Missed what point?It was an inanimate object used to solve a couple of puzzles which is exactly how I treated it yet it's idolized by some peopleWoodsey said:
Of course I hate it.Damn thing stole Homer's gloryZachary Amaranth said:
Turrets are better than people?
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I remember messing around with that on GMod! Scary, but when you spawn five of them and continually run and they keep popping up behind you, it's entertaining.silver wolf009 said:
You know that's completely racist. Of course it was intended.warcraft4life said:Yes, the Left 4 dead characters..silver wolf009 said:
Fuck the L4D2 characters.. they were all so inbred ;-;
EDIT: Yes I'm being serious, I actually hate Ellis, Nick and Rochelle SO MUCH, Coach only gets points because he black(No racism intended..!)
Its ironic.MetalDooley said:
Of course you don't love it, or feel attached to it; there's even a line in the game when you incinerate the cube about how inhumane and heartless you are for being the test subject to do it the quickest. It also highlights the sinister aspects of Aperture's/Glados' tests, and quite how deranged Glados is that she would expect a sane person to care for it.
The more people complain about it, the more its "idolised". Its one big inside joke.
I actually get attached to units in RTS games.
One time I was playing Starcraft 2, and I had about 20 marines and 3 medivacs. Those dudes ran around for six minutes killing everything (fully upgraded) as an impromptu strike force. I shouted at the screen when they all got wiped out though. So sad.
And I fall in love with battlecruisers which have 20+ kills or so. I always keep enough energy to drop a MULE in and repair it, because I figure it's earned being alive.
One time I was playing Starcraft 2, and I had about 20 marines and 3 medivacs. Those dudes ran around for six minutes killing everything (fully upgraded) as an impromptu strike force. I shouted at the screen when they all got wiped out though. So sad.
And I fall in love with battlecruisers which have 20+ kills or so. I always keep enough energy to drop a MULE in and repair it, because I figure it's earned being alive.
The AKS-74u (named it Danny) and the XM8 LMG (named Wilma) from BFBC2.
More recently, though, there was Baby Huey (Death Machine from Blops) and Bob...
(Bob was the Goliath from Homefront... Not so friendly with him after the last mission...)
More recently, though, there was Baby Huey (Death Machine from Blops) and Bob...
(Bob was the Goliath from Homefront... Not so friendly with him after the last mission...)
I cared more for the little flying guard robots myself. It was always sad, finding a spot where they couldn't find a way through to reach me.icame said:
I liked the L4D characters except for Rochelle. At first, I didn't like Louis much, but I grew fond of him. I didn't like him much because whenever I picked random character and it gave me him, I couldn't play as well for some reason. Finally, one day I was playing with my friend and I was Bill, my friend was Francis. We were on the house waiting for the boat to arrive.
The Tank comes, and I throw my molotov on it whilst creaming, "Hwatah!" The Tank then proceeded to chase after Louis, to which I responded, "I'm sorry Luois. ...Nah, I'm not."
My friend and I got a pretty big kick out of it.
The Tank comes, and I throw my molotov on it whilst creaming, "Hwatah!" The Tank then proceeded to chase after Louis, to which I responded, "I'm sorry Luois. ...Nah, I'm not."
My friend and I got a pretty big kick out of it.
Wow, that thing's kinda scary. Sorta like the Boos from Super Mario. They only move when you look away.silver wolf009 said:
Complexity vs simplicityMr Pantomime said:
Turrets are something very simple and helpful. They are so minimalist it is much easier to imagine they are what you want them to be. Just like how Gordon Freeman is in fact a very very simple character this is better as it lets the players absorb into the character more.
Turrets do a very simple task (shoot anything they see) but they do it WELL! That is why you like them, the NPC allies do a lot of things but none of them very well. Best thing really is a meat-shield/distraction though at the same time they more than likely just get in your way.
Well I suppose Alyx is good at giving you an emotion boner but in combat the limits of the INTERACTIVITY of her AI is just too great. Interacting with AI is a nightmare to code for and clearly the solution is: keep it simple, and do that simple thing WELL!
The best AI companion is one that is one that is extremely simple, but useful and relate-able.
Now the downside of your turret is you have to carry it everywhere and not ever let it get knocked over, how many other players are going to tolerate that?
It had nothing to do with that you liked him. The only reason you gave for liking him was that he was black. You don't have to be against someone for it to be racist.warcraft4life said:But.. I legitimately like him.. the fact that you kinda have to like the dude as to not be racist is just a cherry on the top..icame said:You know that's completely racist. Of course it was intended.warcraft4life said:Yes, the Left 4 dead characters..silver wolf009 said:
Fuck the L4D2 characters.. they were all so inbred ;-;
EDIT: Yes I'm being serious, I actually hate Ellis, Nick and Rochelle SO MUCH, Coach only gets points because he black
I detest Rochelle because Zoey was a good few hundred times cooler 8|
The humanoid companions in Half Life 2, at least the ones that can die, are simple peasants, called to arms in the revolution against the combine.
So yes, military alian hardware is better than peasants with guns, if you are up against trained alien soldiers.
So yes, military alian hardware is better than peasants with guns, if you are up against trained alien soldiers.