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Subject: Why is Half-Life always praised?
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Ill be honest, I've never played it (or atleast I don't think I have) and it doesn't look like anything as good as what people say it is. So what is it that makes it so "amazing"?

  • 12.10.2012 1:11 PM PDT

The gameplay is mediocre and the plot is sub-par. The only great thing about it is how you're never taken out of the story. You travel all the way from that train station to the place where Breen dies, whatever it is. It's an immersive game with poor gameplay and plot.

  • 12.10.2012 1:13 PM PDT

<3

It was pretty awesome for it's time.

  • 12.10.2012 1:13 PM PDT

I think its fun, its a has a cult following.

  • 12.10.2012 1:13 PM PDT

A competitive players main goal is to win.
A casuals main goal is to have fun regardless of whether that results in a win or loss.
It has nothing to do with individual skill or knowledge, it has to do with the reason you play.

Brilliant Atmosphere.

  • 12.10.2012 1:13 PM PDT

"I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights!"

"And i will show you where the iron crosses grow..."

- "Cross of Iron"

The gameplay and the plot are the best things about it...

Its better than any Halo or COD.

Even the first one still is with black mesa.
Posted by: BF117HALO
The gameplay is mediocre and the plot is sub-par. The only great thing about it is how you're never taken out of the story. You travel all the way from that train station to the place where Breen dies, whatever it is. It's an immersive game with poor gameplay and plot.

  • 12.10.2012 1:14 PM PDT


Posted by: Raptorx7
The gameplay and the plot are the best things about it...

Its better than any Halo or COD.

Even the first one still is with black mesa.
Posted by: BF117HALO
The gameplay is mediocre and the plot is sub-par. The only great thing about it is how you're never taken out of the story. You travel all the way from that train station to the place where Breen dies, whatever it is. It's an immersive game with poor gameplay and plot.


Opinions. I get more enjoyment from Halo.

It's 10X better than CoD, I'll give it that.

  • 12.10.2012 1:14 PM PDT

"I will show you how a true Prussian officer fights!"

"And i will show you where the iron crosses grow..."

- "Cross of Iron"


Posted by: BF117HALO

Posted by: Raptorx7
The gameplay and the plot are the best things about it...

Its better than any Halo or COD.

Even the first one still is with black mesa.
Posted by: BF117HALO
The gameplay is mediocre and the plot is sub-par. The only great thing about it is how you're never taken out of the story. You travel all the way from that train station to the place where Breen dies, whatever it is. It's an immersive game with poor gameplay and plot.


Opinions. I get more enjoyment from Halo.

It's 10X better than CoD, I'll give it that.


Agreed lol :P

Maybe not some of the Halos though because i do get more enjoyment from it, but its a damn good game.


[Edited on 12.10.2012 1:16 PM PST]

  • 12.10.2012 1:15 PM PDT


Posted by: Raptorx7

Posted by: BF117HALO

Posted by: Raptorx7
The gameplay and the plot are the best things about it...

Its better than any Halo or COD.

Even the first one still is with black mesa.
Posted by: BF117HALO
The gameplay is mediocre and the plot is sub-par. The only great thing about it is how you're never taken out of the story. You travel all the way from that train station to the place where Breen dies, whatever it is. It's an immersive game with poor gameplay and plot.


Opinions. I get more enjoyment from Halo.

It's 100000000000000X better than CoD, I'll give it that.


Agreed lol :P



Just fixed it.

  • 12.10.2012 1:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: WitchDocktor

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I've never played it
Then why are you saying it's bad?


I said "look" I never said it was bad

  • 12.10.2012 1:16 PM PDT

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The immersion from not having 3rd person cutscenes and not jumping locations after every level is stymied by the lame gameplay (the guns are boring and bland) that is propped up by the gravity gun, random puzzles that are so simple and dumb that they eventually turn into annoyances that have no place in the story, and awkward dialog that noticeably revolves around setting lines up to not require a response from Freeman.

It's a hell of a fun game, but I don't understand how people can praise its technical features, its storytelling, or its gameplay. ..it's like The Avengers. The plot was dumb, the lines were dumb, but you got to see superheroes kill aliens together.

  • 12.10.2012 1:21 PM PDT