Today I read something most....... Interesting.
When the original Half-life came out in 1999 – good lord, ahs it been that long? – I sacrificed many, many otherwise productive hours playing multiplayer deathmatch online. I still have the layouts of classic maps like Crossfire, Bounce, Datacore, and Boot Camp taking up valuable space in the folds of my brain, even though it’s been years since I stalked their virtual corridors.
Well, looks like that knowledge is going to come in handy again. According to 1up.com, Valve is preparing a slightly graphically tweaked version of the original Half-life deathmatch experience to Half-life 2 owners, using the company’s software download service, Steam.
The updated version of Half-Life’s deathmatch mode will include 11 of the classic multiplayer maps that us old-schoolers know and love, and should be out in a matter of weeks. It’s kind of pathetic just how much this news excites me. No, actually, it’s REALLY pathetic.
-Steve Tilley, Game for Anything, Edmonton Sun, Sunday September 4
If he thinks that being able to play old Half-Life maps in Half-life 2 is pathetic, then what would he say to someone like me, someone who plays age-old games like Descent and Phantasy Star on a regular basis still? If it's considered pathetic to play old maps on a new game, then how are old maps in old games that came out before PATCHES even dammit?
How am I looked upon in the gaming Community? Is TPH amongst the last places for acceptance of my kind on the internet? Not even at the Planet Descent forums are old Descent players that common. They're mostly Descent 3 fanboys that haven't even played the original at all! And that's on a Descent Shrine site!
Am I just some old person in a young body that should be allowed to exit me? Should I stop playing old games and let that part of me wither and die out? Would it make TPH the better place if I did?
I'm leaning on yes.........
