So almost 7 years later... Halflife 2 vs Halo 2

Halo 2 is better.

The fact that we're incapable of playing the online these days is kind of a bummer as that was one of the largest selling points of Halo 2. However, the combat is significantly better than in Half-Life 2. The campaign is more replayable. I did one and a half playthroughs of Half-Life 2. I've done over a dozen of Halo 2. It's just a more interesting game to play through repeated times because of how fun Halo's combat is. AI has always been a point where Halo has been ahead of many shooters, and it really helps along with the excellent combat.

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Mods don't count.DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Arach666"] CSS was developed by Valve.Arach666

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Correction: Developed by modders hired by Valve. DarkLink77

Even if it was HL2 + CS:S vs Halo 2, it would only further solidify the breadth of quality content Bungie places in each game they release. So they can still try and pull that. It all still favors Halo.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Arach666"] Still a Valve game. They were hired by Valve? Then it´s a Valve game.

NeonNinja

Even if it was HL2 + CS:S vs Halo 2, it would only further solidify the breadth of quality content Bungie places in each game they release. So they can still try and pull that. It all still favors Halo.

HL2 won fpsgoty over HALO2, and i remember the amazing gregK specifically saying its a better game.

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Correction: Developed by modders hired by Valve. DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Arach666"] Still a Valve game. They were hired by Valve? Then it´s a Valve game.

Arach666

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Halo 2. Half-Life 2 was overrated then and it's even more overrated now.

tagyhag

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Not really. Turtle Rock got bought by Valve, but L4D ain't a Valve game. They only published it. Either way, CS:S =/= Half-Life 2. It's Half-Life 2 vs. Halo 2. Not Half-Life 2 + CS:S vs. Halo 2.Jankarcop

Even if it was HL2 + CS:S vs Halo 2, it would only further solidify the breadth of quality content Bungie places in each game they release. So they can still try and pull that. It all still favors Halo.

HL2 won fpsgoty over HALO2, and i remember the amazing gregK specifically saying its a better game.

All well and good. I remember that as well. It also holds no value to my personal feelings on both games, so why I should I care?

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Not really. Turtle Rock got bought by Valve, but L4D ain't a Valve game. They only published it. Either way, CS:S =/= Half-Life 2. It's Half-Life 2 vs. Halo 2. Not Half-Life 2 + CS:S vs. Halo 2.DarkLink77

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[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]

Even if it was HL2 + CS:S vs Halo 2, it would only further solidify the breadth of quality content Bungie places in each game they release. So they can still try and pull that. It all still favors Halo.

NeonNinja

HL2 won fpsgoty over HALO2, and i remember the amazing gregK specifically saying its a better game.

All well and good. I remember that as well. It also holds no value to my personal feelings on both games, so why I should I care?

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[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

HL2 won fpsgoty over HALO2, and i remember the amazing gregK specifically saying its a better game.

DarkLink77

All well and good. I remember that as well. It also holds no value to my personal feelings on both games, so why I should I care?

I don't know why, but for some reason I'm always amazed when people go, "Well this person said this about this game." Big whoop.

It all comes down to preference. So journalists are paid to say what they like. I might not be paid, but I'm still telling you for a fact that I think Halo 2 is better than Half-Life 2, Kasavin's shiny dome be damned.

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[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

HL2 won fpsgoty over HALO2, and i remember the amazing gregK specifically saying its a better game.

DarkLink77

So I havent been on these boards for years, but when I was it was all about Halo2 and Halflife 2 and which was better. So after all these years I wonder what the consenses is here now in SW. Of course it should be Hl2 but I wanna know if there is anyone still standing behind Halo 2.

aG3Nt805

HL2 was extremely boring IMO. I'm no Halo fan by any means, but I enjoyed it more than HL2.

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]Halo 2 single player is not good. I honestly cannot believe it was rated as high as it was on release. Half-Life 2 is leagues better in variety, gun play, story, charactersDarkLink77

Are you kidding? Half-Life 2's gunplay was atrocious then. It's beyond God-awful now.

In my oppinion those are are two of the best FPSs released last gen. Or any gen.

Halo 2 has the bad rap for being released unfinished, but it was able to tell the most mature and most complicated story out of the series. Not to mention that Halo 2 indroduced the Gravemind.

