Half Life 2

[F!reStr!fe]

Has anyone reached:

Spoiler for READ AT YOUR OWN RISK:

Ravenholm man this f@#@$@ place is so scary..... Man its like Doom 3 scary....... Anyone there yet man.... those New Zombies are crazy....

[msgpoisoning]

people have started calling this game Half-life:life because it has basically taken over their lives. it will take over mine once i'm done with finals >.<

[JediNight]

Your major limiter in gaming is going to be the video card, and as long as you have an ATA100 HDD you should be fine. Assuming you have like a 1.6ghz+

[Palani]

Originally Posted by F!reStr!fe

Has anyone reached:

Spoiler for READ AT YOUR OWN RISK:

Ravenholm man this f@#@$@ place is so scary..... Man its like Doom 3 scary....... Anyone there yet man.... those New Zombies are crazy....

You are so right

Spoiler for STORY SPOILERS, DON'T READ UNTILL YOU"VE REACHED 2/3D OF THE GAME!!!!:

This place is the bomb. It has me constantly tiptoeing through the surroundings afaraid that somewhere another one of those zombies is going to pop-up. But my trusted revolver and SMG know how to deal with them .

The Airboat is cool as well, except for the Helicopter/Boss Fight, that was one though chopper.

[Muir Woods]

Originally Posted by Palani

You are so right

Spoiler for STORY SPOILERS, DON'T READ UNTILL YOU"VE REACHED 2/3D OF THE GAME!!!!:

This place is the bomb. It has me constantly tiptoeing through the surroundings afaraid that somewhere another one of those zombies is going to pop-up. But my trusted revolver and SMG know how to deal with them .

The Airboat is cool as well, except for the Helicopter/Boss Fight, that was one though chopper.

Spoiler for RAVENHOLM:

I agree! But I won't call this place scary though, however it's got a great atmosphere; dark and moody, filled with zombies. You use revolver and SMG? It's a bummer you can only have a total of 24 rounds (6 in gun, 18 in reserve) for the magnum. But it's so powerful. Anyways...I almost exclusively used the Gravity Gun in that level. So fun using gravity gun to kill zombies. Gravity Gun + Tank of gas = Rocket Launcher! And this is the result:

Heh heh, I couldn't resist taking a screenshot . Now I'm at the part where that crazy russian sounding nut gave me the shotgun.

This game is well divided into great sections. "Water Hazard" was water buggy fun. "Ravenholm" is atmospheric gloomy crawl.

[Palani]

Originally Posted by Muir Woods

Spoiler for RAVENHOLM:

I agree! But I won't call this place scary though, however it's got a great atmosphere; dark and moody, filled with zombies. You use revolver and SMG? It's a bummer you can only have a total of 24 rounds (6 in gun, 18 in reserve) for the magnum. But it's so powerful. Anyways...I almost exclusively used the Gravity Gun in that level. So fun using gravity gun to kill zombies. Gravity Gun + Tank of gas = Rocket Launcher! And this is the result:

Heh heh, I couldn't resist taking a screenshot . Now I'm at the part where that crazy russian sounding nut gave me the shotgun.

This game is well divided into great sections. "Water Hazard" was water buggy fun. "Ravenholm" is atmospheric gloomy crawl.

We're at the same part of the game.

*Starts to get soft and feels connected to someone*

[MwyC]

sigh....hl2 wont run
ive only been able to play cs source
=/
stupid thing stops doing anything at the valve head screen even though my game is at 100%
stupid valve...hope they solve my problem soon
i want to plaaaay

[StoneColdCrazy]

It's 5:30 in the morning and I've just completed this game and there is no way I'm going to be able to sleep...

*bounces about*

SCC

[durrem]

Originally Posted by Palani

We're at the same part of the game.

*Starts to get soft and feels connected to someone*

Haha, same here. I love using the...

Spoiler:

circular saw blade...

on those bastards.

[Muir Woods]

Originally Posted by StoneColdCrazy

It's 5:30 in the morning and I've just completed this game and there is no way I'm going to be able to sleep...

*bounces about*

SCC

Whoa, you're finished? Did you not sleep for the last few days or something? I'd do that, but unfortunately I have classes . I focused almost all my free time playing HL2 (I haven't touched any anime since Tuesday), and I'm barely halfway through the game at chapter "Sandtraps" (see chapters here), as I just finished "Highway 17". But I'm fairly confident I'll finish the game in the weekend, then it's anime marathon time .

Spoiler:

There's actually 2 different kinds of headcrabs (therefore 2 different kinds of zombies). The regular one, and the poison one, which reduces your health to 1 if your hit! Luckily, your suit releases detoxins so your health slowly goes back up. However, it's still damn annoying. Poor poor Father Grigori (crazy russian guy) got left behand and swarmed by zombies after helping me through Ravenholm.

Highway 17 was another section of the game where you drive something. This time it was a dune buggy on sand, instead of a water buggy. Nevertheless, hellovalot of fun running over Antlions, and frying Combines with the Tau Cannon .

[Yuiichi]

DONE!!! SCC... you are INSANE!!

Lol, last night was my first time playing HL2 since i got it on tuesday. I only played for 30 minutes, and got up to "Red Letter Day"... lol, running away from the cops/soldiers was quite fun.

