Honest Opinion on Half-Life 2

[Losus4]

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

Shock.... people have opinions which differ from yours, let's have an autistic meltdown.

 

[Saldrone]

I love on a rail

Me too. I don't get the hate that part recieves to the point that Black Mesa didn't include it

 

[Saldrone]

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

I made this thread with the intent of seeing just how well (or not) it was received by some of you here who played it.
It's certainly not an attempt to shit on the game that, yeah, still has its merits.
I'll gladly play HL2 over the shit that comes out of the industry nowadays.

Especially considering that Half-Life 2 heavily influenced the industry and theofore many modern games tries to copy it

 

[Saldrone]

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

Complaining about someone opening a discussion about the actual quality of a certain product is pretty much something a circlejerking redditor would say. Do you?

 

[ds]

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

Agreed that HL2 is still a fun game. But the game does several things worse than its predecessor when it really didn't have to. That rightfully deserves a good bashing. And it's not like Valve just tried something different and missed (well they did that too) but that they deliberately designed the game to be playable by lobotomized monkeys aka playtesters.

 

[seco]

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

Complaining about someone opening a discussion about the actual quality of a certain product is pretty much something a circlejerking redditor would say. Do you?

>implying this thread isn't parroting the same retarded arguments for upvotes

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

Agreed that HL2 is still a fun game. But the game does several things worse than its predecessor when it really didn't have to. That rightfully deserves a good bashing. And it's not like Valve just tried something different and missed (well they did that too) but that they deliberately designed the game to be playable by lobotomized monkeys aka playtesters.

Terrible cope, i wonder if you people are the same faggots seething that make posts like this https://desuarchive.org/vr/search/tnum/10721715/deleted/deleted/page/2/ https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/10721715/#10724609 and got btfo and post here.

This thing still on?

*sigh*

Certified retards bashing Half-Life 2 as if it's a bad game, or something. The fact is that both games are great fun with different advantages and disadvantages.

End of thread.

I made this thread with the intent of seeing just how well (or not) it was received by some of you here who played it.
It's certainly not an attempt to shit on the game that, yeah, still has its merits.
I'll gladly play HL2 over the shit that comes out of the industry nowadays.

You should stop seeking validation from these retards.
Also stop pretending to be hl1 fags too when you seethe over that game, you are not fooling anymore.
It's time to stop having Valve in your head rent free like this.

 

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Wow another downvote, epic he totally owned me.
Maybe HL2 will be bad now.

 

[ds]

You seem upset.

 

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Not as much as the ones who cry over this game and make circlejerk threads like this and the 10 ones before.
What happened did /v/ and /vr/ make fun of you again, schizoids?
i mean it's easy to agree the game is bad when you ignore the counterarguments and upvote the ones that agree with you.

 

[Morenatsu.]

I liked him better before he figured out the Codex hates HL2.

 

[orcinator]

More like gay life poo am i rite?

 

[Lyric Suite]

We don't hate HL2 we just think it doesn't deserve so much praise.

It was a relatively well made shooter with good art direction and good production values but was inferior to the original in almost every way and the idea it was some kind of narrative masterpiece is laughable.

 

[Morenatsu.]

So basically like every sequel ever

 

[Lyric Suite]

So basically like every sequel ever

It seems the game has either spawned or came around the time a generation of pseudo-intellectual or pseudo-art types started to flood the industry.

I see some parallels between the praise fawned over the "story" in HL2 and the people who think Bioshock is a narrative masterpiece. I'm assuming it's the same crowd.

As a shooter, it's kinda boring but the set pieces are nice to look at and the source engine was always one of the more pleasing for me, with its natural lighting and good detailed texturing.

For me there's some paralles between NOLF1 and NOLF2, the latter also not being as good as the first but very pleasing visually.

 

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>we
>meme reactions
This place is truly reddit.
After seeing the Top RPG 2023 list it's no wonder you have shit taste. Half Life is too much for you.
Regards /vrpg/.

 

[seco]

Thanks for proving my point redditors

 

[seco]

So basically like every sequel ever

It seems the game has either spawned or came around the time a generation of pseudo-intellectual or pseudo-art types started to flood the industry.

I see some parallels between the praise fawned over the "story" in HL2 and the people who think Bioshock is a narrative masterpiece. I'm assuming it's the same crowd.

As a shooter, it's kinda boring but the set pieces are nice to look at and the source engine was always one of the more pleasing for me, with its natural lighting and good detailed texturing.

For me there's some paralles between NOLF1 and NOLF2, the latter also not being as good as the first but very pleasing visually.

why would i care about Half-Shock but worse than both

 

[Lyric Suite]

dude what?

 

[seco]

Yeah my reaction to your pseud posts

 

[Egosphere]

Thread title.
What is your honest opinion on Half-Life 2? Is it better than the original? Is it guilty of opening the way for scripted cinematic bullshit in FPS games?

