20 years since it was first released, Half-Life 2 remains one of the best single-player FPS games in history. Even as someone who's comparatively skeptical when it comes to Valve's work, I can't deny sections like Route Kanal and, of course, Ravenholm. But there's one part of HL2 that I think is genuinely weak, and exposes, in a very contained space, most of the shooter's flaws. Nova Prospekt is samey and overlong, and relies far too much on HL2's often unexciting weapons and gunplay. But thanks to Half-Life 2 RTX, which has just gotten a new trailer, even this dour part of Gordon Freeman's adventure looks suddenly way better.
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Half-Life 2 is about to turn 20 years old. That's two decades, over 7,000 days, and countless FPS games emulating Valve's work. We're still waiting on Half-Life 3, and while recent rumors point to the sequel being as real as it ever has been, it looks like something big may be in store for Gordon Freeman's second adventure. A new update bears a striking resemblance to one Valve dropped for the original Half-Life right before that game's huge free update last year, so HL2 might be getting a similar overhaul.
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Half-Life 2 is a beloved FPS that absolutely does not need a film or TV adaptation. Though games like Halo, Fallout, The Last of Us, and even League of Legends have had varying levels of success moving from game to screen, Half-Life 2 doesn't have the kind of story that makes sense for cinema. As it turns out, that doesn't matter at all, as Valve's 2004 classic may now be taking a roundabout path to the big screen through a Michael Bay-directed version of the viral Skibidi Toilet web series, a wildly successful internet hit created and featuring characters from Half-Life 2.
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