Easy EP1 Completion

[Full Life 1?]

Hi, i was playing ep1 a few minutes ago, and i found that using the commentary nodes in dev commentary, which give you limited invincibility, you can complete most of the game without taking damage! This is quite handy for people who get killed a lot.

If youre one of these people i hope this helps

 

[FireStarter]

Well, I suppose that works. :\

But you don't get achievements while in commentary mode on the 360 Orange Box version, at least I don't THINK you do. Someone want to clarify?

 

[Xendance]

That's great, but I would either turn the difficulty to easy or cheat and use God mode

 

[PimpinPenguin]

Yeah, Achievements are disabled if you play in commentary mode. There are loads of cheats you can do in the console to make the game easier. You can make yourself god have all weapons etc

 

[Returned3]

There's no point in that. On the 360 version there IS a cheat code which turns on god mode.

 

[Full Life 1?]

True, but ive just started playing games without god, as before every game i played i cheated. Trust me, in some places this is VERY useful. In places without commentary, i get owned constantly.

 

[jet_porkins]

I wasn't even aware there were cheats for the console version.

 

[ríomhaire]

Buddha mode is better.

 

[Sledgehammer]

Why would you need to cheat? Half-Life 2 and it's episodes are some of the easiest shooters I've ever played.

 

[MattyDienhoff]

I honestly can't comprehend why anyone would need cheats. Playing Half-Life 2 and episodes on easy is like... going for a walk in the park on a sunny day eating an ice cream, compared to previous generations of shooters. Even my mum would have little trouble with Half-Life 2 on easy...

 

[Apocalypse89]

True, but ive just started playing games without god, as before every game i played i cheated. Trust me, in some places this is VERY useful. In places without commentary, i get owned constantly.

...except what you're doing is pretty much cheating.

 

[PimpinPenguin]

What he doesn't realise is that when you play a commentary node it activates god mode for the duration of the clip. So he still using god mode.

 

[swan_song1973]

i never found ep1 to be all that hard.

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Oh my god, don't tell me that you are getting constantly owned on easy.

 

[kineaesth]

Who cares if he is? Does it make him a bad person? Would it be better for him to find a way to get through the game easily or to get frustrated at every battle and never finish the game?

I also agree that buddha mode is superior.

 

[Apocalypse89]

I have no problem with it. It's just that he shouldn't act like he isn't cheating when he takes advantage of the commentary nodes' temporary invincibility. Might as well just use godmode to save himself the trouble.

 

[freakyflor]

godmode should be better but thanks anyway

 

[Officer Combine]

Heheh. Buddha. That's a funny word. Buddha Mode = off

 

[Full Life 1?]

OK Ive had enough flaming. Close the freaking thread.

 

[Officer Combine]

I'm sorry...you've never read the Concerned webcomic?

http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-10-24

 

[Full Life 1?]

Yes, but i dont freaking care.

 

[Officer Combine]

Well this thread is dead. Please bump another one so we can talk on that one.

 

[Lizardizzle]

half-life and Unreal were the only games I remember being insanely tough. Oh, and Duke Nukem 3D.

 

[Officer Combine]

I didn't know that half life was that hard...