Why this game is often called "Best fps of all time"?

[SpotlesS]

Whats so special about this game? I've barely manged to go trough half of the game because it was so boring. I would say HL2 is very average fps. Might be because I started playing it this year instead of few years earlier?

[Saitama OPM]

CordedUberator eredeti hozzászólása:

I personally don't get it. The gun-play is great, it's extremely satisfying when I kill an enemy, but otherwise, I don't see the acclaim. The story felt like one giant fetch quest. "Gordon, come here and do some ♥♥♥♥, go there and do that. Gordon, can you come tie my shoelaces? Oh look, we're conviently separated." And this is just a personal preference of mine, but Gordon's muteness really broke the immersion for me. I personally prefer talking protagonists because then they don't seem "unnatural." By which, I mean they seem more human and normal. Who here never says a word at all, ever?

Lastly (puts flame shield up), I thought the Gravity Gun was really gimmicky. Oh...I can pick up crates and such and throw them, that's...nice. *Switches back to regular guns.* I'd compare it to Isaac's Kinesis in DS2, but I prefer that to the GG. The hand gesture of holding back and then throwing your arm forward really give you a sense of power. It felt like I was doing the launching, not some machine. It felt especially good when you could "repurpose" the limbs of enemies to impale other foes, not just smacking Necromorphs with boxes, barrels, and the occasional sawblade (which you could do too in DS2). It's a lot more satisfying when you can send your foe flying across the room with a blade to the chest instead of just hitting them in the chest with a box that just knocks em over.

just to tell you ea wouldn't have gotten the idea for issacs kineses if it wasn't for the gravity gun.

[Casket The Clown]

Error 404 Not Found eredeti hozzászólása:

It's good because...
1. You're not made to sit through boring as ♥♥♥♥ cutscenes
2. You can just walk away from a conversation
3. The story is not rammed down your throat and you discover it through the world and the characters.
4. Even though it's an older game the graphics are not awful and the sound design is great
5. Explosive red barrels.

You can't walk away from a conversation, I call bulls**t! The conversations are as boring and scripted as cutscenes, and explosive barrels have been in FPS games since Doom.

[Casket The Clown]

Arrwdodger eredeti hozzászólása:

These are reasons why Half Life 2 won that title (in my oppinion)
I am not trying to accuse you of hating the game or however you think of it
i am just providing reasons


i don't care if its boring or not to you, the reason it is called the greatest fps of all time is (in my opinion) because of the games variety of situations at any given moment. like HALO, Half Life has more than one antagonist team. It has THREE! The combine, zombies/headcrabs (not Lamarr, Lamarr is cute to me for some reason. DON'T ♥♥♥♥ WITH LAMARR!), and the antlions. Plus it has a lot of physics puzzles. How many other games have physics puzzles? not many. Most of the technology the combine uses is very creative, I.e. moving walls, cyborg vehicles, a tunneling beyond-sky scraper, and much more. Half Life 2 has some of the most realistic physics as well. Take the grav-gun, pick something up, and shoot it across the map in a realisticly sized arc. everything falls and flies almost the way u would expect them to. A.I.s are very well scripted and excecuted.
Plus breaking wooden structures is fun. very fun.

There's a difference between antagonists and creatures trying to survive, the combine is your only real enemy.

[CordedUberator]

Jake89headcrab eredeti hozzászólása:

just to tell you ea wouldn't have gotten the idea for issacs kineses if it wasn't for the gravity gun.

Thank you stating the obvious.

[FireFox]

Oh look another "Valve Fanbois HURRRDURRR!" troll.

[EddieDDUB]

I think you probably find it boring because you have played many other games that take elements from HL2. I played it back when it was new. It was jawdropping to say the least.

[Baconhog]

I DID THE MATH! IT SAYS THAT WE SHALL ALL BOW DOWN TO THE GABEN!

[Baconhog]

DEATH TO THE NON-BEIEVERS!

[CordedUberator]

EddieDDUB eredeti hozzászólása:

I think you probably find it boring because you have played many other games that take elements from HL2. I played it back when it was new. It was jawdropping to say the least. :golden:

So then it's not good because it doesn't stand the test of time? Because that's what you just implied.

And don't call me a troll, I found the game enjoyable, just not the "best." By any means. (Perfect Dark ftw =D) But to each his own.

Error 404 Not Found eredeti hozzászólása:

It's good because...
1. You're not made to sit through boring as ♥♥♥♥ cutscenes
2. You can just walk away from a conversation
3. The story is not rammed down your throat and you discover it through the world and the characters.

