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Honest Opinion on Half-Life 2

Ash

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Hi. My name is Ash. I'm an edgy oldfag who hates anything after 1995.

Don't shoot the messenger, Mr. Butthurt. I am merely here to bare you with the painful truth. It may hurt your butt, but take it like a man.

:mixedemotions:

Also, how insulting. 1996-2000 is the peak of the golden age. 95 and prior was good but nothing will beat that bastion of creativity and game design brilliance of those 5 years.
 

Beans00

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Hi. My name is Ash. I'm an edgy oldfag who hates anything after 1995.

Don't shoot the messenger, Mr. Butthurt. I am merely here to bare you with the painful truth. It may hurt your butt, but take it like a man.

:mixedemotions:

Also, how insulting. 1996-2000 is the peak of the golden age. 95 and prior was good but nothing will beat that bastion of creativity and game design brilliance of those 5 years.

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Imagine being this guy calling other people butthurt lol.
 

Ash

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Being butthurt over you stalking me and slandering my work (and now airing dirty laundry from PM) is pretty different to being butthurt over merely calling your favorite shit game out for what it is.

You're a creepy fucking weirdo and a braindead retard.
Still obsessed with me eh? What a total loser. Please stop dragging everyone and everything down to your worthless level.
 

Beans00

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Being butthurt over you stalking me and slandering my work (and now airing dirty laundry from PM) is pretty different to being butthurt over merely calling your favorite shit game out for what it is.

You're a creepy fucking weirdo and a braindead retard.
Still obsessed with me eh? What a total loser. Please stop dragging everyone and everything down to your worthless level.

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Lol. Such a typical modder :)
 

Ash

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The only physical contact I would care to give you is rearrangement of your (obviously freakish) face. Please someone set up a gofundme for this shit. A few thousand to make it worth my time. Absolute degens will splash out for Belle Delphine's bathwater but not for the spectacle of seeing a good 'ol fashioned boot (not tongue!) in the ass lesson be taught. You all suck, as usual.
 

Silverfish

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The only physical contact I would care to give you is rearrangement of your (obviously freakish) face. Please someone set up a gofundme for this shit. A few thousand to make it worth my time. Absolute degens will splash out for Belle Delphine's bathwater but not for the spectacle of seeing a good 'ol fashioned boot (not tongue!) in the ass lesson be taught. You all suck, as usual.

This is the way forward now that youtube boxing is becoming passe.
 

Saldrone

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Despite the image i posted in this thread (i didn't made it but i found it to be funny) I actually think Half-Life 2 is at least a 7.5/10 game. It may be very 'gimnicky' to the point of being more of a tech demo but it was definetively better compared to other FPS mediocrities of it's time like Halo 2 and Doom 3
 

Semiurge

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Half-Life 2 is way more than a tech demo, it had some real finesse to its scripting, narrative and the world itself.

Doom3 is a tech demo that spawned some mediocre shooters that share the engine (Prey, Escape from Butcher Bay, Quake4 lol). I'm not surprised that insecure autists like Ash hate Half-Life 2 on principle because it has more than just great gameplay.
 

Rövtomte

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I really don't have much to say about half life 2, it's an average shooter with cool world building. I grew up with it so I guess there's some nostalgia glasses put into perspective as well.
Only thing I've noticed with the half life community in general is they're either russian or trannies. :bounce:
 

Ash

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Half-Life 2 is way more than a tech demo, it had some real finesse to its scripting, narrative and the world itself.

Doom3 is a tech demo that spawned some mediocre shooters that share the engine (Prey, Escape from Butcher Bay, Quake4 lol). I'm not surprised that insecure autists like Ash hate Half-Life 2 on principle because it has more than just great gameplay.

Like I said, butthurt and zero taste. Don't shoot the barer of truth, it gets really fucking tedious. Doom 3 is a pile of shit too.
 

Beans00

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Like I said, butthurt and zero taste. Don't shoot the barer of truth, it gets really fucking tedious. Doom 3 is a pile of shit too.
Maybe you should try being nice to people, instead of being a big asshole all the time. Then I wouldn't need to bully you and warn people about you. Watch how I do it.


