wow half life 2 is overated

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]I feel just like the TC and I haven't even gotten off of chapter one. I do not like this game AT ALL so far. Yeah the game is three years old but age doesn't change the game. Super Mario Bros. 3 is still one of my favorite games of all time.super_mario_128

What the hash browns? You're calling the game overrated, yet you haven't finished the first chapter? :lol: Progress maybe? It does get better believe it or not.

God I hope so because of what I have played so far I wish I had never even bought this game. Also hardly anyone plays TF2 on PS3. Everytime I log online theres only 9 servers in play at most.

[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="super_mario_128"]I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :Dsuper_mario_128

Yes it does matter, since Halo and Half Life are the heavyweights of the FPS genre, while Deus Ex could be regarded as a sleeper hit.

No offence of course, I haven't played it, but Halo and Half Life are seemingly mentioned more here.

Also, I guess I would be daft to compare Half Life to Halo at the moment, since the Half Life series isn't complete. Valve could seriously screw up episode 3 (although I doubt it).

God I hope so because of what I have played so far I wish I had never even boght this game.

-Renegade

You must have high standards for games then, since this is a masterpiece.

Oh and go play Deus Ex. Just make sure it doesnt say Invisible War, even though you cant even find that game since it doesnt exist......jg4xchamp

Well, I'll keep that in mind! Thanks!

how many people praise this game as the best ever? this game is so boring i almost gave up playing through it. the drivingparts are the worst vehicle sections ive played in any game and people criticise halo 2's ending wth is up the the end of this?

Thebettertwin

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[QUOTE="-Renegade"]I feel just like the TC and I haven't even gotten off of chapter one. I do not like this game AT ALL so far. Yeah the game is three years old but age doesn't change the game. Super Mario Bros. 3 is still one of my favorite games of all time.-Renegade

What the hash browns? You're calling the game overrated, yet you haven't finished the first chapter? :lol: Progress maybe? It does get better believe it or not.

God I hope so because of what I have played so far I wish I had never even bought this game. Also hardly anyone plays TF2 on PS3. Everytime I log online theres only 9 servers in play at most.

Also hardly anyone plays TF2 on PS3. Everytime I log online theres only 9 servers in play at most.-Renegade

:lol: That's your fault for buying the PS3 version. There's over 2000+ servers on the PC version.

I feel just like the TC and I haven't even gotten off of chapter one. I do not like this game AT ALL so far. Yeah the game is three years old but age doesn't change the game. Super Mario Bros. 3 is still one of my favorite games of all time.

I had WAY more fun and a better experience with Resistance from start to finish. I am not done with this game so I will beat it before I make my final judgement.

-Renegade

1. Exactly how far along are you in the game?

2. When you get the crowbar, the game gets better.

3. When you find the magnum, the game gets better.

4. When you get the airboat, the game gets better.

5. When you get the gravity gun, the game gets better.

6. When you fight the Striders, the game gets better.

7. When you get the gravity gun again, the game gets better.

3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:Meu2k7

If your playing it now, it's kind of hard to criticise it based on the standards of 2004.Danm_999

If it were truly such a great game, don't you think time would have little effect on the product's quality? I still find it fun to play games that aren't new. Hell, I just bought and finished Indigo Prophecy, which is only a year younger than Half-Life 2 and I enjoyed it a hell of alot more. One year isn't much of a difference.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:killab2oo5

Hours? o_0 I guess you didn't find the atmosphere when you first entered city 17 violent or freedom denying? It really does set a good tone for the rest of the game. Just because a game doesn't instantly give you rocket launchers to shoot down wave after wave of spacecraft means it's a boring beginning? :| Hours must've been an exagerration, because there were many parts in the first few hours I would consider brilliant and fun/enjoyable.

