Final fight with Strider

[Cavalry]

did anyone else think it was a little easy?
tough to get to kill height,but easy once you did,from the citadel destruction to 1 strider,we destroy 100's of them in HL2

 

[Planetary]

At the very end, there was essentially no difference between that fight and the one in Space Invaders, in 1978. Pop out, shoot, pop back. Rinse, repeat.

 

[Iron_cube]

It shoots faster and has way better aim.

That strider is special, give it some love.

 

[Cavalry]

it took 5 quick rpg's instead of 3...thats the only difference I saw,although the giant laser explosion beam of death did seem different...hmmmm...

 

[k3ithrm]

When I played that part I didn't realize it was THE fight. :|

 

[Adabiviak]

I think the struggle to get to the rocket stash in one piece was meant to be the hard part.

 

[Narvi]

I hate that fight. Not fun at all, and the strider acted retarded. Use your warpy cannon of doom, damn it!

 

[Crash Happy]

It really caught me out at first shoving the containers about, I thought that was a really nice touch.

 

[Qhartb]

I liked it. Half-life had puzzle bosses, like the Giant Tentacles or the Garg. It was enough of the HL1 experience that the expansions continued to have puzzle bosses. Half-life 2 didn't really have any, with the arguable exception of Dr. Breen and bringing down the citadel. The Ep1 finale had a little bit of puzzle boss flavor. You can't beat it just by shooting it repeatedly: like the Giant Tentacles or Garg, you have to survive it and maneuver around its attacks while completing some objective to finally kill it (prepare and test a rocket, turn on generators, or simply get more ammo).

I think the final battle in Ep1 was good, but not as good as the HL1 bosses I mentioned (better than the Op4 & BS ones, though). Given that that sort of gameplay is a key component of HL1 and almost non-existent in HL2, I definitely don't want them to abandon it and not come back to it. It's very Half-life. If anything, I wish they'd have a true puzzle boss (not one defeated with your weapons) once in Ep3 -- it could be amazing with cinematic physics. They did it beautifully in Portal.

 

[Hydra]

Hmm the Striders, Gunships are some little puzzles. You need to gather rockets from there, here etc....
The Striders at EP2: No puzzle, accuracy. Recommended to kill the Hunters (Mini-Striders)