HL2:Ep1 (WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS!)

Post by **Grimmie** » June 1st, 2006, 21:40

SPOILER ALERT!
DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU WANT TO POTENTIALLY SPOIL YOUR HALF-LIFE 2: EPISODE ONE GAMEPLAY.
SPOILER ALERT!

Now that I've got that out of the way, may I be the first to say..
Fucking WOW!

Well worth the £10, valve have got the right idea with this one, smaller, cheaper bitesize chunks, more often. Through the game I made a few notes on noteworthy.. "LOL!" or "HOLYFUCK!" moments, please feel free to share your own in this thread.

0: All the way through the first sequence I was yelling.. "Please let there be a weapon-confiscator" over and over and over.. Thankyou Valve, you're shiny-white-gravgun fanboys just like everyone else.

1: Zombine, LOL. All zombies in kevlar will henceforth be named Zombine. Fact.

2: Surfacing from that claustraphobic, dark environment to see the ashes falling from the sky, the citadel on fire and the city in ruins was absolutely breathtaking. Never have I been so happy to just sit back on a game and listen to Kleiner ramble on. It was refreshing, and something I can only ever see myself doing in a Half-Life story, with such incredible depth.

3: Room for two in my HEV suit? I think so! You fucking flirt.

4: Is it me, or does the SMG seem to have more kick to it? Cor! Also nice to see it's not the first weapon you get, as in most games.

5: ANTLIONS VS CLEVERLY PLACED CARS! Who will win?!

6: Just after you reach the rebel safehouse and clear out the room of zombies (the one you fall into), go up the stairs and stop, look down and you'll see the couple from the original game talking to each other. This was another LOL! moment, where I sat there for 5 minutes and listened to them.

7: Crowbar! Yesssssssssss!

8: I dont really want to speculate about the ending, but it was very very very good, if somewhat a.. "Where's the G-Man?!" moment.

9: Odearfuckingchrist. Please tell me you're wetting yourself over the Bink video trailer for Half Life2: Episode 2.. Those things are either Houndeyes, or Combine, right? Right?.. God.. Must.. PLAY!

10: Oh yeah, I just remembered another bit. On the lift with Alyx, it took me many many deaths before I realised I was meant to catch the falling bits and punt them away, instead of just ride them to my (repeated, and extremely messy) death!

Okay! I'm done!
Post your favourite bits and generally drool over Alyx now..
(Who I feel looks a bit ugly in some areas of light.)

(Nice arse though)

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » June 1st, 2006, 21:47

There's a bit in the dark where Alyx tippytoes around behind you growling like a zombie and then jumps at you, then she says something like "I got ya!", that made me roffle muchly.

EDIT: I now have prostate cancer according to my postcunt.

Post by **Grimmie** » June 1st, 2006, 21:52

Ooh! A thousand posts! Congratulations!
That's interesting, I dont think she did that to me.
They gave her a lot of funny lines though..

Oh god!
And when barney gets all smug for you..
"Go on Gordon, you DOG!"

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 1st, 2006, 22:21

I enjoyed that, royally. There were some good puzzles, some great visuals, many moments of laughter and more moments of AAARGH!AAARGH!OHGODOHGODHOGOD.

Top.
Hah!: "You did do the maths, right Dog?"
Eek!: I'm not looking forward to meeting any more Stalkers, what with their laser eyes.

Also: This game has the highest Baths Per Hour rate any game, I'd wager.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 1st, 2006, 22:36

This game did pwn

321 spoiler-ific screenshots will be uploaded at some point

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 1st, 2006, 23:37

Jinxx wrote:There's a bit in the dark where Alyx tippytoes around behind you growling like a zombie and then jumps at you, then she says something like "I got ya!", that made me roffle muchly.

This

Just goes to show Valve really know what they are doing.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 1st, 2006, 23:41

woot! spoilershots!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitteny_be ... 152562638/

Post by **TezzRexx** » June 2nd, 2006, 0:04

spoodie wrote:
Jinxx wrote:There's a bit in the dark where Alyx tippytoes around behind you growling like a zombie and then jumps at you, then she says something like "I got ya!", that made me roffle muchly.
This

Just goes to show Valve really know what they are doing.

This.

I mean, fucking wow. Half Life 2 episode 2 want want want! That Alyx pretending to be a zombie scared the shit out of me at first, a truly "~" moment and ZOMG! ZOMBINE! :D

This seemed more in depth then HL2, with characters doing more and saying more. One nice touch was that when you were in the really really fucking dark place and you shined the torch in Alyx's eyes, she'd put her hand up to block the light. Motha-funkin-in-Depth, sucker!

Valve, today, you have earned your Jaffa Cake.

Trect · Post by **Trect** » June 2nd, 2006, 0:39

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:woot! spoilershots!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitteny_be ... 152562638/

Amazingly beautiful game! Im jealous as hell now!

*Back to GridWars*

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 2nd, 2006, 0:43

TezzRexx wrote: One nice touch was that when you were in the really really fucking dark place and you shined the torch in Alyx's eyes, she'd put her hand up to block the light.

I was just about to mention that, as I've got to the Power The Lift bit on the Commentary run. I decided to save there- I wish to sleep tonight.

Post by **deject** » June 2nd, 2006, 5:35

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:woot! spoilershots!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitteny_be ... 152562638/

lol were you taking screenshots every 5 seconds there?

Post by **FatherJack** » June 2nd, 2006, 10:04

She said Zom-B-Q too when I started throwing the flares around in the dark and got one of them.

Vowles · Post by **Vowles** » June 2nd, 2006, 13:12

Apart from the extermist zombine blowing themselfs up and alyxs comments now and again I thought it was rather bland. It did what HL2 done, Answer no bloody questions and just ask 1000 more! Why they did this, so they'll know we will have to buy the next bloody one!!! GrrR

Post by **Grimmie** » June 2nd, 2006, 13:19

Combine Zipline!

Well.. Absailing, but it doesnt roll off the tongue so well.
That was many goods!

Post by **ProfHawking** » June 2nd, 2006, 14:35

yeah that, also they have learnt to jump down off things.

I think the AI in general is better than it used to be. Especially alyx - when she is following you around, she only got stuck once for me, and then not for very long. If only the hostages in CSS could learn....

Post by **deject** » June 2nd, 2006, 14:55

Vowles wrote:Apart from the extermist zombine blowing themselfs up and alyxs comments now and again I thought it was rather bland. It did what HL2 done, Answer no bloody questions and just ask 1000 more! Why they did this, so they'll know we will have to buy the next bloody one!!! GrrR

STOP EXPECTING HALF-LIFE 3 PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST AN ADD-ON EPISODE TO CONTINUE THE STORY.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 2nd, 2006, 14:59

deject wrote:STOP EXPECTING HALF-LIFE 3 PEOPLE. THIS IS JUST AN ADD-ON EPISODE TO CONTINUE THE STORY.

That,

This is episodes of the animatrix, not a full movie.

Vowles · Post by **Vowles** » June 2nd, 2006, 15:37

I never wanted HL3, Its just nice to know "Why" sometimes, instead of well, it happened but guess what this has happened now too! I was VERY impressed with Alyxs AI, She never got stuck anywhere (Same couldn't be said for the citizens how ever! hehe). I've just watched the Trailer for HL2.2, Zomg is .... really dead?!?!! :O

Post by **Grimmie** » June 2nd, 2006, 16:34

Ps. I want the soundtrack to this game.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 2nd, 2006, 16:36

should be dead easy, give me 5 minutes.