I don't mean old like that. What I mean is, it came out before alot of new 360 owners had a console, and it's not sold in stores, thus, they have never heard of it, except through friends, and maybe used game shopsKstreitenfeld said:
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I like Half Life I guess
I just really, really, really hate the overhyping it's getting. It doesn't deserve to be overhyped and it's really hypocritical the way people say:
"Halo is so overhyped, people who overhype it are stupid!"
Then follow up with:
"Half Life is amazing, divine, godly, the best game EVAR... there is nothing wrong with it at all!"
I just really, really, really hate the overhyping it's getting. It doesn't deserve to be overhyped and it's really hypocritical the way people say:
"Halo is so overhyped, people who overhype it are stupid!"
Then follow up with:
"Half Life is amazing, divine, godly, the best game EVAR... there is nothing wrong with it at all!"
You better not be disrespecting my copy of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.elitecrewer said:
I've been wanting to get into the HL series for quite a while, but I'm rather opposed to PC gaming. I am planning to pick up the Xbox Half-Life 2, though.
Still, it'll have to be pretty good to beat out the likes of Black, Halo 2, Project Snowblind, TS: Future Perfect and Timesplitters 2.
Halflife and Halflife 2 are great games, but I don't think anyone can call them "deep". They follow a very basic "War of the Worlds" premise and the story is pretty thin, mostly just following Gordons rather inexplicable and unbelievable predicaments and the epic ways he gets out of them. Think of it like a James Bond movie without the sexy ladies. Or a protagonist that talks.BolognaBaloney said:
Actually i can't stand clancy games. Oh and wasn't looking for sympathy either.elitecrewer said:
I suppose I didn't really mean Splinter Cell -> I was talking more about Ghost Recon or Rainbow Six.Samurai Goomba said:
Anywho, why would you be opposed to PC gaming? Timesplitters 2 is easily my favourite console FPS, as I only play console FPS for the splitscreen, but, looking at legacy, popularity, reviews, sales etc, Half Life as a series beats all the games you mentioned. Halo 2 may come close on sales.
halo 2 has half-life beat by 2 million copieselitecrewer said:
half-life 2= 6.5 million
halo 2= 8.64 million
Half Life 2 didn't do it for me nearly as well as Half Life 1. Don't get me wrong... 2 was good, but it lacked quite a few things that 1 had that the Zero-point Energy Field Manipulator, as awesome as it was, just couldn't make up for.
1. Better story. 2's story was interesting. I'll give it that, but the whole "aliens have taken over the earth and you are part of the resistance" thing seems to be turning what would normally be a blast into a chore.
2. Better AI. Half Life is over a decade old now, and still boasts some of the best AI (or some damn clever sequences that pass as good AI) that I've seen in the history of gaming.
3. Better bosses... I'll refrain from saying "since 2 had no bosses" since there was that helicopter you had to kill 2 or 3 times *sigh* and the giant ant-lion or "ant-lions" (two of the same boss again *sigh*) that went down with a few radiators and cider blocks to the face. 1 was riddled with mini bosses such as the giant flame thrower arm guy, helicopter >_>, spider thing, and goddamn ninjas.
4. Zazz. Where Half Life 1 was jam packed with zazz, 2 was painfully lacking in zazz... I guess what I'm saying is; 2 could afford to be zazzed up a bit. It needed more zazz.
1. Better story. 2's story was interesting. I'll give it that, but the whole "aliens have taken over the earth and you are part of the resistance" thing seems to be turning what would normally be a blast into a chore.
2. Better AI. Half Life is over a decade old now, and still boasts some of the best AI (or some damn clever sequences that pass as good AI) that I've seen in the history of gaming.
3. Better bosses... I'll refrain from saying "since 2 had no bosses" since there was that helicopter you had to kill 2 or 3 times *sigh* and the giant ant-lion or "ant-lions" (two of the same boss again *sigh*) that went down with a few radiators and cider blocks to the face. 1 was riddled with mini bosses such as the giant flame thrower arm guy, helicopter >_>, spider thing, and goddamn ninjas.
4. Zazz. Where Half Life 1 was jam packed with zazz, 2 was painfully lacking in zazz... I guess what I'm saying is; 2 could afford to be zazzed up a bit. It needed more zazz.
That's the way to play it. Just rush and never stop for anything. Kill enemies here and there, and just keep running. I hate it when people stop and overanalyze everything and ***** how they can't hit an enemy a mile away just because they're scared of rushing. You have health and armor for a reason. Those helicopters are hard to hit for a reason. Because usually you're not meant to destroy them until a specific scene and that's pretty easy to see.AvauntVanguard said:
Those parts where you have to bunker up and defend against endless hordes of enemies are an atmosphere killer though. Way to go Valve. I don't recall them in HL1 and it was an amazing game, though HL2 has a shitload of them. And it made it a bit less fun.
Anyway, HL2 is mostly a sequel. If you haven't played HL1 and don't like it, then it's usually not the game for you.
''I've been wanting to get into the HL series for quite a while, but I'm rather opposed to PC gaming.'' And besides, *I* said that 'Half Life as a series beats all the games you mentioned'. I was the one who apparently 'misquoted' my figures, but I didn't talk about HL2 -> he did.BolognaBaloney said:
Bio Shock was trash, System Shock is king.BolognaBaloney said:
But, anyway... Half-Life 2 is an enjoyable shooting experience, my only real complaints being:
Sprint and your flashlight are connected, how? Why can't I see my body when I look down?
And half-life as a series does not be all the other games mentioned, stupid valve-boyelitecrewer said:
Uh oh.BolognaBaloney said:
Right.
So you're suggesting that *any* of his mentioned games (TS2, TS3, Halo 2, Black and Project Snowblind) beat Half Life on either sales or average reviews, the two most objective indicators we've got? No. Hell, Half Life comes out as the highest selling FPS ever, on *any* console (with 9.3 million -> 8 mil for Halo 2,3 and Goldeneye). It's also the highest average reviewed, on 96, drawing with Half Life 2 and Bioshock. There's some objective ways of looking at it.
Further, Half Life is probably the most modded game ever -> Counter Strike is the most popular online game of all time -> 4 million sales of the stand alone game (even though you could get it free), and that figure excludes Steam.
Frankly though, I'm a stupid Valve boy. Don't back up your statements *too* much.