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Edit. by Bill Dungsroman 12/03/2004, 10:50pm PST
Worm wrote:

Alright, this is crap (CAN WE STOP RIGHT HERE HAHA JUST KIDDING OLD WORMSY OLD BOY) I wrote about the game, at different times after finishing it.(ACTUALLY, BAG THIS WHOLE INTRO. IT'S STUPID.)


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Honeymoon

Okay, letAPOSTROPHEs do this.

It has a physics engine. That is to say the game uses physics, LOWER-CASE if you throw wood into water it floats, if you throw a brick in there, it won't float. Now buckets won't fill with water, but soldiers will roll up the "hood" of your "car" and over your "windshield area". It has a physics engine. Now CAPITAL You can't use anything as a weapon a la Trespasser and you cannot use things to distract people like Garret of Thief fame. Though you can pick anything up and throw it. Now CAPITAL Throwing that stuff does damage like in Farcry.

I'd like to be using anything as a weapon; but, that’d be unbalancingED. The physics engine is perfect as far as I'm concerned. Where Halflife 1 had pushing crates, jumping, jumping with hazards puzzles HL2 has all that, but with a physics engine. Some things you have to work a lever and fill one thing up with other crap, but ultimately you're just moving cratesSEMICOLON instead of pushing them you are moving them.

The physics engine out of ten is a twenty. It's basically all you could wantCOLON enemies lean over bars when killed, they sprawl out, and everything seems very concrete and real. It's not only that there is a physics engine but CAPITAL The ability to pick up almost anything in your hands (and later on with the gravity gun) really let's you use the physics engine if you want as opposed to simply witnessing it in action when you kill people. When I couldn't find a way around something I could make a bridge, ladder, or even my own crate fort to protect me when I was informed troops were on the way. It takes anything previous physics engines have given you and smashes itSEMICOLON that shit doesn't matter. I don't know who did the physics engine, but he is one hardcore motherfucking gangsta in my book. (IT WAS VALVE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE, NOT ONE PERSON)
Physics 20/10

Okay, now as for dialogue.

Wait, this is a FPS and it has dialogue which is good, right?
The facial expressions and dialogue really help the game along. Granted Gordon's last name might as well be tight lips. Maybe they do that because people realize that gamers don't have personalities and would be overridden by Gordon's, though responses during the times of pure dialogue would have been a nice addition. The scripting for these encounters are all really good tooCOLON facial animations, inflections, and such all add to it. Many of the things are really for people who've played the first one, though even in inaction the game is very enjoyable, albeit, brief.
Unprecedented 7/10 (WHAT?)

Story
It was a good story. It continues from the first game and even IF you have played the first you probably need it explained to you unless you've played Blueshift, Halflife, Opposing Force, and still I don't even know the aliens names or any of that shit. (VALVE HAS STATED THAT BLUE SHIFT AND OF ARE NOT PART OF THE OFFICIAL STORYLINE) It's a weird story, but it's satisfying and I think I'd like it if I was reading a net novella, so that's good right?
9/10

Graphics
Really, really, really great. Not just for how they look, but for facial structures, lip sync, skin palettes, tones, gait, body language, something about breasts (not that anyone in the game really has any), and the shine on THE eyes. Every model is not simply high-res, but they are also detailed and very well skinned and drawn.
10/10

Gameplay
Unlike the first this eliminates what MetrOId, Megaman, and LOWER CASE the Japanese baby eaters have taught us about boss fights. IN HL2COMMA there are no traditional bosses, with the exception of one tough motherfucking helicopter. There is LOWER CASE military hardware like gunships, helicopters that you have to take down (GUNSHIPS AND HELICOPTERS ARE THE SAME THING, I THINK YOU MEAN THE SAM VEHICLES), enemies flooding your position, striders (LOWER CASE think of the striders from Morrowind, but robotic). All the combat feels very insurgent, and I might submit a "KILL WHITE DEVILMEN IN OUR COUNTRY" mod to MODDB later today. The normal combat is very good. I feel that one level does what Doom 3 attempted, another does was vehicle/FPS games have been attempting, another does what army games have been attempting.
11/10

Multiplayer
DON'T GOT NONE CEPT COUNTER STRIKE
5/10

Of course this isn't including the horrible disc installPERIOD

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A day after finishing it

Okay, let's boil this down.

