Why is this game so highly regarded? I could write a fucking thesis on how overrated it is, but it really boils down to how shitty the combat is, I mean, even compared other first person shooter games that have bad combat, Half Life 2's is exceptionally bad.
pic not related, as Ravenholm is one of the few sections that had fun and entertaining combat.
You're retarded if you think the combat is bad, it may lack some punch in weapon but in no way is it bad
>>341389713
I liked the game and I don't think the actual shooting is bad. It's just the A.I. is so stupid compared to the first game that it makes combat feel more dull.
>>341389903
No faggot, hitscan bullet sponge enemies in a game that's not an rpg is inexcusable. Compare the combat in this game to something like Quake and try to tell me that it's anything other than passable.
When Fallout has better combat than your game that's centered around combat then you fucked up.
>>341389713
It established the standards of FPS games after 2004. It's impossible to realize how innovative it was unless you were there.
>>341390454
>When Fallout has better combat than your game
>>341389713
okay
>>341390582
And as a note, it's not the combat that sets hl apart, but the gameplay pacing, cut scenes, characters, enviornments
>>341390454
i notice recently that every single classic fps is "bullet sponge" now
because you cant 1hit execute enemies with a button press. this is what todays /v/ expects
i got told quake 1 has "bullet sponge" enemies today. quake.
gee i wonder if it's just that these young kids are abysmal at fps :^)
>>341389713
Ravenholm was bar none the worst fucking part of this game.
If I could skip it I'd replay this game in a heartbeat.
>>341389917
The AI in the original HL is pretty terrible as well, there were just so many scripted sequences and the enemies died quickly enough that you didn't particularly care.
>>341390582
I'm not 12 years old familia, I played the game for the first time in 2005, right after playing FEAR. I had the same sentiments then that I have now.
>>341389713
(you)
Why is this game so highly regarded? I could write a fucking thesis on how overrated it is,
>>341390880
>there were just so many scripted sequences
yeah so many like all 10 or so in the game, 0 of which involve enemies
>>341389713
Who the fuck cares? Isnt this game like 15 years old or something?
Go make a tgread about something relevant op. Also, dont we have a retro games board? Go post this shit there
>>341390454
>No faggot, hitscan bullet sponge enemies in a game that's not an rpg is inexcusable. Compare the combat in this game to something like Quake
even though quake's most notable enemy is a hitscan bullet sponge. go fuck yourself retard.
>>341390962
IM ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Why is this game so highly regarded? I could write a fucking thesis on how overrated it is
>>341389713
Its from 2004, I doubt you were even born yet, you fucking faggot.
>mentions that he likes Ravenholm combat
>doesnt go on to mention that the blue Grav gun in the Citadel was fun too
>doesnt concede the point that the inclusion of the Grav Gun in general makes it a great game
>>341390962
Do it than. Prove us you are not just a shitposter and actually provide some explanation in why that game is so bad and how you were the only one to notice this in all this time.
I'll never understand how people find it overrated
It's brilliant
>>341390880
>The AI in the original HL is pretty terrible as well
I haven't play an FPS with AI that smart until F.E.A.R. came out. I'm convinced you didn't even play the original Half-Life... or you don't remember it at all.
OP grew up with iron sights.
>>341391418
It's really not.
>>341390454
Whooooa check out how tough you are you
>>341391418
>game comes out in 2004
>0 cutscenes
>most of whats going on in the world can be inferred from the environment
This is so fresh that we rarely even see it today
I rather liked HL2, but it annoys me is that it is treated as a genuis masterwork. Riddick was a better fps released in the same year, Far Cry was more technically impressive. It was better than Doom 3 though.
>>341390837
Ravenholm takes 20 minutes, top. Maybe 30 if you've never done it before.
this game was released 12 years ago
12
and there were no groudbreaking improvements ever since, shit most games released in the recent years have an even worse physics engine
>>341390819
I know, Q1's combat was all wep combos, like nade-nade-shotty to take out an ogre, or just figuring out the health of the enemies so that you can use the right weapon to take them all out. People are shitters at Quake and think you can beat all enemies with one weapon. Once you figure out the right combos/movement patterns/when you're safe to attack, even Nightmare is a fucking breeze in Q1. Shame people almost never figured that shit out.
>>341390837
anon, you can skip it, very easily actually, unless you're playing on a console
>>341390454
>bullet sponge enemies
>>341390837
now this is bait
>>341391645
if you hated half life it makes sense, but god damn seeing barney again was amazing
>>341389713
get some taste little fag
>>341390837
that's what SMG jumping is for
>>341389713
I disliked it on release, but maybe I should replay it. Can't be worse than modern stuff.
