Playing Half Life 2 for the first time

V F · 15 Dec 2016 at 01:45

Did anyone else suffer the cold sweats from the hovercraft level? I think that was where I stopped playing in 2004/05. I nearly passed out ready to vomit. Took 6 - 8 hours to recover.

Must admit had a good laugh playing with friends for Portal 2. 4 - 5 hours felt like 1 hour.

Makhaira · 15 Dec 2016 at 08:38

syks said:
I too am on my first playthrough of this game, I'm loving it so far but not got very far into it yet, I completed HL1 years ago and LOVED every second of it

one quick question, where do I get these texture/graphics mods etc and which one is the best? could someone possibly post a link

thanks

Can't link at the moment, but for HL2 look for the Cinematic Mod from FakeFactory

V F said:
Did anyone else suffer the cold sweats from the hovercraft level? I think that was where I stopped playing in 2004/05. I nearly passed out ready to vomit. Took 6 - 8 hours to recover.

Erm, nope?

AnthonyDublin · 15 Dec 2016 at 10:33

Oh I loved that game when it was released.
I remember feeling like I was in a movie. The story really pulled me in.

Those face crab things though

I used to poop myself when I seen the ground rattling.

Pure blind panic at times, but great enjoyment.
Might play through it again.

Gerard · 15 Dec 2016 at 10:44

silversurfer said:
ancient demo of the source engine

Brilliant wee vid that, i remember when it was put online everyone was buzzing about it.

V F said:
Did anyone else suffer the cold sweats from the hovercraft level? I think that was where I stopped playing in 2004/05. I nearly passed out ready to vomit. Took 6 - 8 hours to recover.

Only cold sweat i got was walking a large portion of that section without the hoverboat

Rezident · 15 Dec 2016 at 13:23

V F said:
Did anyone else suffer the cold sweats from the hovercraft level? I think that was where I stopped playing in 2004/05. I nearly passed out ready to vomit. Took 6 - 8 hours to recover.

Must admit had a good laugh playing with friends for Portal 2. 4 - 5 hours felt like 1 hour.

Why? I loved the hovercraft levels, those levels where you were flying along it the hovercraft destroying everythign were epic.

Columbo · 15 Dec 2016 at 13:38

Gerard said:
Only cold sweat i got was walking a large portion of that section without the hoverboat

Yep, I did that as well. Only realised something was wrong when I got to the ramp you have to drop washing machines on and I could'n't jump over the fence.

VTR · 15 Dec 2016 at 14:51

Columbo said:
Yep, I did that as well. Only realised something was wrong when I got to the ramp you have to drop washing machines on and I could'n't jump over the fence.

Wait, you could use the hoverboard? I had to use god mod and noclip through that part, thought it was a bug!

Hilly · 15 Dec 2016 at 16:21

We should get a HL2 noob confession thread on the go!

Rezident · 16 Dec 2016 at 13:18

hilly said:
We should get a HL2 noob confession thread on the go!

I do recall being freaked out and running away from the now-friendly Vortigaunts and then trying to shoot my new allies - as they were always baddies in Half Life 1.

Hilly · 16 Dec 2016 at 14:19

Rezident said:
I do recall being freaked out and running away from the now-friendly Vortigaunts and then trying to shoot my new allies - as they were always baddies in Half Life 1.

I must have done similar!

Jono · 16 Dec 2016 at 14:41

silversurfer said:
ancient demo of the source engine

This was groundbreaking and absolutely mindblowing at the time.

redline · 16 Dec 2016 at 15:06

Oh this thread.... I'm now reinstalling HL2 yet again :rolleyes:

HL2 feels like home

Need HL3

LoadsaMoney · 7 Jan 2017 at 20:13

Just started going through it again for the umpteenth time, love it!

paradigm · 7 Jan 2017 at 20:17

Just played through HL1 (Source) with the anticipation of playing all of the HL series from start to finish.

Chevens · 7 Jan 2017 at 22:22

V F said:
Did anyone else suffer the cold sweats from the hovercraft level? I think that was where I stopped playing in 2004/05. I nearly passed out ready to vomit. Took 6 - 8 hours to recover.

Must admit had a good laugh playing with friends for Portal 2. 4 - 5 hours felt like 1 hour.

I got very sick too, low FOV plus high speed wasn't pleasant

Mint_Sauce · 7 Jan 2017 at 23:24

silversurfer said:
ancient demo of the source engine

I remember watching this so many times and being blown away at what they had achieved with the Source Engine. Amazing times and getting to play it and then make mods too, so much fun.

heartburnron · 7 Jan 2017 at 23:32

Now playing Black Mesa which is my first ever play through of Half Life. Played for 5 solid hours today, man it's so good to play.

Nexus18 · 7 Jan 2017 at 23:34

Mint_Sauce said:
I remember watching this so many times and being blown away at what they had achieved with the Source Engine. Amazing times and getting to play it and then make mods too, so much fun.

Likewise.

Half life 2 blew me away.

The gaming industry needs a half life 3 now!

EDIT:

TBH, that video puts the majority of modern/new games to shame

Mint_Sauce · 7 Jan 2017 at 23:51

Nexus18 said:
Likewise.

Half life 2 blew me away.

The gaming industry needs a half life 3 now!

EDIT:

TBH, that video puts the majority of modern/new games to shame

Totally agree we need a HL3 now.

I almost fear that with Unreal Engine etc they've not got the same drive to put all their efforts into building another engine when the competition is so high now. I'm not sure how far they can push Source 2 etc and part of what made HL2 so great was playing a game that felt so ahead of its time.

HL3 has tons to live up to and maybe they're just too scared to go for it or scrapped it at some point. I'm hoping it's HL3 with VR and they do a sudden out of the blue release. If it just popped up one day on Steam, that would be amazing.

Do we know what games Valve are actually working on at the moment? If it's radio silence, maybe there is a chance? Or maybe they're just enjoying the fruits of having the Steam Platform churning an endless stream of jollies.

Nexus18 · 7 Jan 2017 at 23:59

Probably saving it for when they really are in trouble

No idea what they are doing atm, I think if they are working on any games, it will most likely be left 4 dead 3, which I wouldn't mind...

But yeah, I couldn't really care less for graphic improvements as I think it still looks really nice (obviously it would be most welcomed though).

What did it for me was the interaction with the environment and the physics i.e. in that video:

- using the traps laid out for you
- blocking the door with the table
- using a radiator etc. as cover from fire and then firing it at the guy who went flying into the vending machine and you had the drinks/cans falling out due to the impact
- blocking the stair ways with rubbish

etc. etc.

Unlike most games these days where it is just run'n'gun with no thought process or tactics.