Just installed this. What should I expect?
Unforeseen consequences.
>>342841423
disappointment
Expect a pretty cool game. I played Half-Life 2 first, but got really interested in the series and had a lot of fun when I played the first one and its expansion packs.
>What should I expect?
One of the greatest games ever made.
>>342841423
Mediocre game
barnacles
>>342841423
More fun than Half-Life 2 IMO
less annoying NPCs following you around
>>342841423
The test chamber.
>>342841423
great fps.
A great single player first person shooter experience. A first of its kind actually.
>>342841423
Boring first few minutes. SHTF real fast. Late 90s gunplay.
>>342842042
>>342841709
these two are faggots
half-life has more content is more challenging and rewards you better with shots and actually has recoil on the guns
Something that has not existed on a AAA game since around that era
>>342842087
Oh baby.
>>342842412
No, half life is boring and extremely overrated. Recoil is barely an obstacle.
>>342841423
the best game of the 90s that permanently changed the way first person games were done
>>342842516
No it isnt it is a great game and there has not been recoil in any major titles since around this era
>>342841582
fpbs
>>342842373
>he doesn't engross himself in the atmosphere of the early game
pleb
>>342842412
>more challenging
>bulletsponge enemies, shitty platforming sections
If you don't like half life, you simply didn't play it around the time it came out.
Partly nostalgia, but also an appreciation for the things it did different to most games at the time.
>>342842516
>half life instead of half-life
Opinion disregarded.
>>342842939
You can say that shit when you want to make excuses for HL2. HL1 is good right now.
>>342841423
an extremely dated game that will leave you bored as fuck
>>342843058
you're one of those autists that spells Valve as VALVᵉ aren't you?
>>342843076
superior recoil compared to modern titles
>dated
>>342843072
it's a lot harder to appreciate the game today if you've already played a lot of modern titles that copy half life 1
>>342843227
Half life is a good game because it's a good shooter with good mechanics and good guns. Not because of some train ride at the beginning or npcs that open doors for you.
>>342843076
This. Get Black Mesa instead
>>342843372
fuck off
black mesa is shit
>>342843372
yep worse recoil and slower movement is is a good thing
>>342843372
>le xenless soap opera slow half life
>>342843490
>slower movement
it's slower than original? fuck
>>342841423
a lot of fun anon, better gunplay than HL2 if you ask me
>>342843490
Don't forget neutering the grunt's AI to basically be walking turrets.
Bunny hopping
>>342843372
the audio is shit
everything sounds off
weapons don't sound right
animations are shit
everyone looks the same
>>342841423
A game you will love for half your life
>>342841423
One of the worst games ever made. Trial and error gameplay, terrible ladder physics, the list goes on.
>>342843539
significantly.
Gordon in HL1 runs at about the same speed as you do in Quake
>>342841423
Honestly I enjoyed this game more than HL2. HL1 is a very solid game with a lot of fun shit
Fuck HL2. It's overrated. Come at me
>>342841423
On A Rail fucking sucks
HEY CATCH ME LATER I'LL BUY YA A BEER
>>342843746
Everything is right except your last point
literally all but one security guard is the same
>>342843807
>two points
>the list goes on
faggot
>>342844854
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26pjm9_top-ten-gaming-sequel-transitions_videogames
Find the half life section
>want to play a game again
>remember THAT part
What was it, /v/?
>>342844987
>dailymotion
>GamingTopTen
It's like you're not even trying
>>342845309
Wait, what's the issue here? Are you trying to troll?
>>342845279
CLANK CLANK
CLANK CLANK
..
CLANK CLANK CLANK
>>342845279
I don't understand, was this supposed to be hard? You have quicksaving.
The hardest part was that the retarded guard at the top came outside to shoot the thing. I had to shoot him so he didn't block my way.
>>342845279
Demons souls loading screens desu
HL1 is miles better than HL2
Better atmosphere, better gunplay, better enemies, better puzzles, Xen, no Alex, scary water enemies, Military coverups. Perfectly captures the conspiratorial, paranoid feeling of the 1990s.
Literally superior in every way. Anyone who says otherwise is a teenager.
