Rickenslacker
Banned
Are you gonna kick it up a notch and pair a Novint Falcon with it?
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
lttp: Half-Life 2
- Thread starter MoonsaultSlayer
- Start date
Not at first! One step at a time =0)
GuitarAtomik
Member
I had to put it down during the hovercraft part. That section is waaaayyy too long. Other than that, I enjoyed it. I still think it's a somewhat overrated and I HATE silent protagonists in games like this but it did bring a lot of new things to the table and it should be given props for the influence it has had on gaming.
CloakedPuppet
Member
Totally agreed and thanks to this thread I may have to go back and play it again. Phenomenal game and one that I can't imagine being topped.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
IMO, the buildup during that scene was masterful, with the colored lights representing how many enemies would come from each tunnel. First the game throws one tunnel at you with very few enemies. Then multiple tunnels with few enemies. Then multiple tunnels with a moderate amount of enemies. And then for the finale all the lights start flashing red signifying that a ton of enemies are about to come at you from every single entrance, music starts playing, some Vorts drop in to help, and you know shit is about to go down.
The worst level in HL2 would have to be Entanglement. Setting up sentries for the Combine wasn't difficult or tedious, but it just wasn't particularly exciting either. Just a boring level altogether, and it had a bunch of "cutscenes" too.
Also, gonna requote this for the new page
You guys have to play these (although not everyone will enjoy MoP). In many ways these games do things better than Half-Life 2 itself, from gunplay to atmosphere to puzzles that go beyond rudimentary physics gimmicks. And Black Mesa Source goes without saying....
HL2 itself is overrated imo, but the what HL2 spawned with the source engine is awesome.
Garry's Mod for life.
I must replay this, great mod.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Given the way he liked playing around with his fanbase he was also involved with Valve's ARGs since then.
Yeah, he and Jeep were the main brains behind the Portal 2 ARGs. It must have been surreal to go from creating Half-Life 2 mods to working on the game's successor.
Technosteve
Banned
what mod was these really episodic vignettes, like one was about a relationship and star gazing. While another was this room with tv screens of your life and you can enter these screens to relive these moments.
Also i hated the weapons in halflife, they were almost all meaningless after you get the gravity gun. They sorta fixed it in the episodes but the gun play weren't the greatest.
Also i hated the weapons in halflife, they were almost all meaningless after you get the gravity gun. They sorta fixed it in the episodes but the gun play weren't the greatest.
The Stanley Parable? /stabinthedark
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
I love them. The canals and Highway 17 offer more insight into Half-Life's world than any piece of dialogue ever could. Didn't have any problems with the length or pacing either.
D
Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
Running through Nova Prospekt with a pack of Antlions while fighting Combine forces who are being audibly chastised by Breen for their failure to kill you is one of the best experiences I've ever had in a video game. The mixture of gameplay and story is sublime.
Radiator.
Vampirolol
Member
Never managed to play this.
Funny because I thought she was one of the few non-oversexualized main females in games. How were they trying to give you a boner?
D
Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
Agreed. Her character growth in the episodes is especially well-done.
dark_prinny
Banned
I'm glad You're liking it.
I hope I could.
Never understand the love for this game, I respect it tough.
I hope I could.
Never understand the love for this game, I respect it tough.
I had no idea there were so many people that didn't care for HL2.
There game basically provided the right balance of twitch shooting from older FPSs, great storyline (without being overbearing), puzzle solving, and a really cool environment. What glued all of this together? The pacing. Just when the player is about to say "Getting real tired of these zombies, suddenly now you're alongside a priest with a shotgun helping him hold them off while he helps you escape. Driving an airboat avoiding barnacle tongues is old hat now? Then how about a helicopter dropping bombs into the river while you have to keep going full speed ahead!
There game basically provided the right balance of twitch shooting from older FPSs, great storyline (without being overbearing), puzzle solving, and a really cool environment. What glued all of this together? The pacing. Just when the player is about to say "Getting real tired of these zombies, suddenly now you're alongside a priest with a shotgun helping him hold them off while he helps you escape. Driving an airboat avoiding barnacle tongues is old hat now? Then how about a helicopter dropping bombs into the river while you have to keep going full speed ahead!
