Half Life 2 doesn't really hold up

[Feltch My Ass]

Half Life 1 holds up, so does system shock 1, Half Life 2 is kinda weak compared to the masterpiece that was the first Half Life

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

Feel's way too bloated, I'm on these dune buggy scenes, and the controls are dog shit, and the scenery bugs out sometimes

 

[HR@PaneraBread]

True, it's a big ask though.

HL 1 was the first shooter to involve things like set pieces and NPCs that tied into the goal of what you were doing. Upto that point you had Doom and Duke Nukem and clones of that where you just got dropped in and started blasting. It was literally a revolutionary game.

The intro levels in 2 are quite cool but the 30 minutes plus you spend on the jetski just frustrates fuck out of you, unless you've got mad speedrunning skills and just go boatless

 

[Front 242]

As a very serviceable tech-demo from 2004 with a great deal of atmosphere, it works very very well. I think Half Life 1 is more immediately fun from the outset, though, and is much more consistent all the way through, but Half Life 2 innovated arguably as much as 1 through the source engine.

 

[Feltch My Ass]

As a very serviceable tech-demo from 2004 with a great deal of atmosphere

Beautifully put

I first realized it when they had me scale some giant bridge and shoot down a gun ship, and that was the level

I had to look up the guide online to let me know i did the thing and need to go back to my buggy

 

[Front 242]

Beautifully put

I first realized it when they had me scale some giant bridge and shoot down a gun ship, and that was the level

I had to look up the guide online to let me know i did the thing and need to go back to my buggy

You mentioned system shock 1. What do you think about 2? That game fucking rules to this day, flaws and all.

 

[aRTie02150]

I remember going over my friend Miguel's house because he just got HL2 and the first thing this nigga shows me was the incredible mattress physics the game had.

 

[Feltch My Ass]

You mentioned system shock 1. What do you think about 2? That game fucking rules to this day, flaws and all.

I'm going to play it after I finish HL2, It looks great tho

 

[LingerLonger]

HL1 is a great game that holds up today. HL2 is a tech demo that is now dated and not a very good game at all.

 

[AntSucks]

HL2 was boring. I recently played Black Mesa and it's a huge improvement on HL1, which was already a masterpiece. They redid the Xen scenes with the most amazing art direction I've ever seen in a game, and it's a completely different experience.

 

[Zombie247]

Good old days. I lost my mind when I first saw this.

 

[Meownaw]

I still enjoy it but I can definitely see why people say 1 is superior. If you haven't already the remake of 1 called Black Mesa is PFG, the best part of it is how fleshed out the final part is compared to the original. Not a replacement of the original but still worth playing.

 

[DiarrheaDick]

The only reason Half-Life 2 was any "good" was because it was a milestone in terms of physics and graphics at the time. This easily would've gone to Duke Nukem Forever if 3D Realms just released what they teased at E3 in 2001.