>>342845279
>remember this taking forever as a kid
>do it again as an adult in like 20 minutes
Everything seems to work that way but this one really stands out to me.
>>342841949
Thanks for posting this one friend
>This year's E3
>>342841423
A decent fps that unfortunately overshadowed far better ones from the same year.
>>342841582
/thread.
>>342843746
>everyone looks the same
I love Hl1 as well, but please.
>>342845279
did you faggots try to save the scientist?
I shot him once and broke the cutscene, but he wouldn't talk to me :(
>>342846457
Now anon, this isn't a HL2 thread. Don't be that guy.
>>342846457
>old school fps thread
>WOW HEY GUYS DID YOU HEAR ABOUT UNREAL? IT'S THE BEST TRUCKING GAME EVER. NO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT UNREAL TOURNAMENT, I'M TALKING ABOUT UNREAL, I KNOW YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT, BUT JUST TAKE MY WORD THAT IT'S BETTER THAN EVERY OTHER CELEBRATED FPS IN HISTORY
>>342842939
I only played Blue Shift anytime near its release, and had a blast when I finally played through HL a few years back.
>>342847308
Never happens. Did you mean to say Blood? Since that's what happens and then a dozen webms are posted.
>>342846457
>there will never be a Half Life thread without obnoxious wannabe shills for other games that won't just make their own fucking threads
>>342845979
The leaked Hl2 stuff looks as if it would have made a far greater game. Not that HL2 wasn't great at release.
>>342841423
A fantastic game that has aged like fine wine
I have been having a lot of fun with mods recently, just finished Azure Sheep and Half-Quake
>>342846457
Unreal is definitely really underrated, those guns and music were great
But UT was much better game
>>342847308
The proper protocol is to bring it up when people start saying shit about HL inventing stuff. Not randomly like that guy.
>>342842930
>platforming
>bad
>>342847454
It happens in literally every half-life thread.
>>342845279
On A Rail
If Blue Shift came out before Opposing Force it would have been better received
>>342847571
>Boy Half-Quake was great now I gotta try Half-Life Amen
>It's fucking shit
o-okay.
>>342845279
>Best
Lambda Core
>Worst
Interloper
>Overrated
Surface Tension
>Underrated
Residue Processing
>>342845624
I think most people just find it tedious
>>342841949
I like how none of those scenes that are in the screenshots appear in the game.
Can we talk about how much better HL1 is than HL2 and how HL2 is overrated as fuck?
>>342845279
>Best
Black Mesa Inbound
>Worst
Questionable Ethics
>Overrated
Xen
>Underrated
Hazard Course
>>342849262
The beta build of HL2 looked god tier. After the redesign I was so disappointed with it.
>>342845279
>not this piece of shit
>literally so unmemorable i can't even remember his name
I mean, it's the final boss, but it's probably the worst part of the game by a huge stretch.
>>342849416
>Best
Office Complex
>Worst
Interloper
>Overrated
Surface Tension
>Underrated
Forget About Freeman
>>342849637
>Nihilanth
>giant baby not memorable
>>342841423
>shooten
>runnin
>jumpin
>>342849637
Why does Half-Life go retarded the last chapter? it always felt off compared to the whole game
>>342850152
that's why it's so memorable
>>342850152
Xen is the best part of the game.
>>342850382
yeah i honestly don't get why so many people hate it
there's just that one part that fucking sucks and that's the one with the big platform full of those alien trampolines
for years i thought you actually had to take damage from them but it turns out you have to crawl in some really well hidden tiny hole
>>342841423
I just started this yesterday. Currently at Blast Pit. I also got it to play through the They Hunger mods I played as a kid.
>>342850582
How much of it do you remember? A lot if it is really good but it starts getting weird in the third chapter.
>>342843076
>dated
when will this meme end?
>>342849637
I don't know, I liked that fucker, and he sure as fuck was memorable. Killing the final boss with a crowbar is really satisfying.
>>342849842
I meant I couldn't remember his name.
It's only ever shown before you start the boss fight.
I did remember the fight itself and how much I didn't like it.
>>342849637
He's more memorable than the final boss of Blue Shift.
