Umm it is an OS, it replaces Windows.
How long have you been gaming? You don't remember custom Win98 installs that were streamlined for games?
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How long have you been gaming? You don't remember custom Win98 installs that were streamlined for games?
hodj
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Wait, are you faggots seriously arguing about whether Steam OS will replace windows or not when we've basically got full confirmation that Half Life 3 is well into development and on its way to completion?
What the hell is wrong with you guys?
HALF LIFE 3 BITCHES HALF LIFE 3
LIFE AT HALF TIMES THE 3RD POWER FUCK
What the hell is wrong with you guys?
HALF LIFE 3 BITCHES HALF LIFE 3
LIFE AT HALF TIMES THE 3RD POWER FUCK
khalid
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.53is not 3. Stay away from maths you silly biology/chem major.
Never played HL or HL2, would these games hold up right now or would the graphics just be too bad?
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Lenas
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It would be more accurate to say that SteamOS will be attempting to replace whatever custom Windows build that the Xbox One is running.
hodj
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HL1 is dated but playable. 2 is still playable definitely. Graphics probably aren't even that bad even now.
My math was off but it was off for a PURPOSE!
But yeah if you're gonna go back and play them, get them all on a steam sale at once for like super duper cheap.
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There is a remake of HL1 using the Source engine if you can't stand the original graphics as well.Black Mesa: Re-visit the world that started the Half-Life continuum
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HL:Source might not look to incredibly dated, but yeah, the gameplay is 15 years old. I think it would be worth a play through, if only because it's one of the best video games of all fucking time and you're a heathen if you haven't played it. Compare the gameplay in it to that of the N64 Golden Eye, which is only about a year older. It holds up extremely well in that regard.
HL2 and the Episodes should be fine. Again the gameplay is getting dated, but the graphics themselves actually hold up quite well IMO. Very clean, crisp textures help in that regard. Character models not as much.
HL2 and the Episodes should be fine. Again the gameplay is getting dated, but the graphics themselves actually hold up quite well IMO. Very clean, crisp textures help in that regard. Character models not as much.
Yeah not too sure about that when they started adding in productivity apps into the store. It is heading that way.
Gamers will run this as their OS though. The "true" gamers. It will replace their windows install and they will have a cheap laptop for MS Word or whatever.
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If you want HL1 with better graphics, get Black Mesa, it should be even downloadable on Steam for free, it's HL1 redone in source, but I'm pretty sure they cranked up the difficulty level a bit. I think both of them still hold up really well, but I really hate 90% of modern gray/brown shooters with their linear corridors of explosions, 2 weapons and cover systems. I like to zip around and land headshots, not duck behind cover and wait for the concrete to heal up my ass.
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It's not like it's hard to dual boot. You can setup the dual boot for Windows/Ubuntu by checking a single box in the Windows-based installer for Ubuntu. I'm sure the SteamOS installer will be the same way.
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Not at all, I am talking about people that have their PC for two purposes, web browsing and gaming. Those are the ones that will install SteamOS as their only OS and replace windows.