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Article #160972Re: WC Artist auctioning some WC stuff on eBay
From: Ineedmoney
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:31
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:31
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"Kevin Scholl" <kscholl@comcast.net> wrote in message news:f-ednWV2S8bOmoLdRVn-jg@comcast.com... > Ineedmoney wrote: > > Is Half Life Blue shift a sequel or an addon? By your reasoning its a > > sequel, yet there is a Half Life 2 out... > > I don't know enough about HL Blue Shift to make an educated > determination. However, I DO know enough about WCSO to see that there > are more aspects which point to it being a standalone than being an > add-on. That's the simple fact of the matter. > > I'm done discussing this with you, Ed. I look at it from a technical > viewpoint, while you base your conclusion on how the game makes you > feel. Neither is completely right or wrong, and neither of us is going > to change the other's mind without significant external evidence. Well the fact is that HL Blue Shift was called *on the box* a "stand alone" and it didnt need the original game. Yet it was of course still really just an addon. Origin clearly just made an addon (Secret Ops), but called it something else just like Valve did with Blue Shift. Ed
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