>>342849249
A lot of the alpha/beta stuff from '97 has been reused to some degree mostly pertaining to levels. As far as I see, only the story and, from gameplay perspective, characters had any dramatic change.
>>342850152
Because its supposed to? I guess it depends on what you mean by off, but I thought it was a really cool way, felt appropriately alien.
>>342841423
Fun game, shit final boss
>>342850996
wait a second
>>342843809
There's no sprint in Half-Life. Quake has sprint.
>>342850582
They Hunger is GOAT HL mod even though last episode was a bit meh
>>342851164
Gordon runs like a motherfucker at all times. Combine that with bunny hopping, gauss boosts, and grenade jumps and you can fly. Black Mesa has very slow movement speed without sprint(which is limited) and as far as I know has no boosts.
>>342851164
Quake doesn't have sprint
>>342851382
time to post top tier mods.
>>342851623
that mod was really fucking weird
>>342845279
>Best
Forget about Freeman
>Worst
Unforeseen Consequences
>Overrated
Surface Tension
>Underrated
Office Complex
Also I liked Blast Pit for some reason. The atmosphere was dark and spookily
>>342851767
The random anime pictures all over the place were weird but the mod itself was great.
>>342851623
4chan: the mod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRSF4T9mhhs&ab_channel=AJollyWanker
Damn, I loved Half Life
>>342851856
Fuck off with that meme shit.
>>342851981
DO YOU SUCK DICKS?
>>342851939
Have you played unreal? it's better
>>342849249
I wish the alpha/beta stuff that got cut was still in the game. Stuff like Uplink, the marine base camp, a lot of the facility labs, etc. That shit was all pretty neat.
>>342850152
It's too videogamey in all the wrong ways. The never ending platforming feels off from the rest of the game where platforming was locked to a few sequences and it wasn't good to begin with. You then get the same as an entire episode. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
>>342851623
Poke646
>>342852131
The worst things they cut were the enemies.
>tfw there will never be a real working panthereye
>>342852131
meant to quote
>>342851027
>>342852131
i love uplink, i wish it was in the game too
i like how it even had secrets
>>342845279
Everything after office complex or we got hostiles depending on how I feel.
>>342852201
my melanin enriched friend.
do people forget that Xen was split into four chapters?
Xen
Gonarch's Lair
Interloper
Nihilanth
>>342851578
Yes it does. It's called "Run", so maybe my mistake. Pic related, Dos version running on Dosbox.
>>342852375
Also The Xen chapter itself was really short, Interloper which is the lesst popular is the longest
>>342852375
Probably they just don't like any part of Xen at all and just lump all the chapters together
I thought Gonarch's Lair was really fun though
>>342852647
Fuck
Mini
Headcrabs
>>342852375
Everyone labels these are Xen and doesn't bother about specifics. I don't really see a problem.
>>342852647
>a giant testicle on 4 legs
I wonder if they could get away with it now
>>342852385
Walking in quake is not the default, though.
It's like the walk function in half-life. Not default, but is present.
>>342851623
Point of View
>>342852853
I was interested in PoV because it was made by the same people as Azure Sheep and playing as Vortigunt sounded fun, but it just got too tedious
>>342852853
Azure Sheep too.
https://youtu.be/aH5y4vTCb1k?t=110
>that korean HEV
>>342852253
There actually is a mod that adds it back in. It's not a very smooth transition though. One minute you're jumping through portals in lambda and the next you're suddenly aligning radio dishes.
There's even one or two mods that extend uplink.
>You will never play uplink for the first time again
>>342853013
Playing a Vortigaunt is cool until you realize you're stuck with a single weapon 99% of the time.
>>342853013
Really? I loved shooting everybody with green lightning. I hardly used any other weapons.
>>342841423
>What should I expect?
Half-Life 8
>>342845979
>All this excellent taste
> No Alex
> Picking up on the 90s X-Files conspiracy vibes
Everything about you, I love. You could very well be me from another place and time. Can we hook up?
