It's been 10 years since HL2;ep3 was announced

[Whackin]

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half life 2 was pretty bad though

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I played halflife two and I dont see what's so good about it uhh

It's basically an fps with some story and puzzle solving...?

[TristanLuigi]

half life 2 was pretty bad though

uh
no, not at all
it got a 96% on Metacritic, and it was back when Metacritic was relevant

pretty much the only thing I can fault it for is being a little too show-offish with the physics engine, but even there it's understandable since it was unique at the time

I played halflife two and I dont see what's so good about it uhh

It's basically an fps with some story and puzzle solving...?

and skyrim is just a big rpg with dragons
but just because a game can be summed up quickly doesn't mean it's bad

[Lego lad]

I liked hl1 better tbh

[Lord Tony®]

uh
no, not at all
it got a 96% on Metacritic, and it was back when Metacritic was relevant

You can't base loving reviews on review sites. An over hyped game like HL2 obviously would get high ass reviews. Point is HL2 is loving boring. Most people who find HL2 the greatest loving game obviously never played HL1.


HL2 has boring linear level design.

Explosive barrels are literally EVERYWHERE! Making the game too easy and levels feel gimmicky.

Too many health kits.

Too many unlimited ammo supply caches. I could just hide behind an ammo crate and spam grenades all day.

Boring ass vehicle missions which are as boring as the vehicle missions in Duke Nukem Forever.

Combine are too easy to kill (yes even on the hardest mode). An alien race taking over the world in hours still cannot match the marines in HL1.

I could pick up a jar of mayonnaise to hide behind and the idiot AI wouldn't be able to find me.

The "puzzles" everyone praises are just finding something heavy to put on something so you can make a loving board raise in the air. WOW!

[Lord Tony®]

The combine are an absolute joke when compared to the marines and assassins of HL1.

I don't understand how this race of people managed to take over the world in a couple of hours when they are all braindead and weak.

[Masterlegodude]

I don't understand how this race of people managed to take over the world in a couple of hours when they are all braindead and weak.

Have you actually watched how rebels stand up against the Combine without Gordon's help? There's a reason the appearance of a single human being set in motion the uprising of humanity

[Arekan]

I think people have to realize that Half-Life 2 was released in 2004. This is between Call of Duty 1 and Call of duty 2. It was ground-breaking for it's time.

[Danny Boy]

I like how you guys are arguing as if your opinions are facts.

[McJob]

Valve is to Game Design what Mercedes is to Car Design.

I don't think what people want most is the Half-Life story. They want to see Valve pull out an amazing gameplay experience that introduces new ideas and concepts and accelerates linear shooter design and narrative telling far ahead. That's what both Half-Life games were about. HL1 especially was amazing because it put the narrative story behind you and put the player story at the forefront. HL2 was a technical achievement, although I personally feel it went a tad backwards in narrative-telling.

With Valve stubbornly refusing to do anything aside from small DLC, hardware and store-management, it's a bit of worry as to if Valve still has it in them to make an amazing game, or if they'll be a bit rusty when they dive back into it.

[Ipquarx]

basically. i dont even care about half life anymore, i just want source 2 now. theres an SDK for it in dota 2 somewhere apparently. ive been meaning to toy with it but i think that means i need to get dota 2 and....... ehhhh

i still think they're working on it though. i understand valves structure now so i have no doubt they're working on it to some extent. their interest in VR makes me think half life 3 may just be waiting for technology to catch up; however, in my opinion its no where near ready for a game the scale of half life, so its probably still going to be a while

HL3 is not going to be a VR game, gabeN (praise be) confirmed that

[McJob]

HL3 is not going to be a VR game, gabeN (praise be) confirmed that

A long time ago Gabe Newell confirmed that Episode 3 would ship shortly after Episode 2.

[Ipquarx]

A long time ago Gabe Newell confirmed that Episode 3 would ship shortly after Episode 2.

10 years is nothing in valve time

[cooolguy32]

You can't base loving reviews on review sites. An over hyped game like HL2 obviously would get high ass reviews. Point is HL2 is loving boring. Most people who find HL2 the greatest loving game obviously never played HL1.


HL2 has boring linear level design.

Explosive barrels are literally EVERYWHERE! Making the game too easy and levels feel gimmicky.

Too many health kits.

Too many unlimited ammo supply caches. I could just hide behind an ammo crate and spam grenades all day.

Boring ass vehicle missions which are as boring as the vehicle missions in Duke Nukem Forever.

Combine are too easy to kill (yes even on the hardest mode). An alien race taking over the world in hours still cannot match the marines in HL1.

I could pick up a jar of mayonnaise to hide behind and the idiot AI wouldn't be able to find me.

The "puzzles" everyone praises are just finding something heavy to put on something so you can make a loving board raise in the air. WOW!

This. I've played HL1 it's more fun and harder to play.

[Becquerel]

The combine are an absolute joke when compared to the marines and assassins of HL1.

I don't understand how this race of people managed to take over the world in a couple of hours when they are all braindead and weak.

I kinda have to agree with tony about this