Submitted 4 hours ago by YUART@feddit.org to gaming@lemmy.zip
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Hi,
let’s settle a debate. Ignoring the Half-Life series itself, which game shares the most DNA with the original?
Cast your vote here: strawpoll.com/61gD9Az59Zw
Tomorrow I’ll run the same three games through my game‑similarity algorithm and share how its results compare to the community’s choice.
Also, drop a suggestion below if you have an idea for the next poll!
None of them really compare.
Quake 2 stripped away the charm of Quake; Quake 3 was the harbinger of a new era of arena shooters and Quake 4 dealt the killing blow to the franchise, ending any resemblance whatsoever to the original. Of all of these, Quake 2 resembled Half Life the most, but still lacked the rich narrative.
AVP (2000) was phenomenal, and thus is probably the most appropriate to compare to Half-Life, though still a very different game.
Hi, about Quake 2 - do you mean it was the most similar to the original Half-Life because of style? Or rather because of the main “idea”, genre, and plot? Just interested in your opinion
Style, the increase in puzzle aspects, larger interconnected maps with backtracking. HL still blew them away in every category, though.
In terms of engine, Quake 3. Both of their engines are built after the Q2 engine.
Zahille7@lemmy.world 36 minutes ago
I’m gonna say AVP Classic cause it’s the only other one I’ve played.