>>342853013
>>342853051
Azure Sheep was like better and Longer Blue Shift
>>342851623
This guy did a great overview of HL mods a month ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpbFtCUqM0M
>>342853071
>tfw no vocaloid armored suit
I haven't played 1, but if it's anything like HL2, it'll be partially a boring empty countryside walking/driving simulator, partially a standard fps with a few puzzles and light objectives
>Hazardous course
Comfy and infuriating all at once.
>>342853101
so, how do you escape from the gargantua?
>>342853551
It's not like HL2
It's more like Die Hard with science and aliens
Beat the game, then start getting single-player mods. Here are a few that are lengthy:
>Afraid of Monsters: DC
>Azure Sheep
>Black Ops
>They Hunger
>>342853417
>hated Wanted
Opinion discarded
>>342853673
>Afraid of Monsters: DC
The way they lock the only good ending is fucking infuriating.
>>342853618
Another portal.
It's pretty hamfisted.
So, azure sheep was pretty cool right?
did the PC escape with his waifu?
>>342853673
>>Black Ops
what did it do?
>>342853640
You've sold me, I need to play it now.
Here is a great site for HL mods
It's in Czech though so you'll have to use a translator
http://hosting.cecak.cz/forum-modifikace/hl1/
>>342853868
Is there anything there that's not on moddb?
>>342850792
>>342851382
I actually didn't play the Third Chapter. I've heard the third episode is the weakest.
>>342853797
>>342853673
Have there ever been other Hl1 mods with branching paths like AoM?
>>342853820
You get to play the role as a Black Ops operative from Opposing Force that blew up Black Mesa, so it's sort of a prologue to it.
>>342853946
Not sure
>>342854003
Its sequel Cry of Fear
>>342854003
Sweet Half-Life has two routes but they both have the same ending.
>>342841423
why did both half life 1 and 2 fail to establish the standards for new FPSes to come?
they set the bar so fucking high multiple times, but other games didnt even jump trying to reach it and still got a free pass with millions of players and sales
now nobody even remembers half life aside from die hard fanslike me
>>342845979
>>342853214
>>342853551
Is this you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpCv12q6fFI ?
I have no idea why current day /v/ is so blindly cynical about HL2 and the episodes. It's not like you have to war one against the other. You should appreciate both. I can safely say that if you hate either one, like actually having sat down and played the damn games, that you dislike either of them, you definitely have narrow and outright bad taste.
>>342853993
same, I only played 1 and 2.
>dat scene where the paratroopers land and begin to rip and tear zombies while you are in the cage.
The guy in the chopper was GOAT too.
>"DIE ZOMBIES" DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA
>>342853797
The good ending was always easy to get, just make sure you choose a different path when you get to the train station that doesn't lead you to the apartment complex.
>>342852104
No I'll check it out
>>342841582
perfect
>>342854179
In order to get the full code to open the good ending door you have to get every other ending first.
>>342854126
Because Valve takes their sweet time with them.
>>342854156
>
its the same with Dawn of War 1 and 2, they are honestly great in their own way, but it has to be one versus the other.
>>342854126
>now nobody even remembers half life aside from die hard fanslike me
The series not being relevant to the mainstream since 07 likely has something to do about it.
>>342854156
Half Life 2 has just aged badly, it's a simple fact. It was a good game at the time, and hell still honestly looks pretty good, but it's gameplay is dated and doesn't have the same visceral feel of the first.
>>342853993
>>342854163
It gets really silly and action-y, especially at the final boss. Much weaker than the first episode but it's a fine ending to the series.
>>342854156
I used to find HL1 overrated and love the second but now I swiched opinions, not sure why
There seems to be a small discrepancy in...
No, I'm sure it's within acceptable bounds.
>>342854156
Here's your (you). If you read my post I stated I haven't played 1. I cannot vouch for a game I didn't play. I just don't like 2.
>>342854298
They're still hugely influential, its just no one remembers them. HL2 set the ground works for the modern set piece driven campaign, unfortunately modern devs forgot that you need to make the set pieces actually playable.
>Early HL2 mods
Man, those are magical
>>342850152
I like it when games go off the deep end at the last part. It's the most cliche'd thing ever but I love it when a jrpg about swords and shit ends with you in some sort of sky fortress built by ancient aztecs who were actually from space.
