HL2 singleplayer..

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:17 am

.. is STILL fucking jaw dropping!
Havent had steam or hl2 installed for 3-4 months so i thought i should give it a go this morning when i woke up... and man, i been playing sp nonstop for 5 hours now.

I've said it before and im saying it again.. HL2 is the best SP adventure ever made.
The expansion is due to Q4 of 2005.. then maybe we can have alot of questions answered.

Gotta get back in.

ps. if ya havent played it for awhile, start it up again, you will be suprised.

[lvlshot]http://professionnal.free.fr/hl2/hl2%202004-11-16%2009-54-43-64.jpg[/lvlshot]

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:34 am

Aye, even though some of the levels are lower detail than Quake 1 (lol), it WAS a great game to play.

Kicked Doom 3's arse.

Post by **mik0rs** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:55 am

Yep, fantastic game and I've been thinking of firing it up for a few weeks now.

o'dium wrote:Aye, even though some of the levels are lower detail than Quake 1 (lol)

Which ones? I've not played it for months and months.

Post by **Grudge** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:11 pm

yeah, it's great - I'm planning to replay it soon too

Post by **§ìgñå** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:15 pm

agreed. i cant wait for the expansion.

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:16 pm

mik0rs wrote:Yep, fantastic game and I've been thinking of firing it up for a few weeks now.

o'dium wrote:Aye, even though some of the levels are lower detail than Quake 1 (lol)
Which ones? I've not played it for months and months.

Anything indoor. Its like you know how id got "curves" in Q3 and then used them EVERYWHERE, so some rooms were just big curve things? Well, its almost as if Valve forgot they added them, so you walk into a room, and its just a square. Sure, you dont have curves on everything in real life, but some of the rooms are very "sparse" in HL2 in terms of raw detail.

Still a fantastic game though. Until you get the blue Gravity gun, then it becomes too easy

Post by **glossy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:41 pm

what's that? o'dium complains about graphical detail in a computer game? that's absurd!

Back when i played HL2, it ran at 20fps on minimum settings, and BSOD'd my computer at every level load. when i eventually upgrade my computer, i'll buy it for real and see how it runs.

... unless it's abandonware by then

Post by **mik0rs** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:07 pm

o'dium wrote:
mik0rs wrote:Yep, fantastic game and I've been thinking of firing it up for a few weeks now.

o'dium wrote:Aye, even though some of the levels are lower detail than Quake 1 (lol)
Which ones? I've not played it for months and months.
Anything indoor. Its like you know how id got "curves" in Q3 and then used them EVERYWHERE, so some rooms were just big curve things? Well, its almost as if Valve forgot they added them, so you walk into a room, and its just a square. Sure, you dont have curves on everything in real life, but some of the rooms are very "sparse" in HL2 in terms of raw detail.

Still a fantastic game though. Until you get the blue Gravity gun, then it becomes too easy

Ahhhh yeah, the blockiness thing, actually that was pretty apparent sometimes.

And yeah the gravity gun made it stupidly easy, the bit you had to do to finish the game was done as if they wanted to get down the oub on a Friday afternoon, far too simple.

Post by **glossy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:30 pm

Memphis wrote:Why even bother if all you can do is nit pick. You are honest to god the whiniest little fuck I have ever come across in all 25 years of my life. And I pity you.

Memphis is getting narky. Dr. Glossy prescribes alcohol, stat!

I am fully aware it's the middle of a sunday. I don't care though !

Post by **glossy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:33 pm

Memphis wrote:
glossy wrote:
Memphis wrote:Why even bother if all you can do is nit pick. You are honest to god the whiniest little fuck I have ever come across in all 25 years of my life. And I pity you.
Memphis is getting narky. Dr. Glossy prescribes alcohol, stat!

I am fully aware it's the middle of a sunday. I don't care though !
I'm not gonna start drinking for at least another 2 hours

Going against doctor's orders is a risky move, mate. Well, fine. Just don't blame me when you wind up all sober and twisted. (hf tonight though, bedtime for me :icon8:, 6am start)

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:02 pm

Im sorry I cause you so much pain and hurt, and that in forcing you to read one line of a persons post on the interweb has caused you so much trouble.

