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Subject: VGA: Half Life 2 Wins Game of the Decade (Your Opinion?)

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Posted by: BxR Twister
2012 was one of the worst years in gaming history.

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  • 12.08.2012 3:52 AM PDT

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I was a finalist :P

Great game. The engine at that point in time seemed to be miles ahead of anything, and the atmosphere of every single level was brilliant; from the graveyard in Ravenholm to the citadel in City 17.

There was also some great writing done, especially when it came to Dr. Breen's fanatical speeches you could hear throughout City 17 and Nova Prospect. He definitely seemed to fit the perfect role as head of humanity and was a great antagonist.

Posted by: Dragonzzilla
Haven't played it.

*Zips up Flamesuit*

Gahhh!

  • 12.08.2012 4:03 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

Half-Life 2 is. . . decent. It's well made, I'll give it that but it doesn't really amount to anything great.

*prepares flameshield*

  • 12.08.2012 4:10 AM PDT

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I have lost all respect for the VGAs now.

HL2 is disgustingly overrated.

  • 12.08.2012 4:43 AM PDT

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I have to agree with that, simply because I feared they would choose something worse.

I think one of the reasons why it won was because of the mods that sprouted up around it.

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  • 12.08.2012 4:54 AM PDT

Halo:Reach=FTW!


Posted by: Lifts Her Tail
It deserves it.

inb4 halo should have won

  • 12.08.2012 5:34 AM PDT


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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55
WoW has had a much bigger influence on gaming and pop culture in general and most people who whine about there not being a Half Life 3 have never played any Half Life game and maybe have played one of the two Portals and so think they can be a Valve fanboy now. WoW is a much better quality game with much more bang for your buck, as it were, even with the monthly fee.

World of Warcraft > Half Life 2.

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Has to be a troll. Nobody this stupid could possibly know how to work a computer
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IMO, defining a genre and setting a bar, one which nobody has even come close to surpassing now 8 years later, as high as Blizzard did is such an amazing achievement that to give it to any other game (even if it's an amazing game like Half Life 2) that didn't come anywhere close to setting a sales or fanbase record to the extent of WoW for its respective genre that, again, has not been surpassed is silly, IMO. If you're going to go off of the vague description of "best" you have to take many things into account and how fun you believe the game to be is not all of it.

World of Warcraft has had a bigger impact on the gaming industry, gaming as a sub-culture, pop-culture, and its genre than Half Life 2 has. If you ask an average non-gamer if they know what World of Warcraft is, and then if they know what Half Life 2 is, they will likely know the former before they know the latter. And that kind of transcendence of the sub-culture of gaming into the general public is the kind of thing that makes a game Game of the Decade.

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World of warcraft is a terrible and repetitive game. I was severely disappointed my mists of pandaria.

OT: I never liked half life 2 but meh.

  • 12.08.2012 5:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: BSS Lazer
World of warcraft is a terrible and repetitive game. I was severely disappointed my mists of pandaria.

OT: I never liked half life 2 but meh.


Vanilla WoW was best WoW.



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  • 12.08.2012 5:42 AM PDT

Perhaps it's 'cause I can't appreciate the impact it had back then, but after my experience with it I can't say it deserves it. For me, it was poorly paced and the gun play felt less than satisfying. Enemies weren't fun to fight at all, either.

The scripted story-telling is amazingly done, though, and some of the puzzles were cool.

It's a shame Metroid Prime couldn't be in there. That would have been a truly worthy winner. Halo 1 or 2 should have been nominated, at least.

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  • 12.08.2012 5:42 AM PDT

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Posted by: WEE MAN MJJC
I have lost all respect for the VGAs now.

HL2 is disgustingly overrated.

And what other overrated game would you have chosen?

  • 12.08.2012 5:45 AM PDT

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I don't think it deserved it. When I played it I didn't have much fun with it as opposed to other games.

I'm a little biased here but I think Halo 3 should have won it. Custom games and Forge alone are good enough for it to have won. Add campaign, matchmaking, and theater into the mix and it dominates.

Off-topic: If Halo 3 would have won, who would have gotten the award, 343i or Bungie?

  • 12.08.2012 5:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ric_Adbur
It absolutely deserves it.

  • 12.08.2012 6:00 AM PDT

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KOTOR I didn't win?

This is an outrage.

  • 12.08.2012 6:01 AM PDT
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Posted by: BSS Lazer
World of warcraft is a terrible and repetitive game. I was severely disappointed my mists of pandaria.

OT: I never liked half life 2 but meh.


Vanilla WoW was best WoW.



I will step up to bat for the WoW camp.

A game with 10 million subs that is now in its 5th iteration, and is enjoyed by everybody from teens to retirees? That is really something.