[QUOTE="killab2oo5"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:super_mario_128

Hours? o_0 I guess you didn't find the atmosphere when you first entered city 17 violent or freedom denying? It really does set a good tone for the rest of the game. Just because a game doesn't instantly give you rocket launchers to shoot down wave after wave of spacecraft means it's a boring beginning? :| Hours must've been an exagerration, because there were many parts in the first few hours I would consider brilliant and fun/enjoyable.

Atmosphere=/=fun. I play games to have fun, not for a story(which I still didn't really like Half-Life's and I especially hate Gordon Freeman). If a want a good story I watch a movie, or better yet read a book.

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[QUOTE="killab2oo5"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:vashkey

Hours? o_0 I guess you didn't find the atmosphere when you first entered city 17 violent or freedom denying? It really does set a good tone for the rest of the game. Just because a game doesn't instantly give you rocket launchers to shoot down wave after wave of spacecraft means it's a boring beginning? :| Hours must've been an exagerration, because there were many parts in the first few hours I would consider brilliant and fun/enjoyable.

Atmosphere=/=fun. I play games to have fun, not for a story(which I still didn't really like Half-Life's and I especially hate Gordon Freeman). If a want a good story I watch a movie, or better yet read a book.

Actually, atmosphere does = fun, since better atmosphere makes the experience more enjoyable. And enjoying something = fun.

Also, if you want mindless fun, go play Super Mario Galaxy, as a suggestion.

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[QUOTE="killab2oo5"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:vashkey

Hours? o_0 I guess you didn't find the atmosphere when you first entered city 17 violent or freedom denying? It really does set a good tone for the rest of the game. Just because a game doesn't instantly give you rocket launchers to shoot down wave after wave of spacecraft means it's a boring beginning? :| Hours must've been an exagerration, because there were many parts in the first few hours I would consider brilliant and fun/enjoyable.

Atmosphere=/=fun. I play games to have fun, not for a story(which I still didn't really like Half-Life's and I especially hate Gordon Freeman). If a want a good story I watch a movie, or better yet read a book.

I really hate that excuse. There are a great, GREAT many things to be said about interractive storytelling.

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"]I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :Dtheflash118

Half life 2 had a story fu*king news to me and what the hell is with the gravity gun upgrade you get it then lose it and get it again and lose it again make up your damn mind

Firstly, when you feel like swearing, censor the whole word. Secondly learn grammar and punctuation. Thirdly, come up with some decent arguements, rather than that rubbish you just spouted.

The worst driving section in a game game goes to gears of war.michael098

agreed

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[QUOTE="super_mario_128"]I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :Dsuper_mario_128

Half life 2 had a story fu*king news to me and what the hell is with the gravity gun upgrade you get it then lose it and get it again and lose it again make up your damn mind

Firstly, when you feel like swearing, censor the whole word. Secondly learn grammar and punctuation. Thirdly, come up with some decent arguements, rather than that rubbish you just spouted.

wow i forgot this was english class and not forums silly me

Well, the Half Life series is supposedly ending with episode 3. So Valve will have to reveal everything in a way which seems fitting for the series!super_mario_128

Valve said that after Episode 3 they will work on Half-Life 3.

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[QUOTE="killab2oo5"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:vashkey

Hours? o_0 I guess you didn't find the atmosphere when you first entered city 17 violent or freedom denying? It really does set a good tone for the rest of the game. Just because a game doesn't instantly give you rocket launchers to shoot down wave after wave of spacecraft means it's a boring beginning? :| Hours must've been an exagerration, because there were many parts in the first few hours I would consider brilliant and fun/enjoyable.

Atmosphere=/=fun. I play games to have fun, not for a story(which I still didn't really like Half-Life's and I especially hate Gordon Freeman). If a want a good story I watch a movie, or better yet read a book.

I enjoyed Half Life 2 before you even acquire a weapon or even the crowbar. The apartment complex chase was great...its called pacing, setting the tone/mood, establishing a plot and characters...something that most developers don't even know how to do...

