Was HL2 supposed to be scary?

Well, in Ep. 2

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They locate the Borealis, which is research vessel that was 'lost', but that ship is from rival research facility 'Aperture' (of Portal fame)

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I'd love to see some cross-over with that 

Ly_the_Fairy

That's true, never thought about the Portal gun making an appearance in the next Half Life chapter. I think there was a mod that allowed you to do that in HL2 though :P

[QUOTE="faizan_faizan"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"]

Bug bait was awesome and I was sad to see it gone after Nova Prospekt.

R4gn4r0k

And you got the supercharged gravity gun at the end which kinda makes up for the lack of bugbait. Half life games always had great and inventive weapons. I wonder what they will come up with next. That is a reason why I love shooters set in a fantasy universe more than modern day shooters.

Modern day shooters always have the same boring arsenal of weapons. Nothing creative, nothing that stands out.

I completely agree. Valve are just amazing. Also, I don't think Half Life 2 was that linear, as some fanboys state, some levels in Episode 2 were HUGE!.faizan_faizan

It's not more or less linear than other shooters. Even crysis, a shooter which I praise for its openess, is in its essence still a linear shooter. At the end of the day you are still going from point A to B.

[QUOTE="faizan_faizan"]I completely agree. Valve are just amazing. Also, I don't think Half Life 2 was that linear, as some fanboys state, some levels in Episode 2 were HUGE!.R4gn4r0k

It's not more or less linear than other shooters. Even crysis, a shooter which I praise for its openess, is in its essence still a linear shooter. At the end of the day you are still going from point A to B.

Not SCARY!!!

THRILLING!!! SUSPENCE!! ACTION!! 

[QUOTE="faizan_faizan"]I completely agree. Valve are just amazing. Also, I don't think Half Life 2 was that linear, as some fanboys state, some levels in Episode 2 were HUGE!.R4gn4r0k

It's not more or less linear than other shooters. Even crysis, a shooter which I praise for its openess, is in its essence still a linear shooter. At the end of the day you are still going from point A to B.

ravenholm and some parts were.

generally it was played as a straight shooter adventure game

They tried jumping on the "horror shooter" bandwagon that was made popular by Doom 3 (& innovated by Aliens vs Predator) but I think Doom 3 and F.E.A.R. did a better job at being scary. (AvP2 is still tops tho)