Half Life 2

[motoxer4533]

A few days ago I bought Half Life 2. I was really excited about playing, hearing that it was the G.G.O.A.T(Greatest Game of all Time).

However, it really is nothing special to me. I think it might be because I'm only on the 3rd interval, but it is just really boring and repetitive.

What do you guys think? Should I stick it out, or is it not even worth it?

 

[juno_reactor]

you should stick it out, my friend. its not about imressive graphics or what cool guns you get...although i would like to use the sniper riffle myself...but thats not the point! its a great game overall. great story and plot and several puzzles to get you through it. i guess it also depends on what kind of FPS games you're into as well but it is a very highly recommendable game. i really doubt the greatest game of all time though. HL2 is just a really good game.

consider me obssesed

 

[motoxer4533]

consider me obsessed.. with America's Army. I can't get enough of that **** game. lol..


but i think i will stick it out, all the 9 or 10 / 10 reviews cant be wrong.

Anyone else have an opinion?¿?¿?

 

[aaronkupen]

Truthfully the first couple times I've played half life 2, I did think it was probably the greatest pc game of all time. Looking back... well it probably isn't, but definately the best fps of all time.

I think the game loses a lot of it's focus during the vehicle squences which are way too long... but the game really shines during the urban areas and also with the combine fights. I just think a lot of the alien fightning in ravenholm wasn't that necessary for the plot.

Ultimately, the game is amazing on a technical level and on a gameplay/story line level. The gameplay changes might not seem that revolutionary compared to other fps games though, and honestly there isn't really a huge difference if you don't care about the physics engine and whatnot. I could see how people could be bored with the game though so I tend to not criticize when people don't seem to like it.

 

[Waphlez]

Yea go through with it, then download Gmod and screw around with that, tons of good hours into that as long as you have a creative mind.

 

[bonehelm]

and lots of ram to load those objects.

 

[PixelManual]

"Should I stick it out"

What? I absolutely love HL2 and every single one of it's predeccesors. It might be a 'slow start' but it picks up in pace and soon you'll find yourself spending hours immersed in it. I got it during a long weekend, finished it during the long weekend.... I think I spent over 50 hours actually gaming... yah. Stick it out, it gets really entertaining and the story devlops even moreso.

 

[maroon1]

HL2 is a good game, but of course it not greatest pc game of all time. There are many games that i enjoyed playing much more than HL2.

Also, HL2 is not as good as HL1. HL1 was longer than HL2, and it wasn't repetitive like HL2, and it had more puzzles.

 

[cwiz]

HL2 is not as good as HL1, but the graphics improvement was nessicary inorder for counterstrike to live on, i think.

the puzzles from HL1 are reused alot. not just by hl2, but also other fps. i have found that if u played alot of hl1, pretty much every fps since then is pretty much a cake walk. i just finished quake 4 and it was probably about the easiest game i've played (on a problemsolving level)

the vehicle sequences are dumb. u just haul ace thru em and its like half of the game.

in all i was not impressed w/ the game hl2, but the multiplayer is so addictive, i've pretty much exclusively played steam games since hl2 came out

 

[Waphlez]

Greatest Game of All Time is a hard title to live up to especially since it's an FPS which is probably the most played out PC genre. To be honest I think Civilization II is probably one of the greatest games of all time.