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of the silent protag either. I do wish that NPCs can react to my in-game head nods and shakes. Like when I refused to follow the guard down the hallway, I just shook my head haha. But that's something I want to see in all first person games.
Buckethead
Banned
This game blew my mind back on my Sony Vaio in 2004 at low settings.
I've replayed it every 2 years since. So good.
As an aside, I had flashbacks to H:L2 when I was watching "The Road".
I've replayed it every 2 years since. So good.
As an aside, I had flashbacks to H:L2 when I was watching "The Road".
Fallout-NL
Member
Yeah, same here. Love the feel of the USP. That flat *thwack* sound is awesome.
I used to play TF2 with a guy named Jeep. I ran a lot of awesome custom servers. Wonder if its the same guy...
SniperHunter
Banned
i played hl2 on a shitty hp desktop with a 9800 pro. game ran like crap (doom 3 ran at 15 fps on that rig and i still beat it)...even with low fps and extreme load timed, i enjoyed evrry minute of it
One of my mates got his hands on a 9800 Pro around the time Half-Life 2 released. He played some of the game but eventually grew bored of it, and since he wasn't playing anything else at the time I tried to convince him to temporarily trade cards so I could play it (I still had a GeForce 2 Ti at this juncture), but he wouldn't budge.
I wouldn't have the chance to play Half-Life 2 until two years later.
I wouldn't have the chance to play Half-Life 2 until two years later.
SniperHunter
Banned
that sucks bro...i remember pre loading hl2...ahhhh good times 
dragonbane
Member
Wow I didn't know that there are so many people out there who don't like HL2. It's definitely one of the best shooters I ever played. The last one that came pretty close was Crysis in 2007.
I H8 Memes
Member
I'm wondering which fps games people were playing in 2004 that they thought was better than HL2. Halo games were good, but not anywhere near as good as HL2. Other than that nothing came close to the quality of HL2.
Farcry was pretty, but janky with no memorable encounters or characters and had a nonsense story. Doom 3? Well id isnt exactly known for their story telling. Shadows were great but everything looked plastic, enemy encounters were basically 12+ hours of monster closets, skeletons with rocket launchers stuck to their shoulders, and a dude who somehow turned into a tank.
Farcry was pretty, but janky with no memorable encounters or characters and had a nonsense story. Doom 3? Well id isnt exactly known for their story telling. Shadows were great but everything looked plastic, enemy encounters were basically 12+ hours of monster closets, skeletons with rocket launchers stuck to their shoulders, and a dude who somehow turned into a tank.
EmCeeGramr
Member
I love the airboat part. Turning corners in that thing while slamming into Combine soldiers or dodging rockets from APCs was exhilarating, and there were so many hidden little things if you stopped to look.
Yeah includig a quick glimpse at G-Man staring at you atop some warehouse balcony. He disappears pretty quick though.
I dont get the love-in with the game, but I do like it quite a bit still. I think what I enjoyed was the atmosphere, the pacing and the storytelling, especially if you include Episodes 1 and 2. Its one of the rare games that kept me interested in the story, and for a shooter, thats quite a feat. I got quite absorbed into the role of Gordon Freeman.
Other than that, I felt like there was a lot of mediocrity. Gravity gun was fun, but the guns in general weren't anything to write about. I'm also increasingly disliking non-ADS shooting in first-person games as it feels dated. Enemy design is ok, again, nothing too special apart from a few notable exceptions.
Also probably liked MOH: Allied Assault better, too. One of my favorite WWII shooters.
Other than that, I felt like there was a lot of mediocrity. Gravity gun was fun, but the guns in general weren't anything to write about. I'm also increasingly disliking non-ADS shooting in first-person games as it feels dated. Enemy design is ok, again, nothing too special apart from a few notable exceptions.
I do prefer Halo to Half-Life. Not by much, though.
Also probably liked MOH: Allied Assault better, too. One of my favorite WWII shooters.