Anyone else think Half life 2 is poo

tomanders91

tomanders91

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I found it so damn boring, yeah it looks nice but gameplay is knowhere near as good as the original, on the top 10 pc game list everyone has it, i just dont see how its good, the only thing that i found worth the money was that it came with counters strike source. Every Reviewer loves it and gives it 9 and 10 out of 10 in reviews, but imo its like a 5 or 6.
 
While i disagree with you on HL2, i know how you feel. There are many games that suck to me that get high ratings. Oblivion was horrible to me but yet it got huge ratings all over the place.
 
everything up until the last two chapters = 10/10 (with ravenholm and nova prospekt being absolutely unmissable)

last 2 chapters = 5-7/10

the majority of people seem to love the souped up mavity gun stuff, but it was just too much of a deviation from what made the gun great imo (similar to HL1 and xen, again, imo)
 
ICEMAN133 said:
everything up until the last two chapters = 10/10 (with ravenholm and nova prospekt being absolutely unmissable)

last 2 chapters = 5-7/10

the majority of people seem to love the souped up mavity gun stuff, but it was just too much of a deviation from what made the gun great imo (similar to HL1 and xen, again, imo)
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I think its a very solid game worth recommending. In terms of impact, its no HL1. I found some of the game a bit gimmicky. Such as the gravitiy gun and hovercraft bits. The Ravelholm section is so out of place with the rest of the game imo. the NPC's are a bit annoying too. The rest is excellent.

However I still found myself playing HL2 waitng for climaxes that never really happen. Where as HL1 built you up up and up and then really slammed you with a hard hitting sequence, and it was all timed really well. Its a shame its aged so much, new gamers won't really go for it now. I'd love to see it overhauled on the Source engine, with new animations, textures, lighting, shaders and remastered sounds. New gamers might better understand why it was considered to be the finest PC game of all time.

Anyways, I'm puking nostalgia now!! Play HL2, although no classic, it's a great great game :-)

As for HL1, younger gamers should avoid - you've seen it all before, and you won't see what all the fuss is about. Just bear in mind it was the first to bring many ideas we take for granted now.
 
I stopped playing during the boat/wave-runner bit relatively early on. It just went on and on and on and on and on. Bored the spit out of me and I gave up.

Mind you, I hated the original HL...


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yeah i agree with u it was realy boring when i played it , i never acctualy finished ,i played it for 1 night and then just didnt have intrest to play it again, so my bro finished it instead of me :D
I played Far cry demo ,didnt like it at all!
Doom 3 was fine , but boring aswell,since u got all the time feeling ** in same coridors only with different lighting and coulors :/
 
vairo said:
i hope u are wrong about this one ,i just paid for it 25 quid :/
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Lol trust me man. Without those oblivion mods, don't put your hopes up too high. Its a very very boring game to me, worse than hl2 but prettier than hl2.
 
I was disapointed with HL2 but thought oblivion was an awesome game. I usually only play fps and the game was not really one i was going to get, got it as a present and was blown away.

back on topic i just thought that the levels were just a little too long in HL2 i have just tried replaying it now and find it quite a tedious exercise.
 
It annoys me when the new games get in all-time great lists.

Games such as half-life 2 won't be on peoples lists in 10 years mainly because people will be raving about the greatest new game (in 10 years it'll probably be duke nukem ;~) it's just peoples memories are so short.

However games from years ago when gameplay was the main thing such as R-Type, Ghosts n Goblins, Streetfighter, Green Beret, etc. will always be on peoples list.

HL2 wasn't as good as HL1 it was an okay game but not great definately not in my top 10 or even top 50.



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tomanders91 said:
gameplay is knowhere near as good as the original
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How did you work that out? Although it didnt have the impact of the original, I reckon HL2 surpassed it on just about every level - especially gameplay. :confused:
 
Another vote for HalfLife2 sucking.
Completely overrated, bland graphics for the majority of it, complete lack of AI, uninspiring games, weapons felt like pea shooters - no satisfaction in killing someone with anything other than launching something with the mavity gun imo.

I find FarCry and in particular FEAR much much more exciting.
I'd put HL2 on par with Prey, both offered some good stuff, but got far too repetitive and un-interesting to be worth completing.
 
I like it, never thought it was really 10/10 material when it came out though, but it is still enjoyable imo, even today.

Scort.
 
iv made modified games for source engine etc and modifications for hl2 garrys mod Etc.

im kinda getting bored of hl2 now.

iv been playing counterstrike since the releise. and allso source from releise.

half life games are fun the first time. but you cant play them again or else they get boring.

allso counterstrike source. it was good at first when your a noob and running around shooting the floor and dieing. but when you start to get good and get hooked it becomes boring in the end.

but all good things come to a end eh? ;)
 
OMG, I found FarCry looked like a cartoon, the guy you play seems to have a broken back the way he stands, and I permanently wanted to slap the plonker.

FEAR - Now this was a poor and dire game. I finished it for sure but only because I paid for it and was going to get my moneys worth even if it did mean hsting myself for it. The gameplay was ... Erm, there wasnt any, *** graphics were ok if a bit OTT and the ending was naff or perhaps worse than that.

DeuxEx 2
Now this game I felt was 100% the same as FEAR... Not compared them but to be honest, I had the same feelign of total gut wrenching bile when I played it knowing that I wasted more money, and should have bought some GIN instead and I hate Gin.

Half Life 2 however was fun for me. Too linear, but then again, tell me one that isnt - even FarCry was linear in spite of people saying otherwise, the graphics are great, I like them a lot. Although the shadows rarely went in the right direction, and it seemed that everyone in city17 wore jeans and white shirt!!!

I hated HL1 I had it yonks ago and never got further than when the machine broke down and I had found myself in the aftermath. Too slow for me ( At the time )

UnReal 1 + 2
Loved them. Dont know why but I do! - maybe its because I also love UT series too! - Not particularly good at them, but thats possibly why it still gets installed on my PCs - there is still that challenge.

Quake / Doom
Quake 2 was the best. Quake 4 was too Doom3 for me... One in the same game most of the time but on different sections.

Now, the ultimate game for me... I think.

Would be Call Of Duty, but with HL2 Graphics and FarCry AI.

If you want total dire however, then for me at this moment in time just has to be HL2:E1

Now, I thoroughly enjoyed it, however, I found it ridiculously hard. Once I knew what to do, it was a doddle, but I must have run out of ammo more times than I have had a Mickey-D and I make Chubby Brown look like Kate Moss, but how long was it?

I finished it in about 4 or 5 hours ( over a few days )

I was gutted.

So, theres my 2p worth.
 
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