Half-Life 2 is way more than a tech demo, it had some real finesse to its scripting, narrative and the world itself.

Doom3 is a tech demo that spawned some mediocre shooters that share the engine (Prey, Escape from Butcher Bay, Quake4 lol). I'm not surprised that insecure autists like Ash hate Half-Life 2 on principle because it has more than just great gameplay.
Hello user: Semiurge. I disagree with you saying Prey is a mediocre shooter. Infact I find Prey to be quite a good quality shooter due to its fun weapons, use of interesting gimmicks and physics, and atmosphere!

I do however agree with you that doom 3 and quake 4 are mediocre, or even poorly made. Thanks for paying attention to me.
 

Ash

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Maybe you should try being nice to people, instead of being a big asshole all the time. Then I wouldn't need to bully you and warn people about you. Watch how I do it.

I will continue shitting on mediocre games and calling out decline-enablers while trying to steer people to the better, more worthy games instead. There needs to be someone to enforce standards and truth around here, as the place is getting overrun with the clueless. Half-Life 2 is decline and to think otherwise shows a poor grasp on reality. It's not a big deal and I am not an asshole. So you can continue your pathetic weird obsession under the thin guise of being the righteous internet police, you utter simpleton.

“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
-Plato

Also, Prey 2006 is mediocre as hell. Firmly in the camp of replacing an actual game with flashy graphics and the occasional gimmick much like HL2. It surprises me none you like it.
 

Beans00

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Also, Prey 2006 is mediocre as hell.

You probably couldn't figure out the puzzles in prey or half life 2. That's why you also couldn't make your shitty unreal mod into an actual mod, since you suck at coding.
 

Ash

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First person games from the same era I would easily recommend over HL2 & Prey are Arx Fatalis, Morrowind or Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners, all of which have way more hardcore puzzle/cerebral elements in addition to actual intelligent substance. Nice try though. Also a honorable mention for VTM:B, the better source engine game though it comes with a lot of disclaimers (it's a respectable effort, but incomplete and lacking in many regards. Had the potential to be a goat that was sadly not met).

For "pure" FPS, I would not recommend any. The genre died here, to be replaced with braindead linear military shooters and shitty HL1 clones. RTCW if really desperate, but even that ain't that great. Typical early 2000s decline.

Maybe you should try listening to my wisdom instead of crying.
 
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Beans00

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First person games from the same era I would easily recommend over HL2 & Prey are Arx Fatalis, Morrowind or Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners, all of which have way more hardcore puzzle/cerebral elements in addition to actual intelligent substance. Nice try though. Also a honorable mention for VTM:B, the better source engine game though it comes with a lot of disclaimers (it's a respectable effort, but incomplete and lacking in many regards. Had the potential to be a goat that was sadly not met).

For "pure" FPS, I would not recommend any. The genre died here, to be replaced with braindead linear military shooters. RTCW if really desperate, but even that ain't that great. Typical early 2000s decline.

Maybe you should try listening to my wisdom instead of crying.

You didn't even have a PC that could run half life 2, or fear, or doom 3 in the early 00's. You played doom for the first time in 2007, Lol.
 

Beans00

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Such a goddamn weirdo.


You should see what I've been saying about you in the Unreal and Deus ex modding communities now that I've made some friends with your former enemies :).
 

Ash

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You display a similar deranged psychology indeed. Like I said, perfect opportunity for a mass-lobotomy to wipe out genetic dead ends that sadly will be missed. It is really sad that eugenics has its appeal. That's not what I want for my fellow man. I merely want you to be better.
 

Beans00

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You display a similar deranged psychology indeed. Like I said, perfect opportunity for a mass-lobotomy to wipe out genetic dead ends that sadly will be missed. It is really sad that eugenics has its appeal. That's not what I want for my fellow man. I merely want you to be better.

Yeah bla bla bla 'im such a tough guy so I spent thousands of hours modding deus ex and quake'. Ok dude, get it out of your system :( :).
 

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