Half-Life 2 vs Alyx

[FreddieForever#1]

Which one is better and why?

[Jimmi Stixx]

HL2 was a far bigger step forward in software and has had a far larger impact on video games. To be fair, Alex has not had the same amount of time to change the landscape but expensive niche hardware locks out or turns off a lot of people. It also took games a few years before anything caught up to HL2 in quality. Can't recall too well anymore but it was about 6-8 years.

As for game play what is Alex doing that doesn't slow things down? HL2 is a great FPS and in Alex you get to work a hand crank. Alex is more about immersion and not about better game play.

[)Too fat 4 YOU(]

Lot's of things to discuss, this thread is not over.

[slydog43]

Omg, I love many ideas people have posted, but lets get back to Half life 2 thoughts. I'm about to get a tattoo, also excited about vr mod release today

[Señor Muybueno]

引用自 FreddieForever#1：

引用自 Sovereign：

Half-Life 2, because you don't need to strap an expensive hunk of plastic to your face in order to play it.

Have you tried VR?

Doesn't matter if Sovereign has. For the most part if you want the best of the best experience on VR, the Index is the best bet. Other than that HTC is expensive and for some, not a whole lot of people trust Facebook and their Meta/Oculus ilk. Since PSVR isn't on PC without some work, there aren't many options for now, so yes, VR is still expensive for most.

引用自 FreddieForever#1：

引用自 space：

hl2 by lightyears

Why?

I'd say as far as innovation goes, HL2 was a much bigger leap than what Half-Life: Alyx brought to the table. That is not to say HL: Alyx didn't innovate, but I'm sure you've seen the popularity of physics that we take for granted in video games today. You have Half-Life 2 to thank for that, among other features.

引用自 FreddieForever#1：

can you read? i wanted to know why because i havent played hl2

Then you should buy it and play it. Both Half-life 2 and its Episodes are well worth the experience. They even get very cheap on Steam sales for the entire Valve collection.

引用自 FreddieForever#1：

You get the wrong feeling, im just stating what the future will be.

May be.

[Pan_de]

Hl2 VR will be out shortly

[Emperor Void]

引用自 )Too fat 4 YOU(：

引用自 FreddieForever#1：

Are you calling a nobel prize winner in physics a troll too since he also says that the universe is a computer and that reality is codes?

i've read(red) some books of physics, including stephen Hawking, But Honestly, it seens that there are many scientists that didn't won an Nobel Prize(wich i don't know what it actually have to do with physics) that seen to be better at math then those that theorized the VR Universe, and his book looked so much better than those from Stephen hawking, even though is just an philosophy book, not an practical or even didactical book, like doing math for real, like calculating the position of an particle using Einstein formula for example. The name of the scientist is John Richard Gott, the author of the string theory, but it was just an philosophy book, like those that the Stephen Hawking guy wrote, or any other author on Philosophy of Science, because no one really likes science, or doing an 20 boards math equation to then later do an practical experiment to prove your theory. And of course like the author of the string theory also said, you would have to verify someone's else theory by yourself, methodically, and not just repeating what someone else said, otherwise is just imagination and not practical science. But even after all that effort, you would still know about absolutely nothing that you're talking about, because of something called reality, that of course you also don't know what it is, it seens that not even aware. Once a philosopher, mathematician, or scientist said that, as an philosophical postulate or something, that all that he knew is that he knew nothing, his name was aristotle, and honestly, i think i don't need all this authority to just refute your money? Or even to write an "Pulitzer prize wining book" for that.

Holy run on sentences Batman!

Seriously, if you are not going to have the brain for grammar, I am not going to take anything you say seriously. You are vomiting out whatever the hell this is, and you are doing yourself a major disservice with your horrid lack of grammar. Even if what you are saying has weight and merit to it, you ability to communicate that is absolutely trashing the attempt.

Honestly if you think you are a smart guy, either from School, or being didactic, you are badly needing to understanding the language in which you are trying to communicate your ideas. Be better than this.

[Emperor Void]

引用自 VirusPunk：

引用自 FreddieForever#1：

Either way existence is computational and a highly advanced VR game.