It's a great game, built on an amazing engine.

I think much more could have been done. But right now, right here, this is the best thing I've played as far as FPSs ARE CONCERNED PERIOD

I think applying better ideas to this engine will hopefully create some great games.

Halflife 2 was really great. Ultimately I'm upset that it angled for a sequel, and ended in a familiar manner. I wish it had been less of a Halflife fan's sequel. (HOW?)

Multiplayer would be nice, but Gamespot and all the other gaming press having been handing out fine scores to Arena games like Quake 3, Tribes, and Unreal Tournament regardless of their lack of single player. So fuck that double standard.

I miss the horribly obvious "I AM A BOSS CHARACTER" types of bosses. Now, I guess I'm waiting for Halflife 3.

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Honestly in my right state of mind

Maybe sequel fury blinded me, maybe I'm lying to myself, but it really didn't feel like a rail shooter. Shooters that attempt to cover up the rails piss me off, let's all accept the limitations of the technology, the Industry, and the people. You aren't going to see terrain deform, you won't see true A.I., and you won't get true open ended gaming, and companies trying to emulate all the twinkle in your eye bullshit are what isARE producing shitty games. I never gave a shit about my ostrich's motivation, I didn't care where Vaus came from, or where he was going, and I sure didn't give a shit if my Karate Champ fulfilled his dreams. That is why I liked HL2, it had some honest arcade fun in it; something the world forgot, and something the world doesn't have the fucking reflexes for anymore.

I always liked Freeman as a character. He’s not this cliché action hero “Give me a weapon” Master Chief, and he’s not some introspective emotrooper talking about Hall & Oates on the battlefield. He is just an empty canvas; the kind of character more games could use. He isn’t saving the world. He’s probably fucking it up more. He’s a tool. He’s the coolest tool ever.(HONESTLY BEST PART OF REVIEW)

The other characters have satisfying interactions and dialogue. The faces look great. I have no idea how someone could balance dialogue and action without turning the game into a Kevin Smith movie; though, I’d like to have seen more dialogue. Even if I have no clue how they could make it not feel weird. (HONESTLY WORST PART OF REVIEW)

I want the painfully obvious bosses back; complete with the glowing red weak spot. I had fun dropping the striders, and gunships; but, I had more fun fighting the big ball sack crab in Halflife 1.

I loved the game, though those fuckers at Valve can do so much better. I believe the modding community is what is going to make the game a real blast. It's like a version of Codewarrior that comes with a pretty decent premade game. That's why I love Halflife, it doesn't stand for company games. It stands for random douchebags’ games. I'd really like for some of the people here to try something with the SDK. I’d like to see ICJ’s A Crimson Spring in source. I’d love to see Creexul’s fairy mod. I think the major fault in the way everyone is gauging this game is that they are not right not rating the SDK and trying to make their own game; I mean, Troika did it.

As for HL2DM, with two levels it feels like the Quake 3 Arena demo (or was that a beta?). Though the gravity gun is fun enough to counter most problems. The weapons really aren’t multiplay balanced, which is refreshing. I would rather not giveget immediately killed from looking at another guy who has a Magnum but it's fun, and it's a death match, HYPHEN you're supposed to die. Both of the maps really cannot suit over 8-10 players very well; any server with 14 people will be hectic. All it needs are a few more maps, few more models, half damage .357, and some saw blades to launch around.


