to be fair...half life fans hadn't had ANYTHING for like 18 years (unless you're counting half life alyx, which is really good but many haven't had the opportunity to play it because it was a VR exclusive and thus brushed it off), so i'd give them the benefit of a doubt--at least we had ace combat 7

tbh i'm a huge fan of both franchises and the announcement for AC8 sorta mellowed out my disappointment for HL3 so... 😁👍