Half-Life's On A Rail Isn't Bad | Cascade

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[@jstn9914]

The only non-linear section of the game is literally on a rail AND IS CALLED ON A RAIL

[@tomas_crusader1756]

Just like the section where you have to blast the pit monster is called blast pit

[@hatti...]

Oh yeah like when you power up the generator in the chapter called power up

[@syberpunk]

And that chapter where you reach the surface is called Surface Tension, in reference to the scientific property. Half-Life chapter names are full of puns

[@bigfatcarp93]

@@tomas_crusader1756 Many of the replies seem to be missing jstn9914's point. The title is the REVERSE of what you'd expect. It's not just a pun, it's an ironic pun.

[@doctorcreeps2169]

@@syberpunkanother example of a funny chapter name is Foxtrot Uniform in opposing force, which if translated from the NATO phonetic alphabet spells out F U

[@RumbleFudge]

On a Rail got more fun the more that I played it.

[@duckykevkev4337]

Same here

[@acousticfacts]

Same

[@Xe_Non]

It is fun to play but I found it too long

[@deanarberman2985]

It’s great once you know the route

[@rasputin15832]

And by the end of the chapter, it was like the heavens had opened up

[@philmower1]

I'm ashamed to admit, I played the original Half Life for years without realising there was a soundtrack. Only after leaving the original install CD in by mistake did I discover it for the first time! It really does add to the atmosphere. This is a great series by the way, so much detail, a real nostalgia trip. Thank you!

[@kabeam5643]

Well theres no music on the downloadable CD version cause the music originally played on the CD instead of being stored as an MP3 like in the steam version

[@philmower1]

@@kabeam5643 yes exactly! I was playing this pre-steam. After installation the CD was removed from the computer (because why bother keeping it in!) But that meant no music. The same was true for the original Quake which also had a pretty good soundtrack by NiN

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

Except there is not?

[@zombifiedoll1388]

@@EnjoyCocaColaLight There is not what?

[@sparrowanon]

Weren't you the guy that talked about Half-Life's atmosphere without it's OST in r/halflife?

[@blueshit199]

I never had a problem with OAR in any of the games, it's just long enough and different enough, and gives more insight on the marines vs aliens fights throughout black mesa. Exploration also works cause it makes the place really feel vast. Overall I would say that OAR is pretty much early fame Surface Tension

[@WindiChilliwack]

Same, when i first played on it it made me think that theres more to this facility of what was it developing and I always wondered why was there a rocket.

[@AsianEspionage]

Im an idiot. I see hard part of the game. I do impulse 101

[@Jwallworth]

I liked it as it showed how old the facility is, not black Mesa itself but where it had been built. The rocket launching facility was what it was built on so you see the older parts of black Mesa, I loved the ambience that the new remake added too. I can see why people would be frustrated with the original games layout with the arrows etc, but I know my way round so I guess that doesn’t bother me. Even if you got lost it wouldn’t take long to find your way. I never even knew this chapter was disliked

[@AliShuktu]

"On a rail" was my second favourite after "Surface tension".

[@AliShuktu]

@@Jwallworth True. Small minds tend to an easy ways. A lot of people I knew were avoiding "complicated games" sticking with NFS and Call of Duty.

[@avpclassic]

The things that OAR does well are the tone/atmosphere (imagery and music), combat, the multiple paths (you didn't mention one cool side area that takes you underneath a scripted vort/marine fight), letting the player dictate the level's pace, and the incredible variety of enemies (headcrabs, zombies, barnacles, houndeyes, bullsquids, leeches, marines, automated turrets, fortified turret emplacements, rocket launchers, tripmines, explosives, and a sniper). This chapter features some of the best combat sequences of aliens and marines and is essential in conveying the scope of the invasion, the marines' almost single-minded focus on Freeman yet also questioning the morality of killing civilians, and the fact that the marines are fighting a battle they can't win. It also has very memorable imagery, such as the bridge over a flooded pit, a destroyed elevator in a side area, the marine ambushed by headcrabs, the colorful walls with flowing electricity, the machinery hauling industrial material to the right and left, the small side area with a bullsquid eating a marine with a barnacle and some graffiti and spray can, the rocket launch, etc. As for the things that suck, the combat tends to be rather difficult and sometimes annoying with marines, as well as dicey with a couple of vort ambushes. The combat for me can be taxing to the point where I dread the last fortified turret emplacement just before the outdoor section, because as your video demonstrates, you kind of have to save the MP5 grenades specifically for the marines manning the turrets. Also it seems that there are two cases of bad texture work, one includes z-fighting on the entrance to the bottom-most section of the rocket where the marine is fighting headcrabs, and another is an untextured part by the floor in the first battle area with vorts against HECU. Also a lot of people criticize the abundance of grey corridors but I feel that it's essential for depicting the gritty, dark overtones of the chapter. If you haven't already, I would recommend reading Wangman's pitch bible for OAR Uncut found here: www.leakfree.org/t/on-a-rail-uncut-re-adding-cut-areas-scenes-expansion-project/11920/3 as well as the longer, interesting comments (especially Vic's) on the RTSL Replay Experiment project for said chapter here: www.runthinkshootlive.com/posts/half-life-on-a-rail/

