20 years since it was first released, Half-Life 2 remains one of the best single-player FPS games in history. Even as someone who’s comparatively skeptical when it comes to Valve’s work, I can’t deny sections like Route Kanal and, of course, Ravenholm. But there’s one part of HL2 that I think is genuinely weak, and exposes, in a very contained space, most of the shooter’s flaws. Nova Prospekt is samey and overlong, and relies far too much on HL2’s often unexciting weapons and gunplay. But thanks to Half-Life 2 RTX, which has just gotten a new trailer, even this dour part of Gordon Freeman’s adventure looks suddenly way better.
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