The historic work of many Valve modelers and artists has been swept down the drain. The official documentation now refers to options that don't work. Old players will become frustrated that they can't get the original Half-life back, as the the only way revert the change is a launch command that isn't documented anywhere (and at the moment this doesn't even exist!). New players to Half- life will think the game always looked this way. You are effectively rewriting history, as Steam is pretty much the only place to buy Half-Life. Suddenly 'upgrading,' the look of a 15 year old game, with no option to revert is a very bad idea. Heck, even the promotional images on it's Steam page use the old models. When I play Half-Life, I expect it to look the way it did 15 years ago. The version of Half-life available on Steam is no longer the real half life. When Valve made Half-life Source, they had the option to use the HD-models, but chose not to, as the originals are better.īut that is not the worst of it.
The HD-models clash with the art-style of the game and look very out of place.
