Which do you think is better? HL1 or HL2?

[SirYiffsaLot]

I personally think HL1 is better... while HL2 is decent I hate how the first half of the game (chapters 1-6) seem like a tech demo to me just showcasing the Source engine. I hope the first half of HL3 isn't just there to showcase the Source 2 engine... I also feel that HL1 is a lot more fluid and "real" in terms of progression.

[A. Q.]

引用自 Quaalude-chan：

Theyre both glorified tech demos

I would say more so with HL2

[Tap]

Half Life 2 is great and Half Life 1, Half Life 2 is obviously more realistic, Half Life 1 is more nostalgic and older, giving it quite a nice feeling when playing, although id rather play Half Life Source than Half Life 1, but since im new to the Half Life series, i dont know

[Cat]

There's no reason to play Half Life source. Not sure why you prefer that unplayable buggy mess.

[A. Q.]

引用自 User：

Half Life 2 is great and Half Life 1, Half Life 2 is obviously more realistic, Half Life 1 is more nostalgic and older, giving it quite a nice feeling when playing, although id rather play Half Life Source than Half Life 1, but since im new to the Half Life series, i dont know

if you prefere half life source then yeah...

[ClassicGod]

引用自 geo：

I personally think HL1 is better... while HL2 is decent I hate how the first half of the game (chapters 1-6) seem like a tech demo to me just showcasing the Source engine. I hope the first half of HL3 isn't just there to showcase the Source 2 engine... I also feel that HL1 is a lot more fluid and "real" in terms of progression.

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[Dr. Fronkensteen]

引用自 hoaxey：

I prefer HL2 because there is so much more variety in the game play. Nearly every episode introduces a new game play mechanic and a different environment. Add the amazing physics and facial animation, and it's a winner for me. I love Half-life but HL2 does more for me.

This is exactly opposite of the case. Half-Life offers way more variety than HL2. Half-Life has more way enemies/weapon variety, and literally ends with the player traveling to another dimension. Black Mesa itself gets kinda repetitive, but in every other regard, Half-Life is a lot more diverse than HL2. IMO, HL2 suffers severely from a lack of enemy variety.

[Not Lee Harvey Oswald]

引用自 Dr. Fronkensteen：

引用自 hoaxey：

I prefer HL2 because there is so much more variety in the game play. Nearly every episode introduces a new game play mechanic and a different environment. Add the amazing physics and facial animation, and it's a winner for me. I love Half-life but HL2 does more for me.

This is exactly opposite of the case. Half-Life offers way more variety than HL2. Half-Life has more way enemies/weapon variety, and literally ends with the player traveling to another dimension. Black Mesa itself gets kinda repetitive, but in every other regard, Half-Life is a lot more diverse than HL2. IMO, HL2 suffers severely from a lack of enemy variety.

I feel like half life 2 tried to compensate for it's less diverse and more lacking combat through enviormental and activity diversity. But I feel it only half works since the game is still mainly focused on the comabt, and the environments don't really feel like they do enough to help create different unique encounters a lot of the times

[fredfigglehornfan3000]

HL2 and HL1 are both equally innovative and good imo.
HL1 is much less of a chore to play than HL2 though for me.

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

引用自 Melisarc18：

I will say Black Mesa. Even though it's not an option, It still mixes both games together and makes it completly EPIC.

Personally I think, between Black Mesa and Half-Life, Half-Life is the better game, while Black Mesa offers a more immersive experience.

Half-Life's more fast paced nature and Quake-like mechanisms makes it a lot more fun and engaging from a gameplay perspective, but it's hard to really get immersed in the story due to the game's age and some of the more ridiculous designs (a giant set of fan blades in a giant chasm? really?)

Black Mesa's gameplay design is kind of clunky (why do the grenades get thrown from so far above the player's POV? realism? that's not an excuse when that makes it impossible to aim with the damn things) but it effectively gives the feeling that you're genuinely in the middle of an attack and trying to escape; the situation feels authentic.

My heart belongs to Half-Life though. The emphasis of a video game, first and foremost, should be the gameplay.

[Mcsprite]

引用自 sfonor：

Definitely HL2. HL1 was nothing special. I could never understand the hype around 1st game. I finished it and that was it.
To me HL2 is better in every regard (not to mention I finished that game 4 times, compared to 1 [forced a bit because of boredom] with HL1).

steam would not even exist without half life 1 nor would half life 2 and most of the fps from the last 23 years

[hoaxey]

引用自 Dr. Fronkensteen：

引用自 hoaxey：

I prefer HL2 because there is so much more variety in the game play. Nearly every episode introduces a new game play mechanic and a different environment. Add the amazing physics and facial animation, and it's a winner for me. I love Half-life but HL2 does more for me.

This is exactly opposite of the case. Half-Life offers way more variety than HL2. Half-Life has more way enemies/weapon variety, and literally ends with the player traveling to another dimension. Black Mesa itself gets kinda repetitive, but in every other regard, Half-Life is a lot more diverse than HL2. IMO, HL2 suffers severely from a lack of enemy variety.

