This does not alter the fact they are a facehugger rip off. Their later stages do not alter the fact they jump on your face and hug it...
well they jump on your HEAD not your FACE to begin with
face huggers stick a tube down your throat, headcrabs bite through your skull.
Actually, the Head Crab is a Gonchong ripoff, not a facehugger ripoff. But you could argue that the gonchong is a facehugger ripoff, kinda, but they're also sorta not.
Man the entire FPS genre is either an Aliens ripoff or a war movie ripoff, depending on which game you buy. I don't understand why this argument is important.
What the hell is even wrong with the headcrab being based off the facehugger? I love all the Half-Life games, I love the Alien films, hell I even love Halo.
I played the 1st episode just to find out what the Black Mesa incident was.. I expected something more, but it was only the "omgtheyturnedintozombies!", so there really was no point to play more..
Wow. How far did you play? The black mesa incident was a bit more complicated than that.
I played the 1st episode just to find out what the Black Mesa incident was.. I expected something more, but it was only the "omgtheyturnedintozombies!", so there really was no point to play more..
Maybe you played the HL1 demo, because yeah, it's a shitload deeper than that.
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Ah giblets. Fuck giblets. It's too bad Alyx isn't half-life 1 otherwise I'd say terrible, terrible things that would have me hunted down by all you Alyx lovers.
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Ah giblets. Fuck giblets. It's too bad Alyx isn't half-life 1 otherwise I'd say terrible, terrible things that would have me hunted down by all you Alyx lovers.
Alyx lovers? I was unaware such humans (?) existed.
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Ah giblets. Fuck giblets. It's too bad Alyx isn't half-life 1 otherwise I'd say terrible, terrible things that would have me hunted down by all you Alyx lovers.
Alyx lovers? I was unaware such humans (?) existed.
shhh. Keep it quiet. The hive will hear you. They're most of G&T.
This does not alter the fact they are a facehugger rip off. Their later stages do not alter the fact they jump on your face and hug it...
well they jump on your HEAD not your FACE to begin with
face huggers stick a tube down your throat, headcrabs bite through your skull.
Actually, the Head Crab is a Gonchong ripoff, not a facehugger ripoff. But you could argue that the gonchong is a facehugger ripoff, kinda, but they're also sorta not.
Man the entire FPS genre is either an Aliens ripoff or a war movie ripoff, depending on which game you buy. I don't understand why this argument is important.
What the hell is even wrong with the headcrab being based off the facehugger? I love all the Half-Life games, I love the Alien films, hell I even love Halo.
I'm fine with all of this.
well the flood are totally a headcrab ripoff
i mean they jump at your face and then zombies
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This does not alter the fact they are a facehugger rip off. Their later stages do not alter the fact they jump on your face and hug it...
well they jump on your HEAD not your FACE to begin with
face huggers stick a tube down your throat, headcrabs bite through your skull.
Actually, the Head Crab is a Gonchong ripoff, not a facehugger ripoff. But you could argue that the gonchong is a facehugger ripoff, kinda, but they're also sorta not.
Man the entire FPS genre is either an Aliens ripoff or a war movie ripoff, depending on which game you buy. I don't understand why this argument is important.
What the hell is even wrong with the headcrab being based off the facehugger? I love all the Half-Life games, I love the Alien films, hell I even love Halo.
When I first played Half Life 1, I got the impression that Gordon was a janitor in a powered suit who was employed to push dangerous things around dangerous places that were quite dangerous.
That may be a poor understanding of the story, but it's a great pitch for a TV show.
When I first played Half Life 1, I got the impression that Gordon was a janitor in a powered suit who was employed to push dangerous things around dangerous places that were quite dangerous.
That may be a poor understanding of the story, but it's a great pitch for a TV show.
Starring this guy:
Someone call the tv execs, this is gold.
Having played Half-Life in... 2003/2004, I still found it pretty damn awesome. The atmosphere was excellent, even with the terrible graphics and voice acting, the combat was fun, the enemy AI was phenomenal... But I'll agree that the story was a little too vague at times -- I can't really remember most of it, it always seemed more like a premise than anything -- and the pacing was a little weird. And, fuck that whole section when you're in those tunnels, pushing switches, moving your shitty vehicle around.
