If you haven't played it for a while, you might wonder if the people who still eulogise Half-Life 2 are half-remembering it through a mist of nostalgia.
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It's everything you need to know in one unassuming texture file—but also, importantly, it leaves enough of the finer details out to let your imagination run wild. This is more effective than an elaborate, expensive cinematic showing the Combine invasion of Earth would ever be, and puts you on a level playing field with Gordon Freeman.
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