I respectfully disagree. The fact that you are only in two locations in HL1 makes it less diverse straight away. HL1 has three more weapons than HL2, so not exactly way more. I counted 19 enemies in HL2, not including things like turrets or scanners, HL1 I got 22, also not counting things like tripmines and mantas, so I don't know why people say there are loads more in HL1.

[LiL blade]

HL1 by far, HL2 suffers from a lack of weapon variety , enemy variety and uninteresting vehicle sections, its a decent game as is but i think it lacks a part of what made half life 1 so good in the first place.

HL 1 has 14 weapons while HL 2 has 11 which would have been fine if they tried to compensate for the lack of weapons by making those 11 weapons more diverse in general but they didnt you,only have the grav gun and the pulse rifle which are cool but thats all there is as far as interesting weapons.

HL1 has pretty good enemy variety and they are all very fun to fight but HL2 has very piss poor enemy variety and they arent as fun as HL1's enemies. in hl2 you have 3 different zombie and headcrab variants (4 if you count the combine zombies from ep1), 2 different types of antlions (3 if you count the drones from ep2), combine soldiers (who arent as fun to fight as the marines),man hacks, turrets, barnacles, striders,leeches and gunships (and hunters if you count ep2), i think the real problem with HL2's enemies is that they are just variants of already existing enemies while in hl1 there was not a single enemy that was a variant of another.

[hoaxey]

引用自 LiL blade：

HL1 by far, HL2 suffers from a lack of weapon variety , enemy variety and uninteresting vehicle sections, its a decent game as is but i think it lacks a part of what made half life 1 so good in the first place.

HL 1 has 14 weapons while HL 2 has 11 which would have been fine if they tried to compensate for the lack of weapons by making those 11 weapons more diverse in general but they didnt you only have the grav gun and pulse rifle which are cool but thats all there is as far as interesting weapons.

HL1 has pretty good enemy vasriety and they are all very fun to fight but HL2 has very piss poor enemy variety and they arent as fun as HL1's enemies. in hl2 you have 3 different zombie and headcrab variants (4 if you count the combine zombies from ep1), 2 different types of antlions (3 if you count the drones from ep2), combine soldiers (who arent as fun to fight as the marines),man hacks, turrets, barnacles, striders,leeches and gunships (and hunters if you count ep2), i think the real problem with HL2's enemies is that they are just variants of already existing enemies while in hl1 there was not a single enemy that was a variant of another.

I really like the vehicle sections. I love the fact the fact in some cases that you can stop, explore and find extra things, or just bypass them completely.

[devious goon]

引用自 LiL blade：

HL1 by far, HL2 suffers from a lack of weapon variety , enemy variety and uninteresting vehicle sections, its a decent game as is but i think it lacks a part of what made half life 1 so good in the first place.

HL 1 has 14 weapons while HL 2 has 11 which would have been fine if they tried to compensate for the lack of weapons by making those 11 weapons more diverse in general but they didnt you only have the grav gun and pulse rifle which are cool but thats all there is as far as interesting weapons.

HL1 has pretty good enemy variety and they are all very fun to fight but HL2 has very piss poor enemy variety and they arent as fun as HL1's enemies. in hl2 you have 3 different zombie and headcrab variants (4 if you count the combine zombies from ep1), 2 different types of antlions (3 if you count the drones from ep2), combine soldiers (who arent as fun to fight as the marines),man hacks, turrets, barnacles, striders,leeches and gunships (and hunters if you count ep2), i think the real problem with HL2's enemies is that they are just variants of already existing enemies while in hl1 there was not a single enemy that was a variant of another.

Agree with this assessment, HL1 is just way more fun on repeat playthroughs. Imo another factor is how much more freedom you have in HL1 and don't have to wait for characters to finish dialogue before you can move on (except for the beginning)

[Dr. Fronkensteen]

引用自 hoaxey：

引用自 Dr. Fronkensteen：

This is exactly opposite of the case. Half-Life offers way more variety than HL2. Half-Life has more way enemies/weapon variety, and literally ends with the player traveling to another dimension. Black Mesa itself gets kinda repetitive, but in every other regard, Half-Life is a lot more diverse than HL2. IMO, HL2 suffers severely from a lack of enemy variety.

I respectfully disagree. The fact that you are only in two locations in HL1 makes it less diverse straight away. HL1 has three more weapons than HL2, so not exactly way more. I counted 19 enemies in HL2, not including things like turrets or scanners, HL1 I got 22, also not counting things like tripmines and mantas, so I don't know why people say there are loads more in HL1.

A lot of those 19 enemies are slight variations on the same enemy (EG there's different variations of combine soldiers, zombies & headcrabs, but they're all very similar) whereas all of the enemies in HL1 are distinct and unique. If you play the enemy introductory level of HL1 vs. HL2 (Unforeseen Consequences vs. Route Canal) Route Canal is mostly just combine and manhacks (I once counted 70 manhacks in that level alone), whereas Unforeseen Consequences in HL1 introduces the player to the headcrabs, the zombies, the houndeyes, the barnacles, and the bullsquids, which are all vastly different enemies.

they really should've left the cremators, bullsquids, and houndeyes in the final build of HL2