Well, that's me honestly trying to get across what I want to get across. Have at me Caltroopers.
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Halflife 2 REview (Screenshots coming once someone makes an Alex nude patch) by Worm 12/02/2004, 8:02pm PST NEW
    Your review makes Pinback's almost bearable NT by Oiretsym 12/02/2004, 10:24pm PST NEW
    Unreadable. by conflictNo 12/02/2004, 11:00pm PST NEW
        Re: Unreadable. by Worm 12/03/2004, 12:51am PST NEW
            Re: Unreadable. by Quentin Beck 09/25/2005, 4:19am PDT NEW
                Re: Unreadable. by Worm 09/25/2005, 7:07am PDT NEW
        Re: Unreadable. by Quentin Beck 06/04/2006, 7:42pm PDT NEW
        Re: Unreadable. by alyx vance porn 06/16/2006, 8:16am PDT NEW
    Edit. by Bill Dungsroman 12/02/2004, 11:26pm PST NEW
        Why do I want a hyphen between kid and s? Got your funny macros mixed up? by Worm 12/03/2004, 12:47am PST NEW
            Also by What village do you live in? 12/03/2004, 2:02am PST NEW
                Re: Also by Worm 12/03/2004, 6:45am PST NEW
                Re: Also by Bill Dungsroman 12/03/2004, 10:46am PST NEW
            Oh good, another fag who's touchy about his "work." by Bill Dungsroman 12/03/2004, 10:50am PST NEW
                QUESTION MARK. by Worm 12/03/2004, 11:52am PST NEW
                    Re: QUESTION MARK. by Bill Dungsroman 12/03/2004, 12:42pm PST NEW
                        Re: QUESTION MARK. by Worm 12/03/2004, 1:01pm PST NEW
                            Re: QUESTION MARK. by Bill Dungsroman 12/03/2004, 1:19pm PST NEW
                    It's the new mrs. johnson by Choson 12/03/2004, 4:45pm PST NEW
                        Scientific! by Choson 12/03/2004, 4:47pm PST NEW
                Re: Oh good, another fag who's touchy about his "work." by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/03/2004, 11:54am PST NEW
                    Do I give off the "drying up tears" vibe constantly? by Worm 12/03/2004, 1:05pm PST NEW
                    Re: Oh good, another fag who's touchy about his "work." by I need clarification 12/04/2004, 11:54am PST NEW
                        Actually by Worm 12/04/2004, 12:50pm PST NEW
                            Everyone knows you were set up, fucking retard. by Mysterio 12/04/2004, 1:32pm PST NEW
                                Wait. by Worm 12/04/2004, 1:49pm PST NEW
                                    Re: Wait. by Mysterio 12/04/2004, 2:10pm PST NEW
                                        Re: Wait. by Worm 12/04/2004, 2:16pm PST NEW
                                            Re: Wait. by Bill Dungsroman 12/04/2004, 2:20pm PST NEW
    Stop saying "physics engine" so much plzthxbye NT by Mysterio 12/03/2004, 8:23am PST NEW
        PS: the review sucks. by Mysterio 12/03/2004, 8:28am PST NEW
            Snippy little shit by Mysterio 12/03/2004, 5:23pm PST NEW
    ICJ, don't post this. It's terrible. Thanks. NT by I need clarification 12/03/2004, 6:35pm PST NEW
    HONING MY CRAFT by Worm 12/03/2004, 9:56pm PST NEW
        Re: HONING MY CRAFT by Mysterio 12/03/2004, 10:09pm PST NEW
        Edit. by Bill Dungsroman 12/03/2004, 10:50pm PST NEW
            I will take this under consideration. NT by Worm 12/03/2004, 10:52pm PST NEW
                OK by Worm 12/03/2004, 11:34pm PST NEW
                    Re: OK by Bill Dungsroman 12/04/2004, 1:02pm PST NEW
    Boomp NT by So it's not the second coming? 01/30/2006, 9:36pm PST NEW
        Okay. Now what? NT by Worm 01/30/2006, 10:14pm PST NEW
 
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