>>341391726
>0 cutscenes
Having people talk to the player while the only thing they can do is walk around and pick stuff up might as well be considered unskippable cutscenes.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the change of world we got from hl1to 2? Hl1 was just a dude in a science facility/military base. Standard fare. In Hl2 they just extrapolated so much from the fact that aliens were invading.
you just don't see this in sequels today
>>341391553
>this year people born in 1998 can post here
>he grew up with iron sights
It's not impossible, unfortunately...
>>341390819
Did you even read my post? I literally said Quake had superior combat to Half Life 2 in the post you're quoting.
>>341391450
>>341391018
You kids are fucking retards that have obviously only played the game a few times. 80% of the flanking maneuvers and displays of intelligence in the game were caused by invisible triggers. Don't believe me? Play a shitty original Half Life map to see just how much of their intelligence was scripted.
>>341391081
Do you even know what a hitscan enemy is you drooling fucking retard? The Shambler is literally the only enemy that would qualify and they hardly constitute the majority of the enemies in Quake, whereas over half of the enemies in Half Life 2 are hitscan bullet sponges.
>>341390962
>hurrr a cult classic that was a commercial failure resulting in the disbandment of the studio responsible for it is comparable to the most successful single player effort from one of the most successful developers in the industry
Kill yourself
>>341392342
First Unreal had you stranded on a completely alien planet, exploring exotic flora and mysterious alien temples. HL2 had drab eastern european suburbs and grey plains.
>>341389713
>I didn't play fps before 2007
It was CoD before CoD became CoD
It improve apon everything the frist halflife in know for
>inb4 muh gameplay
half life had some of the worse gunplay of games from that era of shooters, but it was "realistic" so it was passable
play more old games scrub, then you might understand why people went apeshit for this game
>>341391962
God, this one hurts... the only physics engine that really worked in my opinion was the improved physics in CoD4 Promod... CoD4's base physics sucked ass but Promod's really worked great. No other "modern shooter"game has come close to Promod in recent years. Not one.
>>341390454
>When Fallout has better combat than your game
When good bait goes bad
>>341392516
>The A.I. is stupid because they have some scripted sequences and because I say so
Oh fuck off, douche nozzle.
>>341390880
>it was shit in 2005!
>2016
>making a thread about it now
anon, just stop, no one cares
>>341389713
Yeah Overwatch is really bad
>>341393391
I didn't say the combat was bad, only that the AI in the original Half Life is nothing special. I actually quite liked the combat in the original Half Life, it's just not because of the versatility of AI.
>>341393551
>47 replies in half an hour
>no one cares
You pathetic fucking redditors are practically foaming at the mouth trying to defend your precious box throwing simulator.
I had to force myself to play through HL2 and that was in 2005
>>341393706
>>47 replies in half an hour
>>no one cares
Yeah buddy, that's not that much in a board with 1'000,000 of users active at any agiven time.
>>341393818
aren't you special
Better than witcher 3 and GTA v and d44m
>>341393829
>1,000,000 active users
Can we all just appreciate the retardation of this post?
Why is this game so highly regarded? I could write a fucking thesis on how overrated it is, but it really boils down to how shitty the combat is.
>>341394003
Maybe you should look up on what a hyperbole is, my friend.
>>341393829
>N-no really, I don't care you don't like my favorite game. Y-you're just a pleb.
>PCucks getting this triggered that their last exclusive was objectively a piece of shit
>>341394941
>exclusive
Either way HL2 was trash.
>>341391726
>0 cutscenes
More than half the game is unskippable bullshit from Alex and other retards. Half Life 2 is the ORIGINAL 2cinematic4u FPS. Complete with god awful on rails sections and AI that literally does nothing. HL2 is literally why FPSes are all garbage today.
>>341392516
>80% of the flanking maneuvers and displays of intelligence in the game were caused by invisible triggers. Don't believe me? Play a shitty original Half Life map to see just how much of their intelligence was scripted.
uhhhhhhhhh actually half-life 1 has neural net AI for the grunts which pretty much no other game has to this day
its one of the only games that actually has anything going on under the hood in terms of AI.
sorry, barking up the wrong tree spectacularly there, sparky.
I am literally retarded and shit in my diaper every three minutes. I agree with you, OP.
>>341391783
This. Riddick was GOTY 2004.
>>341390679
>>341391081
>>341391662
>>341391992
>>341392861
Not an argument.
>>341396894
>which pretty much no other game has to this day
Because everything moved to much better behavior trees.
>>341390837
Oh fucking please.
Take your shitposting elsewhere.
