Originally posted by BackFire
Wait till you get to Episode 2. Takes the whole idea of cinematic and immersive gaming to a new level, I felt.
Awesome.
I can still telegraph some things about the plot though. "Here's the gravity gun Gordon. ...what's that?! Sweepers!! Run Gordon, run! Go get yourself stranded from us and take a long-ass route back to us so that we can stroke your nuts some more like you're the second coming of Corey Feldman."
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...but it's really just a seamless world with the events, people, interactions, etc. and is very believable.
Originally posted by Smasandian
Ahhh.....I would feel kinda of bad if I ever played an Half Life game on a console.I really would.
Don't get me wrong, I realize that a lot of ports work better on their original systems (in this case, PC). And I've also always been a pretty stalwart "PC > consoles" junky. But A friend loaned me Orange Box, so it was really a no-brainer since I had never played it before.
Episode 2 is the best in terms of Half Life goodness.
Dont get me wrong, if I couldnt afford a new computer after my computer goes down, then yeah, I would play it on the console, but considering Half Life was the first real gaming experience I had (played Doom and had an NES, but I usually only played them for less than two hours), I just would feel bad if I played it on the console. I'm a die hard PC gamer, and Half Life to me is the game of the PC.
So the Ravenloft level was...interesting. My favorite so far might be the opening sequence in the city sans a weapon (short but frantic as f*ck), and the flight in the swamp buggy thing, which was a nice mix of racing-style fun, puzzles, and action.
Too many zombies in Ravenloft though. Reminded me of every zombie game I've ever played, and how much zombies annoy me. A few fun moments though, and the priest dude was cool. I kept screwing up with the gravity gun and having to use my traditional guns. Low ammo and wild running-around ensued.
And if it was a game I cared about more, I'd probably get it for PC. But when the choices are XBox for free from a friend, and buying the cpu game, the choice is clear. Apparently not much is lost, so all's well.
I really liked Ravenloft. I loved the atmosphere of it. It was kinda of the same as any zombie game, but I really liked it, especially the home made traps, and ramps and shit like that. I would totally do that.
In my opinion, there isnt any fault in HL2. Every level is awesome. In the first game, the last level is pretty mediocre but in this game, all of its good.
Paint? I'll have to try that.
My favorite was finding a giant anchor-looking thing and using it with the gravity gun. It would just bludgeon things, possibly with more effectiveness than the traditional blades. It killed far more creatures than the blades did for me, and hearing the metal "thunk" as it pwned monsters was funny as hell.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Paint? I'll have to try that.My favorite was finding a giant anchor-looking thing and using it with the gravity gun. It would just bludgeon things, possibly with more effectiveness than the traditional blades. It killed far more creatures than the blades did for me, and hearing the metal "thunk" as it pwned monsters was funny as hell.
Yeah, paint buckets are awesome. Shoot them at the walls too. It was pretty nifty back then.
I was the type of player who just picked up everything and kept on shooting at something, no matter what damage it did. Especially a battle later on in the game evolving a queen antlion and tight spaces.