half life 2 a bit of a bore

Zefan said:
Really? Just done that bit and I thought it was a bit drab :\

I prefer killing men :p
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you and me both, i hate killing zombies and weird creature like things, gets very boring and very unrealistic.

like my favorite zelda was the link to the past as it had a rather lot of attacking human guards rather then weird creatures coming out of the ground.
i have just got past the car bit which tbh was even worse at some points. i can see some cool ideas on this game but once again im playing another game just to complete it rather then for the fun of it.

also another thing i don't like about this game is its dark and a lot of the time under ground, through sewers etc, i prefer to be on ground killing human people
 
Mammalian said:
i have just got past the car bit which tbh was even worse at some points. i can see some cool ideas on this game but once again im playing another game just to complete it rather then for the fun of it.
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Exactly the same for me, just got there. Much better killing big flying things :D
 
Mammalian said:
you and me both, i hate killing zombies and weird creature like things, gets very boring and very unrealistic.

like my favorite zelda was the link to the past as it had a rather lot of attacking human guards rather then weird creatures coming out of the ground.
i have just got past the car bit which tbh was even worse at some points. i can see some cool ideas on this game but once again im playing another game just to complete it rather then for the fun of it.

also another thing i don't like about this game is its dark and a lot of the time under ground, through sewers etc, i prefer to be on ground killing human people
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I guess if you're not entertained by the game now, you're really not going to like the rest of it or Episode One or Two.
 
paradigm said:
Nope, just not killing everything that doesn't NEED killing.

Its quite simple.
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The thing is, the first time I play a game, I don't know precisely which enemies need killing. There's bosses you need to nail like helicopters, antlion guards etc but you don't KNOW that you need to kill them, so if you try to avoid the fights and just rush through you are wasting some of the precious 9hrs.

Then of course it isn't always immediately obvious where you need to go. It took me over 9hrs to complete HL2 but that's not to say I was fighting for 9hrs. I remember in Ravelholm for example I was getting frustrated because I couldn't figure out how to get where I needed to go and was just fighting endless hordes of respawning enemies. In other sections of the game I probably cost myself 5mins here and there by for example taking the lefthand door instead of the righthand door.

Furthermore, for me enjoying a game isn't simply putting my foot down, skipping all the conversations etc. I like to immerse myself in the storyline and for example spent a bit of time practicing with the mavity gun and DOG. In rooms with NPCs I go up to them all and try to engage them in a chat. Bear in mind that that it doesn't matter how astute you are at picking your fights, you still have 'cutscene'/storyline sequences which take the same amount of time no matter if you are you the most badass singleplayer FPS gamers on the planet or a complete newbie. In many cases these are impossible to skip because e.g. a door doesn't open until the end of it.

Could I complete all 3 games in 9hrs? Possibly, but:
a) I wouldn't find it easy
b) I'd be relying on previous knowledge, i.e. having played the game before and knowing how to complete all the puzzles first time, enemy weaknesses etc
c) I wouldn't be enjoying the game as much as I did playing through it normally for the first time
 
I also find the whole HL2 experience rather boring on the whole. Guess it was just too hyped up for me. I'm only about 1/4 way through ep1 but I will keep playing.
I'd prefer to have more silly moments like in HL1 where you keep bumping into nerdy cowardly scientists hiding in skips etc and that bit where Barney came legging it down a corridor screaming and just casually says "Hi Gordon" as he comes level with you had me rolling on the floor.
HL2 tries to be too serious too often I reckon.
 
I found it a bit samey and tedious. Especially when the path/route/direction you need to head to looks clear, only for something to block your path forcing you to take a massive de-tour to either un block it, or find your way around, this gets old fast.
 
Mammalian said:
got orange box yesterday installed all the games and decided to play them in order or release.

played half life 2 for about 4 hours and i was bored pretty much most of the way through. i have just managed to get off the boat and do the part with the mavity gun and now im going doing the i think raven area but stopped there.

does this game pick up at all or is it pretty much just shoot, find something out, shoot the whole way through?

im wondering then am i able to skip this game and not really miss much out by either going to episode 1 or 2?
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took you 4 hours to get to ravenholm? no wonder you're bored, you suck. lol :p
 
I actually found the vehicle bits the best - I didn't like Ravenholm much at all really, too puzzle based IMO.

I'm stuck on mine now anyway. I'm in the Nova Prospekt prison, and there's a bit where you have to defend a room with three turrets until Alyx arrives.

I can't seem to last very long at all, the AI just knocks the turrets over and i'm dead meat.

Any suggestions?
 
Get them in corners, or against hard objects - they're more tricky to knock over then (or brace them with boxes/barrels, which is what I did :D).
 
Tute said:
I actually found the vehicle bits the best - I didn't like Ravenholm much at all really, too puzzle based IMO.

I'm stuck on mine now anyway. I'm in the Nova Prospekt prison, and there's a bit where you have to defend a room with three turrets until Alyx arrives.

I can't seem to last very long at all, the AI just knocks the turrets over and i'm dead meat.

Any suggestions?
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Three turrets in front of you, you sit in one of the holes the turrets came from with a shotty.

Even if by some miracle they get past all three turrets, you hit them in the face with a shotty on alt fire = dead in one hit.

Works every time, don't even need to move.
 
paradigm said:
Three turrets in front of you, you sit in one of the holes the turrets came from with a shotty.

Even if by some miracle they get past all three turrets, you hit them in the face with a shotty on alt fire = dead in one hit.

Works every time, don't even need to move.
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There are two directions they come from, how many should I have facing each way?
 
Tute said:
There are two directions they come from, how many should I have facing each way?
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At least one per direction, I placed the 2nd pointing right but a bit further behind, so that when they knock one up there's a 2nd defending that, on the other side standby with your shotgun :).




Just finished EP1, bloody short, onto ep2 now :).
 
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Tute said:
There are two directions they come from, how many should I have facing each way?
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place them in the rack that you take them out of. just turn them round and put them back in. then hide in one of the racks yourself and just sit there while the turrets do all the work. :)
 
For the first turret part I just stacked tons of barrels/benches/boxes up to block one side of the corridor, therefore concentrating all the combine into one small death trap.

For the second turret part, you can always stack boxes up and clamber onto the balcony with the trusty turrets :D
 
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