Half-Life2 really is a Great game

i recently got the Orange Box & I cant stop playing Half-Life2- its great- the puzzles & shooting is so well executed & balanced, the vehicles are entertaining & dont feel tacked on. the graphics are great- its hard to believe this game was released in 2004! its the little things in this game that set it apart from the rest- like the gravity gun. the story in the game is good too- its been a while that i've actually followed a story & its so well done- no yawnfest of cutscenes.

im a FPS fan myself & Half-Life2 is more of a 'thinking man's shooter' & thats why I think its so Great

Congrats, you'd be even more impressed if you played it in 2004!

:P

Mnnnyes it is a great game indeed, glad to see you are enjoying it.

Seems to be alot of 'HL2 is great' threads lately.

odd.

To many dull driving sections in Half life 2,

episode 1 sucked and was to short

Lost interest in Episode 2 when I fell into a hole and had to kill these spider things.

Not a bad series but highly over rated by most people, it really is quite dull to play now, leave it in 2004 where it belongs

spot on it is a thinking man's shooter and NOT some B-movie action flickjaisimar_chelse

Thinking mans shooter?, the puzzles were very easy, if Half life 2 taxed your brain then :?

[QUOTE="jaisimar_chelse"]spot on it is a thinking man's shooter and NOT some B-movie action flickM3tro1d

Thinking mans shooter?, the puzzles were very easy, if Half life 2 taxed your brain then :?

[QUOTE="jaisimar_chelse"]spot on it is a thinking man's shooter and NOT some B-movie action flickM3tro1d

Thinking mans shooter?, the puzzles were very easy, if Half life 2 taxed your brain then :?

i was talking about the story and how its told.

but whatever floats your boat.

guess u like run and gun games like cod4 and halo or gears

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[QUOTE="jaisimar_chelse"]spot on it is a thinking man's shooter and NOT some B-movie action flickjaisimar_chelse

Thinking mans shooter?, the puzzles were very easy, if Half life 2 taxed your brain then :?

i was talking about the story and how its told.

but whatever floats your boat.

guess u like run and gun games like cod4 and halo or gears

I wouldn't exactly refer to COD4 or the Halo series or Gears of War "run & gun" FPS games : once you've played the Painkiller series (or even checked out gameplay footages), "Run & Gun gameplay" would be insulting to those games.

I think he means that the story in HL2 isn't really groundbreaking and compared to a lot of other genres It's kind of weak.JLF1

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I think he means that the story in HL2 isn't really groundbreaking and compared to a lot of other genres It's kind of weak.skrat_01

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I think he means that the story in HL2 isn't really groundbreaking and compared to a lot of other genres It's kind of weak.JLF1

The puzzles are groundbreaking in their own right. When HL2 came out it was one of the first games to do physics puzzles in such an intricate manner, and the puzzles and physics in the world in the game were relative to the gameplay and gameworld, not just 'taked on' - like when you are coursing the sand dunes infested with ant lions, and have to use the gravity gun and objects to create a safe path.
Its why HL is considered a 'thinking mans' shooter. Its not just 'run and gun' gameplay. The games forces you to think on many levels - not just the puzzles, but about the characters, setting, enemies ect.

what i like about it is the atmosphere the game creates, and the characters are great and believable

great story-telling style

To many dull driving sections in Half life 2,

episode 1 sucked and was to short

Lost interest in Episode 2 when I fell into a hole and had to kill these spider things.

Not a bad series but highly over rated by most people, it really is quite dull to play now, leave it in 2004 where it belongs

M3tro1d

....why arent you getting bashed yet?

I have to agree, Half Life 2 is still amazing to this day. Hell, even Half Life is amazing to this day. I have a lot to owe that series, since most of my favourite online shooters have branched from it someway (Natural Selection, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, Empires, Day of Defeat and hopefully Left4Dead).KrazyKenKutarag

yeah, the Half Life games have given some of the best mods ever.

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I died of boring in Half-Life. Please it's just my opinion! :P

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I died of boring in Half-Life. Please it's just my opinion! :P

vash47