This is the best Half-Life 2 speedrun ever.

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This is the best Half-Life 2 speedrun ever.

Postby inthesto » Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:41 am

Clicky clicky

Okay, so I guess it helps if you're actually played the game, but whatever.
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Postby Kitsuner » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:52 am

I should really get around to finishing HL1 <_<
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Postby Orwell » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:32 am

Half-Life couldn't be more of a rail shooter if it took place on a train and the plot is mediocore at the best of times.
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Postby Willen » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:42 am

Orwell wrote:Half-Life couldn't be more of a rail shooter if it took place on a train and the plot is mediocore at the best of times.

So, Steven Seagal is somehow involved in this? :shock:
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:44 am

Orwell wrote:Half-Life couldn't be more of a rail shooter if it took place on a train and the plot is mediocore at the best of times.


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Seriously. You're the only person I know who so vociferously dislikes what's my favorite non-sim, non-free-roaming game ever (by a long shot). :roll:
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Postby CodeZTM » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:15 pm

Never played Half-Life, though I adore Portal and TF2 and CS. :O
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Postby Savia » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:18 pm

This was pretty awesome. Thanks :)
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:03 pm

Nobody doesn't like HL2. Except that rediska Orwell :roll:
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Postby Tsunami Jones » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:30 pm

Otohiko wrote:Seriously. You're the only person I know who so vociferously dislikes what's my favorite non-sim, non-free-roaming game ever (by a long shot). :roll:


Yeah, that would also be the first time I've seen someone really dislike it . . . honestly, I thought the game was incredible. I played it after not playing first person shooters for several years (not because I was tired of them or anything; I just couldn't afford games), and it really blew most of them out of the water with just how tense much of it was. Most FPS games are essentially "on rails." You just go through the level, go to your objectives, etc. HL2 did this very well, as it was actually engaging during this process.
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Postby Orwell » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:28 pm

The environments just don't engage me, they feel contrived, and I can feel the narrators hand on my shoulder. The weapons are uninspired, and while the 'physics puzzles' don't necessary earn the ire the series as a whole does, their overly simplistic and instead of feeling rewarding for a real puzzle you might encounter, their just speedbumps.

And the weapons suck. Oh do the weapons suck. Point, click, don't die because YOU'VE LEFT YOUR LIGHTS ON, like you're some sort of car.

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Postby Otohiko » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:28 pm

I thought the original HL was incredible when it first came out. I think it was totally revolutionary for games in general. HL2 was a little less revolutionary, but it was no less incredible and the Source engine was absolutely amazing.

Yes, it's pretty close to a rail shooter. But I think the key is that it gets every element in its formula close to 100% right. The gameplay I found perfectly balanced, and that carried through the HL franchise. It's a fun ride from start to finish, that's all. There are very few points in any of the games where either I got bored or it got totally predictable. Also it's not like the game has ONE good thing about it and it uses it as a freaking gimmick all over (though the HL2 physics engine does come a bit close sometimes) - it has a lot of good parts, they work well, and they're put together in the way that the game actually gets to be more than the sum of these parts. I played both HL and HL2 through 3 times and never regretted it. When I beat Ep. 1 and Ep. 2, I'm sure I'll want to do it again.

It's not my favorite game of all time (see: simulations), but I honestly have no reservation calling the original HL the best video game of all time, and HL2 following immediately after.
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