Poll: HL2: Do you feel sad when someone in your squad dies?

[Ithae]

I do. I don't feel "sad", but I feel I let them down. They risk their life to help me in my cause, and most to live for more then 60 seconds. I hate it when people die for a riotous cause. And I don't mean war, because war is dumb. I mean like that kid in china who killed the dude cause he used his higher-up power to pick on the people he is supposed to lead.

I also just finished HL2.

Yes, I know it's a game, I'm not a wuss. Not that much anyway.

 

[ribonuge]

They're so helpful (In theory not in practice) and yet so dispensable

 

[Wakefield]

I can't feel bad for them...they die way too easily...and all the time. I mean, in most games I feel bad when squadmembers die...but not in Half Life

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Nope, because they never do anything human or intelligent really, and I could only care about them if they did.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Well, they were the idiots who ran headlong towards the snipers. Its their own fault.

 

[Simalacrum]

Sort of.

I certainly try and keep them alive, and I feel a small part of myself go [small]"nooooo"[/small] when one dies...

 

[Disaster Button]

You don't have to defend that you felt emotion in a game, the best games make you feel things like that.
Although I doubt many people feel anything when one of the faceless spacefillers die.

But what is HL2?

 

[MurderousToaster]

Not really, because I could never be bothered to find out the squad control mechanics and they're quite useless in a firefight.

 

[psychowatcher]

Dude, I feel bad if I accidently lead my Pikmin into water and let them drown. So yeah, if it happens, I stop and mourn for a bit (usually an hour or so).

 

[MazzaTheFirst]

I feel so bad when they die I hold a little memorial service where they died.

"Here lies Rebel No. 2405. A real hero, who above all else decided that bum rushing a strider was the best course of action."

 

[ThePirateMan]

I do feel kinda "sad" when someone who never stands in my way and actualy kills some combines gets killed.

Otherwise not.

 

[Souplex]

No, because they only got in my way and deserved to die.

 

[MorsePacific]

Whenever I actually had a squad, I'd just let them get themselves killed. I prefer playing solo.

 

[orangebandguy]

Yeah, I always give them back stories.

Although they all end up being called Steve...

 

[Koeryn]

I do. I don't feel "sad", but I feel I let them down. They risk their life to help me in my cause, and most to live for more then 60 seconds. I hate it when people die for a riotous cause. And I don't mean war, because war is dumb. I mean like that kid in china who killed the dude cause he used his higher-up power to pick on the people he is supposed to lead.

I also just finished HL2.

Yes, I know it's a game, I'm not a wuss. Not that much anyway.

Oddly, the squad-mates deaths never phased me

Spoiler

Though Alyx in Ep2...

. The antlions on the other hand, I always felt bad about. I always did my best to avoid injuring them on the levels where they weren't friendly, and felt bad whenever one tried to stop my car by flying into it I didn't have enough time to avoid them.

 

[Ithae]

Yeah, I always give them back stories.

Although they all end up being called Steve...

I call dudes bill and chicks Sarah.

 

[FactualSquirrel]

You don't have to defend that you felt emotion in a game, the best games make you feel things like that.
Although I doubt many people feel anything when one of the faceless spacefillers die.

But what is HL2?

what is life?

what is the universe?

what is everything?

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Hey Freeman, don't forget to reload!


I dunno. The guys in HL2 were just so expendable, useless and devoid of personality that I almost never even noticed when one died.

 

[(whitty name here)]

oh THOSE squadmates in THAT HL2. I liked the medics, but the others I didn't care about as they did fuck all for me. I thought I was going to have to figure out what other game had H,L and 2 as its initials.