[@Gulliblepikmin]

About the bad texture work: The z-fighting to my knowledge was only added to goldsrc in an update for half-life, (probably added in the steam release) meaning that all the z-fighting seen throughout half-life and it's expansions was probably not a case of bad texture work. Also, if you view it from the right angle, the missing texture becomes un-missing, so it's most likely some other goldsrc bug. (possibly added in the steam release) BTW, the On a Rail uncut link no longer works.

[@Jess_Atomoxetine]

If the cart stopped when the player jumped off it maybe people would dislike the chapter less.

[@PurpleColonel]

Honestly that bugs me a lot in Black Mesa, especially when I just want it to go somewhere so I can meet up with it later.

[@josephdodds1715]

@@PurpleColonel Cant you turn it off in settings?

[@Dognuhtz]

@@josephdodds1715 Ofc you can’t it’s a game mechanic not a setting

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

I used the slow moving cart as a shield for the rockets I loved it

[@josephdodds1715]

@@Dognuhtz Ive just checked and you cant any more, but in older versions of black mesa there was a train cart emergency stop toggle in the gameplay options

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

I never realized how truly brilliant the sniper in this chapter was. I always found myself thinking "Why would they put this random one-off thing here just to drain health?" But what I realize now is that as this video stated it is literally there as a curveball to players who have gotten too comfortable with the shoot/explore/collect items loop. They don't repeat it again until 3 chapters later in Surface Tension with the dying guard. It's just long enough that most players have forgotten about the first sniper but not so long that attentive players wouldn't be able to pick up on it. It teaches the player to always be on their toes in every new area they head into rather than just falling into a rhythm for the whole game. Valve really are masters of pacing and I hope no one forgets that.

[@Absolute_Zero7]

I think the problem with the sniper is that its presence is so poorly conveyed. First, this is the first introduction to the sniper in this game, so any new player coming here will have no idea that snipers are even in this game, let alone how to deal with it. 2) The section takes place at night and as such its impossible to see that there even is a sniper. Playing through this game as a tween, I never realized there was a sniper. I took damage so inconsistently that I thought for the longest time that it was just a glitch and the game was just damaging me via rail electrocution. It wasn't until later that I learned that there's a sniper, and not until this very video where I finally realized where the nest is. This Sniper could work if it was the 2nd or 3rd appearance of a sniper so that the player might be able to figure out what is shooting at them, but as it stands this sniper does none of the things you claim it does.

[@alarmy5211]

@@Absolute_Zero7half life 2 introduced snipers way better by simply… having them shoot shit? idk have the guards freak out over a headcrab before it gets sniped before they start talking about how much they hate freeman

[@jarvy251]

"You change train direction by shooting signs, which is unintuitive..." This really took me aback because when little kid me played this back in '99, shooting the signs was the most obvious thing in the world. There's an arrow sign? It looks like it spins? Shoot it to spin it! I wonder if because it was a common trope in cartoons and other media at the time. I wonder if it's like watching people play HL2 for the first time today and not even realizing there's a physics puzzle to solve, when at the time of release, 20 years ago, the physics were so hyped up that people were always looking for ways to interact with the objects in this new way.

[@chickenfarmer321]

The only problem I had was with the clunky cart controls. They're not the most intuitive, and when you hop on and interact with it, you're glued to it. If you reflexively look to the side and hop off, you just accelerated it and now it's not at all where you wanted to be.

