what made the original good. So while someone who never played the original might really like the remake, a die-hard that’s always liked the original may feel kind of betrayed by the remake.

I never played SS1, so the remake was something new for me and I liked it. But I grew up with and revere SS2 as being one of the best games ever made. So I’m almost kind of glad this is just a remaster and not a remake.

LET’S GO!!!

Built a new killer rig last summer. Have spent 90% of my time with it playing HL1 mods.

Finally gave Star Citizen a shot a few months ago when it had a free week.

It was awful.

It looked great. Everything else was dogshit. The inventory system was trash. Everything, and I mean everything, was beyond tedious. The game felt very empty. Movement didn’t feel good. Bugs galore.

And that’s after well over a decade of development.

Pass on this hot garbage.

I couldn’t do the fetch quests and just clicking on boxes for combat.

That’s literally all MMO’s.

I would hope someone takes this world and updates the graphics

They did at one point years ago. It looks a lot better than it used to. But they’ve pretty much maxed out what that engine can do. It’s not going to get better looking.

It’s the only MMO I play largely for the lore and because it’s the largest non-procedural game world ever created and I love getting “lost” in it. But they’ve already completed the LoTR storyline and while the new areas they’re adding still look great, the stories and quests are getting pretty boring. Gameplay is getting boring too. I haven’t purchased the newest expansion and I’m not sure I’m going to. Been playing for years, so feels a little weird to just quit.

They pissed me off when they completely re-worked the Loremaster class. So annoying to play now.

One of the best ever made. I remember a SS2 remaster/remake being in the works a few years ago, but it got cancelled.

Yeah, the remake was really good, but I’ll warn you, it’s pretty hard. Like, frustratingly hard. And if I remember you can’t change the difficulty mid-game, so you may just want to play it on easier difficulty.

Sven-Coop for Half-Life 1.

I’ve played, almost daily, since the mod was released in January 1999. Over a quarter century. I’ve got admin in a number of servers, so a lot of days I’m just hopping on briefly to make sure the servers are running smoothly and no one is trolling. New maps are still being regularly released, many by people who have been mapping for it for a solid 15-20 years.

No idea of total hours. It wasn’t added to Steam until 2016, but I have multiple thousands of hours logged since then. I’ve got to be over 10-12k hours since the beginning. Easily.

Everything else in my life has shifted. Sven-Coop is my rock.

I remember liking it, but it’s been, what, 20 years?

That’s literally the direction we are headed and we’re picking up speed.

Forced myself to build a new rig last summer largely because I had a feeling Trump would win and everything would get more expensive. I probably should have bought a new used car as well. Any big purchases should have been done before Jan 20.

The older I get the less I care about best lists.

It’s all subjective.

Like Donald Trump, I just assume he’s lying if sounds are coming out of his mouth.

He lost the benefit of the doubt in 2018 when he falsely accused a rescue worker of being a pedophile.

Been trying to convert my friends since 1998.

Also I’ve had some luck with https://www.50gameslike.com/ finding games.

Cool site. Thanks for the link.

As someone who doesn’t like stealth games, I like being able to play a first person Indiana Jones game where the stealth isn’t punishing.

I still get caught by the officers who can see through your disguise. I run away. The alert level goes down. Whatever. I don’t need it to be punishing.

Cool story. Where is Half-Life 3?

Hey moneybags Gabe…where is Half-Life 3?

Eh. I want hyper realistic graphics, but I also want a solid story and good gameplay mechanics. If hyper realistic graphics took a backseat to story and mechanics I’d be just as annoyed as a focus on hyper realistic graphics over story and mechanics.

Edit: Generally speaking, of course. There’s quite a few modern games with non-realistic graphics I enjoy, but I’m always waiting for that next hyper realistic game to push the boundaries.

I’m getting close to 1k. Such an incredibly good game. The devs are legends.

I’ve been playing a Half-Life mod called Sven Coop since 1999. I play almost daily, if only for a half an hour when I get home to unwind. Multiple server owners have given me admin rights to help manage their servers so sometimes I’m just there to kick griefers or change levels that are broken so people don’t leave. There are many thousands of user made levels. People are still making them. The mod is still getting updated. Just did actually.

It wasn’t added to Steam until 2016. So there was no way for me to track play hours until then. Since 2016 it shows that I have a little over 3000 hours. And I used to play more before I became an adult and had to do adult things. So I can only imagine what my total hours are.

10,000 hours? And that’s probably conservative.

I will have been playing regularly for 26 years this January.

Our “news” outlets are simply pathetic.

It’s embarrassing.

One of the best games ever made. None of the others in the series really had the same fun factor. The mods were amazing. There was a total conversion called TribesRPG and there’s still a server up for it. Last time I went in a couple years ago there were only two players just idling.

The Thing. You come across a guy that’s infected but still alive. Clearly on the verge of turning. He gives you vital information then says

“If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.”

And proceeds to blow his own brains out.

Boss move. Much respect.