>>342854264
The one where you wake up from your drug-induced coma? I remember you didn't need the code to get the good ending. It might've been a bug or something.
>>342854126
HL1 and 2 were cinematic experiences in a way that no other games since have been. People harp about TLOU all the time but HL1 was literally a video game movie that you could interact with, and was a killer FPS to boot.
>>342854298
>tfw memes about HL3 are more popular than HL1 and HL2.
this thread made me realize I never actually finished HL2
I got to the shitty chapter with the squad members and it kept crashing inside the citadel building so I just gave up
>>342854156
2 legitimately lost touch with everything that made 1 great. Sign of the times, and my #1 reason why I don't want a Half Life 3.
Is Half Life 2 a bad game? No. But if you were alive in the 90s to experience the game fresh for yourself with the mental capacity to understand the world around you, it was such a better game in that context than what Half Life 2 ended up being for early -mid 2000s. 1 was kind of like Deus Ex. They both capture that feeling, those vibes. They feel like there's genuine atmosphere to them, like you once were there at the various locations or like you could visit them if you searched. I never got those feelings from 2, ever.
>>342854328
Aside from the puzzles, how exactly is the gameplay dated?
It's just a tried and true derivative of Quake's mechanics and engine, without being bogged down by some of the modern trappings.
>>342854536
Yeah, there are notes all over the game and you have to piece them together to get the code to open the door. Some of them are in maps where you're already locked to a different ending.I just noclipped through the door.
>>342854421
I got the silent hill vibe from the first game, and being stuck in the prison where the zombies come to eat you was hair raising for me.
>that barney who blows the prison door open with a rocket launcher.
>>342854460
What are the best HL2 mods? I only played Underhell and Grey
>>342851041
How many fps actually have good bosses?
>sven coop
>team fortress
>they hunger
>afraid of monsters
>cry of fear
>gunman chronicles
>Earth special forces
>counter strike
>natural selection
this game is a pinnacle of modding
Who /chickencasserole/ here?
>>342852808
>Walking in quake is not the default, though
But that's wrong. I don't know what source port you played, but in Dos Quake you have to press the run button to actually run.
I've attached a webm. Starting run is made at default speed until nearly the end of the 3rd episode hall. Running back I used the Run button. The speed differences are apparent.
>>342854736
Minerva
Mission Improbable
Research and Development
>>342854617
>I never got those feelings from 2, ever.
How the fuck do you play Highway 17 and not feel like its a lived in, real area? That shit is so cool, and I've never felt anything like that in a game before or since.
>>342854750
doom 2
HL1
>>342854790
>gunman chronicles
>mod
That game is underrated as hell and I wish more people appreciated it.
>>342854832
cl_run 1
>>342854156
i share your thoughts man, for some fucking reason since 2014 v is going full hate against HL2 because it wasn't a HL1 remake
i personally think both games/episodes are GOAT on their own and as sequels to each other
>>342854328
it didnt age worse than half life 1, and even though half life 1 combat was better fun, half life 2 was far more visceral, meaty and had good feeling
>>342854567
>shitty chapther with the squad members
u wot
>>342854750
very few, but metroid prime might be one, they are fun
>>342854457
>HL2 set the ground works for the modern set piece driven campaign
HL1 was the game that "set the ground works for the modern set piece driven campaign". HL2 was the same shit with a lot more cutscenes and forced character interaction, i.e. a lot worse.
>>342854750
I liked the bosses in new Doom. Serious Sam has a few fun ones.
>>342854663
>without being bogged down by some of the modern trappings.
Except for all those long ass cutscenes you can't skip. And long ass boat scenes. And long ass driving sequences. It's a big physics demonstration. An impressive physics demonstration sure, but it honestly kills any drive to play it years later because I honestly can't be fucked with those areas.
Half Life is fun to load up today because it has pure focus on shooting and good level design facilitating shooting. Half Life 2 bogs it's mechanics down with too much other shit to make as fun to play years later.
>>342853640
That's how I'm going to describe it from now on.
>>342854832
fine whatever.
But my original point was that Gordon's run is about the same as Ranger's run in speed.
>>342854692
I remember the notes being scattered around the maps, but never really cared much to inspect them.