[@multigrandmarquis]

I genuinely liked On A Rail my first runthrough. Every run after, I completely forgot how to turn the cart on and had to play it without the cart

[@doom-1472]

lol same i completed the game a lot of times and i still didn't know that you need to shoot the signs i thought i was forced to get out of it

[@Badjoe117]

I think what makes it a chapter that I'm not looking forward to when playing HL is just that you are constantly getting sidetracked with all the side passages and such for the player to explore. And while I love exploration, it also takes away from any sense of urgency as you are constantly stopping the car every few minutes. It makes the chapter feel almost like a slog, combine that with all the enemies and it can be a very exhausting chapter that feels a bit gimmicky. It does have some good moments, but those are really the times when you are not on the train itself.

[@theredlindworm732]

I like too imagine that certain cut enemies are still *Cannon* to HALF-LIFE but just are not encountered and that the odd creepy f*cking screams in this level are actually Stukabats communicating with each other somewhere where Gordon never goes or ends up in after the bats have left

[@S1nwar]

i like this chapter because your so far removed from where you started and where you need to go. it makes it feel like a real journey and the atmosphere is nice

[@mitchinatr7093]

Black Mesa handled On a Rail very well imo. One of the things I hated was that the rails shocked you in the original. It’s good that an unnecessary hazard is gone.

[@zzoinks]

You're really great at explaining and organizing your points about On A Rail!

[@zzoinks]

Your editing is top notch too

[@vizthex]

i have a funny replay of Black Mesa where i threw a grenade at the marines discussing who Freeman is immediately after they finished talking. it's one of honestly way too many random game clips i have, but it's one of my favourites cuz it reminds me of the perfect comedic timing you sometimes find in old game clips on YT.

[@stevecraftcode9304]

On a rail is acutely my favorite map. I just really like it. The carts a cool mechanic in this chapter which for me makes it very fun!

[@bbenjoe]

I loved it evenly like the rest. Though I am surprised people still make videos with the original Half-Life 1, instead of the remae, Black Mesa.

[@zeynaviegas]

on my first playthrough this chapter felt like AGES the other 20+ times, it felt so good I love it. One of the best parts

[@ilikepigeons6101]

same here

[@Vycter_Real]

Great video as always.

[@coneman8855]

I like how their was a ad with the kfc colonel in it before the video started

[@ChisponGroxo]

I remember that on my first playthrough back in 2000, I didn't even use the cart on the entire chapter because it just went away after I fell and I never found it xD After my friend told me it could be stopped I played it the intended way and it's one of my favorite chapters behind Surface Tension. I really thought people would hate Residual Processing rather than this...

[@BasicallyBreezy]

First played this game as a kid. Half life 2 came out when I was in 8th grade and up until 2018 I only played HL2. I played blackmesa then and cringed to the cart experience all over again. Memories had been flooding back for my play thru of blackmesa but that damn cart really puckered my ass. You have indeed changed my mind and since I have all versions on pc now, I shall be going back and doing a real play thru of hl1 original. For the first time in around 20 years. Thank you

[@Scarletdex8299]

9:28 I remember stumbling upon this broken elevator in my playthrough. It felt like a literal in-your-face message stating: "All ways to the surface, cozy offices and fresh air areas ARE CUT OFF. You're stuck in these old tunnels infested with things that try to kill you. And also it's probably night already, oooo👻" Uninteresting fact: when I played HL1 for the first time (before intently reading the lore) I thought that the engine, we used to burn the tentacles earlier, is attached to a rocket we launch in this chapter. As if we looped around for two chapters and ended up just above the silo area.

[@uppishcub1617]

on a rail was my favorite chapter in the original half-life

[@Shadowpastcool]

On a Rail makes me glad I play the way I do: walking slowly forward like a timid nerd armed with a gun peeking around every corner

[@dhl5928]

on a rail is fav chapter. the music.screams.ambience perfect, and the action and those gun turrets i always noclio in there to use them (u cant use them) and the end was very cool i mean a rocket

[@lysander.o.c.3580]

You shoot the switch stands? I just get off the cart and hit them with the crowbar. It saves ammo and is much more realistic.

