Poll: Halo or Half-life?
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didnt notice my typo i meant to say Buddies. as in the fact that barney shot things and killed them. Halo is a diff story anytime you got an aid from some AI Tard he was basically only a bullet magnet. also the aliens in half-life are very simple they are not an advanced psecies. and im going by the first version of each game. so no antlions there... the se aliens were primative in the aspect of a non-centralized militia... they were more of your spore creature creator types with instinct running.IsoNeko said:
I am not master chief and im glad im not.. he is very forced in his emotional acting in there. also if MC was a mute stioc as gordon the Halo series would have been utter shit story-wise imo. Half-life makes a great game both in gameplay and story without needing much of a script.
Halo isnt that bad, just not quite up to the same sort of level that HL isDragonChi said:
and i like your DP i LOVE D2
I thought you meant Baddies. But either way my point still stands. Marines, Elites, Arbiter, Johnson and even the Flood all team up with you at one point or another in Halo. I'd much rather have an army that dies around me (more realistic to say the least) instead of juggernauting everything. Besides, if you kit out your Marines with uber awesome weaponry they are definetly a force to be reckoned with. The amount of times I've made sure every marine on my Tank who are sat on the tread guards have rockets, sniper rifles of gatling lasers is incredible. Much better than Alyx or Barney who are just there to provide backup audio commentary to the action. Invincible and Unfuny a good AI does not make.Shadowlolz said:
Edit: Also, we got the best of both worlds. Chief barely speaks as it is. But when he does his lines are always so critical and awesome. THATS why fans get so giddy about Halo's story.
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That's exactly my point. Halo masked it a lot better. There were open areas like in Half Life, but it was still mostly a straight line. But Half Life, particularly 2 and also Left 4 Dead, was very obvious in its attempts to block you, like putting couches on staircases or convenient roof cave ins and that sort of thing. I always felt like I was being herded. I look at levels like the Silent Cartographer in Halo 1...sure you have the same objective but a few different ways to approach it and the open feel to it made it seem a lot less linear. Or in Assault on the Control Room, where you can hijack a Banshee and save yourself a bunch of time but only if you're smart about it and do it properly.danosaurus said:Incredibly and VERY blatantly linear?rated pg said:
that's some maximum wording there
At what point was Halo ever any different in terms of linearity?
Halo may have masked the linearity in some areas and kudos to that but it was essentially on the same level.
Half-life was linear yes, though it compensated for this by utilising intelligent map designs and interactive, puzzle-like solutions to solve situations or defeat enemies in the game. This is what set it aside as more than just an FPS.
I've also never had to upgrade my PC for any Half-life games, that's what i love about the Source Engine - it's solid and well engineered to look brilliant on many PC's - Lowend to highend.
I didn't have to upgrade my PC either for the original, though I would have had to to play Half Life 2 when it came out (and as much of a classic as the original was, I found 2 brought me into the series a lot more and stood out more in my mind). Playing it as part of the Orange Box was fine because I had a new computer by that point and the game and engine were years old by then.
I used to think Halo was great, until I played half life. [I played things in a weird order]
So yeah, Half-life destroys Halo, hands down.
So yeah, Half-life destroys Halo, hands down.
Let's nots gos down this dusties road agains. Believe me you'll regret it. I know I did when I made mine.Overlord Moo said:
Half-Life by a trillion-million miles. It's just the greatest thing ever, and changed my life completely.
