So I played Half Life 2 today.

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 2:58 am

I thought it was an action/adventure shooter game...turns out it's a puzzle game with enemies.

I'm disappointed, this isn't what I was expecting at all. I had heard so many good things about it

Terradude · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 3:29 am

...?????
Perhaps I didn't get far enough, but the bit I played was an action/adventure shooter.

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 3:44 am

I spent more time running around through a damn labyrinth trying to find my way past each gate than I did actually shooting/evading people. I only played it for like an hour or two though. Got bored with it really quickly :/

Joe · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 8:31 am

Its better than Halo, brah.

Ax · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 9:13 am

Joe wrote:

Its better than Halo, brah.

SmilerAl · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 9:21 am

You are incredibly late to the game, and incredibly off on what the game is.

The Raven · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 2:52 pm

Just keep playing the game. It gets better.

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 3:15 pm

Joe wrote:

Its better than Halo, brah.

If you like puzzles it is.

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 4:23 pm

>play Half Life roughly 1 month after release
>get bored incredibly early
>complete the game
>sell it
>never play another Half Life (or related) game again

And this is coming from someone who plays RPGs for the story...

Se[BBB]e · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 8:29 pm

Valve likes to combine action with puzzle in an effort to control the flow of the game. Pretty much all Valve games contain some puzzles. But the puzzles in HL2 shouldn't do much more than delay you a bit.. There's plenty of shooting in there too. But it's just not another mindless shooter.

HGW XX/7 · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2011 8:36 pm

Eh, it's pretty good.

SugaFree · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2011 3:26 am

Prof. Chaos wrote:

Joe wrote:

Its better than Halo, brah.

If you like puzzles it is.

Trust me, it gets good.

My favorite part was when you go through Ravenholm. Gravity Gun is so fucking cool.

Auss Man · **Joined:** Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:06 am **Posts:** 62

half life 2 is probably one of the most satisfying and imersive games i've played. it is essentially a fps action adventure for sure. Their is a few puzzles but there's nothing tricky or encrypted about them. sometimes you gotta just give the game a chance. i'd go so far as to call is awesome.

Kasbe · **Posted:** Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:15 pm

SugaFree wrote:

Prof. Chaos wrote:

Joe wrote:

Its better than Halo, brah.

If you like puzzles it is.

Trust me, it gets good.

My favorite part was when you go through Ravenholm. Gravity Gun is so fucking cool.

ARE YOU READING MY MIND?? I came to this thread just to say the exact same thing!

KitDreamer · **Posted:** Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:15 pm

>"oh no i have to think while i'm shooting waaaah i want my call of duty back"

on a serious (honestly non-troll too) note, Half Life 2 WAS good.
It has NOT aged well.

Ravenholm is pretty awesome and honestly creepy. But the mines afterwards, however brief they are, are worse for me. FUCKING HEADCRABS.

The whole game has a great story but goddammit I wish they hadn't gone silent protagonist.
I'm sick of the whole "YOU ARE THE HERO THUS DON'T SPEAK" shit, it's not immersive at all now. It feels kinda jarring.

But yeah it's alright. Ep 1 is better. Ep2 is even better until the fucking end. Then it's AGGRIVATING AS FUCK. Looking forward to Ep 3 though.

So I played Half Life 2 today.

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