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Right, architecturally it was probably pretty simple. But the minimum system requirements for HL:2 versus the Xbox's hardware is pretty stark:
Half-Life 2 minimum requirements for PC:
Xbox System Specs:
Edit: Definitely meaning the original Xbox and not the 360. Was one of the last games I bought for the original and still have it :)
As a point of comparison, 360 has 512MB RAM. HL2 was targeting PCs comparable to PS3/360, but somehow they got it working on an Xbox.
Makes you wonder what corners they cut to get it functional.
https://youtu.be/c66hfqw4SKc
So playable frame rate was the main corner cut.
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The 00s Doom reboot shares a similar story, but for the 360!