It is hard to account for, because it is not really "one game" due to expansions, but it really has controlled its portion of the industry for 8 years. It is still professionally played, user-generated content (add ons) are still being developed for it.

But really, in terms of a game, there are almost none that offer as many points of engagement:
Questing/leveling
Dungeons/Raids/Scenarios
PvP: Battlegrounds/duels/arena/World PvP/Zone PvP

This is entirely apart from professions, cosmetic upgrades, pet battles, the auction house, and other ways to engage the game, plus the social aspects.

I think somebody would be hard pressed to really make a case against it as a consummate game.

  • 12.08.2012 6:05 AM PDT

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Posted by: WEE MAN MJJC
I have lost all respect for the VGAs now.

HL2 is disgustingly overrated.

And what other overrated game would you have chosen?

IMO, no game deserves to be crowned game of the decade.

It's all subjective, as everyone has their own personal preferences.

For me, Battlefront II was game of the decade. For others it could be Ocarina Of Time, Halo CE, Shadow Of Colossus etc.

  • 12.08.2012 6:07 AM PDT

I love Half-Life 2, but I don't think it's game of the decade.

Shadow of the Colossus should have won. Also, wasn't that the one that forgot to include Resident Evil 4? Why was Arkham City on it but not that? I love Batman, and that was a great game, but RE4 is like, a masterpiece of game design.

  • 12.08.2012 6:10 AM PDT

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I'm happy for Valve. They deserved it in my opinion. Half Life 2 was amazing.

  • 12.08.2012 6:10 AM PDT
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Posted by: WEE MAN MJJC

IMO, no game deserves to be crowned game of the decade.

It's all subjective, as everyone has their own personal preferences.

For me, Battlefront II was game of the decade. For others it could be Ocarina Of Time, Halo CE, Shadow Of Colossus etc.


The decade was 2002-2012. Ocarina and CE weren't counted.

  • 12.08.2012 6:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: DarkJet7
Boring generic shooter wins awards at VGAs? No surprises there.


i'll take this as a VERY ignorant statement.

  • 12.08.2012 6:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: WEE MAN MJJC

IMO, no game deserves to be crowned game of the decade.

It's all subjective, as everyone has their own personal preferences.

For me, Battlefront II was game of the decade. For others it could be Ocarina Of Time, Halo CE, Shadow Of Colossus etc.


The decade was 2002-2012. Ocarina and CE weren't counted.

Damn, I keep thinking it's 2010. :p

  • 12.08.2012 6:17 AM PDT
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Don't really care about Half Life.

  • 12.08.2012 6:21 AM PDT


Posted by: Lifts Her Tail
It deserves it.

  • 12.08.2012 6:37 AM PDT

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Truth be told, all of the games up for the nomination have truly been impressive titles deserving of game of the decade. Each of them has managed to propel the industry forward with new resolve to become a better, more immersive artform that blends all other forms of art together to engage the player.

In some ways, they've helped people turn heads and realize that video games aren't solely games, but rather artistic expressions that people get to experience.

Half-Life 2 introduced us to one of the best constructed universes out there, filled to the brim with subtle story mentions, a story that moved you, characters you learned to love, and took the FPS genre and reminded us that we can be intelligent inside of it (puzzles!). Level design is superb. Whenever people attack Half-Life 2, I think, "Have you ever truly played it?"

The Bridge level alone is an example of unbelievable design. Moving across the bridge initially trains you for walking on these odd, never truly traversed in a game beams, and then it culminates in testing your ability with a boss fight afterward. It harkens back to classic platforming and is an example of teaching the player to be a proper badass (something Uncharted 2 does incredibly well with their train mission-their escalation is incredibly well done).

The others haven't quite done as much as Half-Life 2 IMO, but are also incredibly important for the industry. RDR channeled an amazing story and environment, WOW was an incredible social experience that has influenced all other games encouraging persistent universes, and a game like portal shows that a simple idea can spawn a truly unique universe and gameplay.

I could honestly write a bunch on each game and comment on their contributions, but ultimately I'll still be questioning why Batman: Arkham City was on that list. Its an amazing game and absolutely kills it with making you feel like Batman, but it never screamed Game of the Decade to me. I don't feel its influence spreading over to other games...

  • 12.08.2012 6:40 AM PDT

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I'm happy for Valve. They deserved it in my opinion. Half Life 2 was amazing.

Agreed!

  • 12.08.2012 6:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: x Lord Revan x
"Have you ever truly played it?"



Yes. I didn't like it. I gave it a decent try, but it just didn't interest me enough to even finish it.

  • 12.08.2012 6:47 AM PDT