>To get the gun with infinite ammo, you have to unlock all of the endings
I hated that shit as there were parts of the game that annoyed the living shit out of me, most especially the train station where enemies swarmed you.
>>342854976
Follow Freeman is a bad chapter
it doesn't help that the squad AI is horrible and you can't walk through them so they're constantly bunching up around you and getting in your way
>>342854964
That's not "default".
>>342841423
nothing but a shitty game
>>342854994
>some
>>342841423
Shitty Quake wannabe, only slower and more "cinematic".
>>342854981
HL1 was a good game which set the foundation for CS which despite being much worse was more popular and other games trying to emulate that popularity ruined the fps genre for over a decade.
>>342855067
>let me get out of your way
its a good chapter and the urban combat is amazing, but have to agree on you, ive heard that fucking line so many times, its just fused to my brain
>>342841582
yes
>>342855190
(You)
>>342854981
In a surprising turn, HL2 is the sequel to HL, and built on it a lot.
Also stop bitching about the cutscenes, they're great the first time around and always relegated to their own chapters so you can skip them any other time if you really want to.
>>342854790
>>natural selection
>tfw missed out on NS
>it doesn't have a bot mode
Fuck, is it still alive?
@342855129
not worth a you
>>342854912
I think it started as a mod to Quake 2. Then basically transitioned to a full game. Pretty amazing.
>>342854994
Fuck off, the driving was great. Highway 17 is one of the most atmospheric levels in vidya history.
Also the gravity gun is a great mechanic and holds up, calling it a physics demonstration is just dumb.
>>342841423
Honest answer here. If you've played half life 2. After you play this you'll think half life 2 is shit compared to the masterpiece you've just installed on your pc. There are somd very confusing parts. If you like really fast paced shooters you'll love this. You move so fuckin quick. Sanic sped
>>342854156
They're both good, HL1 is just better.
>>342854869
I never felt anything in those sections. Or any section in 2 honestly. The game feels too estranged from everything human. It's not like in 1 where it was believable locations, people and time. What year did 2 take place do you know? Does it have any concept of time? No. It's just this odd surreal experience. I am genuinely not a fan.
>>342855341
>342855341
It was an HL1 mod but Sierra was impressed by how much work they did on it so they published it as a standalone game.
>>342854736
It's pretty hard to go wrong. Just look HL2 up on moddb and list everything by popularity/rating.
Planetphillip is another good place to look. They also do pretty regular mapping contests so there's always something new to play.
>>342855437
>After you play this you'll think half life 2 is shit compared to the masterpiece you've just installed on your pc.
You almost certainly won't, people who play HL2 first tend to prefer it.
>>342855129
>its not the latest graphics so millennials will think this
>>342855545
I played Half Life 2 first
You're full of shit, Half Life 1 is way better
>>342854156
Don't get me wrong, I like HL2, I just think it's inferior to HL1 in almost every way. Less enemy variety, less weapon variety, spends way too much time shoving the story down your throat, and their attempts to make the game look as realistic as possible really make it feel old.
>>342855434
>Fuck off, the driving was great. Highway 17 is one of the most atmospheric levels in vidya history.
And it's agreed by nearly everyone that it goes on for too long. Driving is not nearly as fun as shooting. It's half decent for a break in action but it outstays its welcome fast.
Who was odessa Cubbage?
Also, do people play Natural Selection.
>>342854994
the bad part about driving sections isn't the driving itself, its that you get off the fucking boat every 3 minutes to get another retarded ass bullshit obstacle out of the way instead of enjoying it then being done with it
>>342855483
It took place about 20 years after 1. They tell you that explicitly. Also genuinely what the fuck are you talking about? HL2 had tons of little details in its environments that made them feel lived in and real, the original had inexplicable architecture out the ass.
>>342854976
It didn't have to be a HL1 remake, it just had to be more game and less novelty attraction.
>>342855328
There are tons of third party bot addons for goldsrc, I'm sure you can find one for NS. All else fails there's probably a steam group for it.
>>342855845
yeah, I played svencoop and TF1 with bots because being a thirdworlder is suffering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKkJPFmDW9Q
Why did Valve remove these things with the later updates?
