I had read rave reviews of it for ages, I was really excited that I had finally managed to get what was apparently the best game ever. How wrong could they be???
Well, aside from crap graphics (but I can cope with that, I knew it was an (ha!) old game), it had no storyline. I mean, WTF? Do stuff, and suddenly you have to go places with aliens randomly appearing in front of you. And there was no music. No music! And when I decided to play my own, I realised there were no subtitles either... And frequently there was just no indication of where you're supposed to go; you had to wander around for hours until something happened.
Sorry to rant, but really! I wasted ten quid on that!
Kimbo
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I would say ps2 chaos legion. That game really sucks. Not bad models but sucks.
I had read rave reviews of it for ages, I was really excited that I had finally managed to get what was apparently the best game ever. How wrong could they be???
Well, aside from crap graphics (but I can cope with that, I knew it was an (ha!) old game), it had no storyline. I mean, WTF? Do stuff, and suddenly you have to go places with aliens randomly appearing in front of you. And there was no music. No music! And when I decided to play my own, I realised there were no subtitles either... And frequently there was just no indication of where you're supposed to go; you had to wander around for hours until something happened.
Sorry to rant, but really! I wasted ten quid on that!
Half-Life is not a bad game. It's not your type of game. Compared it to other games in it's time it was revolutionary. The grapichs was the only bad thing in the game. Here are some new things in Half-Life: - Ladders. I havn't seen any ladder before HL. - Very complex levels and missions with many polygons and advanced entities. - 15 weapons. 10 was standard in it's time. - Nice models. - Impressive AI. The soldier threw grenades at you if they couldn't reach you, they run away from you grenades, they blowed Laser Trip Mines by puting a grenade to it and then run. - Controlable turrets. - Other NPCs than enemies. Scientists and security guards. They talked to you and they moved their mouth when they did that. And you could make them follow you. This is what I remember right now.
Don't know that to go in the game? Explore the facilities. There are not hard to figure out where to go. Do you want the levels totaly linear where you can only go in one direction?
Why aliens appears around you? Becouse the are teleported form the other dimension.
The story line and music I can't blame you about. I understand that people didn't like the lack of those things but HL was not supposed to be like that. You are just a scientist on the way to jour job and then something very unusual and dangerous happens and you have to go to the source of the problems.
One thing that actually is bad in HL is the aliens. They are supposed to be invasion troops but they are just animals. That was very stupid, but I liked the aliens very much anyway.
Half-Life took us to a new chapter in FPS games with everything except graphics. That was Unreal that did.
It's not that I want a totally linear level; it's just that in several places I just know where to go. It doesn't matter if I missed the dialogue; there should have been subtitles or a goals/notes page or something. But you're right, it's not my kind of game. But what annoys me is that every review I've ever read about it said it was the best game ever; it's clearly not. And one thing these reviews did cite was the plot. What plot?! I suppose they just didn't do that kind of thing back then...
i dont think we can blame half-life, it was really a great game. And about the graphism, when it had been released, best graphic's were Quake II's, and hl was using the same graphic engine. HL really was more than an evolution, it was a revolution ! With counter and opposing force, they invented really nice things. Of course, when you play it now after Far Cry, doom3 or other phenomens (hl²^^), it appears bad, but it's not, because finally, if you look well, ALL the FPS uses the same gameplay and basicly storyline (very basicly) than hl1 The worst game I've ever played ? Space Invaders (sarcasm). No, really I don't know. Perhaps Tony Hawk's pro Skater 3 than a friend's allow me to test.. the only thing I found nice is the R.A.T.M music^^
The game didn't scare me, not just a bit. I was totally diappointed. The game is based on some stupid triggers which appear in any level again and again. The only thing what makes it difficult is that most monsters have 120+ hitpoints and deal insanely much damage.
I don't agree about doom3, it's perhaps one of the best games I ever played. And you should try it in the good conditions, not before midnight, sound very loud. The only problem is that to have PERFACT gaming experience, you must have a very expensive computer. Well, if it interests someone, I constructed mine myself, it cost me 600€ approximatively and I can run Doom3 in 1600x1200 with all graphic details at 'high' or 'ultra', except antialiasing. If someone wants the same just pm me and i'ld be able to help you.
Well, how about that? Behind every second door there is a monster which pounces on you if you open the door (and you have to). After a while you know what will happen when the next door opens... all you have to do is to open the door and then quick step back. The monster pounces on you, but you're out of range and all you need to do is to kill it.
Another time I got stuck between several lost souls which were to stupid to kill me, but I couldn't move anymore and had to play the whole part again - and got stuck again, too