Cobine Soldiers have weak aim

[Head_Crab_04]

I've watched several videos and the combine soldiers seem to have lousy aim. it looks fake when they miss deliberately. i hope on a higher difficulty, the aim of the combine soldiers improve. in that respect i hope the game is not a let down. ;(

 

[Vegeta897]

Ok.. We were just talking about this in another thread. He said because of the weapon they use.

And besides, if you want better aim just play Hard difficulty.

Don't make new threads for already-discussed or being-discussed topic next time.

 

[Shuzer]

Right. The game is set to something along the lines of ultra easy for the E3 demos. The bullets do little to no damage when they DO hit.

 

[Maui]

The post vegeta referred to is this one:

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=647882&postcount=23

 

[Head_Crab_04]

woah. guys are touchy today. i hope half life 2 comes out soon so that people can be a bit nicer. :thumbs:

 

[Vegeta897]

woah. guys are touchy today. i hope half life 2 comes out soon so that people can be a bit nicer. :thumbs:

Heh, sorry if I sounded mean. Maybe I shoulda put some smileys in there.

 

[Gorgon]

if the aim was crap thene the game will be too easy to finish, i doubt that

 

[Petabyte]

I'm pretty sure they did that so Gordon wouldn't die during the presentation.

 

[Murray_H]

They are wearing masks, they are shooting blind!

 

[Vegeta897]

I'm pretty sure they did that so Gordon wouldn't die during the presentation.

Ehh.. I tend to disagree. The player wasn't playing live at E3.. If the clip showed him dying they could just record another..

I think the damage is just fine for the Easy setting...

 

[McFly]

the AI aim was simply dumbed down to contribute to the video. They wanted to make a good video without dying each time they tried to show off the technology.

 

[Petabyte]

Ehh.. I tend to disagree. The player wasn't playing live at E3.. If the clip showed him dying they could just record another..

I think the damage is just fine for the Easy setting...

I dont know. It wasen't an exact recording, and it was running in Source. They have stated its different everytime, so physics and character movement/actions aren't alwase exactly the same even during a demo. So you never know. I think they did it just to be safe. I doubt they would have ever thought that a year later people would be examining the videos down to the very last detail

And really, who cares. Who actually playes shooters on easy mode besides my little sister?

 

[Petabyte]

the AI aim was simply dumbed down to contribute to the video. They wanted to make a good video without dying each time they tried to show off the technology.

My thoughts exactly. Vegeta897 on the other hand, doesn't seem to agree

 

[Vegeta897]

And really, who cares. Who actually playes shooters on easy mode besides my little sister?

Okay, cut the "ONLY NOOBIES PLAY EASY MODE HAHA!!!" attitude.

ALOT of people play on easy. Especially in HL2 because you want to be able to experiment with the physics, and not worry about getting headshotted on sight.

 

[GuNzABlaZiN]

This is the way I see it, when you play at an easy difficulty level, the enemy's weapons have larger fire-cones, in high difficulty levels, fire-cones become tighter. It would be stupid if they went with the way they had it in HL1, where the higher the difficulty, the higher the enemy health.

 

[Petabyte]

Okay, cut the "ONLY NOOBIES PLAY EASY MODE HAHA!!!" attitude.

ALOT of people play on easy. Especially in HL2 because you want to be able to experiment with the physics, and not worry about getting headshotted on sight.

Ok, I guess I was wrong. I didn't mean to have that type of attitude. Thats a good point, people may just want to play on easy to experiment with all the new stuff. Hell, I might, its a good idea. Sorry.
Why do I alwase come off as a jerk. *sigh*

 

[ManHacks]

ya, im sure it was ust for the e3 presentation. I will prob play it on medium first, without autosave , then just to mess around ill play on easy, but only the levels ive beaten.

 

[Vegeta897]

Why do I alwase come off as a jerk. *sigh*

Nahh looking back I was a bit over-reactive.
It's all cool.

Although I am still thinking about playing on Normal.. You can still play with the physics a bit, and I will get a challenging first time through.

Gotta think about it more...

 

[Petabyte]

Thanks. Glad were cool now. I'm actually really considering easy. But I'll play like ManHacks, I'll play easy on levels I've beaten with normal. Cause it would be fun to just mess around. (You know, throw boxes at NPCs with the manipulator gun, try to kill gman, etc etc.) But I will take my actual progress in the game pretty seriously... Well I'll try

 

[FoB_Ed]

only newbies do play on easy

 

[Lobster]

Im still laughing at the Cobine, must be Hordon Freemans mexican arch enemy.

 

[Head_Crab_04]

Im still laughing at the Cobine, must be Hordon Freemans mexican arch enemy.

I thought they were called the "Concubines" when I first heard it.

 

[Sparta]

The player almost dies at the end of the rollermines and combine video in E32004. He gets down to 1 health was it? Yeah, if that's easy or ultra easy, i don't want to play this game on Hard

 

[Milo 7]

maybe they arent used to the pfisics (lol all those talk about psysics and i cant seem to spell it anymore o_0 ) u know in older games there were no psycis so the guns didnt have weight and now they are to heavy for them so they cant hit crap :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: didnt make any sence problably but im tired :cheese:

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I prefer combines that occasionally miss/use suppressing fire over the marines in HL1 that could often instantly hit you on full auto from the other side of the planet.

 

[Wiseman]

I'll play on hard, but everytime I see an friendly NPC or G-man, I'll quicksave and kill them, and then quickload. As for paying attention to the physics/asthetics, I leave that 'till after the enemies are dead.

 

[lans]

Jeez, guys - haven't you seen the halo 2 E3 2003 demo? the guy purposely played in god mode so that he can demonstrtae the gameplay.

All E3 demos are shown in god mode or easy settings - to SHOW the gameplay, not how hard/easy enemies are (that's shown in different and specific A.I. vids like barricade)

 

[RaBiD WeAzEL]

maybe they arent used to the pfisics (lol all those talk about psysics and i cant seem to spell it anymore o_0 ) u know in older games there were no psycis so the guns didnt have weight and now they are to heavy for them so they cant hit crap :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: didnt make any sence problably but im tired :cheese:

pfisics, psysics, psycis... You type the word physics 3 times in your post and mispeel it in different way seach time.. Wow, that's awesome...

 

[KingPing_NOR]

And really, who cares. Who actually playes shooters on easy mode besides my little sister?

haha, think you offended a few pwople there
not me though :thumbs: