How many times have you completed Half-Life 2? In the 21 years (yeesh) since Valve's genre-changing FPS game was first released, I'd speculate that I've destroyed the Citadel, escaped City 17, and launched the rocket from White Forest on no fewer than 30 occasions. Maybe that says something about me; maybe we really, really need Half-Life 3. Nevertheless, after more than two decades, there's an alternative way to experience Gordon Freeman's post-apocalyptic odyssey - except it doesn't involve Gordon Freeman at all. If you haven't heard of Lambda Fortress before, the iconic mod is finally coming to Steam, and lets you play Half-Life 2 like you never have before.
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Half-Life 2 RTX ruined Ravenholm, but those big lighting problems just got fixed
Check out this incredible Half-Life 2 gaming PC build with an Nvidia RTX 5090
Half-Life 2 RTX is struggling on Steam, as players face performance woes
It seems like rumors pointing to Half-Life 3's existence are reaching a new fever pitch lately, but, as has been the case for more than a decade now, it's probably better to focus your attention on games in the series that actually exist until an actual launch date is announced. For anyone looking for newer versions of those games, there have been projects like the series' VR iteration, Half-Life: Alyx, the first game's remaster as Black Mesa, and, most recently, a demo section of Half-Life 2 remastered under the title of Half-Life 2 RTX. The latter of these options, HL2 RTX, was fairly underwhelming when it came out in March, but now, as the result of a new update, one of its biggest problems has just been fixed.
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Check out this incredible Half-Life 2 gaming PC build with an Nvidia RTX 5090
Half-Life 2 RTX is struggling on Steam, as players face performance woes
The Half-Life 2 RTX demo takes five times more HDD space than Half-Life 2 itself
