As a sequel to Half-Life, Half-Life 2 is crap

[gensix]

Misses all the high notes of the first game. Boring City 17, dumb unvaried boring enemies that just run at you and die. Boring car sequence, boat sequence, Citadel Stalker elevator sequence. Boring dialogue you can't interact in. Boring weapons too.

I think a lot of the love for this game is buried in nostalgia and the newfangled Source engine, and physics. But as a sequel to HL1...ech.

[Life synopsis]

Based.

[Karnilyx]

I think that in a gameplay sense, HL1 is way better since it had more interesting enemies and weapons that all felt useful, whereas HL2 relies too much on the Combine soldiers and a few weapons feel redundant. In terms of everything else, such as the visuals, world-building, the way it pushed gaming forwards, etc. It's much better.
Both are great games and both should be appreciated for everything they accomplished though.

[~WiFiEmoGirl~]

Publicado originalmente por Gaming CrawlSpace:

I think that in a gameplay sense, HL1 is way better since it had more interesting enemies and weapons that all felt useful, whereas HL2 relies too much on the Combine soldiers and a few weapons feel redundant. In terms of everything else, such as the visuals, world-building, the way it pushed gaming forwards, etc. It's much better.
Both are great games and both should be appreciated for everything they accomplished though.

If I were new to the Half-Life series this would be a great review. Sums it up near-perfectly.

[i know kung fu]

Both are great in their own ways.

[hoaxey]

Publicado originalmente por i know kung fu:

Both are great in their own ways.

Yes, agreed.

[wet fart gamer]

half life fun
half life 2 fun
half life 2 episode 1 fun
half life 2 episode 2 fun
half life opposing force fun
half life blue shift fun

[Tap]

its also the ost advanced game for 2004 i mena moving faces? that talk and ove their ips and eyes? that wasnt a thing in 2004 at leats it was but not as advanced as that

[Graceful Jabberwocky]

Publicado originalmente por level 1 noob:

half life fun
half life 2 fun
half life 2 episode 1 fun
half life 2 episode 2 fun
half life opposing force fun
half life blue shift fun

This is the real answer to any HL1 vs HL2 debate.

[~WiFiEmoGirl~]

Publicado originalmente por Graceful Jabberwocky:

Publicado originalmente por level 1 noob:

half life fun
half life 2 fun
half life 2 episode 1 fun
half life 2 episode 2 fun
half life opposing force fun
half life blue shift fun

This is the real answer to any HL1 vs HL2 debate.

No he forgot Sven co-op.
If you want to include mods, I'd say They Hunger and the Vietnam mod(hl1).
Mods for HL2, I'd say both Entropy, but those are the only two I've played...

[Swampdonkey]

I'm gonna pull a bit of a HL2-Beta fan here and say that this game, although it is a masterpiece in it's own right, was definitely neutered in some regards. I completely agree on the lacking enemy and weapon variety, and I would've loved to see some heavier enemies like the Combine Guard or the quick and nimble Stalkers be properly integrated into the game. Additionally, some of the scrapped weapons like the HMG and Sniper-Rifle would've been nice if they were to ever include a weapon-exchange system. This is pure speculation, of course.

[~WiFiEmoGirl~]

Publicado originalmente por Swampdonkey:

I'm gonna pull a bit of a HL2-Beta fan here and say that this game, although it is a masterpiece in it's own right, was definitely neutered in some regards. I completely agree on the lacking enemy and weapon variety, and I would've loved to see some heavier enemies like the Combine Guard or the quick and nimble Stalkers be properly integrated into the game. Additionally, some of the scrapped weapons like the HMG and Sniper-Rifle would've been nice if they were to ever include a weapon-exchange system. This is pure speculation, of course.

Beta was so scary, I would have loved to have the actual Half-Life be based on Beta or something. I love Half-Life 2, I love Beta a little more.

Having an actual "alive" citadel is truly horrifying. You can really see the beta was based on the book 1984. I wish I could play beta, I really love the map design in it.

[HaikuLambda]

my balls are itchy

[RamiroRa]

The way I see it, Valve tries every iteration in every game franchise that they do as a different game, with their differences and similarities. So waiting from them an strict sequel of their previous games, like the same but with better graphics, is rather dumb.

[MonsterEnergyBeer]

Publicado originalmente por Graceful Jabberwocky:

Publicado originalmente por Perennial:

HL2 weapons are pretty boring. But I do like the AR2 and Grav gun.
HL1 on the otherhand had many weapons to play around with.

i was gonna make a huge response but who cares

just watch this
https://youtu.be/B9jQTeZy0Ww

This guy said literally nothing. He said some statements without any explanation. I can't wait for "Half-Life 2 sprint using same auxiliary power as flashlight is genius" video from Half-Life community. Is everything genius in HL2? Hell no. Stop making up fake positive aspects. Half-Life 2 is a good game (It was revolutionary too) but come on,It has flaws. Stop pretending it dosen't. Mainly boring enemies and horrendous weapons. Game has good narrative to offer,however,boring combat can make player quit.

[Ghidrah1]

Depends on who and how you use them.