Pretty sure that the Gman proves those first 3 are wrong, because the Gman sure as hell tries to ram plot down your throat, and it's annoying.

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The Wrangler eredeti hozzászólása:

SpotlesS eredeti hozzászólása:

Whats so special about this game? I've barely manged to go trough half of the game because it was so boring. I would say HL2 is very average fps. Might be because I started playing it this year instead of few years earlier?

Valve fanboys.

Half Life is one of the major reasons that Valve even has such an intense fan base. It's a big disingenuous to chalk up its popularity to "Valve fanboys". One of the main things that makes the game so compelling is its approach to storytelling. Rather than laying the story out flatly, there's an enormous amount of depth that can only be gleaned by exploring and piecing together clues from your environment.

I'm sure that many of the people posting here are too young to be able to put this game into the context of when it came out, but it really did set new standards for immersive storytelling.

Don't be the "If I tell everyone how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I thought Citizen Cane was, they'll think I'm smarter than the most respected scholars and critics!" guy. I just makes you look like a dingus.

[FlameHorse]

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The Wrangler eredeti hozzászólása:

Don't be the "If I tell everyone how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ I thought Citizen Cane was, they'll think I'm smarter than the most respected scholars and critics!" guy. I just makes you look like a dingus.

Citizen Kane is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for even ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ existing. Showgirls is way better. Least ya got boobage in Showgirls.

[Soundpulse]

Half-Life 2 is more than an FPS. It has an actual story. Suprising, isn't it?
1. You care for the characters, allies, and even the zombies. What other games out there make you care for zombies?
2. The game, unlike other FPS, put time into character development. Don't give me crap like, GORDON HAS NO DEVELOPMENT HURHURHUR, he does. Gordon Freeman is meant to be you.
3. What other First-Person Shooters, yes I know there are some out there, have the main character meant to be you? You're Gordan Freeman. You make his character.
4. The gameplay and story is amazing, and unlike modern first-person shooters, they aren't spending most of the money on graphics. The graphics are the only thing that makes HL2 look like an average shooter.
I will be adding onto this.

[Saitama OPM]

Barack Obamasnow ᵒᵇᵃᵐᵃ eredeti hozzászólása:

Half-Life 2 is more than an FPS. It has an actual story. Suprising, isn't it?
1. You care for the characters, allies, and even the zombies. What other games out there make you care for zombies?
2. The game, unlike other FPS, put time into character development. Don't give me crap like, GORDON HAS NO DEVELOPMENT HURHURHUR, he does. Gordon Freeman is meant to be you.
3. What other First-Person Shooters, yes I know there are some out there, have the main character meant to be you? You're Gordan Freeman. You make his character.
4. The gameplay and story is amazing, and unlike modern first-person shooters, they aren't spending most of the money on graphics. The graphics are the only thing that makes HL2 look like an average shooter.
I will be adding onto this.

actually back in the day (2004) when half-life came out. the graphics were the best anyone ever saw. the only graphics that could compare was doom 3. Half-life 2 and Doom 3 were the Cod and Battlefield, but in my opinon and most others Half-life and doom are far superior to cod and battlefield. they spent time on every thing, while most modern day games consentrete on graphics and what gun you gun to run around and shoot people for no reason in multiplayer.

[Soundpulse]

Jake89headcrab eredeti hozzászólása:

Barack Obamasnow ᵒᵇᵃᵐᵃ eredeti hozzászólása:

Half-Life 2 is more than an FPS. It has an actual story. Suprising, isn't it?
1. You care for the characters, allies, and even the zombies. What other games out there make you care for zombies?
2. The game, unlike other FPS, put time into character development. Don't give me crap like, GORDON HAS NO DEVELOPMENT HURHURHUR, he does. Gordon Freeman is meant to be you.
3. What other First-Person Shooters, yes I know there are some out there, have the main character meant to be you? You're Gordan Freeman. You make his character.
4. The gameplay and story is amazing, and unlike modern first-person shooters, they aren't spending most of the money on graphics. The graphics are the only thing that makes HL2 look like an average shooter.
I will be adding onto this.

actually back in the day (2004) when half-life came out. the graphics were the best anyone ever saw. the only graphics that could compare was doom 3. Half-life 2 and Doom 3 were the Cod and Battlefield, but in my opinon and most others Half-life and doom are far superior to cod and battlefield. they spent time on every thing, while most modern day games consentrete on graphics and what gun you gun to run around and shoot people for no reason in multiplayer.

This man really needs a medal. You describe First-Person shooters perfectly.

[Meepy]

This game has more fan-boys who over praise it as the "best game ever made" for nothing. Its not even close to one of the best FPS ever made.