half life 2 story

[urbanx]

will i need to know what happened in half life1 in order to understand hl2?

 

[Chris D]

I strongly recommend you play Half-Life 1 because it's a good game but you won't need to have played it to understand HL2.

They've made sure that the game will stay true and follow on from the original story, but also that people new to the HL universe will be able to follow it easily.

 

[Absinthe]

No, you won't.

Of course, you'd probably then miss out on any inside jokes. Plus, it's always fun to speculate on the connections between the two games.

 

[Wildhound]

will i need to know what happened in half life1 in order to understand hl2?

Half-Life is a piece of gaming history that you really shouldn't miss. It's old now of course, not particularly pretty and its formula has been copied (if poorly) by other games - so it might not seem as incredible to a first time player these days.

Still, it's something you should play, even though it's not essential to HL2.

 

[urseus]

The only thing youll miss out on is little jokes, the game will still probably play out as if you were playing the first one with no idea what your doing, step of the train whats happening etc.


It amazes me that some people in the computer world havnet played or had contact with half life. Its not like some obscure game, its like, the most popular game ever.

 

[SMT]

Half-Life is fun, and you can buy the Game of the Year Edition package for twelve to fifteen dollars on Amazon.com, or probably even cheaper on eBay. Why not give it a try?

 

[Wildhound]

the most popular game ever.

Actually, in terms of sales (and thus amount of players) the Sims is the most popular game ever.

Shamefully disgusting I know, but true.

 

[Dr0ndeh]

shockingly little 'plot' happens in hl1, but as other people have said, they will undoubtedly reference to it quite a bit in hl2, which will be fantastic.

"remember when we thought black mesa was as bad as it could get?"

yes barney..........yes I do.

 

[Gorgon]

No, you won't.

Of course, you'd probably then miss out on any inside jokes. Plus, it's always fun to speculate on the connections between the two games.

YOUR avatar is MAD so change it please ......thx

I am going tO play hL1 today..........starting today..... :E

 

[Absinthe]

But I like my av...

 

[urbanx]

wow
so many replies in just a few minutes
actually the reason i brought hl is because of cs

i heard hl has 2 endings?
so which one do we start hl2 from?

 

[SMT]

wow
so many replies in just a few minutes
actually the reason i brought hl is because of cs

i heard hl has 2 endings?
so which one do we start hl2 from?

I won't spoil the endings for you, but you presumably start Half-Life 2 from the only possible ending from which it could start.

 

[Absinthe]

I won't spoil the endings for you, but you presumably start Half-Life 2 from the only possible ending from which it could start.

Spoiler

Unless, of course, Gordon managed to kick the crap out of the whole army of Alien grunts. Or perhaps something else happened once he was warped there.

Unlikely, yeah. But I wouldn't put it past Marc to put in some sort of strange twist.

 

[SMT]

Spoiler

Unless, of course, Gordon managed to kick the crap out of the whole army of Alien grunts. Or perhaps something else happened once he was warped there.

Unlikely, yeah. But I wouldn't put it past Marc to put in some sort of strange twist.

Spoiler

My main reason for thinking it's the ending where you accept the G-Man's employment offer is because the text reads "Awaiting Assignment," whereas with the other ending (where you're surrounded by a horde of Alien Grunts) the text reads "Observation Terminated." I think the implication is that you either accept the G-Man's offer or you have no future.

 

[urbanx]

dont worry
i already know the endings...
the thing i want tofind out is how did it happened...
so im guessing the best way is to play it...

 

[Shuzer]

dont worry
i already know the endings...
the thing i want tofind out is how did it happened...
so im guessing the best way is to play it...

As others have stated, HL really has very little storyline.. if you know the first 15 or so minutes of the game, and the last 15 or so minutes of the game, you have the largest chunks of the story.

HL is more about how the game played out.. all the scripted sequences, how immersive it felt. The storyline was never its strong point

But, by all means, do buy it and play it, it's definitely worth it, and it'll probably make you want HL2 all that much more

 

[SMT]

dont worry
i already know the endings...
the thing i want tofind out is how did it happened...
so im guessing the best way is to play it...

Heck yeah. Just settle down one weekend afternoon with the shades drawn and the speakers turned up.

 

[The Monkey]

It amazes me that some people in the computer world havnet played or had contact with half life. Its not like some obscure game, its like, the most popular game ever.

It doesn't amaze me. Look at me, I've had at least one computer in my house in seven years and played many multi-player games, but I have never ever played CS.

 

[The Monkey]

As others have stated, HL really has very little storyline.. if you know the first 15 or so minutes of the game, and the last 15 or so minutes of the game, you have the largest chunks of the story.

HL is more about how the game played out.. all the scripted sequences, how immersive it felt. The storyline was never its strong point

But, by all means, do buy it and play it, it's definitely worth it, and it'll probably make you want HL2 all that much more

But wasn't it the story-line that made HL famous?

 

[Shuzer]

But wasn't it the story-line that made HL famous?

No. Atleast, I never hear HL praised because of its story.. but for those other reasons

 

[Absinthe]

HL wasn't really praised for it's story as much as it's storytelling.

It's the kind of thing that separate a crappy B-movie from a classic.

 

[Ralfst3r]

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8601/board1.jpg

Wow, check

Spoiler

Gordon is gonna have a love scene with Alyx! :thumbs:

 

[Chris D]

Ralfst3r, isn't that the .ico file from the stolen build in your avatar?

