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Posted by: Gen Nonsense86
Cant believe you all think Half-Life sucks. I just find that unbelieveable.

Most likely because they all played Halo first and fell in love with it, and then played Half-Life probably last summer and thought the game sucked.

Either way, I smell fanboys.

  • 08.12.2004 12:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: jshine77
Posted by: Gen Nonsense86
Cant believe you all think Half-Life sucks. I just find that unbelieveable.

Most likely because they all played Halo first and fell in love with it, and then played Half-Life probably last summer and thought the game sucked.

Either way, I smell fanboys.


Good point. Let's just say that Half-Life was the greatest game of its time, as Halo is the greatest game of its time as well. And Halo 2... that will also be the greatest game of its time ; )

  • 08.12.2004 12:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Creeping_Death
Posted by: jshine77
Posted by: Gen Nonsense86
Cant believe you all think Half-Life sucks. I just find that unbelieveable.

Most likely because they all played Halo first and fell in love with it, and then played Half-Life probably last summer and thought the game sucked.

Either way, I smell fanboys.


Good point. Let's just say that Half-Life was the greatest game of its time, as Halo is the greatest game of its time as well. And Halo 2... that will also be the greatest game of its time ; )

I'd prefer to leave it at "it could go either way."

  • 08.12.2004 12:22 PM PDT
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you cant compare halo2 and half-life2 at all, for one they are on different platforms, so hl2 will have the better graphics, but halo2 has a better story line, and its prolly more believable too... even though it is earth getting invaded... plus you can connect to the MC, who the hell would want to have anything in common with gordan freeman?

  • 08.12.2004 12:27 PM PDT
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You think 36 hours is a long time? lol last time I checked halo 2 was going to have 80..... but that was like a year ago... from some dude I didnt know... so it prolly wasent true

  • 08.12.2004 12:28 PM PDT
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I just wanna know how everyone seems to know Halo 2 will have a better storyline then HL2?

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Posted by: Stinger1337
you cant compare halo2 and half-life2 at all, for one they are on different platforms, so hl2 will have the better graphics, but halo2 has a better story line, and its prolly more believable too... even though it is earth getting invaded... plus you can connect to the MC, who the hell would want to have anything in common with gordan freeman?



Ya... to bad that they are both FPS and they both are on the xbox..... but HL2 also is on PC

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I think they are both going to do ridiculously well. Although I'm betting I'd have more fun playing Halo 2 than Half-life 2, we'll see.

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Posted by: Stinger1337
you cant compare halo2 and half-life2 at all, for one they are on different platforms, so hl2 will have the better graphics, but halo2 has a better story line, and its prolly more believable too... even though it is earth getting invaded... plus you can connect to the MC, who the hell would want to have anything in common with gordan freeman?



Ya... to bad that they are both FPS and they both are on the xbox..... but HL2 also is on PC


I Agree

  • 08.12.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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well i have every single preview videos for both games on my hard drive and I must say even though I am more excited for halo 2...the half-life 2 previews and videos were a lot better than the halo 2 ones...but that 's my opinion. If you haven't seen the half-life 2 videos you should definetly check them out.

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Posted by: KayCeron
well i have every single preview videos for both games on my hard drive and I must say even though I am more excited for halo 2...the half-life 2 previews and videos were a lot better than the halo 2 ones...but that 's my opinion. If you haven't seen the half-life 2 videos you should definetly check them out.


Well knowing that Halo 2 only had like 2 and diddent show off hardly anything (compared to what there will be). The videos in HL2 could be better.

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Very true. The video's are still really cool, I never played Half-Life and I'm very excited about the new game just from the game demos they have shown. I especially like the music and mood that the game gives off. It gives off a very realistic feel...(besides all the weird aliens crawling around).

  • 08.12.2004 1:31 PM PDT
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half-life 2 is made for computers ten times faster that the xbox. i stil think that halo 2 will have more animations and from what i seen far better textures than half-life 2 's high res snap shot textures that look blocky when you get close to them. half-life is cloning halo by including vehicles, but none of these will beat halo 2's selection. i also think halo 2 will have better A.I. i believe half-life will not be that impressive considering the power they have with the pc. did they mention any gameplay features that will change the game?i believe halo 2 will change the game, by better design and ultamatly creating a better game using less powerful hardware!!!!!

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first off the next person to say that half-life or any other game is copying some other game such as halo i am going to snap.no one is trying to copy some other type of game, should i say halo is trying to copy recoil because they are putting in tanks. seriuosly people its not like their out there to copy someone else and make them crash and burn.

And second im going to have to make an opinion correction on the A.I. comment. personally i love halo 2 in all ways and am not trying to bash it. but you go play the hacked part of half-life 2 and then tell me what has better A.I. to put a box infront of a door to block combine soldiers, and then have one move around, bust out a window, and shoot at you while his bud breaks down the door. that is insane! also to play the same part 5 times and have it happen differently everytime is cool aswell. now no doubt halo 2 will have some of this too which is what is going to make it so great.

  • 08.12.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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Well i played half life when it was out. And i have to say it bored me. I thought it was very simplistic and kinda drab. Now the new one looks neat but to me the story looks kinda lifeless. Thats the thing with halo the story really pulls you in. you really feel you are in control you are the MC and you are fighting this alien force off. Like on the beach in halo you rush it with your fellow marines veyr epic made you feel like you are in the action. peace

  • 08.12.2004 2:49 PM PDT
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WOW! i didn't think this topic would get so much attention, i made it to see opinions about the game not foolish remarks on which game sucks more

[Edited on 8/12/2004 3:22:12 PM]

  • 08.12.2004 3:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: Jigglyjello
WOW! i didn't think this topic would get so much attention, i made it to see opinions about the game not foolish remarks on which game sucks more


well it's obvious that a lot of these people are either #1 very close minded (which seems to be the real problem) or #2 very young and not very mature (a possibility)...just by reading the posts I can see that there are some people who know a lot about both half-life 2 and halo 2 and make some sensible comments and observation...but on a forum like this real facts become just someones opinion.