I never bought the whole we're living in a simulation theory. There is literally zero evidence. If we're living in a simulation, that would mean all life on earth including life on other planets would be for nothing as we're nothing more than AI, so we might as well just off ourselves. Stop simping for Neil Tyson DeGrasse, Elon Musk and other Technocrats. Their take on things are questionable at best. Eventually what they propose will lead us on the path to us becoming the real life Combine, AKA transhuman.

I've spent thousands of hours listening, watching, and reading everything I can about futurism and the technological singularity. I can say, especially since I also study storytelling, that you fall folly to a particular fallacy of looking for a Boogey Man where there isn't one. Your fears, concerns, and stresses get addressed once you dive deep into the subject, and not just dip your toe into it. It's vast, and far to deep for you to have an elementary standing, and have anything other than an opinion on the subject. Much like the topic, the difference between a conclusion, and an opinion, IS VAST.

Without will, without curiosity, all will result in stagnancy. Power, and control will be decentralized, along with information. These things along with various technological breakthroughs, Material Science advancements, create an insane amount of factors to take into mind. I could damn near write a book on it in here, but let me just say this. The lead in to Transhumanism, Augmented Intelligence, is the death knell for the elites in control of the world now.

Dipping your toes into this subject doesn't make you a scholar. You have an opinion. Recognize you are limiting yourself with that.

As for the Technocrats, not all are on equal intellectual grounds. NGT is mostly brilliant in his field of Astro Physics, which he still gets some things wrong on, but he is retarded when it comes to most other topics, especially Politics. Elon Musk is a persevering visionary, who has the very important skill at recognizing potential. However he is absolutely retarded when it comes to Women. His take on Politics is far more grounded than most other Technocrats as you liken them to. You can't lump them all together.

However when it comes to Simulation Theory, rooted in Nick Bostrom's work, even he treats it as a possibility, not a sure thing. However as brilliant as he is, there are a myriad of factors that take it apart.

Just for one, the sheer size of the program to run such a simulation would be mind boggling large. If it could even be done, the purpose of it would never be logical. Are we all players if so, or am I the only player? If we are all players, why is there so much cruelty allowed? Such sheer corruption, or evil if you accept that word... Why allow such horrid things to be done, to be allowed? If the simulation was made, it is the same as religion and God, someone, something, created it, and set the parameters... Something is in charge. If there is something in charge, if this is a simulation, it can't be proven or disproven, only understood for the rules. I see no point in bothering with dwelling on it for very long. It doesn't matter. If the simulation ends, or if my life ends, and I am judged by it, ♥♥♥♥ them. I define how I live, and I don't care if it's a God, or some technological Creator.

It's a moot focus. It is futile, and therefore retarded to entertain at length. There are far too many other thought experiments to get lost in that bare some fruit. Diving into Simulation Theory doesn't bare any fruit. It is a barren thought experiment. In the end, it was just a waste. It is comparison with the entertaining idea of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's all ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If it cannot be proven, or disproven, it is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Proving a negative is generally a complete waste of time.

[Graceful Jabberwocky]

引用自 smoking addiction：

引用自 Emperor Void：

I've spent thousands of hours listening, watching, and reading everything I can about futurism and the technological singularity. I can say, especially since I also study storytelling, that you fall folly to a particular fallacy of looking for a Boogey Man where there isn't one. You fears, concerns, and stresses get adressed once you dive deep into the subject, and not just dip your toe into it. It's vast, and far to deep for you to have an elementary standing, and have anything other than an opinion on the subject. Much like the topic, the difference between a conclusion, and an opinion, IS VAST.

Without will, without curiosity, all will result in stagnancy. Power, and control will be decentralized, along with information. These things along with various technological breakthroughs, Material Science advancements, create an insane amount of factors to take into mind. I could damn near write a book on it in here, but let me just say this. The lead in to Transhumanism, Augmented Intelligence, is the death knell for the elites in control of the world now.

Dipping your toes into this subject doesn't make you a scholar. You have an opinion. Recognize you are limiting yourself with that.

