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I've been reading through these forums for a few weeks, and something that repeatedly comes up is that Half-Life 2 is too easy. I felt this way after completing the game as well, but after thinking about it, and watching my friends play it with much difficulty I feel different now.
When Half-Life came out, it was my first experience with a fps game, and I sucked bad at it, dying over and over again.
Since then, I have played many fps games, as well as tons of online half-life mods, and have devoloped some serious skill at fps games, and this I attibute to the relative ease with which I was able to beat HL2. I can breaze through HL now barely dying through the whole game.
After playing years of Frontline Force (a very fast HL mod), I have realized that my aim is incredible in slower paced mods, or any single player game. My movement is so natural, and weapon switching automatic, that I can just play and not have to think anymore.
Basically, I think Valve knows about this vast variance in skill levels of its players, but had to find a happy medium that would satisfy us vets, but not scare off new players to its franchise. I think they did an admirable job.
Would HL2 have been easy for you 4 or 5 years ago is what I am asking you to consider.
When Half-Life came out, it was my first experience with a fps game, and I sucked bad at it, dying over and over again.
Since then, I have played many fps games, as well as tons of online half-life mods, and have devoloped some serious skill at fps games, and this I attibute to the relative ease with which I was able to beat HL2. I can breaze through HL now barely dying through the whole game.
After playing years of Frontline Force (a very fast HL mod), I have realized that my aim is incredible in slower paced mods, or any single player game. My movement is so natural, and weapon switching automatic, that I can just play and not have to think anymore.
Basically, I think Valve knows about this vast variance in skill levels of its players, but had to find a happy medium that would satisfy us vets, but not scare off new players to its franchise. I think they did an admirable job.
Would HL2 have been easy for you 4 or 5 years ago is what I am asking you to consider.