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Ah giblets. Fuck giblets. It's too bad Alyx isn't half-life 1 otherwise I'd say terrible, terrible things that would have me hunted down by all you Alyx lovers.
Alyx lovers? I was unaware such humans (?) existed.
shhh. Keep it quiet. The hive will hear you. They're most of G&T.
I think a portrait of Merle Dandridge will cure any "Alyx love" symptoms.
This does not alter the fact they are a facehugger rip off. Their later stages do not alter the fact they jump on your face and hug it...
well they jump on your HEAD not your FACE to begin with
face huggers stick a tube down your throat, headcrabs bite through your skull.
Actually, the Head Crab is a Gonchong ripoff, not a facehugger ripoff. But you could argue that the gonchong is a facehugger ripoff, kinda, but they're also sorta not.
Man the entire FPS genre is either an Aliens ripoff or a war movie ripoff, depending on which game you buy. I don't understand why this argument is important.
What the hell is even wrong with the headcrab being based off the facehugger? I love all the Half-Life games, I love the Alien films, hell I even love Halo.
I'm fine with all of this.
well the flood are totally a headcrab ripoff
i mean they jump at your face and then zombies
HOW DARE SOMETHING IN A GAME I LOVE NOT BE A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL THOUGHT THIS WILL NOT STAND
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I played the 1st episode just to find out what the Black Mesa incident was.. I expected something more, but it was only the "omgtheyturnedintozombies!", so there really was no point to play more..
Maybe you played the HL1 demo, because yeah, it's a shitload deeper than that.
I had the full game, only I didn't play it for long. Got to where you have to kill a giant plant with rockets I think..
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I played the 1st episode just to find out what the Black Mesa incident was.. I expected something more, but it was only the "omgtheyturnedintozombies!", so there really was no point to play more..
Maybe you played the HL1 demo, because yeah, it's a shitload deeper than that.
I had the full game, only I didn't play it for long. Got to where you have to kill a giant plant with rockets I think..
Half-Life is the greatest game ever made. Not because of the game itself, but because it spawned TFC and CS, which then spawned TF2 and CS:S. CS, TFC, CS:S, and TF2 = the best 4 game experiences on the PC ever.
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Half-Life is the greatest game ever made. Not because of the game itself, but because it spawned TFC and CS, which then spawned TF2 and CS:S. CS, TFC, CS:S, and TF2 = the best 4 game experiences on the PC ever.
um, TFC was just a stopgap solution while they took far too long making TF2. Team Fortress started off on Quake.
Half-Life is the greatest game ever made. Not because of the game itself, but because it spawned TFC and CS, which then spawned TF2 and CS:S. CS, TFC, CS:S, and TF2 = the best 4 game experiences on the PC ever.
Nevar! Quake spawned Team Fortress.
It also helped create modern Internet FPS multiplay.
I played half life when it first came out, and had not been involved with any hype etc, just played the demo and loved it.
It blew me away and I can still replay it endlessly, I vastly prefer it to almost any game.
Frankly I have no idea how much of that is down to nostalgia, I just fucking adore the game, for whatever reasons, and I have made many people play it. One very recently, who enjoyed it having never played before, but nowhere near as much as I enjoyed it.
If you want your friend to play it for your sake, then maybe dont bother, especially if him not liking it will anger you. If you think he could get a real appreciation out of it, then go for it.
My introduction to the series was the PS2 port of HL1, but I was no worse off. The game still holds up remarkably well. Now I play it both on the PC and PS2 regularly. I like HL2 more but still think HL1 is a fantastic game. Interestingly enough my friend who is in the same boat as me likes HL1 more but still thinks HL2 is good for completely different reasons than I do.
Those complaining about the aged graphics should get the PS2 port. It comes with keyboard and mouse support. The movement isn't quite as hyper as the PC version but it is still smooth. Plus you get Decay, a handful of co-op levels that are pretty enjoyable. The only loss is the gimped multiplayer which is still fun as hell, but there are less maps.