[StoneColdCrazy]

Originally Posted by Muir Woods

Whoa, you're finished? Did you not sleep for the last few days or something? I'd do that, but unfortunately I have classes

Well, even though I didn't get Half Life 2 the moment it was released, I did get it relatively soon after - downloaded direct from Steam. I did have a few technical problems with it (or with Steam, to be more precise), but thankfully now it's fine. I've also had a really bad cold all this week so I've not really been able to do very much except sneeze and groan, I've hardly got any work done - Half Life 2 has been my medicine in the meantime.

I think the ending's great too, as well as the final sections of the game. Much better than those of the first, which many people were unhappy with. Still, I won't post any spoilers at all because the narrative, as with the first, is very good and I wouldn't want to ruin anything at all for anyone else.

Originally Posted by Yuiichi

DONE!!! SCC... you are INSANE!!

Absolutely.

SCC

[Muir Woods]

I just finally finished the game!

Spoiler for MAJOR SPOILERS AND FINAL COMMENTS:

Last two chapters of the game definitely the best sections of the game. Boatloads of action and fun. Especially using the supercharged Gravity Gun hurling enemies back at themselves, and spamming those bouncing energy balls .

The final actions of the game were a bit dissappointing. No bigass boss to fight? Bummer. Too easy to finish, and I played exclusively on hard difficulity. I felt the "romantic interest" of the game was a bit iffy. I didn't feel like I was emotionally attached to Alyx. And Alyx's attitude towards you sounds...forced/unnatural. Could be the voice acting.

Spoiler for DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED:

And I'm still a bit fuzzy on the storyline. I understand the story of the game was Freeman leading the fight against an entity of oppression. But it looks like this whole "incident" was just another test/assignment that G-man put you through. G-man said something about "good offers" for Freeman. Looks like Freeman is going to get another "assignment", and G-man is reaping his benefits.

BTW, LOL at Lamarre in the ending credits.

An extraordinary fun game through and through. Well, bring on Half-Life 3!

[MwyC]

Originally Posted by Muir Woods

Spoiler for RAVENHOLM:

I agree! But I won't call this place scary though, however it's got a great atmosphere; dark and moody, filled with zombies. You use revolver and SMG? It's a bummer you can only have a total of 24 rounds (6 in gun, 18 in reserve) for the magnum. But it's so powerful..

depends what difficulty you ar eplaying on
im playing on hard and i get only 12 in reserve

[SlugZilla]

Ravenholm wasn't scary at all, I'm just surprised I hear everyone thinks it's scary. But then again I love horror games. I beat the game just now, this game is one of the best fps since the first HL but I like the first game alot more. I loved facing the Xen in the first one and was wishing all the badass bosses like the gargantuan and big momma would make their return (and help me kill those striders ). I thought the enemies in HL2 were really boring, compared to the first one, I think because the boss fights were either nonexistent or not very memorable. But the graphics in HL2 are just so much better with improved physics but it was something about the setting that I hated. Now that I'm over with SP, I'm patiently waiting for the mods.

[Muir Woods]

Originally Posted by MwyC

depends what difficulty you ar eplaying on
im playing on hard and i get only 12 in reserve

My mistake, you're right. Only 18 in total. I'm also waiting for good mods to come out (Jurassic Rage, and Sven Co-op looks cool). Meanwhile I've been playing a bit of CS: Source, and damn they took the CT shields away! And they put movable barrels everywhere on maps. They freaking block your way, just like your teammates . Anyways, CS: Source has been overall a good experience. I haven't encountered any hacks/cheaters yet, but I'm pretty sure I will soon. But I digress, this probably belongs in the CS thread...

[FrostLich]

This game is great but its a shame that i never played half life. I only played like the first 20 minutes of it. Anyone want to explain to me why those vargons (sp?, one eyed aliens) are helping the rebels?

So far im at the part where you return to city 17 and get a squad and the game has maintained my interest from the start. The only level i havent enjoyed so much is the car level which was way too long and i hated the gun that was attached to the car. I think i missed the tao cannon or whatever its called. I dont seem to have such a weapon yet even though im furthar than some of you guys.

Great game so far. I give it a 9.5/10.

[Nolan Void]

the one eyed aliens are calleed vortigaunts


sweet game

Already beat it!

[Nolan Void]

Did you not notice that Freeman and the g-man have the same eyes?


the g-man is freeman from the future

its just a matter of.... (time)



time travel was hinted at when they "slow teleported"


take that!

[Bandersnatch]

Originally Posted by FrostLich

This game is great but its a shame that i never played half life. I only played like the first 20 minutes of it. Anyone want to explain to me why those vargons (sp?, one eyed aliens) are helping the rebels?

So far im at the part where you return to city 17 and get a squad and the game has maintained my interest from the start. The only level i havent enjoyed so much is the car level which was way too long and i hated the gun that was attached to the car. I think i missed the tao cannon or whatever its called. I dont seem to have such a weapon yet even though im furthar than some of you guys.

Great game so far. I give it a 9.5/10.

The Tau Cannon is the gun that is attached to the car. Not sure if you get to use one that isnt connected, in the first game you did.