[@Dat_Jonx]

On A Rail was always my favourite chapter because of it nonlinear structure, so I can explore map for secrets and also YOU'RE DRIVING A DAMN CART.

[@pixelrunner2775]

The part with the crane in the way was literally the only reason i didn't like this chapter. I was so confused the entire time and to this day I still don't know how to get to the lever because I ended up just walking along the side of the track until the next train/cart/thingy loaded in with the next map. Edit: also it wont cost you any health if you walk on the concrete along the sides and not directly on the track (hence the tram ride PA: "Please, stay away from electrified rails")

[@cyrilhill894]

I played this game orginally on an older laptop, but I never finished the game until I played it in vr... this level was so much fun in vr.

[@lilpd6207]

When I played as a kid I shot the signs before I knew I was even supposed to ride the rails

[@jess648]

there’s some really good combat sections in this chapter actually

[@airenjoyer6551]

i couldnt figure out how to make the cart keep moving so i just ran past everything

[@nopushbutton]

Wow, I didn't even know about the TNT grunt. I guess I just never went down that right side tunnel!

[@Tachankas_Tentacles]

I am surprised to hear that and i dont really know where your statistics come from, at least for me and my buddies it was one of the best parts of HL1 and most discussed when we played it first time. It was basically at top 3 things in all of discussions about this game, not in a bad way.

[@nerfnewb7155]

I really like it, maybe I’m just a weird train guy but even on my first play through I liked it.

[@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG]

I agree. To be fair when I first played Half Life I wasn't as frustrated as some people seemed to have been.

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Lil Bro Black Mesa acts like it's done us a service by cutting out on a rail, only to also cut out all the good Gameplay and good map design of other maps as well 💀

[@NovidProkteps]

I only recently played through all of HL1, and despite all that was said about On a Rail, I enjoyed the majority of it, some gameplay elements had me a bit confused and lost at times, but I really liked the atmosphere in the chapter, it's rare for a game to make me feel creeped out, and this chapter felt terrifying, mostly from Sirens in the Distance. This was also the first chapter where the I felt like I was getting good at combat, like I was getting into the "think" part of the game. Really my only issue is the lack of explanation for opening certain doors, other than that, it's a really underrated chapter.

[@Acul095]

Never played Half Life 1 back in the day. Was waaaay to young back then. But I did play Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine and there was this Level called "King Solomon Mine" which featured a smiliar setup. Little puzzles and arenas to solve. Switches to switch to change the routes of the track. And that was my favorite part in the game by far. Remeber playing hours just driving around in that mine cart xD. Those were the days :D So yea i can imagine why you find this part of Half Life so intriguing !

[@hideshisface1886]

Honestly, I actually like On the Rail a lot. It actually induces the sense of travel and gives you some proper scale - it also introduces some interesting traps and other elements - you finally see grunts fighting against the aliens for one, you get the signs that situation is getting more desperate with military trying to fortify the place. And the cart itself gives you an obvious sense of direction at all times.

[@vibevibevibevibevibevibe]

to be honest i always got confused, which made the level stand out, i really liked the level, its cause of the traversing and stopping on stations to get ammo and sometimes i didnt even know if i was still supposed to be on a cart, even though the level has many cons... its one of the best levels in half life

[@idna832]

" I dont see how you could get lost in this chapter" Purple Colonel failed to consider that im not very smart

[@bruhSaintJohn]

Very confusing in singleplayer the first time you play it But in sven it's pretty much my fav chapter, with the possible exception of power up and blast pit. Like the first map cause there's a few points of interest that need to be visited at the start. And since you're not playing alone - you can visit just one and hope your team will do the rest. The second map feels like a good and 20 minutes long mission with lots of potential mission failure points. Oh how many times we have lost the game on that last turret, right at the end of the chapter. You have no idea how many people just drove the train straight down in the section surrounded by turrets, just before that. Oh and dealing with both of the rocket guys before they blow up half of the team - that's something special.

[@YasonYou]

I wish they would add the cart hud back into black Mesa. It would let me know if Gordon is holding onto the controls or not

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

I'm on a rail! I'm on a rail! Everybody look at me, cuz I'm rolling on a rail!!