I have to put in here. I played the original Half-Life only after I played Half-Life 2, and I liked it better than the sequel. The pacing was better, the scripted events were more fun, and the level design was near perfect from a game play standpoint. What didn't hold up was Xen, the voice acting, and of course the graphics. But I still loved the hell out of it.
I'm sure someone's brought it up by now, but Opposing Force is the truly timeless example of great gameplay from the HL series. Half Life is a great game all around, but Opposing Force distills everything HL does right into a short, compact ideal for an FPS game.
I played the 1st episode just to find out what the Black Mesa incident was.. I expected something more, but it was only the "omgtheyturnedintozombies!", so there really was no point to play more..
Maybe you played the HL1 demo, because yeah, it's a shitload deeper than that.
I had the full game, only I didn't play it for long. Got to where you have to kill a giant plant with rockets I think..
I tried to go back and play Duke Nukem 3D again this past week, and couldn't stand it past the first few levels, where I rode a nostalgia high. It really hasn't held up well, especially the second episode. I loved it to death back in the day, but I can't play it now. Same for a lot of NES games I used to love. I used to play a ton of Ultima 6 back in the day, but I only recently tried Ultima 7. Couldn't stand it, even though it's pretty much the same thing, but better.
Many games, even when they're great ones, just don't hold up well through advances in technology and game design. They're great in the context of their time, but not currently.
The original Doom, however, I think defies this. That game is still fun as hell.
Or both! Metroid Prime: Resident Evil. Space pirates jumping through windows as you explore via morph ball and space-jumping around a space [strike]station[/strike] mansion.
On a less random train of thought, I picked up HL1 for my birthday (in 1998), under no coercion (such as someone else telling me it was so cool, etc), having heard nothing about it before hand.
Best $50 I ever spent.
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I'm sure someone's brought it up by now, but Opposing Force is the truly timeless example of great gameplay from the HL series. Half Life is a great game all around, but Opposing Force distills everything HL does right into a short, compact ideal for an FPS game.
Now that is true enough. I remember loving OpFor a lot more than vanilla Half-Life.
Or both! Metroid Prime: Resident Evil. Space pirates jumping through windows as you explore via morph ball and space-jumping around a space [strike]station[/strike] mansion.
I'd play it.
Also, didn't mean to sound like a hater before. I love the HL series/story. HL2 blew my mind, as did the two (so far) expansions.
I think a portrait of Merle Dandridge will cure any "Alyx love" symptoms.
I'd just like to say that's a pretty terrible picture of Ms. Dandridge. There are much better ones. She's a pretty lady. I've met her in person actually, at a friend's church.
I think a portrait of Merle Dandridge will cure any "Alyx love" symptoms.
I'd just like to say that's a pretty terrible picture of Ms. Dandridge. There are much better ones. She's a pretty lady. I've met her in person actually, at a friend's church.
And besides, she's the voice, not the body. Jamil Mullen is who Alyx is modelled on.
I honestly didn't enjoy it all that much when I first played it, and that was the day it came out. Never finished it. I have very low tolerance for shooters and tend to get bored really quickly, so that might've been the reason. It probably didn't help that back then I didn't exactly have a computer that ran it well.
I love Half Life even now. I don't think the graphics are that bad, they haven't aged particularly well but it's not an ugly game by any means. Regarding the human enemies, I generally find them less fun than the aliens but that's me.
Half-Life is the greatest game ever made. Not because of the game itself, but because it spawned TFC and CS, which then spawned TF2 and CS:S. CS, TFC, CS:S, and TF2 = the best 4 game experiences on the PC ever.
Excuse me while I say that Counter-Strike sucks.
Teamfortress Classic was a good port from the Quake engine, but the modding scene for Half-Life 1 was one of the best around. From The Specialists, to Sven's Coop, to Natural Selection, most of the mods were a blast. Even the ones that died, like Science and Industry, the Wasteland, the Ship and other ones presented new and interesting gameplay twists. It was awesome.
Speaking of the assassins, I have a very clear memory of tossing a snark after one, and watching him run the other way, arms flailing. This specific event was just after the artillery section. I have since been unable to duplicate it. Did I imagine it?
