Was HL2 supposed to be scary?

I did felt it sometimes, I wasn't scared though, but I did felt like as if it was the developer's intention.

Thoughts?

No

No, and I never really found Ravenholm that scary. The atmosphere was great though.

No but it has great atmosphere.

Yes, Ravenholm, specifically. I remember getting tense as hell wile i was looking over my shoulder checking out them zombies.

Man, Ravenholm is arguably one of the greatest segments built in a game, ever. It's to bad nothing els in HL2 comes even remotely close.

The entire game? Nah Ravenholm though...Definitely. Those damn screams. e_etagyhag

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It depends what you mean by scary. "Ooogey boogey" jumpscares scary? No. Psychologically scary? Hell yes, if you paid attention.

No, but the PS3 port was.LordOfPoms

[QUOTE="LordOfPoms"]No, but the PS3 port was.faizan_faizan

[QUOTE="faizan_faizan"][QUOTE="LordOfPoms"]No, but the PS3 port was.call_of_duty_10

[QUOTE="faizan_faizan"][QUOTE="LordOfPoms"]No, but the PS3 port was.call_of_duty_10

Only the Ravenholm section seemed like it

[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"][QUOTE="faizan_faizan"] lolHalfLifeonconsoles.faizan_faizan

DRM, bro

The entire game? Nah Ravenholm though...Definitely. Those damn screams. e_etagyhag

Definitely. Scarriest part of the entire game was when you had to wait for a slow elevator and those fast running zombies came at you. Howling before they did so

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]The entire game? Nah Ravenholm though...Definitely. Those damn screams. e_eR4gn4r0k

Definitely. Scarriest part of the entire game was when you had to wait for a slow elevator and those fast running zombies came at you. Howling before they did so

but Father Grigori was like the best character

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]The entire game? Nah Ravenholm though...Definitely. Those damn screams. e_eR4gn4r0k

Definitely. Scarriest part of the entire game was when you had to wait for a slow elevator and those fast running zombies came at you. Howling before they did so

[QUOTE="R4gn4r0k"]

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]The entire game? Nah Ravenholm though...Definitely. Those damn screams. e_elostrib

Definitely. Scarriest part of the entire game was when you had to wait for a slow elevator and those fast running zombies came at you. Howling before they did so

but Father Grigori was like the best character

[QUOTE="faizan_faizan"][QUOTE="LordOfPoms"]No, but the PS3 port was.call_of_duty_10

nothing scares ol Jand apart from maybe the thought of childrenJandurin

i think hl2 was supposed to be fun

I remember people telling my Half-life 2 was good. They tricked me.  :(

but Father Grigori was like the best character

lostrib

He sure was. Wiring the whole town with traps for you to use and sacrificing his life for a guy that didn't even want to speak one word to him.

He was awesome.

Holy hell yes. You could hear the sounds of the fast running zombies when they used the drain pipes to climb the building. My shotgun was not ready.faizan_faizan

And do you remember the elevator level in episode 1 ? You had to wait for it in bitch black with zombines coming at you. Sure, you could turn on your flashlight but it only lasted so long.

I'm normally not a fan of waiting for an elevator but Valve is an expert at making them.

Its a shame that [spoiler] he had to die [/spoiler] I thought he was pretty badass,and his psychotic behaviour was like icing on the cake.call_of_duty_10

Yeah, was he losing it from being alone in that town for so long or was he genuinly enjoying all that zombie killing ? :P

Just noticed that Project Offset gameplay in your sig, I wish I hadn't though... makes me sad again that game was cancelled :cry:

[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"]Its a shame that [spoiler] he had to die [/spoiler] I thought he was pretty badass,and his psychotic behaviour was like icing on the cake.R4gn4r0k

Yeah, was he losing it from being alone in that town for so long or was he genuinly enjoying all that zombie killing ? :P

Just noticed that Project Offset gameplay in your sig, I wish I hadn't though... makes me sad again that game was cancelled :cry:

And yeah,project offset....fkn intel killed this glorious game.The talented devs are making...wait for it...iphone/android games now:| However,the graphics dont look that impressive now in 2013.Of course,graphics aren't the only reason why I was hyped;The game looks really fun.Far better than Skyrim.

Why are you defending a game's version that you haven't even played? Graphics will always be better on PC. I do remember there was a poor level of detail bias in the X360 version and it had a lot of aliasing. Plus AA and AF. Don't know about the frame rate though.faizan_faizan

Plus: owning Half Life 2 on PC gets you access to Cinematic Mod and a whole bunch of source mods like Black Mesa.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]nothing scares ol Jand apart from maybe the thought of childrenjg4xchamp

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="Jandurin"]nothing scares ol Jand apart from maybe the thought of childrenJandurin

I guess that will always remain a mystery.The old man took all the secrets with him! And yeah,project offset....fkn intel killed this glorious game.The talented devs are making...wait for it...iphone/android games now:| However,the graphics dont look that impressive now in 2013.call_of_duty_10

Yeah, graphically it looks underwhelming now. We're getting used to all the next gen glitter. I remember when this screenshot was release though and I was amazed:

Reminds me of when MS closed down Ensemble and some of the developers created a new studio that makes smartphone games.

Nothing wrong with smartphone games but let the talented people work on more ambitious project please :)

[QUOTE="call_of_duty_10"]I guess that will always remain a mystery.The old man took all the secrets with him! And yeah,project offset....fkn intel killed this glorious game.The talented devs are making...wait for it...iphone/android games now:| However,the graphics dont look that impressive now in 2013.R4gn4r0k

Yeah, graphically it looks underwhelming now. We're getting used to all the next gen glitter. I remember when this screenshot was release though and I was amazed:

Reminds me of when MS closed down Ensemble and some of the developers created a new studio that makes smartphone games.

Nothing wrong with smartphone games but let the talented people work on more ambitious project please :)

Let's just hope that intel sells the ip to a good publisher.Yeah,I know that its unlikely,but hey,this year's e3 proved that miracles do happen!(battlefront 3,kh3 etcetc)

You are like a smiley machine today. Why?jg4xchamp

Oh,I don't have anything against phone games.But the thing is,even college dropouts can create games for those platforms. The devs of offset are obviously FAR more talented than that!So much potential getting wasted!

Let's just hope that intel sells the ip to a good publisher.Yeah,I know that its unlikely,but hey,this year's e3 proved that miracles do happen!(battlefront 3,kh3 etcetc)

call_of_duty_10

I wasn't saying that you implied that but yeah I absolutely agree. It's a big disadvantage of this industry: AAA game cost a lot of money to make and smartphone games (eventhough the market is getting saturated) is a far safer investment. So some talented developers are forced to work on something they are overqualified for.