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Thimbob32
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Let me start by saying HL2 is a great game. That being said, Gamespot's reviewer was right on! I'll explain. I've been playing PC games for a long time. I played the old Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, Zork, and Star Trek TEXT games, that's how far I go back!
I watched Sierra's rise and fall in the gaming industry. (Front Page Sports anyone?) My opinion of HL2 (having played all the way through) is this: It's an above average shooter with nice graphics. Doom3's player and weapon models look much nicer than HL2's (although HL2's facial expressions look better) Far Cry does a better job with large environments.
I have an XBOX, High-end PC, and a PS2. I hate saying this on soooo many levels, but folks, the absolute best game you can find anywhere, on any system is GTA: San Andreas! Graphically, the game sucks, but as far as gameplay goes, this is it. There is no linear play in this one at all! I just wish Rockstar would stop catering to sony, and make a GTA game with HL2 or Doom 3's graphics.
Halo 2 I feel has a better storyline than HL2. Half way through HL2, I kinda wondered, what am I fighting for? The ending was cool yes, but left me angry! I understand, that you want people to buy the sequel, but you could have closed up the story a little bit more than that! To me the ending was like putting engines in cars that will irrepairably fail after 50,000 miles so we have to buy a new one. That to me is a joke!
Believe me when I say it, I'm a PC man through and through, but when a crappy-assed console gets a truly great game, such as GTA:SA, it sucks. I've been preaching this since the beginning, the PC has the potential for the greatest games ever, but everyone keeps buying those consoles.
Editors, Magazines, and these forums have hyped this game (HL2) to obscene levels, and thank god it wasn't bad. I know that the code theft hurt, but after 5 years, I get about 15 hours of gameplay? What do you think Rockstar could have done with five years of developement time? I like HL2, but I could do without CS, I mean nothing is more fun than waiting 10 minutes to play, then playing for 50 seconds, getting killed by a 15 year-old with a chip on his shoulder, and no girlfriend, then waiting another 10 minutes to do it again! I want my single player, and I want it to last!
Another thing I paid $85.00 with tax for the Collectors edition! What a rip-off! A crappy t-shirt, DVD, and a sorry psuedo-prima guide? Come on!
In short... I liked HL2, I liked Doom 3, I liked Halo2, and I absolutely loved GTA:SA. Valve you should take a lesson from rockstar. I know, people are going to say: THE MODS, THE MODS. I didn't pay that money for mods. I paid for a published game! I want it great out of the box! That is all..........
I watched Sierra's rise and fall in the gaming industry. (Front Page Sports anyone?) My opinion of HL2 (having played all the way through) is this: It's an above average shooter with nice graphics. Doom3's player and weapon models look much nicer than HL2's (although HL2's facial expressions look better) Far Cry does a better job with large environments.
I have an XBOX, High-end PC, and a PS2. I hate saying this on soooo many levels, but folks, the absolute best game you can find anywhere, on any system is GTA: San Andreas! Graphically, the game sucks, but as far as gameplay goes, this is it. There is no linear play in this one at all! I just wish Rockstar would stop catering to sony, and make a GTA game with HL2 or Doom 3's graphics.
Halo 2 I feel has a better storyline than HL2. Half way through HL2, I kinda wondered, what am I fighting for? The ending was cool yes, but left me angry! I understand, that you want people to buy the sequel, but you could have closed up the story a little bit more than that! To me the ending was like putting engines in cars that will irrepairably fail after 50,000 miles so we have to buy a new one. That to me is a joke!
Believe me when I say it, I'm a PC man through and through, but when a crappy-assed console gets a truly great game, such as GTA:SA, it sucks. I've been preaching this since the beginning, the PC has the potential for the greatest games ever, but everyone keeps buying those consoles.
Editors, Magazines, and these forums have hyped this game (HL2) to obscene levels, and thank god it wasn't bad. I know that the code theft hurt, but after 5 years, I get about 15 hours of gameplay? What do you think Rockstar could have done with five years of developement time? I like HL2, but I could do without CS, I mean nothing is more fun than waiting 10 minutes to play, then playing for 50 seconds, getting killed by a 15 year-old with a chip on his shoulder, and no girlfriend, then waiting another 10 minutes to do it again! I want my single player, and I want it to last!
Another thing I paid $85.00 with tax for the Collectors edition! What a rip-off! A crappy t-shirt, DVD, and a sorry psuedo-prima guide? Come on!
In short... I liked HL2, I liked Doom 3, I liked Halo2, and I absolutely loved GTA:SA. Valve you should take a lesson from rockstar. I know, people are going to say: THE MODS, THE MODS. I didn't pay that money for mods. I paid for a published game! I want it great out of the box! That is all..........