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"]I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :Dtheflash118

Half life 2 had a story fu*king news to me and what the hell is with the gravity gun upgrade you get it then lose it and get it again and lose it again make up your damn mind

LMFAO. Borderline sig worthy.

This game isn't for you. Its beyond you.

The Gravity Gun (and the acquisition and loss of it) just might have something to do with the story (you know, the one you think doesn't exist?).

Go play Soldier of Fortune, it will better suit your FPS tastes.

how many people praise this game as the best ever? this game is so boring i almost gave up playing through it. the drivingparts are the worst vehicle sections ive played in any game and people criticise halo 2's ending wth is up the the end of this?

Thebettertwin

so because you found it "boring" itsoverrated?

and a cliffhanger ending does not mean its a bad ending, halo 2's cliffhanger ending did.

worst thread ever. almost as bad as the one which bagged smg for not having a good story, hahaha

If your playing it now, it's kind of hard to criticise it based on the standards of 2004.Danm_999

3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:Meu2k7

Half life 2 is an oddly built fps the driving is bad (almost as if no one tested it) and goes on for too long. The puzzles seem forced as well as the minor platforming (the don't walk on the sand part). The combine have one melee animation that by the 5th one its like wtf. Grenades bounce, load times every 15 mins, tremor/starship trooper ripoff in the same alien too, mute main character and thats just some of its flaws.theflash118

driving is fine, saying it goes on for too long is a disgrace, its idioticgamers like you who make rip offs like call of duty4 go on for 5 hours. grenades bounce? its called the laws of physics genius, load times are rare and quick. inspiration from a movie to make one bad guy is meaningless and nothing new in games. a mute main character is not a flaw, its a preference that you either like or hate.

i agree hl2 does have flaws (its AI isnt the best, it can be slow paced at times, the story although told very well, isnt great, etc.) but i dont think any fans have denied most of these and it doesnt make it overrated, nobody said it was perfect.

but people like you just dont have a clue, if you're going to bag a great game like half life 2, atleast bag it for the right reasons and in the right places. now go play halo.

how many people praise this game as the best ever? this game is so boring i almost gave up playing through it. the drivingparts are the worst vehicle sections ive played in any game and people criticise halo 2's ending wth is up the the end of this?

Thebettertwin

Lol? Ever heard of the word opinion?

Its often praised as the best game ever (but not by many, WAY more people say the first or OoT are the best), because thats what the majority agree. Its not a fact.

this thread seems pointless, its the **** with every game that is popular. halo 3, as much as i hate its fanboys is a fun game, as was halo:ce. none are perfect, not many may be revolutionary but few are overrated, atleast not by critics.

and please nobody bag half life 2 for the way it presents its story, if it werent for half life we would still be playing fps' with no stories and little health vials and ammo that float in the air for no apparent reason.

k im done.

It's 3 years old and still fun.

You must have no taste in games though.

Half life 2 is an oddly built fps the driving is bad (almost as if no one tested it) and goes on for too long. The puzzles seem forced as well as the minor platforming (the don't walk on the sand part). The combine have one melee animation that by the 5th one its like wtf. Grenades bounce, load times every 15 mins, tremor/starship trooper ripoff in the same alien too, mute main character and thats just some of its flaws.theflash118

Explain what is wrong with the driving.

Puzzles seem forced? How so? What does that even mean?

Minor platforming? There is platforming in every level. What do you want? A straight ahead corridor FPS? Its called realistic environments. Not everything is on the same plane, in a straight line. To get from point A to point B, you might have to, I dunno, climb stuff, jump over stuff?

Grenades bounce? NO WAY. Why would they do that? You're telling me that you think this game is bad because the grenades bounce?

Monsters coming out of the ground makes it a tremors ripoff? You think monsters coming out of the ground was an original idea when it was used in tremors, an atrocious movie from the 80s? LMFAO.

Yeah. The driving sections in HL2 sucked big time and bored the crap out of me. I didnt mind the one in ep 2 though.

