Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jhulian Waldby Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:06:12 -0600 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <62bsjjhmiusmd9nqmldtgi37puuupdsm83@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net v1apKwAhKb84/QyZ3eL9oAvprYAWhPPwZAzaVk8gzvgA2AzHSg Cancel-Lock: sha1:pjNVFwFs9+vwGYEkpySVuPgdwCU= sha256:CRRBydplzXVxJFqVaUOTG2xIaanqmIkHOYCGwHspUTM= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2889 candycanearter07 wrote: > Jhulian Waldby wrote at 00:35 this Thursday (GMT): >> candycanearter07 wrote: >>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote at 18:38 this Wednesday (GMT): >>>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 >>>> wrote: >>>>> Ant wrote at 03:31 this Saturday (GMT): >>>> >>>>>> Since HL2 will be/is 20 yrs. old and we're all getting nostalgia! Let's >>>>>> talk about those days! >>>> >>>>> I got it in the modern day, and I remember enjoying it but not fully >>>>> seeing why people adore it so much? >>>> >>>> If the comments here are anything to go on, most people --even the >>>> ones who bought it back in 2004-- feel the same way. >>>> >>>> The original "Half Life" really was revolutionary; its success >>>> transformed the FPS genre. "Half Life 2"? It was an okay game but >>>> hardly a match for its predecessor. >> >> Maybe it's better if HL2 is the beginning of the series for you. >> Stepping into HL2 with no prior experience it's who am I some kind of >> celebrity or national hero; everybody knows my name. >> >> It was enough to draw me in. I played until I was stuck and then went >> back a few times (got a little further). > > Same. Nova Prospekt really confused me. > >> obgameExperience: Really like that pipe. I played Rainbow 6: Raven >> Shield for 400 hours and never once scored a knife kill. > > What? > The HL2 melee weapon, a piece of pipe, has a good range that it reaches. The Raven Shield knife covers an inappreciable distance. Same with the Call of Duty knife. HL2 is more "Skyrim-like".