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Skeebo22
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Let me start by saying HL2 is a great game. That being said, Gamespot's reviewer was right on! I'll explain. I've been playing PC games for a long time. I played the old Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Zork, and Star Trek TEXT games, that's how far I go back!
I watched Sierra's rise and fall in the gaming industry. (Front Page Sports anyone?) My opinion of HL2 (having played all the way through) is this: It's an above average shooter with nice graphics. Doom3's player and weapon models look much nicer than HL2's (although HL2's facial expressions look better) Far Cry does a better job with large environments.
Halo 2 I feel has a better storyline than HL2. Half way through HL2, I kinda wondered, what am I fighting for? The ending was cool yes, but left me angry! I understand, that you want people to buy the sequel, but you could have closed up the story a little bit more than that! To me the ending was like putting engines in cars that will irrepairably fail after 50,000 miles so we have to buy a new one. That to me is a joke!
Editors, Magazines, and these forums have hyped this game (HL2) to obscene levels, and thank god it wasn't bad. I know that the code theft hurt, but after 5 years, I get about 15 hours of gameplay? What do you think Rockstar could have done with five years of developement time? I like HL2, but I could do without CS, I mean nothing is more fun than waiting 10 minutes to play, then playing for 50 seconds, getting killed by a 15 year-old with a chip on his shoulder, and no girlfriend, then waiting another 10 minutes to do it again! I want my single player, and I want it to last!
Another thing I paid $85.00 with tax for the Collectors edition! What a rip-off! A crappy t-shirt, DVD, and a sorry psuedo-prima guide? Come on!
In short... I liked HL2, I liked Doom 3, and I liked Halo2. I know, I know people are going to say: THE MODS, THE MODS. I didn't pay that money for mods. I paid for a published game! I want it great out of the box! That is all..........
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Let me start by saying HL2 is a great game. That being said, Gamespot's reviewer was right on! I'll explain. I've been playing PC games for a long time. I played the old Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Zork, and Star Trek TEXT games, that's how far I go back!
I watched Sierra's rise and fall in the gaming industry. (Front Page Sports anyone?) My opinion of HL2 (having played all the way through) is this: It's an above average shooter with nice graphics. Doom3's player and weapon models look much nicer than HL2's (although HL2's facial expressions look better) Far Cry does a better job with large environments.
Halo 2 I feel has a better storyline than HL2. Half way through HL2, I kinda wondered, what am I fighting for? The ending was cool yes, but left me angry! I understand, that you want people to buy the sequel, but you could have closed up the story a little bit more than that! To me the ending was like putting engines in cars that will irrepairably fail after 50,000 miles so we have to buy a new one. That to me is a joke!
Editors, Magazines, and these forums have hyped this game (HL2) to obscene levels, and thank god it wasn't bad. I know that the code theft hurt, but after 5 years, I get about 15 hours of gameplay? What do you think Rockstar could have done with five years of developement time? I like HL2, but I could do without CS, I mean nothing is more fun than waiting 10 minutes to play, then playing for 50 seconds, getting killed by a 15 year-old with a chip on his shoulder, and no girlfriend, then waiting another 10 minutes to do it again! I want my single player, and I want it to last!
Another thing I paid $85.00 with tax for the Collectors edition! What a rip-off! A crappy t-shirt, DVD, and a sorry psuedo-prima guide? Come on!
In short... I liked HL2, I liked Doom 3, and I liked Halo2. I know, I know people are going to say: THE MODS, THE MODS. I didn't pay that money for mods. I paid for a published game! I want it great out of the box! That is all..........
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