 

[Ralfst3r]

Ralfst3r, isn't that the .ico file from the stolen build in your avatar?

Dunno, i made it from a pic i found.

 

[ShadowFox]

Half-Life was praised for its pacing more than anything. The action is always intense and you are constantly being presented with new challenges... instead of other games where you face a million of the same enemies.

Anyway, I highly recommend you play Half-Life. You make it sound like a chore.. but believe me, once it gets going, you won't be able to quit. (at least until you get to Xen)

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I think that the experience of playing HL2 would be greatly improved by playing HL1 first. Lots of characters are making a comeback, as are lots of enemies. HL1 and the expansions will give you their origins. If you play HL2 without knowing HL1, the game apparently progresses as though Gordon forgot everything that happened in the first game. ("Something in the water", and all that.)

So, if you'd like to dispell Gordon's amnesia, play HL1.

 

[Shuzer]

Ralfst3r, isn't that the .ico file from the stolen build in your avatar?

It's too large to be that. It could just as easily have been made by someone

Edit: You're right. It's actually the perfect size.

 

[Dsty2001]

What made Half-Life popular WAS the story line, and the interaction. I don't know how you can say the largest chunks of the story played out only in the first 15 minutes and the last 15 minutes. Obviously you probably rushed through it, because if you didn't rush through it, you would realise how EVERYTHING that happened in the game came together.

 

[Shuzer]

Dsty, of course there's bits inbetween, but it's nothing ground breaking or shocking. It's really quite a cliched storyline in the end.

As Absinthe said, it's about the storytelling, not the storyline.

 

[Dsty2001]

Dsty, of course there's bits inbetween, but it's nothing ground breaking or shocking. It's really quite a cliched storyline in the end.

As Absinthe said, it's about the storytelling, not the storyline.

Actually there is some very shocking stuff in inbetween...to name one was the fact that you find out that these aliens you are fighting have been experimented on way before the resonance cascade ever happened.

 

[Shuzer]

Actually there is some very shocking stuff in inbetween...to name one was the fact that you find out that these aliens you are fighting have been experimented on way before the resonance cascade ever happened.

I'm not arguing with the fact that there's storyline in between! Did I say that? No, I didn't. Point is, the storyline to HL isn't amazing by any means.

If you found it amazing, that's great, but most people I know really didn't find the HL storyline to be the reason why the game was so great

 

[Dsty2001]

How can you NOT like Half-Lifes story? Why do you think most people want to play Half-Life 2? Because they want to find out more about what is going on of course, and why is that? Because the story in Half-Life was so great that it wants you to learn more. Do you want to argue with me or something today? Lol

 

[Shuzer]

How can you NOT like Half-Lifes story? Why do you think most people want to play Half-Life 2? Because they want to find out more about what is going on of course, and why is that? Because the story in Half-Life was so great that it wants you to learn more. Do you want to argue with me or something today? Lol

GRARRR! lol, I never said I didnt' like it :| All I said was it wasn't revolutionary, it fit the game, it did its job, but it wasn't the best storyline I've ever come across

HL2 seems to have a very good storyline, that explains some more of the interesting parts about HL (case in point, the G-Man), which should be nice.

So yes, I loved HL. The storyline, storytelling, scripted sequences, action, weapons, all that made it come together to be a great game. My only statement is, HL (as a single entity, not including HL + HL2's possibility of an awesome storyline) as its own storyline wasn't the world's best storyline

 

[Dsty2001]

Well personally, I think the story line is the best I've ever seen in a video game. Second place would be Dino Crisis, 3rd place would be Syphon Filter

 

[Shuzer]

To each his own :cheers:

 

[Ownzed]

Yes it is a very good game. Storyline is awesome. It's history, you have to play it first. You should because it's awesome and you will feel better that you played HL.

 

[Sai]

ok, i'm sorry, but the storyline just plain sucked, i was a huge rpg fan (console and pc) before i even touched half life, for you people to say it has one of the best storylines in video games, well, alright it is an opinion, but hl1's story is definately not one of its driving points, it's not at all original, not at all "captivating" and not very note worthy either, hl1 good storyline? definate no. hl1 good presentation of crappy storyline, definate yes.

 

[Absinthe]

I wouldn't call it crappy at all. Yeah, of course it wasn't all that original or revolutionary, but it was far from downright sucky.

I mean, really, most RPG's nowadays aren't any better. Almost all of them follow the same kind of cookie-cutter crap.

 

[Dsty2001]

Just because it isn't original doesn't mean anything. Besides, how many First Person Shooters did you play at the time where you had to fight your way out of a secret complex being invaded by Aliens during the whole time you have no idea what is going on or what your going to do? None

 

[SMT]

My favorite story line is the one for Donkey Kong. First Mario jumps over a barrel, then he jumps over another barrel, and then - in a bizarre twist - he smashes the next barrel with a hammer. OMG KICK ASS!!!!1

Anyway, the issue here is that people mistake action for storyline these days (not surprising, considering the deterioration of popular fiction and cinema). I mean, come on, Half-Life has your classic sci-fi B-Movie storyline; it's honestly pretty hokey. But Valve pulled it off so well, with expert pacing, variegated action, and scripted sequences galore, that it's believable. The implementation of the storyline compensates for and supercedes the storyline itself. And that's why I like it.