Half-Life decay: the forgotten expansion

[Hyped]

A few of you may have remembered playing Half-life: Decay on your PS2 version of HL. Many people however, have STILL not played it. Even the most avid of HL fans I know has never even HEARD of it.

Here's the thing. If you haven't played it yet, you are missing out on a big chunk of the storyline. For example, it goes further in-depth about the type of experiments the black mesa scientists were conducting before the big cascade. That's just one example. There are a plethora of small details to be found in the modest little expansion.

I know people here have dissected Opfor, blue shift, and the original HL to the core trying to piece together the story line and make sense of it. I NEVER see any mention of the pieces of the puzzle decay has to offer. How can you expect to figure out the equation with a whole portion of it missing?

Bottom line: it would be a good idea to play and beat decay before HL2 comes out.

 

[Gordon'sFreeman]

Ive played them all

 

[rob.derosa]

Is it out for PC...

 

[poseyjmac]

no ps2 :<

 

[rob.derosa]

Exactly

 

[morpherex]

PS2 sucks ass for FPS games. I don't even have a ps2.

 

[Gordon'sFreeman]

yeah FPS games for PS2s are pretty crap, you cant control them well ;(

 

[Sp00fman]

I think i want a PS2 emulator....

 

[Flyingdebris]

since most of us don't have a ps2 or will not play it, can you tell us what happens in hl decay?

 

[Saltpeter]

You're making me curious...

 

[Siirolon]

I've played through the first three or four missions in co-op with my friend like a week ago. It's pretty fun.

 

[Logic]

Originally posted by Hyped
A few of you may have remembered playing Half-life: Decay on your PS2 version of HL. Many people however, have STILL not played it. Even the most avid of HL fans I know has never even HEARD of it.

Here's the thing. If you haven't played it yet, you are missing out on a big chunk of the storyline. For example, it goes further in-depth about the type of experiments the black mesa scientists were conducting before the big cascade. That's just one example. There are a plethora of small details to be found in the modest little expansion.

I know people here have dissected Opfor, blue shift, and the original HL to the core trying to piece together the story line and make sense of it. I NEVER see any mention of the pieces of the puzzle decay has to offer. How can you expect to figure out the equation with a whole portion of it missing?

Bottom line: it would be a good idea to play and beat decay before HL2 comes out.

How about we try to piece together the storyline in the most complete and detailed way possible, and you explain everything from decay

I'll create a thread....

 

[Logic]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8477

Here's the thread. If you have the PS2 version, and know specific details found only in Decay, post em

 

[Axyon]

Sorry, but as much of a Half-Life fan I am, there's no way I'm buying a PS2 just to play another small (probably insignificant) section.

 

[BigJKO]

Ehm, I thought Decay was what you played in the Half-Life PC Demo.

 

[Feath]

Originally posted by BigJKO
Ehm, I thought Decay was what you played in the Half-Life PC Demo.

That was Uplink.

 

[Smith]

uplink was crap

 

[_-_-SELAS-_-_]

Uplink was fun very short but hey it was just a demo

 

[Apocalypse89]

I do have a PS2 and I do have PS2 version of HL but I never ever play it.(HL I mean, not the PS2). The regular HL I can have on PC with much better controls and I played Decay for 5 minutes before I got bored.

 

[Zerox]

Known about it, but won't buy a PS2 just to play it once.

 

[MrWhite]

heres an idea, e-mail Erik to see if they're planning to put it on steam, pc version

 

[el Chi]

Originally posted by Abom|nation
Sorry, but as much of a Half-Life fan I am, there's no way I'm buying a PS2 just to play another small (probably insignificant) section.

Same. Bugger Decay for only being PS2. Hyped, do you work for PlayStation?
<Booming God-voice>"Thou must play Decay. Even if thou does not owneth a Station of Play ye shall go henceforth and purchase one, plus a shining copy of Half Life and struggle through on a gamepad purely to discover minor tidbits of information. Verily, this is your task. Heed my words."

 

[peasoup]

decay is a coop game put into the ps2 hl1
but instead of playing as gordon u play as two other female employees with hev suit the same as gordon

 

[Logic]

Would someone who's played Decay please post an outline of anything plot related that happens in Decay here: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8477 ? I'm trying to piece together the entire HL storyline so far, and the only information I don't have access to is that in Decay.... it would be much appreciated

 

[manny_c44]

You're not missing much guys, Decay was crap compared to the real game, it was so bad I just stopped playing it.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Originally posted by Logic
Would someone who's played Decay please post an outline of anything plot related that happens in Decay here: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8477 ? I'm trying to piece together the entire HL storyline so far, and the only information I don't have access to is that in Decay.... it would be much appreciated

Done and Done.

 

[D33]

They ain't gonna put anything about Decay into Half-Life2 in my opinion, it wouldn't be logical. Hell I'm not even 100% they'll mention anything that happened in Opposing Force or BlueShift.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Not much was revealed from decay that was all that important. Mostly trivial bits. I found it fun though.

 

[ferd]

everyting will become clear if you play HL2...so why play this one first? let them suprise me