Half-Life 2: Episode 1

Tommy B · 4 Jun 2006 at 13:42

Not enjoying it tbh.

It seems far too repetitive. I played it last night and stopped just after reaching the surface of the street. I hope they do more out-door levels because I really hate this whole claustraphobic interior thing.

Apart from the fact the visibility was worse than Doom 3, the graphics are pretty good and with everything maxed out it plays very well indeed on my rig.

sunlitsix · 4 Jun 2006 at 13:55

yeah thats what i thaught, i just tryed to run through that chapter

as i said above, it picks up in chapter 3 so keep at it

Tommy B · 4 Jun 2006 at 14:37

sunlitsix said:
yeah thats what i thaught, i just tryed to run through that chapter
as i said above, it picks up in chapter 3 so keep at it

Just to give me an idea, roughly how far through it am I?

I'm not one of these gamers who plays through these games in one go. I like to space it out so I enjoy it

basmic · 4 Jun 2006 at 14:53

I'm stuck on the 3rd floor of an abandoned (?) garage, trying to turn a stupid handle to open a door. But everytime I try to open the door, I get nailed by those bloody Antlions.

Anybody got any tips?

ic1male · 4 Jun 2006 at 14:56

basmic said:
I'm stuck on the 3rd floor of an abandoned (?) garage, trying to turn a stupid handle to open a door. But everytime I try to open the door, I get nailed by those bloody Antlions.

Anybody got any tips?

Yes, push the rusty old cars over the holes where the antlions are emerging from.

basmic · 4 Jun 2006 at 16:41

ic1male said:
Yes, push the rusty old cars over the holes where the antlions are emerging from.

I did, but they still find a way out. :eek:

sunlitsix · 4 Jun 2006 at 16:51

Tommy B said:
Just to give me an idea, roughly how far through it am I?

I'm not one of these gamers who plays through these games in one go. I like to space it out so I enjoy it

if you have just gone up the stairs to street level then you have just started chapter 4 out of 5

Tommy B · 4 Jun 2006 at 17:47

sunlitsix said:
if you have just gone up the stairs to street level then you have just started chapter 4 out of 5

I hope you are joking!

Memphis · 4 Jun 2006 at 18:10

basmic said:
I did, but they still find a way out.

Then you aren't positioning the cars right.

ic1male · 4 Jun 2006 at 18:47

You'll know when you've got it right because the pheromone cloud over the hole will disappear.

Jimbo Mahoney · 4 Jun 2006 at 19:05

Finished this earlier.

Took about 5 hours on hard.

I ran it @ 1280 x 960, everything maxed, 6xAA, 16xAF on the system in sig. (100fps avg, 60fps min).

Was tough in places and just seemed to fly by!

EDIT - Playing it again @ 1600 x 1200, 4xAA and 8x AF and it runs and looks better

Tommy B · 4 Jun 2006 at 20:49

Jimbo Mahoney said:
I ran it @ 1280 x 960, everything maxed, 6xAA, 16xAF on the system in sig. (100fps avg, 60fps min).

EDIT - Playing it again @ 1600 x 1200, 4xAA and 8x AF and it runs and looks better

Anybody thinking what I'm thinking?

TriedandTested · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:03

Did anyone else talk to one of the NPCs and hear him say 'sometimes i dream about cheese'? Very weird!

It's one of the characters on the train station chapter.

FirebarUK · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:09

One of the guys at the beginning of HL2 you mean? If so, there is one who's basically lost his marbles and does spout some random stuff.

TriedandTested · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:11

FirebarUK said:
One of the guys at the beginning of HL2 you mean? If so, there is one who's basically lost his marbles and does spout some random stuff.

Yeah, thinking about it i think it was the same guy. He was in the train station right at the start of HL2 and in EP1 as well. Cool.

sunlitsix · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:13

Tommy B said:
Anybody thinking what I'm thinking?

the X1900XT is insanely fast?

Psyk · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:39

Tommy B said:
Anybody thinking what I'm thinking?

Yes and you should be ashamed of yourself.

mctrials23 · 4 Jun 2006 at 22:30

really enjoyed it, loved the puzzle aspect of it. Nothing too hard but it was nice. Looked beautiful and the only gripe i have is that it was quite short.

Jimbo Mahoney · 4 Jun 2006 at 23:05

Tommy B said:
Anybody thinking what I'm thinking?

If it's derogatory towards me, I was just trying to give others some performance figures because I'd read the whole thread and saw some people asking how it ran.

Tommy B · 4 Jun 2006 at 23:06

Jimbo Mahoney said:
If it's derogatory towards me, I was just trying to give others some performance figures because I'd read the whole thread and saw some people asking how it ran.

LOL... No of course not. I'm just wondering why on earth you played it for the first time at that resolution, and then played it again at a much higher one?