Fucking hell mate, go outside, get some air. Stop being such a cry baby geek on the interseb becuse somebody you dont even know said "Some places are square".

Fucking hell

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:30 pm

woa... gotta take a break!
it's so awsome.. im just walking around checking out details and loving it, it feels like the first time i played it.

What a story, what a great atmospher.. the combine police, the surroundings, the music... everything... just wow.
I sincerly hope they will make a movie out of this game.. and not with that faggot director uwe boll, but with someone that really understand the story and can make the settings look exactly like in the game... just imagine sitting in the theather and see (actor name here) running in the streets (europe location that fits here) with a few resistance fighters and a huge strider shows up...

ooh moma.. i would pee my pants in happines! :icon30:

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:33 pm

Half-Life 2's SP was pretty good, but I've played more exciting single player games lately. Case in point RE4.

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:35 pm

KingManULTRA wrote:Half-Life 2's SP was pretty good, but I've played more exciting single player games lately. Case in point RE4.

yea, i was wondering about people's best sp experience?

for me its without a doubt Half-life 2, followed by a close 2nd with Silent hill.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:38 pm

Quality game

Gonna own it again with my "new" gfx card...as i only hd a ti 4600 when i first played it...wanna see it in all its DX9 lovelyness

Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:38 pm

System Shock 2 and Deus Ex are still the best for me. Then the entire HL series as a single item.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:42 pm

Deus Ex was boring and just a waste of time imo...but then System Shock 2 was amazing!!

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:46 pm

anyone know if there are any movies that are similiar to HL2 story/characters/invasion?

Im getting a pizza and i thought i should drop by the local video store for something good..

anyone seen anything resemblance of HL2 in a movie?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:48 pm

reefsurfer wrote:anyone know if there are any movies that are similiar to HL2 story/characters/invasion?

Im getting a pizza and i thought i should drop by the local video store for something good..

anyone seen anything resemblance of HL2 in a movie?

Equilibrium...

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:50 pm

Don Carlos wrote:
Equilibrium...

awsome movie...but nowhere close don, what are you think? :icon6:

i was thinking more like War of the worlds with cruise..

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:51 pm

Equilibrium...rings more true to the "big face" over all the screen sorta thing that HL2 had going on. But thats just my take on things...

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:53 pm

Don Carlos wrote:Equilibrium...rings more true to the "big face" over all the screen sorta thing that HL2 had going on. But thats just my take on things...

your right..what was I thinking...

seen it many times though, any other tips?

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:55 pm

hl2 singleplayer was a joke. wtf happened? hl1 on hard was actually hard...hl2 on hard was so fucking easy u can't die...

Post by **reefsurfer** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:01 pm

Freakaloin wrote:hl2 singleplayer was a joke. wtf happened? hl1 on hard was actually hard...hl2 on hard was so fucking easy u can't die...

so you judge a game after it's easy/hard settings?
jeeez.. fuck off and get banned again will ya.

and btw, you couldent pick Hard nor Easy.. unless your talking about "combat difficulty".

Have it occured to you that the developers maybe wanted you to enjoy the story, surroundings, characters etc instead of ripping your hair out because of some insanely hard puzzles or 50 combine soldiers attacking you at once?

dident think so..

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:06 pm

o'dium wrote:
Anything indoor. Its like you know how id got "curves" in Q3 and then used them EVERYWHERE, so some rooms were just big curve things? Well, its almost as if Valve forgot they added them, so you walk into a room, and its just a square. Sure, you dont have curves on everything in real life, but some of the rooms are very "sparse" in HL2 in terms of raw detail.

Still a fantastic game though. Until you get the blue Gravity gun, then it becomes too easy

That's so fucking stupid. Know many curvey rooms in a inner city residential area in Eastern Europe? Because I fucking don't.

Also there were plenty or curved structures in 'Water Hazard'.