Sadly I have to agree (with the overrated part, not any of the other crap the TC was spouting off). I'm playing through it now and I'm enjoying it and everything, but it doesn't seem like THAT big of a deal to me. I know it's an old game and it would have been better if I had played it a couple years ago, but I beat Zelda:OoT for the first time a few years ago and loved it to death.

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[QUOTE="super_mario_128"]I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :DNavigatorsGhost

Half life 2 had a story fu*king news to me and what the hell is with the gravity gun upgrade you get it then lose it and get it again and lose it again make up your damn mind

LMFAO. Borderline sig worthy.

This game isn't for you. Its beyond you.

The Gravity Gun (and the acquisition and loss of it) just might have something to do with the story (you know, the one you think doesn't exist?).

Go play Soldier of Fortune, it will better suit your FPS tastes.

ok maybe i should clarify what i didnt like about this game

the driving sequences were long and drawn out often with nothing to see / to keep you occupied therefore they were often very boring, the handling was pretty rubbish too, but i wont criticise that as it was designed for the godly pc so it will obviously handle much better in the pc version if hermits are to be belived

next were the actual fighting sections, which often consisted of just a few enemies clustered togetheronly doing one of two actions; taking long shots at you or madly charging straight for you, therefore the shotgun delt with the second of these while the crossbow with the first.

another annoyance was the music, most of the time there was none, the endless driving might have benifited from some sort of score, the only music that seemed to help the atmosphere came at the very end with the final sequence

the ending was not a great cliffhanger and you cant use the excuse of episodic content to justify this

other niggles, turrets/ snipersthat can only be killed by a grenade, annoying flying robots, guns didnt feel as if they had any actual power behind them (exculding the gravity gun)

Finally, i thought the puzzles were good at the begining of the game and a nice change from constant driving but by the end it felt as if they had just been thrown in without much thought and it felt as if i had done it all before earlier in the game just in a slightly different way.

pretty much all of what you just said was based on personal preference, rather than a flaw in the game.

yea you havent changed anybody's mind.

other niggles, turrets/ snipersthat can only be killed by a grenade, annoying flying robots, guns didnt feel as if they had any actual power behind them (exculding the gravity gun)

Thebettertwin

Crossbow, pulse rifle, RPG and shotgun all didn't feel powerful? Please play the PC version and tell me if you still feel that way.

[QUOTE="killab2oo5"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]3 Years old & Xbox360 version :lol:super_mario_128

Hours? o_0 I guess you didn't find the atmosphere when you first entered city 17 violent or freedom denying? It really does set a good tone for the rest of the game. Just because a game doesn't instantly give you rocket launchers to shoot down wave after wave of spacecraft means it's a boring beginning? :| Hours must've been an exagerration, because there were many parts in the first few hours I would consider brilliant and fun/enjoyable.

I think HL2 is a good game..

But HL1 is much better..

HL2 is from 2004, this is 2008. You played a 360 port with no mods. In 2004, physics were relatively new, the way that it used physics was fresh at the time.

HL2 got 40 GOTY awards, it's the highest rated PC game of all time. In that sense, I can see why people would think it's overrated. But within it's genre, it's polish, vareity, storytelling and gameplay is pretty much unmatched. Look beyond the surface, it's not the shooting or the weapons that makes HL2 a masterpiece.

I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :Dsuper_mario_128

halo does have a better story than HL. HLs story is almost nonexistant.
ninjaxams

Half life Story Saga

All that ^ goes on IN THE GAMES. It's more subtle in places, yes, because the Half-life series uses scripted sequences instead of IN YO FACE cutscenes.

It's a brilliant story.

[QUOTE="super_mario_128"]I'm just waiting for someone to say Halo has a better story than the Half Life series. Then I'll laugh. :Dninjaxams

I don't know enough of Halo to question your judgement reagarding the actual story.