[@cillianennis9921]

ON MY FIRST PLAY THROUGH OF ON A RAIL I quite enjoyed it. i din't find it confusing & tried to solve the problems that killed me inanother way like climbing a ladder to kill the guys around the lift before taking the cart up it. i agree with it being underapreciated like it is differnet & helps break up the menotimy of the runing around.

[@dreeb2004]

This chapter had its moments where it blew but overall I had fun. I’d go around stop the tram and waste whoever I found there lol

[@ethantaylor9613]

Fun fact, before you launch the rocket, alien teleportations are random, and non-targeted. After you launch the rocket, however, they become targeted against Freeman specifically. The whole point of the satellite in orbit was to make the connection between earth and zen more clear. You inadvertently make your opponents more dangerous as a result.

[@Maxjk0]

I think the part I dislike about On A Rail is just the military's setups, especially the turrets and bunkers I just dont like fighting them

[@tabbycar6741]

The black mesa rocket launch section in my opinion is 10x better than the original OAR

[@YourAverageSpelunker]

When i first played half life i didn't use the cart

[@ApertureAce]

Before playing this chapter I was worried that it's reputation would be true for me but I actually quite enjoyed it

[@SladeForelly]

who the fucks says this is one of the worse chapters??! Its an epic one with awesome fights between military and aliens

[@rive3051]

this is probably my favorite chapter of the entire game.

[@kinkku4780]

this reminds me of the mission in one of the metro games where you control the rail cart and choose if you want to stop at some spots to collect supplies or continue on.

[@Headlessgenie]

When it was free during the build up to alyx release, i played up and past this part. It was fun to me for my first time. Definitely confusing though.

[@Cyrex64]

"It is'nt bad,It's boring" -Me, 2021

[@eikosimino5579]

i remember being so confused in this chapter because i thought to progress you needed to somehow get the broken elevator door open in the rocket room thing

[@koopsreal]

I mean, how could you get mad at this chapter? It's like a good story. It has a beginning, middle, and end. And a great Climax.

[@physical_insanity]

I've never played Half Life (shamefully) and even after watching some gameplay of this level a month before this video, it didn't look all that difficult to me even though the Youtber playing seemed to be completely lost. I was unaware of it's notoriety, too, so it's not like I was being a contrarian on purpose.

[@the_kovic]

Once again, you have produced a well-crafted video which I absolutely disagree with. Well done, engaging content

[@nbbbnbnnnb]

What's funny is that I got this recommended when IM STUCK ON THE GARGANTUA PART AND CANT TURN THE POWER ON!!!

[@PurpleColonel]

You gotta turn on the power

[@alix.144]

Once you know where you’re going it’s not that bad

[@ashtongiertz8728]

1:54 isn't that the entirety of Half Life? Run. Think. Shoot. Live.

[@TheMostFunkyMonkey]

I think on a rail is good but only reason it's so low on the list of Half-Life maps is because every other map is better in some way. The rocket launch is really cool but most of the chapter is riding on a cart so it gets outshined by almost every other map.

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

I never figured out the shooting signs thing, because I just do the trip mine trick with jumping over the barricade, mainly because I can't figure out how to power the cart. Edit: I know now, but I still prefer to skip Power Up.

[@Zenner5222]

on a rail is 10x more fun if you just walk

[@YosephYostar]

well,you're not wrong,but also not right

[@dannydanny2789]

Any vehicle level from hl2/consequent episodes is a thousand times more tedious than this minecart segment from the first game

[@tjfjt]

Honestly on a rail is fun on a first playthrough; after that first playthrough it just feels tedious and my favorite part of it on replays is the fact that you can bhop through it.

[@supergamergrill7734]

Nah, I was ok and even liked on the rails on my first playthrough (I mean I just completed this chapter a few minutes ago and now seeing reviews) the only reason I hated it was the part where you needed to jump through a INVISIBLE Iron crates to open the door. The problem isn’t the rail signs (I shot them almost immediately since I saw a lot of rail movies and understood ambushes) it was like I said those invisible crates that I had to jump through because I did it without jumping it and had to WALK all the way to the top

[@Wall2157]

Dang, I have always loved “On A Rail.” I consider it one of my favorite chapters. Thank you for your analysis, brother!

