ZylonBane t1_jefpxcz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Reply to comment by Turbulent_Winter549 in Most overrated game franchise? by skinnyfamilyguy

>The big thing about HL is that it was the first shooter with an actual story

System Shock would like a word with you. Then Strife. Then Terminator: Future Shock. Then probably another dozen or so early story-based FPS.

There is little that Half Life was the legitimate "first" to do. It just happened to do a whole bunch of things that had been done before but did them all very well.

sumpfkraut666 t1_jefz95s wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:00 PM

The argument was terribly explained but it has a point. Half life was revolutionary in that you played the opening cutscene. It wasn't the first shooter with a story that is more complex than "shoot enemy" but it was the first to tell a complex story (mostly) through gameplay. Properly using the medium is part of the art of making video games.

ZylonBane t1_jeg3i3p wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:29 PM

Half Life's story isn't that complex. It's basically Doom's story. "Oh no we opened a portal and shit went to hell. Also there are some bad humans too."

Turbulent_Winter549 t1_jefyih2 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:56 PM

I've been gaming since Atari 2600 and never heard of strife or terminator future shock but thanks for enlightening me.