As for the Technocrats, not all are on equal intellectual grounds. NGT is mostly brilliant in his field of AstroPhysics, which he still gets some things wrong on, but he is retarded when it comes to most other topics, especially Politics. Elon Musk is a persevering visionary, who has the very important skill at recognizing potential. However he is absolutely retarded when it comes to Women. His take on Politics is far more grounded than most other Technocrats as you liken them to. You can't lump them all together.

However when it comes to Simulation Theory, rooted in Nick Bostrom's work, even he treats it as a possibility, not a sure thing. However as brilliant as he is, there are a myriad of factors that take it apart.

Just for one, the sheer size of the program to run such a simulation would be mind boggling large. If it could even be done, the purpose of it would never be logical. Are we all players if so, or am I the only player? If we are all players, why is there so much cruelty allowed? Such sheer corruption, or evil if you accept that word... Why allow such horrid things to be done, to be allowed? If the simulation was made, it is the same as religion and God, someone, something, created it, and set the parameters... Something is in charge. If there is something in charge, if this is a simulation, it can't be proven or disproven, only understood for the rules. I see no point in bothering with dwelling on it for very long. It doesn't matter. If the simulation ends, or if my life ends, and I am judged by it, ♥♥♥♥ them. I define how I live, and I don't care if it's a God, or some technological Creator.

It's a moot focus. It is futile, and therefore retarded to entertain at length. There are far too many other thought experiments to get lost in that bare some fruit. Diving into Simulation Theory doesn't bare any fruit. It is a barren thought experiment. In the end, it was just a waste. It is comparison with the entertaining idea of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's all ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. If it cannot be proven, or disproven, it is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Proving a negative is generally a complete waste of time.

we are all in the matrix

dis is just like da matrix omg we gotta take da red pill and be based

[DM]

引用自 smoking addiction：

>makes a thread about whenever hl2 or alyx is better
>questions people when they share their opinion

To be fair when someone says hl2 is better than HL:A just because they dont like VR, its not much of a reason or a comparison.

Which FIFA game is best ? None coz I hate all football games!

It doesn't work well does it?

[)Too fat 4 YOU(]

引用自 Powerwank3000：

引用自 smoking addiction：

>makes a thread about whenever hl2 or alyx is better
>questions people when they share their opinion

To be fair when someone says hl2 is better than HL:A just because they dont like VR, its not much of a reason or a comparison.

Which FIFA game is best ? None coz I hate all football games!

It doesn't work well does it?

Naaahh, i guess this is just how he asks or at least try, to hook an VR or something, politely it seens, but instead he get you guys to help him, like if for example, if i ask for this store to sell an game that they're not selling or something. Guess there is no need to be rude or stupid with someone because of it.

[Cat]

Half-life 2 is Half Life 2 and Half life Alyx is Half Life Alyx.

[)Too fat 4 YOU(]

引用自 Cat：

Half-life 2 is Half Life 2 and Half life Alyx is Half Life Alyx.

If that is true. than why one is an sequel to another?it could be prequel too, but it seens that HL2 comes after, so. Liike back to the future 2 for example, where Marty Mcfly comes back to the past but on the sequel, he comes back way before his parents were born. And i'm sorry, i'm just using movies for analogy because well, it's in front of an screen right, and it's also made with a lot of money by big studios, and it also look like an movie or something, not an movie of course, but an game that looks like an movie, even if it's an 3D movie. An example of game that was made too look like an movie i think it was the game called call of duty, there's even an boat scene identical to the movie "Enemy at the gates" i think, don't remember. If the back to the future example don't work, try using the star wars prequels after the sequels.

[)Too fat 4 YOU(]

引用自 smoking addiction：

引用自 Cat：

Half-life 2 is Half Life 2 and Half life Alyx is Half Life Alyx.

half life alyx is a prequel to rise of the triad

Nope, it's an sequel to HL

[Dexter]

I preferred Half Life Alyx than Half Life 2

[Sikobae]

The Jolly playthrough showed me that HL Alyx needed to sit in the oven a little bit longer.