[@SStealth14]

6:20 thought that was some alien chicken as a kid

[@isexedthepumpkin8176]

To me, on a rail is similar to the water temple and great bay temple in the n64 zelda games; a lot of people hate them or consider them to be too confusing, but I think they're actually the best dungeons

[@llynxfyremusic]

I had no idea you could shoot the signs until now.

[@dnjtejgpf]

I love this level too.

[@kleinerkiller04]

I. LOVE. THE. ROCKET. I love it launching!!

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

2:28 Smack 'em with a crowbar, then. And just fyi - manual track switching works this way.

[@ThatKidBobo]

The only thing I found wrong with it is that it required incredible coordination with enemies and the cart

[@psicogames5509]

Before I watch the video, I like the chapter "on a rail" it's a nice chapters to fell "isolated"

[@Bsc8]

This video also explains why you must play black mesa with "on a rail: uncut" workshop mod activated ;)

[@duckykevkev4337]

On. A. Rail. Often being a highlight of my playthrough, even on my first playthrogh, On A Rail consistently keeps me on my toes. When I see a double sign on a pivot, I SHOOT IT. THAT'S HOW GAMING WORKS. Fun, engaging, varied, and suspenseful. 10/8.426

[@SuperCityscan]

I got lost the first time, but I played when I was like 12 and only played Half-Life 2 before. Also, the first cart lift is a bitch. I get if people get frustrated by it. But somehow shooting the signs was intuitive for me enough to get it, but it does feel weird. And the atmosphere was great, probably one of the best in the game.

[@Xndest]

I've beaten this game many times and didnt know that i could shoot signs to change cart direction

[@GarretsShadow]

I think when the player figures out that they need to use this system of shooting signs to navigate a labyrinth of tunnels, the idea seems more daunting than it actually is. There's only a couple of detours you can realistically take before making progress

[@roccoddog7914]

I hated on a rail because of the 10 damage from touching the rail and the parts where i clipped into the wall and got stuck

[@orchid9]

Someone said it. I love On A Rail. I always felt confused why everyone hated On A Rail. I loved it when I was a wee-wee kid. This chapter has vibe to it, you can get lost in there, get immersed in it's open environment. When I replayed the game when I was older I understood the pacing issue there with babysitting a fucking train that always gets lost god knows where, but overall I still find On A Rail interesting and wouldn't call it bad. It's very different, more explorative and less linear. Maybe Valve should had put trainline map at some places... it'd help to understand the layout.

[@justjaksa]

Once you beat on a rail for your first time next time its a fun chapter

[@volvo145]

It’s always been one of my favorite chapters there’s also top three at least I just love the atmosphere and the different combat stops and I also always like to run ahead in front of the court where possible to scout out before riding home and I don’t think it’s to the slow record actually

[@TalleyBellum]

On A Rail may have had a frustrating Begining, but my god was the climax incredible

[@eclipserepeater2466]

I love On a Rail, and what I consider it's spiritual successor, Highway 17.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

exactly

[@kiba_the_lucky]

If the cart vehicle thing was removed I'd like it.

[@Tyrell-d6o]

Both On A Rail and Xen are much maligned but absolutely amazing segments of the game.

[@ivanilayakimova2526]

Good memories.Half-life is a cool game.

[@jadedxQnabos]

the entire section can be skipped with 4 tripmines and a good memory of the layout by the way, LOL

[@jadedxQnabos]

like i play half life a bit too much and on a rail has to be one of the least annoying chapters because of how easy it is with the tripmine skip

[@TaglitoFilms]

Never understood the hate for On a Rail. Felt like natural, organic exploration to me. Also there's nothing finer than observing 2 enemy factions at war with one another while oblivious to you. Then you can influence the fight. It makes the game world feel more natural and independent of the player. Love it.

[@libertyprime3753]

i never really disliked on a rail, both when playing it as a kid and replaying it years later. i liked the rail cart and the chapter felt honestly pretty easy to me, at least in regards to navigating. the combat was a little tricky and clunky at time, but it was fun. i honestly didnt like how black mesa just replaced most of the chapter, because while i dont dislike black mesa's changes but i wish it was more faithful to the original in these kinds of aspects.

[@edgy8801]

on a rail actually came to me super easily, i was really surprised at how fun it was bc of all the shit it's been given over the years. i used to hate it with a passion, but now i actually kinda like it