YUART[Mini Poll] Which of these games feels closest to the original Half-Life?
None of them really compare.
Quake 2 stripped away the charm of Quake; Quake 3 was the harbinger of a new era of arena shooters and Quake 4 dealt the killing blow to the franchise, ending any resemblance whatsoever to the original. Of all of these, Quake 2 resembled Half Life the most, but still lacked the rich narrative.
AVP (2000) was phenomenal, and thus is probably the most appropriate to compare to Half-Life, though still a very different game.
Hi, about Quake 2 - do you mean it was the most similar to the original Half-Life because of style? Or rather because of the main “idea”, genre, and plot? Just interested in your opinion
Style, the increase in puzzle aspects, larger interconnected maps with backtracking. HL still blew them away in every category, though.