Then there is Half-Life 2 which is so fantastically well made in ever aspect. Game is phenominal from start to finish - a little long winded in some areas but an extrememly well made game.

--Lastly, I still believe that Halo 2 has some of the best FPS gameplay out of the entire genre.

To be perfectly honest I would have rather had sex with a blender than play the rest of Half-Life 2, it was that boring.

It had some cool ideas but people give it far more credit than it's due. Just because it was good 7 years ago doesn't mean it's still good. It's many faults should be glaringly obvious by now, but no, an unbreakable loyalty to Valve and thick nostalgia are clouding many's judgement. IT'S NOT THAT GOOD PEOPLE, THINK ABOUT IT.

Even though Halo 2's SP was shorter and smaller, I still played through it about 15 times, alone and co-op.Because it was a whole lotta fun.

And then Bungie were nice enough to throw in spectacular Mp on top of that. Quite a package.

I'll never get the love for HL2. Probably because I didn't take the bait back in '04.

I would say Half Life 2.

halo 2, it had a much larger replaybility factor, and it had multiplayer.

If it wasnt for the mediocre story, the god awful gunplay (smg anyone), those vehicle sections i might have chosen half life 2, but that isnt this case. And this crap about gordon being me does not work, as i am still reffered to gordon, i do not perceive myself as gordon.

Half life 2 was extremely beautifull and a piece of art. Revolutionairy you might say. The mysterious characters with the dark tone setting creates a very realistic experience. However, halo 2 takes the crown here. I must say, halo 2 was just pure amazing gaming for me. I was in one of the top clans of halo 2 and i was making tons of money of it too. Now it was not because of that, but because of the whole MLG gaming thing going on and just everyone i knew was playing it, and local tourneys held etc. A lot of fun times in halo 2, and thats where i think halo 2 wins. Half life 2 is a personal, and rather intense but also emotional experience which is near perfect in its own way. But Halo 2 is for you and everyone around you to play together with, with all the clan tags etc. It was the start of a new generation that is now the xbox live community:)

HL2 easily has the longer lasting impression with the genre now that systems have caught up to it's potential and physics based gameplay. Yes, plenty of games, (Halo 2 included) had some pretty damn good physics at it's core, but HL2 made it specifically a gameplay element with the gravity gun and the ability to pick up objects in the common environment. HL2 was a breathing, living world. Halo 2 was a collection of levels populated with well created AI and variety but some of them just dragged on way too long and enemies eventually just became way to rinse and repeat in a number of ways.

Half Life 2 has a better campaign than Halo 2 but Halo 2 has way, way, waaay better gameplay. Not to mention the multiplayer. Combat Evolved campaign destroys Half Life 2's though.

Half Life 2 has a better campaign than Halo 2 but Halo 2 has way, way, waaay better gameplay. Not to mention the multiplayer. Combat Evolved campaign destroys Half Life 2's though.

Sledgehammer117

Half Life 2

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Half Life 2 has a better campaign than Halo 2 but Halo 2 has way, way, waaay better gameplay. Not to mention the multiplayer. Combat Evolved campaign destroys Half Life 2's though.

PC_Otter

[QUOTE="PC_Otter"][QUOTE="Sledgehammer117"]

Half Life 2 has a better campaign than Halo 2 but Halo 2 has way, way, waaay better gameplay. Not to mention the multiplayer. Combat Evolved campaign destroys Half Life 2's though.

Sandvichman

I stand behind both games but I prefer Half Life 2, The Orange Box particularly.getyeryayasout

If Halo 2 is indeed worse than Halo: Combat Evolved (I haven't played Halo 2 and don't have any interest in doing so), then it would have to be a pretty mediocre game. Half-Life 2 is a well-made and polished game with an atmosphere and narrative that owns just about all the other linear FPSs in existence. That said, I can't recall having a lot of fun playing the game.

Verdict: Far Cry.

Half-Life 2. As boring as I think it is, it was a technological leap. Episode Two is fantastic though.

Halo 2 is when the single player campaign started getting very silly. It's multiplayer however is the very reason consoles have exploded with online networks. If Halo 2 didn't show how successful online gaming on consoles could be, this generation would have looked very different.

