HL2:Ep1 (WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS!)

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 2nd, 2006, 16:49

Post by **deject** » June 2nd, 2006, 17:00

Vowles wrote: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

It did kind of explain how Alyx manages to avoid being dead from the gigomantic explosion. What you want is some closure from the story but Valve isn't done yet.

Post by **FatherJack** » June 2nd, 2006, 20:51

Well. That was rather fun. Top Stuff!

It was almost more like the original Half-Life than Half-Life 2 was - HL2 introduced quite a few new things and at times I almost had to remind myself that it was Half-Life and sort of re-excite myself into carrying on playing.

Now, all of the additions are familiar, so this was a really comfortable outing and I enjoyed pretty much every bit of it. HL2 never quite took the crown of best game ever away from HL1 - I can still remember almost the whole sequence of events - but if these episodes continue the way they've started we have a new contender.

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 2nd, 2006, 23:56

Damnit I want to read this thread but I won't have any money until next week. You cunts.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » June 3rd, 2006, 0:27

For fucks sake. Reinstalled Steam, and I can now access the download pages, but it doesn't accept Switch/Maestro cards which is all I have. Looks like I'll have to get it from the shops then. Fuckers.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 3rd, 2006, 14:05

Finished! Now I can read the rest of this thread.

I loved it all. Much like HL2 but with better set pieces, story and characters, among other things. A personally highlight was the dark areas, holding off the hoards until the lift arrived and then the dash for the lift through a room full of zeds with very little ammo or health.

Also the little touches are very nice; Alyx pretending to be a zombie, pulling the TV plug out of the wall resulting in the comment "You're right, we shouldn't be watching TV. We'd better get moving" or something like that.

Post by **TezzRexx** » June 3rd, 2006, 15:50

spoodie wrote:"You're right, we shouldn't be watching TV. We'd better get moving" or something like that.

lol, I did that just so I could hear what the civilians were saying. Oh Alyx, you maek me

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Post by **FatherJack** » June 4th, 2006, 2:12

Lateralus wrote:Looks like I'll have to get it from the shops then.

While it is rather good, I saw it was £20 in Tesco - that's a bit steep for 1/3rd of a game with a single replay value of the commentary.

While it's true there are games I've bought at £40 which I've played for less than a hour, I try to pick games which are likely have an hours/£ ratio greater than 1.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 4th, 2006, 11:49

Agreed- it's much, much better value for money over Steam.
Having said that, I've played it three times so far and I'm still loving it. Plus the replay of HL2 that I just know it's going to trigger...

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 4th, 2006, 11:50

Stoat wrote:I've played it three times so far

Christ.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 4th, 2006, 11:55

It was on Easy the first time, apparently. Then the commentry run and another to see how much more difficult it got. Still enjoying it, mind.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 4th, 2006, 11:57

yeah, i spotted it was on easy and set it to medium, pretty fun either way

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 9th, 2006, 14:34

I finally got some money and could afford to buy this!

But seeing as it's so long after the release date, and as I felt I neeeded something to make up for it, I also got these

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 9th, 2006, 14:43

Hah! Good job.
Have fun!

Sol · Post by **Sol** » June 9th, 2006, 15:15

oooh, how much retail version?

cashy · Post by **cashy** » June 9th, 2006, 18:39

mmmmm 7

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » June 9th, 2006, 20:12

Less than a litre (or Liter in this case!) isn't worth the hassle

http://bobbins.xappy.com/Store/jack.jpg

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 9th, 2006, 22:37

Soloman wrote:oooh, how much retail version?

Uh, it was £20 instore. I had to get it offline as I don't have a credit card. Oddly, it says Half-Life: Source is preloaded on my computer now, but unplayable. Does this mean I can play it when it's released or it's released but I have to pay for it?

mrbobbins wrote:Less than a litre (or Liter in this case!) isn't worth the hassle

Biggest ones they sell around here, I'm afraid.

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

I heard him throw a comment at me, then died, and went close so I could hear what he said more clearly. The second time he called me a lucky something, I forget what exactly. Thing is, the first time, I was almost out of earshot when I heard him shout to me, I'm about 90% certain he said "She's waiting for you Gordon!.... paedophile!"

Post by **deject** » June 10th, 2006, 1:31

Sticky Label wrote:Uh, it was £20 instore. I had to get it offline as I don't have a credit card. Oddly, it says Half-Life: Source is preloaded on my computer now, but unplayable. Does this mean I can play it when it's released or it's released but I have to pay for it?

Half-Life: Source has been out for quite a while and it really isn't worth paying for. They used the same textures and everything. It's just a straight port to the source engine. You'd have to buy it still.

Sticky Label · Post by **Sticky Label** » June 10th, 2006, 12:39

I'm sure I saw a modding team who were working on recreating HL1 in the source engine properly. I'd want to play that, but I'm not really interested otherwise.
Why did it preload then?