Personally, I find it pretty good, not better than the original, of course, but it has some cool moments. The Grav Gun is OK, I can see how using tools found in your environments can be used to kill enemies. The scripted scenes do get on my nerves however. Voice acting is great, facial animations are really good, as per Source Engine (VTMB as well).

Anyway, what do YOU think?

It's one of those rare cases where I think it was good, but for it's time. It oscillates between greatness (Ravenholm, Follow Freeman) and utter slog (the interminable vehicle sections). The criticism leveled against it being a tech demo does feel to be true with every passing year. A lot of the stuff was there to show off the physics engine - the puzzles especially are egregious because they're not remotely difficult but they take time and break the flow of the game.

I wish that they didn't deviate from the original horror vision as much as they did, and that we got the expansion pack that arkane was working on. I think they would have delivered. The systems were already in place, all that was needed was to give the player the freedom to use them, rather than restricting the game to a corridor shooter with each corridor having one obvious, and best, solution.

 

[seco]

Thread title.
What is your honest opinion on Half-Life 2? Is it better than the original? Is it guilty of opening the way for scripted cinematic bullshit in FPS games?

Personally, I find it pretty good, not better than the original, of course, but it has some cool moments. The Grav Gun is OK, I can see how using tools found in your environments can be used to kill enemies. The scripted scenes do get on my nerves however. Voice acting is great, facial animations are really good, as per Source Engine (VTMB as well).

Anyway, what do YOU think?

It's one of those rare cases where I think it was good, but for it's time. It oscillates between greatness (Ravenholm, Follow Freeman) and utter slog (the interminable vehicle sections). The criticism leveled against it being a tech demo does feel to be true with every passing year. A lot of the stuff was there to show off the physics engine - the puzzles especially are egregious because they're not remotely difficult but they take time and break the flow of the game.

I wish that they didn't deviate from the original horror vision as much as they did, and that we got the expansion pack that arkane was working on. I think they would have delivered. The systems were already in place, all that was needed was to give the player the freedom to use them, rather than restricting the game to a corridor shooter with each corridor having one obvious, and best, solution.

Codex will never fuck you, bro

 

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Can you stop parroting the same retarded arguments for upvotes?
You sound like a NPC.

 

[Butter]

You sound incredibly assblasted J21.

 

[seco]

Nah i laugh at your circlejerk and unwarranted self importance.
You are my lolcows.
The people who make the same threads and circlerjerk on the other hand.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...f-life-2-is-one-of-the-worst-shooters.113042/​

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/yet-another-half-life-2-discussion.105727/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life-2.91739
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/so-what-is-it-that-sucks-about-hl2.32142//
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/hl2-ep3-is-a-cumming.44817/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/is-hl2-innovative-discuss.99652/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/replaying-hl2-and-it-is-a-great-game.119812/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life-2-is-great-and-i-love-it.132480/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/ive-never-played-any-half-life-games.86139/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...me-of-all-time-according-to-metacritic.72766/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/clash-of-the-titans-half-life-2-vs-mass-effect-2.58643/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/codex-opinions-on-half-life-2.53972/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/so-half-life-2-episode-one-sucks.53545/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...half-life-2-with-no-relevance-or-order.51255/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life-2s-story-is-awesome.45006/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-do-so-many-people-like-half-life.37615/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life²-questions.28272/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-does-everybody-like-half-life-2-by-steamtards.34813/
Imagine being more assblasted than the average /v/ tard.
Also i know you cry over the original Half Life too and the funny thing both games make it in the Top non rpg 100 list, so you failed to convince the entire site. Fail.

 

[Saldrone]

Nah i laugh at your circlejerk and unwarranted self importance.
You are my lolcows.
The people who make the same threads and circlerjerk on the other hand.

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...f-life-2-is-one-of-the-worst-shooters.113042/​

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/yet-another-half-life-2-discussion.105727/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life-2.91739
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/so-what-is-it-that-sucks-about-hl2.32142//
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/hl2-ep3-is-a-cumming.44817/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/is-hl2-innovative-discuss.99652/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/replaying-hl2-and-it-is-a-great-game.119812/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life-2-is-great-and-i-love-it.132480/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/ive-never-played-any-half-life-games.86139/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...me-of-all-time-according-to-metacritic.72766/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/clash-of-the-titans-half-life-2-vs-mass-effect-2.58643/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/codex-opinions-on-half-life-2.53972/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/so-half-life-2-episode-one-sucks.53545/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...half-life-2-with-no-relevance-or-order.51255/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life-2s-story-is-awesome.45006/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-do-so-many-people-like-half-life.37615/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/half-life²-questions.28272/
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/why-does-everybody-like-half-life-2-by-steamtards.34813/
Imagine being more assblasted than the average /v/ tard.
Also i know you cry over the original Half Life too and the funny thing both games make it in the Top non rpg 100 list, so you failed to convince the entire site. Fail.

About 18 different threads about a certain game in the same forum? u okay bro?