HL2:Ep1 (WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS!)
Posted: 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)
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)