...and also it becomes very difficult to compare Half-Life 2 and Halo 2 based on what we have seen because of the difference in platforms (obviously Half-Life 2 has an advantage being on the PC)...the true comparison will begin when both games hit retail stores and we see how fun and inovative they both are and how deep their stories go. Remember there are many things we still don't know about both games especially Halo 2.

[Edited on 8/12/2004 3:47:35 PM]

  • 08.12.2004 3:42 PM PDT
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As a wise man once said " I wish PEOPLE would stop talking about a Halo 2 Killer... Simply because there IS NOT ONE and on another note, i really don't care which one is better. Because they are both going to be great games for different reasons.

[Edited on 8/12/2004 3:47:09 PM]

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hmm lets sum up what most of you are saying about half life 2 and halo2.

first of all your trying to tell me that a 6 year old game (half life) sucks becasue it has cra][p graphics? your trying to tell me it has no story? well thats a new low...i mean it wasnt and still isnt the most played multiplayer FPS game ever been made is it. it didnt have one of the best stories ever thought of, bring aliens deeply into the gaming world along with some ideas im sure that later went towards halo...and no it wasnt bought by thousands becasue it sucks and they were coned out there money like that ***** sims (lol) was it? straight answer...no..

now then flash foward some years and...well have any of you looked at the pics? have any of you seen the strider videos? what about the antlions hunting in packs or the worn torn city 17? well its b**** impressive you know. but of corse games arent all about the graphics are they. they have to have a story and a sense of gameplay. well this has a story, and one hell of a story too. not to mention amazing gameplay, so inovative and imserive that even the those pesky barrels that dont know when to hide from a game, can be thrown at your enermies. you can pick up a radiator and hurl it at combine soldier with the manulipator gun, and break his/her back. thats just an example of what you can do. its gona take a long time to finish, so dont worry about life span lol. 36 hours lol. and well anything youd want in a game is here so dont think your cool saying its gona be rubbish or "its gona suKzer H2 aSs Cause H2 is Uber 1337" you cant say its gona blow.

but on the other hand halo...yes this is a great game, and like its been said, half life and halo have many years differnce in the gaming world, so you cant compare them. to be honest halo is my favourite game right now.

but halo 2 is coming out soon. 2 months. november 9th. thats another story though. and half life 2 is coming out soon, the 3 sept. so before you judge games on which is better, rember no one heres played either, unless your very lucky so stop trying. you may and probly will find that come sept the 3rd, youll have forgotten all about halo 2 for a few brief hours as you first start to play half life 2. im pretty sure that most are gona get it by the way. and when youve waited that long 2 months till halo 2 comes out, come back here and tell me which you think is better and compare them all you like. but right now you have neither so dont compare them. its fine to have an opinion, just try your best not to judge two games youve never played...

though too be honest, i "think" there both gona be equal. and half life 2 is coming out on xbox if you didnt know...

hehe looking foward to both now even more xD

(phew)

  • 08.12.2004 4:08 PM PDT
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For the fanboys out there =)
without halflife there would be no halo
without halo there would be no halo 2

  • 08.12.2004 4:10 PM PDT
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Here's what I think and I did it by categories...
Innovations...Half-Life 2 seems to offer something new to the FPS genre with it's deep use of it's physics engine...using the manipulator gun to pick up objects SEEM to offer a lot of new gameplay elements. Now I don't know how fun it's going to be but it does SEEM to be very innovative...with Halo 2 the game SEEMS to be less of an innovative title and more of a perfection of the Halo formula (which I can certainly say is a good thing)...just like Bungie said it's going to be Halo with ninjas, fire, going fast or whatever (someone can give me a direct quote later).

Graphics...obviously from a technical prespective Half-Life 2 is the superior title (come on it's a PC game)...but lets consider a level playing field...both game's art direction. I prefer the look of Halo 2 than I do that of Half-Life 2, maybe I'm too much of a Halo fanboy but that's just me. There are still a lot more levels to see so you never know which one might come out on top.

A.I....this category for me is an obvious choice, Half-Life 2...but the reason why Half-Life 2 is the obvious choice is because I didn't get to see much of Halo 2's A.I. in action (Bungie only released that one single player demo from E3 2003)...on the other hand I have watched over 30 mins. of Half-Life 2's single player footage and I must say that the combine soldiers were impressively intelligent.

Multiplayer....this is an easy category for me...Halo 2 has the best multiplayer from what I have seen...sure Counter Strike is the most played onlinge game in the world...and sure Counter Strike: Source is going to bring the game into the next generation...but Halo 2 is going to bump online multiplayer FPSs up an infinite amount of levels...at least it appears that way.

...these are my opinions based on what I have seen so far but there is soo much more to see...while I have seen a ton of videos on Half-Life 2, we have all hardly seen anything from Halo 2...so my guess is that Bungie has some aces up there sleeves (aces with ninjas on fire)!!!

  • 08.12.2004 4:13 PM PDT
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There has been much more H2 info released than HL2 info.

  • 08.12.2004 4:16 PM PDT
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Don't you mean leaked? A lot has been left unconfermed.

  • 08.12.2004 4:17 PM PDT

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