The 25-year-old shooter is one of the most important games on Steam and is now getting a patch for an ancient bug

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It’s been 25 years since Half-Life captivated gamers, and now Valve has fixed a near-historic bug that has marred the gaming experience for decades. MeinMMO tells you what’s behind it.

The gaming world has changed since the release of the iconic first-person shooter Half-Life in 1998, but even after a quarter of a century, the game remains relevant and timeless. The game is still popular and even broke a player number record in 2022 thanks to a campaign by fans.

  • The game’s plot focuses on scientist Gordon Freeman, who works for the Black Mesa company.
  • A failed experiment leads to the opening of a portal to another dimension, and Freeman is suddenly faced with the threat of hostile Xen creatures.

    • Valve, the development studio behind the masterpiece, recently took a step that will make fans’ hearts beat faster. Valve celebrated Half-Life’s 25th anniversary with a massive patch released on November 19th. Among other things, four new maps were added for Half-Life Deathmatch as well as three old maps that were only available on the CD “Half-Life: Further Data”. The game has also been optimized for the Steam Deck.

    But in the wake of the excitement, a surprise follow-up patch on November 22nd finally fixed an age-old bug that has plagued the game for decades.

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    Fixed the timing of the sequence where a tentacle grabs a scientist in the Blast Pit

    Which bug has been fixed? It’s an animation error at a crucial moment in the game. During the sixth chapter, Blast Pit, a tentacle monster breaks through a pane of glass, knocks a scientist to the ground, and then drags him towards itself. But so far the whole thing has not been synchronous and there has been a delay. This created the impression that the tentacle was pulling the scientist away without physically touching him.

    Player VinciusMedeiro6 recorded the pre-patch and post-patch scene and shared it on X. The top video shows the fixed scene and the bottom one shows how it was before. You can see both versions here:

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    How does the community react? Half-Life fans are mostly celebrating the bug fix and sharing their enthusiasm on Reddit. We have summarized a few comments for you:

  • Dtb1987 writes: Those crazy bastards did it.
  • Barn_Advisor was upset about the bug and pointed out: For some reason, this little bug annoyed me so much that now that it’s finally fixed, I ironically think Half-Life 1 is the better game, lol.
  • knb128pl says: November 22, 2023 the most important date in human history.
  • Eikdos liked the scene with Bug better: Oh man, I liked the broken animation. It worked in its own way.

    • However, many players didn’t know or didn’t notice that the scene had a bug, as some reported on Reddit.

    In summary, Valve’s recent fix of the Blast Pit bug shows not only their commitment to the quality of their classic title, but also the ongoing passion of the Half-Life community. As players continue to explore the beloved world of Half-Life, they can now do so without the bug that existed for nearly 25 years.

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