Hi everyone!
So, I like FPSs. I think they're fun, cool, and it's entertaining how you feel like the main character. I went around searching, "The greatest FPS games" on google, and looking at all these lists. As I went down the lists, it'd be like this:
"la, dee dum dum... hmm, let's see here... ah, number 10 was Call of Duty modern Warfare, can't argue with that.... hmm... ladee doo... number 6 is Deus Ex... sure, why not....a la la da dee doo dee dum... number 2 is Halo Combat Evolved, nice, nice... number 1 is... Half Life 2? Really? I remember playing that; never really understood the fun. how about another list. *scrolls down to bottom* Half Life 2, again. Why? *checks another list, scrolls to bottom* Half Life 2? What? *repeats process 3 times, all with same results* I just don't get it."
(note: I don't really sing when i read; that was just for fun :D)
now, i don't mean to get on anyone's bad side. I don't want for there to be flame wars or anything, I just really am curious as to why Half Life 2 was so good. I tried it out before, and to be honest, I didn't really like it... maybe because i was looking in the wrong areas? i don't really know...
Sure, the graphics were awesome. Sure, it felt really cinematic at first as you ran away from combine and dashed through buildings and ran, jumping from rooftop to rooftop... But then the gameplay kinda wasn't fun. I mean, whacking someone with a crowbar is pretty entertaining, but the weapons sound terrible (the pistol sounds SO weak), the shootouts aren't really much fun, and a lot of the shooting was kinda "meh" if you ask me. The puzzles were pretty fun, I guess, but the driving portions were relatively weak since you had to stop and get out and do some puzzles and then proceed. And I got nauseous playing the boat bit.. lol. The story wasn't even all that interesting! I liked the cinematic style and the graphics and the physics engine (gravity gun was pretty fun to use) but I just don't understand... what was so good about Half Life 2? Will someone please explain POLITELY? I really don't want any cussing or fanboyism here. Please, just comments and telling me what was so special about Half Life 2.
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