Half-Life 2 Discussion (Spoilers)

[Grumpy]

@Mookers
Very well written indeed. You mentioned two very good games in HL2 and Doom3, but have you played, my personal favorite, Farcry?
I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on it, and yours Joyboy. You both write an interesting review.
(Do we really have to call you 'Joyboy'!?)

[Mookers]

Thanks Grumpy. Unfortunately I have not been to Walmart to pick up Farcry as of yet. Everyone I talk to says it's a very good game. maybe I will go grab a copy this weekend and write a little about it. I have seen it played at the local LAN parties though and from what I have seen it's a great game experience.

[JoyBoy]

As I'm pressed for time, all I gotta say is Far Cry is overated and DOOM 3 I still havent bothered to finish. Its a blatent 1 trick pony and I just cannot be bothered to continue with the game. If you want to play a seriously good FPS go check out the criminally underated Chaser. Before Half-Life 2 came out, that was the last good game I played on the PC. Actually, based on the Chaser storyline, I gotta say I enjoyed that game more then Half-Life 2

[Luciel]

Although doom 3 has sentimental value as doom was the first scary game for me LOL (bless me) i have to agree with batty,i mean, joyboy (hehehehe), i cant be arsed to finish it, as of farcry, i agree its a nice game, but highly overrated kinda like what happens with halo except halo is a crap game from the word go.

[Grumpy]

Man I'm dissapointed to hear both (Luciel and Joyboys) your opinions on Farcry! But just because I thought it was great doesnt mean everyone is going to agree. I will look for the demo for Chaser to see for myself.

[JoyBoy]

Originally Posted by Luciel

Firstly i have to say people that havent played HL1 wouldnt enjoy HL2 as its a continuation of the storyline, Also there was something really weird about all the C17 Army Vehicles, they all looked very XEN, some biological **** going on there maybe?

Yeah, I noticed that first with the Gunships. The moment a rocket would hit them, they would let out a scream (at least it sounded like a scream to me). Same thing with those Striders too... Damn, the Gunships had awesome vocals Then again, maybe Valve stole that sample from the Metal Gear Solid Series
Heh, just thinking back to Follow Freeman, where you run down a tunnel with 1 lone combine soldier at the other end. You think to yourself, this is piss easy and I know I am being setup for something bigger. Within a few steps a Strider smashes through the wall behind you and gives chase all the way to the end of the tunnel. You barely have enough time to even turn around and investigate what the hell that loud crash was behind you because the ****er is charging so fast.

Actually, speaking of Striders, did anyone manage to beat the last Strider you meet in the very last level (Dark Energy or Dark Tower or something Dark like that). The suped up gravity gun obviously had no effect on it, and it was only while running round trying to dodge the thing looking for an exit that I saw those energy balls. Quickly as possible, I ripped them out and basically discarded them without even thinking about firing them at the Strider, I just wanted out of that place. Did they make a difference?

[Grumpy]

Yes the balls did kill the last stryder! I just kept running around, ignoring the men just in front of me and blasted the balls at the Stryder. It soon dropped then I could safely kill of the remaining men.
Some of the effects in this level looked very good. Sometimes I just kept picking up the people with the gravity gun and swinging them around in the corridors, Loved the sound effects, also just kept tossing people high into the air and watching them come down and thumping onto the ground. And the bubble thing, where you could throw someone into it and they would float about, sort of slow motion effect, this looked quite good!

[knothead]

Originally Posted by Mookers

Thanks Grumpy. Unfortunately I have not been to Walmart to pick up Farcry as of yet. Everyone I talk to says it's a very good game. maybe I will go grab a copy this weekend and write a little about it. I have seen it played at the local LAN parties though and from what I have seen it's a great game experience.

Got Mine At FRYS for $14.99 $10.00 cheaper than WalMarts!!