I totally forgor to post this yesterday. I hope all my fellow Americans had a good Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I watched plenty of football and played some Binding of Isaac and Command and Conquer on the side. Have a good week everyone

  • ChaosMaterialist [he/him]
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    1 day ago

    I just finished a Half-Life 2 Hard run. I have tons of nostalgia for the Half-Life series, and the game mostly holds up except two major bugs. The end sequence in the Citadel is still as satisfying as ever.

    bug rant
    1. There is a bug in Nova Prospekt teleportation that prevents the player (or Alyx) from entering the teleporter except through jank. Super frustrating as it locks progress and you will die. I also tried getting in first, but then Alyx bugs out and dances right in front of the teleporter until I leave. I had to lean a turret against Alyx and climb on her head to trigger the teleport sequence. Worse is you can be shot from this position.
    2. Barney does not follow the player while storming the Suppressor building. He will go from assigned section to section (activating terminals, etc) but then remain in place, which often isolates him from the player and prone to dying via Combine when any of the three generators are taken out. While it doesn't prevent progress, the whole building is a slog because of this.