>>342855759
Its interrupted very regularly though, and its a nice change of pace. I feel like people who complain about those sections don't actually remember them right, the hoverboat section is under 50% driving and the car is even less than that.
>>342855602
Does this even apply anymore? I mean shit there's tons of pixel art games out nowadays. And even low poly is gaining some traction too (and it should really hurry up because I need it). I don't think anyone gets turned down by graphics anymore.
>>342855774
Guy who gives you the rocket launcher in 2.
>>342855981
It probably wasn't intentional. Valve just didn't care enough to fix them.
There's mods to add it all back in though if you care.
>>342856023
>>342856023
I personally found the hoverboat section to be tedious. The dune buggy was fucking fun though.
I forgot what the railway bridge was for
>>342855981
They made some graphical changes to the Steam version like adding widescreen support, suppose it has something to do with that,
>>342855295
>they're great the first time around
Not for me they weren't.
Their attempts to make the characters "likable" fell completely flat, they were just long sequences of unfunny dialogue.
Think about how long it takes before the actual gameplay of Half Life 2 starts. I mean the real gameplay, not the just walking from one scripted cutscene to the next that is the entirety opening. It has to be something close to half an hour, at least. Other games get crucified for that sort of crap and yet Half Life 2 is proclaimed one of the greatest games of all time.
>>342856169
And where might I find these mods?
>>342855759
I liked the driving sections last time I played it. But that may be because I literally just got a high refresh rate monitor and driving felt amazing.
>>342852210
>post yfw you will never get raped in a cave by Mr. Friendly
>>342856134
why did they make him into a character? was he the JarJar of HL2?
>>342856247
HL2 started it, it was novel at the time.
>>342853071
>german version isn't a robot
>>342855295
>they're great the first time around and always relegated to their own chapters so you can skip them any other time if you really want to
You don't get the option to skip chapters until you beat them, and if the cutscenes were so interesting I wouldn't spend so much time throwing shit at NPCs and jumping around waiting for them to end.
>>342856279
teenagers man.
>we finally have the technology to do something like Mr friendly, but it will trigger people so it won't be done.
>>342856350
Half life 1 started it ya dingus. And it didn't take 30 minutes either.
>>342856247
Did you miss that part of 1 where you start with a 10 minute tram ride?
Also games get crucified for that shit if you have no control, HL2 gives you control from the get go. Walking around City 17 at the start is one of my favorite levels just because you can walk around. Same deal with the lab section of Half Life.
>>342841423
the end of the old-school fps
>>342856434
Ironically if they were actual cutscenes I'd probably be more inclined to watch them.
>>342856434
If you're really that impatient that you can't even watch them once you've got console commands.
>>342854004
>Get to play as the military
>Don't have to face any ethical conflicts killing facility personnel
>Instead you get separated and it's just another half-life
Opposing Force was a wasted opportunity.
Dr. Breen did nothing wrong
>>342856645
The opening section in 1 isn't nearly as long as 2. And at least in 1 I can go get a snack during the tram, there's no npc refusing to talk because I'm not standing on the right side of the room.
>>342856534
There were only a few moments like that in HL1 that I remember. The tram ride, waiting to get into the test chamber, that one scientist stopping you in the freezer, getting dragged by the soldiers, and the ending with G-Man. And none of those even come close to how much time HL2 spends on cutscenes. If you pay attention to HL2 speedruns you'll notice they shaved like an hour off the time when they found out how to skip cutscenes.
>>342856534
the tram ride and everything until fucking unforseen consequences is a giant cutscene where you don't have any agency other than spamming E and nuking someone's chicken.
Expect fun. It's the best FPS of all time.
>>342856764
It made up for it
>>342856821
how did they figure that out
>>342856821
Yeah the "cutscenes" in HL1 aren't bad. They're like Quake 2's "COMPUTER UPDATED!" but better.
>>342855981
Didn't they also nerf the fuck out of the MP5?
>>342856793
>The opening section in 1 isn't nearly as long as 2.
Its pretty close. In any case, why are you playing through it if you hate it? Chapter select is a thing.