Is Half-Life 2 really the groundbreaking experience everyone claims? I own but haven't played it yet. Maybe I should get off my duff (figuratively speaking) and play.
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What the hell is even wrong with the headcrab being based off the facehugger? I love all the Half-Life games, I love the Alien films, hell I even love Halo.
I'm fine with all of this.
Wow. How far did you play? The black mesa incident was a bit more complicated than that.
Maybe you played the HL1 demo, because yeah, it's a shitload deeper than that.
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Alyx lovers? I was unaware such humans (?) existed.
shhh. Keep it quiet. The hive will hear you. They're most of G&T.
well the flood are totally a headcrab ripoff
i mean they jump at your face and then zombies
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Flood are like chest bursters in reverse.
That may be a poor understanding of the story, but it's a great pitch for a TV show.
Starring this guy:
Someone call the tv execs, this is gold.
Having played Half-Life in... 2003/2004, I still found it pretty damn awesome. The atmosphere was excellent, even with the terrible graphics and voice acting, the combat was fun, the enemy AI was phenomenal... But I'll agree that the story was a little too vague at times -- I can't really remember most of it, it always seemed more like a premise than anything -- and the pacing was a little weird. And, fuck that whole section when you're in those tunnels, pushing switches, moving your shitty vehicle around.
I think a portrait of Merle Dandridge will cure any "Alyx love" symptoms.
HOW DARE SOMETHING IN A GAME I LOVE NOT BE A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL THOUGHT THIS WILL NOT STAND
And Pharezon doesn't get to comment on things any more, since he's officially turned in his penis and license.
I had the full game, only I didn't play it for long. Got to where you have to kill a giant plant with rockets I think..
You're thinking of Resident Evil.:P
I can respect that, but I also respectfully disagree. With both statements. DoD:S > TF2. In my opinion.
um, TFC was just a stopgap solution while they took far too long making TF2. Team Fortress started off on Quake.
It also helped create modern Internet FPS multiplay.
It blew me away and I can still replay it endlessly, I vastly prefer it to almost any game.
Frankly I have no idea how much of that is down to nostalgia, I just fucking adore the game, for whatever reasons, and I have made many people play it. One very recently, who enjoyed it having never played before, but nowhere near as much as I enjoyed it.
If you want your friend to play it for your sake, then maybe dont bother, especially if him not liking it will anger you. If you think he could get a real appreciation out of it, then go for it.
Those complaining about the aged graphics should get the PS2 port. It comes with keyboard and mouse support. The movement isn't quite as hyper as the PC version but it is still smooth. Plus you get Decay, a handful of co-op levels that are pretty enjoyable. The only loss is the gimped multiplayer which is still fun as hell, but there are less maps.
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Or Metroid Prime?
Many games, even when they're great ones, just don't hold up well through advances in technology and game design. They're great in the context of their time, but not currently.
The original Doom, however, I think defies this. That game is still fun as hell.
On a less random train of thought, I picked up HL1 for my birthday (in 1998), under no coercion (such as someone else telling me it was so cool, etc), having heard nothing about it before hand.
Best $50 I ever spent.
Now that is true enough. I remember loving OpFor a lot more than vanilla Half-Life.
I'd play it.
Also, didn't mean to sound like a hater before. I love the HL series/story. HL2 blew my mind, as did the two (so far) expansions.
And besides, she's the voice, not the body. Jamil Mullen is who Alyx is modelled on.
I was glued to part 2 for a month, though.
OpFor, so hard. If my list of games to be completed wasn't staggeringly embarrassing, I'd be all over it. Ah hell, I know what's going to happen now.
And to Uncle_Balsamic above, the assassins in OpFor will make you shit your pants.
Excuse me while I say that Counter-Strike sucks.
Teamfortress Classic was a good port from the Quake engine, but the modding scene for Half-Life 1 was one of the best around. From The Specialists, to Sven's Coop, to Natural Selection, most of the mods were a blast. Even the ones that died, like Science and Industry, the Wasteland, the Ship and other ones presented new and interesting gameplay twists. It was awesome.