Half life 2

[RemaL]

WOW

bought it years ago but only for counter Strike source. never played more than 30 mins of HL2

But really getting into it and what a game

loving it

[T89 Callan]

Meh.

I loved the first but HL2 left me a little bored and the story got on my nerves a little as I didn't really know what was going on.

I also bought the Ornge box and was even more dissapointed.

Strange as the Half Life is one of my favourite games ever.

[RemaL]

never played Half life

[Dogsey]

HL2DM is still the place to be!

[tenohfive]

Dogsey said:

HL2DM is still the place to be!

Very true.

Nothing blends comedy and gaming better than killing people with a toilet.

[Taffer]

tenohfive said:

Dogsey said:

HL2DM is still the place to be!

Very true.

Nothing blends comedy and gaming better than killing people with a toilet.

Only equalled over 5 years later by killing people with high-velocity teddy bears (bloody mess perk enabled) in Fallout 3.

[Neil_H]

The HL2 single-player game is one of the greatest games ever, you should play Episodes 1 & 2 as well.

[Marf]

Neil_H said:

The HL2 single-player game is one of the greatest games ever, you should play Episodes 1 & 2 as well.

+1

Its superb, I cant wait for episode 3

[Carfiend]

If you get bored you can always go for HL2 Extreme Mode! Complete the game only using ranged weapons when you have no choice in the matter. Crowbar superiority!

[Deluded]

I played and completed the original Half-Life back when it originaly came out. Got half-life 2 just after it came out and got stuck/bored about half way through.

A few months ago I saw The Orange Box for the 360 in game really cheap so thought Ide get it just for the sake of it.

Awsome game! Got completly into it and couldnt put it down. Played through episodes 1 and 2 aswell. Cant wait for episode 3 either.

The little mini game, Portal, in The Orange Box is fantastic aswell. Very clever.

[Marf]

The cake is a lie!

[Loque]

Critically speaking, the game is brilliant.

But I just can't get into it. I admire the games that try to make you think, but I just can't be bothered, and hence would rather play something easier on the head and harder on the trigger finger.

[rhinochopig]

T89 Callan said:

Meh.

I loved the first but HL2 left me a little bored and the story got on my nerves a little as I didn't really know what was going on.

I also bought the Ornge box and was even more dissapointed.

Strange as the Half Life is one of my favourite games ever.

I have to say I agree. I found HL2 and the subsequent chapters boring and derivative. Yet HL1 was simply brilliant.

HL2, for me, suffered from being a game designed to show off the features of the engine rather than a game designed to offer an intriguing story and clever level design. The physics puzzles were just banal IMO, which is odd given how great they were in Portal.

[Marf]

rhinochopig said:

derivative.

Derived from what?

[CooperS]

I play a bit too much Cs Source but havent picked up the HL2 since completing it when first launched.

My problem was i over complicated simple tasks like climbing up to get to a ladder. i would spend 30 minutes getting up a ladder that was never intended to be in the game and getting through a window to nowwhere then finding a bit down the ally another obvious laddder behind a box....

LOL

But Cs Source is still very good imo

Edited by CooperS on Monday 6th July 12:59

[Holst]

I think I have a free licence for CS2 if anybody wants it, you can download it from Steam.

[rhinochopig]

Marf said:

rhinochopig said:

derivative.

Derived from what?

Myriad sci-fi and zombie books/films - that aspect I don't really have a problem with, as other games are more so, as long as it's exciting to play, and to me it wasn't.

The action bits were actually boring - same enemies over and over, the same limited arsenal, physics puzzles that were just tedious - use barrels to add weight to counter balance, or collapse a structure. There was also limited opportunity for exploration - why go to the effort of trying to create the impression of a living and breathing city and then put the game on rails.

I can understand why people liked it, but for me it was a style over content exercise.

[White-Noise]

Not played this but I am still addicted to deathmatch on HL 1

[RemaL]

Neil_H said:

The HL2 single-player game is one of the greatest games ever, you should play Episodes 1 & 2 as well.

have both of these as I got it on orange box. must get some time to play tonight

[FPC]

Marf said:

The cake is a lie!

Brilliant - I loved Portal.