Does HL2 deliver?

[Cr4ig]

map blink started for cs 1.6

[FraGGer]

oh cool (never played cs 1.6 )

[Cr4ig]

whoever suggested it Blink, I defo think you should... cud be fun with physics etc

[BaRRaKID]

i sugested it thank you off course it's a nice idea lo0l

[Ancalagon]

I was just really dissapointed with the ending. I know they were setting up for another game, but I want a little closure with eli or alex

[Cr4ig]

yeh... just completed it this min (dont say i took ages coz i wasn't playin it non-stop ) and the ending is basically leaveing u off for another version (HL3) I love the manipulator after it try to get stolen tho... so damn powerful . If u don't own HL2 nad wanna see the "powerful manipulator" in action, say and i will make a short frapped movie.

[AcX]

I don't find it as good as I thought it would be... I've only started it tonight and I'm not that far, I'm sure things will pick up later on

Could do with a better computer too Sounds is really weird and choppy and play is really slow and laggy sometimes.

Still to play CS:S though

[Cr4ig]

if u wanna see the stronger manipulator click here (right click and save target as)

slight spoil btw

[Signy]

Well what can i say?

At first i was really into it and the pure interactivity of the levels was fantastic.

But i completed it today and found myself thinking that its not 5 years worth of work. The story line didnt really go anywhere you end knowing as much as you did at the start you have just done loads of cool tasks. It dsnt quite grab you by the balls like hl1 did.

As for the engin i was impressed with the physics but not so much the gfx engin. Compare the gfx to the d3 engin or the up and coming epic engin it dsnt seem "next gen". But the advantage of a weaker engin?

Less lag, less complex, MORE MODDABILITY.

I think this is hl2's big attraction the amazing possibility to mod on it. Because it not the most demanding engin in the world it keep inet and game lag down to a minimun.

Overall i would call hl2 good no blow my mind better than hl1 just good. The overall story lacks any real direction accept the enevabilty of a 3rd game. The graphic engin is okay but certainly not next gen. The havok physics team know their sheat and valve did a hella good job getting it working ingame.

Overall rating 8/10

Most looking forward to: The mods and modding it myself.

This is my two cents.

Signy

[Ancalagon]

i agree completely, did we even learn a thing about what has happened? I don't even know what the hell the combine is or why we have to stop breen from leaving

[snufflez]

cuz if breen leaves he'll become super man and as u all know super man cant die. well sept for kryponite but he'd be immune to it

[Carl]

I was and still am slightly confuzed of who the benefactors are and who the combine are. it didnt really answer anything that i can remember from HL1.

FYI the engine took 2 years to develop and after 2 years of doing storyboards and designing and stuff like that they ralised it sucked and spent most of last year and this year re-doing it. It was all in the "last minutes of HL2" article.

It was more a game on its own than a sequal to HL1. just with the same characters and a few new ones. i was dissapoints with how little the story of HL2 had to do with HL1.

Saying that ill say it again that I really did enjoy the game and I can see this engine being around for another 5 years atleast.

[FraGGer]

I was and still am slightly confuzed of who the benefactors are and who the combine are. it didnt really answer anything that i can remember from HL1.

I guess the combine are the guys in my sig cuz that is wot i have read in pczone then u have combine police combine soldiers they said

[BaRRaKID]

remember the matrix? wath was the diference in the story of the 3 films?
matrix1- made the questions
matrix2- answered a few and had some more, and it was pretier
matrix3- answered all the questions... it was really the end

i haven't played HL2 yet but i expect they will make HL3 to solve all the questions

if not then then this is another of valve's litle games, and the anwser maybe there you jsut need to look deeper, try to find how deep the rabitt hole is ^^

[Cr4ig]

just fot of something... some of the levels from the bink vids weren't in the game I was looking forward to traptown and the striders level wasnt there either. boo