If Halo 2 is indeed worse than Halo: Combat Evolved (I haven't played Halo 2 and don't have any interest in doing so), then it would have to be a pretty mediocre game. Half-Life 2 is a well-made and polished game with an atmosphere and narrative that owns just about all the other linear FPSs in existence. That said, I can't recall having a lot of fun playing the game.

Verdict: Far Cry.

Barbariser

Halo 2's campaign is serviceable, but it stopped being science fiction and became space opera. The aliens spoke eloquent English, the Master Chief turned into a comic book superhero, and it just wasn't as captivating as the original, which definitely ranks as one of the best shooters ever made on any system.

Far Cry is great for the first hour, until the machine gun snipers start getting to you and the Trigen try to upstage the Flood as most moronic game design twist ever.

So I havent been on these boards for years, but when I was it was all about Halo2 and Halflife 2 and which was better. So after all these years I wonder what the consenses is here now in SW. Of course it should be Hl2 but I wanna know if there is anyone still standing behind Halo 2.

aG3Nt805

Halo 2. Half Life 2 hasn't aged very well.

If Halo 2 is indeed worse than Halo: Combat Evolved (I haven't played Halo 2 and don't have any interest in doing so), then it would have to be a pretty mediocre game. Half-Life 2 is a well-made and polished game with an atmosphere and narrative that owns just about all the other linear FPSs in existence. That said, I can't recall having a lot of fun playing the game.

Verdict: Far Cry.

Barbariser

I'd say Halo 2. Its mutiplayer was so great. One of the best competitive FPS' ever. Haf-Life 2 was great too but in terms of replay value and multiplayer, it gets slaughtered by Halo 2.

Halo 2 multi player

Half Life 2 single player

Definatly Half-Life 2, although HL2 Deathmatch was kind of lame, however, if we consider CS:S to be HL2's multiplayer it wins in both SP and MP.

Gordon Freemen is lame.

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[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]Halo 2 single player is not good. I honestly cannot believe it was rated as high as it was on release. Half-Life 2 is leagues better in variety, gun play, story, charactersnutcrackr

Are you kidding? Half-Life 2's gunplay was atrocious then. It's beyond God-awful now.

Thank you. Finally someone mentioning the Gravity Gun.

I don't dislike Halo 2, but Half-Life 2 is by far the better game. Gravity Gun and the physics made up for an entirely new gaming experience. Of course, if you choose just to run and gun, you didn't experience that feeling. On top of that locations and characters were more memorable, and I liked the level design better. Since this is System Wars, I don't think I have to bring up the graphics...

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Are you kidding? Half-Life 2's gunplay was atrocious then. It's beyond God-awful now.

dirktu

Thank you. Finally someone mentioning the Gravity Gun.

I don't dislike Halo 2, but Half-Life 2 is by far the better game. Gravity Gun and the physics made up for an entirely new gaming experience. Of course, if you choose just to run and gun, you didn't experience that feeling. On top of that locations and characters were more memorable, and I liked the level design better. Since this is System Wars, I don't think I have to bring up the graphics...

Halflife 2

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

Are you kidding? Half-Life 2's gunplay was atrocious then. It's beyond God-awful now.

dirktu

Thank you. Finally someone mentioning the Gravity Gun.

I don't dislike Halo 2, but Half-Life 2 is by far the better game. Gravity Gun and the physics made up for an entirely new gaming experience. Of course, if you choose just to run and gun, you didn't experience that feeling. On top of that locations and characters were more memorable, and I liked the level design better. Since this is System Wars, I don't think I have to bring up the graphics...

It's funny you mention the gravity gun, because after awhile, it felt like a gimmick to me. Not that it wasn't employed properly in some respects, but most of the time I got the feeling, "oh. great. Wonder what I do here.:roll:" The Halo 2 campaign is actually better imo, when played with two people. The dual weilding added tremendous strategies at the higher difficulty levels(again, in coop, but also in sp). Halo 2 was the first game that really felt like you were in the middle of battle for me. When people bring up the campaign in halo 2, I always feel like I must bring up the coop, because it really does make a huge difference.

The art direction in halo is also far more memorable. The alien design in half life is pretty generic, and lame imo. Still a good game though.