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Topic Started: Mar 14 2006, 04:00 AM (3,982 Views)
Sentynel
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Sentynel
Apr 22 2006, 05:44 PM
Apart from having one of the finest engines in the business, including Havok physics, HL2 has plenty of other stuff to show.
The way the story is delivered. It doesn't steal a style from graphic novels, books or movies, it has its own. The more you look around, the ore you find - like the ape/man/combine graffiti.
The control model is damn near perfect. It doesn't feel too fast or too slow. It's easy to get on and off ladders. Little bits of polish like that.
The vehicles are easy and fun to control (particularly the crane :D ).
It makes good use of the Havok physics. Puzzles like the crane, and the plank and concrete blocks, for example.
It's easy to create mods for.

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Farcry?

Halo?

And the story wasn't exactly genius.
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Far Cry wasn't bad, but the bloody great mutants kind of spoiled it a little.

Halo is crap. The story is awful, the gameplay is repetetive... it's better in 2D, and free! Halo Zero
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Apr 29 2006, 09:27 AM
Far Cry wasn't bad, but the bloody great mutants kind of spoiled it a little.

Halo is crap. The story is awful, the gameplay is repetetive... it's better in 2D, and free! Halo Zero

Why'd ya give a link to Halo Zero? :huh:
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Are you kidding me? It was an excellent tactical shooter with good eye candy.
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I linked Halo Zero because it's Halo in 2D.



I'm not kidding you. Halo is not tactical in any way, shape or form. If you think it's tactical, go play Operation Flashpoint or SWAT 3.
The eye candy does the job, but isn't exactly brilliant, and has system requirements to go with something that looks twice as good.
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OMFG! HALF LIFE?! OVERATED?! WHAT WAS I THINKING?! OMFG! Half life is foreeva'. Sentynel, abuse me, I deserve it.
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o_O
That a change of heart or sarcasm?
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Change of heart. Damm you, old PC, DAMM YOU!!
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Bwahahaha!
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Halo was alright.
The sequel was just more of the same
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Halo 3 is in the works.
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Let me guess - yet MORE of the same repetetive gameplay?
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*shurg* Halo 2 was nice.

Max Payne is foreva'
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Max Payne is indeed good.

Hmm, I feel like playing UT2004 again...
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