Originally posted by Omniscaper
CS:Source looks so nice , How could they have NOT done anything for the original Halflife!?
updating about 8 maps, a few models, and a few weapons and dropping them into the source engine is a
far cry from upgrading an entire game's worth of textures and models and maps, etc. you're talking about months worth of work. i seriously doubt the additional profits from doing so would justify the costs.
they made SOME upgrades to the graphics and it feels like they updated the physics a little. other than that, it's a business decision and they made the right one.
Any of the steam versions worth it?
the bronze is the same as you would get in the store. as for the others, it depends. if you bought every little add on that ever came out for HL, probably not. but for example, i only ever bought the original HL package. so getting the valve back catalog for 20 bucks extra (games that still range from $5 to $20 around here) was worth it. i just got the gold cuz i'm a freak.
Originally posted by aldo_14
Yes, you can back it up to CD but - IIRC - you have to be permanently connected to Steam when you play it (i.e. not just to activate it, presumably anti-piracy so you can't have 2 copies of the same key in use at the one time)
i'm nearly certain that's wrong and all you have to do is activate. after that, you can use steam in offline mode and play HL2 offline. at least, i'm pretty sure - i played in offline mode last night.
