- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: goweb
Posted by: Sveny
I think I'm the only person in the world who really didn't like the game. Besides the visuals, I found that the game was rather boring and annoying at points, to say the least. At first, I was amazed at the physics and the detail of everything, but once I got playing, the game wasn't fun at all. The driving levels weren't very amusing (I really disliked them, and they lasted forever) and the friendly AI was annoying near the end when you take control of a squad. Another gripe I had was with the story. There are so many unanswered questions. Characters reference battles or events that you didn't know existed. The end of the game was very odd and displeasing. It wasn't even a cliffhanger really.....it was just.....there. Maybe I'm the only one. Thanks for listening,
Have you played the original? Because that would help you understand the story somewhat.
However, the confusion is part of the game. It's how Gordon's feeling. The end of the game was much like the end of the first game.
The Half-Life 2 story basically is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum, coated with a whole lot of WTF?!
I understand what you're saying to a point. I have played and beat the first game, but I have to disagree with you. A lot of my questions about the story was directed at the Combine. I don't believe that their purpose/existence/orgin was well explained.
The end of the game was too much like the first game. There was no sense of completion. Not to sound like a Halo 2 fanboy, but I thought that the end of Halo 2 was done a million times better.
I do appreciate that they did the entire game in first person mode to set the feeling that you're Gordon, but the lack of cut-scenes really hurt. I think cut-scenes add a lot of depth to a story.
Not to say that there were memorable parts (the modified Grav-gun was fun to use the first time), but I think that the game was overrated. Thanks for listening,