HL2 Weapon Comebacks

[dæmon]

Originally posted by jggibz
-to everyone who wants snarks back...
I know snarks are cool, and it wouldn't be bad if
they were brought back, but are ant lions just not bad@ss enought for all you guys?

You will already be able to control ant lions using the pheromones.

I don't think they'd be able to replace Snarks for style though, not least because snarks are hand held. Also, for all the excitement headcrabs, Black Op ninjas and Shock Troop aliens can create, nothing quite matches running for your life from a snark that lost its target and came back for you

 

[Dr. Shim]

I love the way you say "snarks are hand held."
They bite too.

Now speculate for a moment, throwing a snark out a window, the glass shatters (leaving behind a satisfying clinkery clink sound), and the poor fella lands on a Combine troopers helmet. After a while, you hear one of them say "Shit!", then a "Waaaooop! Kersplash!"

Snarks r0x0rz!

 

[Vorlonesque]

My big one is the shotgun...and we already know its returning from the videos (albeit we don't know how its been changed...other than its new cool appearance).

I'd love to see the revolver make a come back. It was great to nail a head shot with that thing! I don't know if it'll make a comeback but it'd be cool if it did. I'd love to see the trip mines make a comeback with one change; I'd like to see their lasers work like real lasers. I don't mention this out of some silly desire to see everything made completely realistic (I don't think that realism automatically makes for better gameplay), but I think it could be interesting if you couldn't see the laser beams unless they were going through smoke or fog or steam or dust something else. I mean imagine using a smoke bomb to detect trip mines (or using puffs of smoke/dust from your gun, or water vapor from a down pour of rain hitting the ground or whatever). I dunno if they could do this (or if it would work gameplay wise) but its something I've wondered about. I also liked the sniper rifle and desert eagle from opposing force.

I'd also love to see a new double barreled shotgun that could tear someone in half (I'm a lover of double barreled shotguns you see). And it'd be cool if you could grab a gas canister/container and drip a stream of gasoline out of it and then shoot it to trail fire where you wanted it (say into something explosive to set up a trap).

Oh and a moab grenade would be cool too! (j/k ).

 

[MultiVaC]

I want Snarks! Snarks are the coolest! The Gauss and Gluon were cool, there's a gauss gun on the buggy, I'm hoping there will be an Gluon. It's the gun I used to kill Nihilanth . I liked that squid thing that spits out the spores from OP4, Shepard pets it and it's kind of like your freind. And a barnacle! You could swing through City 17 like Spiderman. A crossbow that you could pin things to the wall with would be cool. And last but not least, a longjump module. Man, Half-Life had the best weapons.

 

[Joeyslucky22]

God damn i cant stop playing this damn beta!!! im sorry but really...

HL2 is going to FKN own!!!!

 

[jonbob]

Crossbow pinning things to walls... I've seen that before somewhere.

What was that game with a cherub called - I know it was Shiny's work?

 

[just a headcrab]

Was it Messiah?

 

[Captain Canada]

Yeah, it was Messiah. (not a very good game, IMO)

[ edit by rec: do NOT post HL2 spoilers. Do NOT post beta information. First and final warning. ]

 

[jonbob]

Ah, messiah - a great game. But then again, Shiny could do no wrong!

I'd like to see a return of the Maimer, a great weapon it was.

 

[Styloid]

Were those the only weapons in the beta? I can't wait to see the alien weapons that they come up with.

 

[The Dark Elf]

Incase anyone is pissed that Captain Canada just made a huge spoiler without warning (which he did for many people) there are also a lot of weapons he didn't mention, and better not either or I can see some mod banning him

 

[Dhoco X]

Remember the alien that splits electricity ? Rox a lot !

 

[Brian Damage]

Blast it, Private Canada (You have been demoted) I said NO SPOILERS!

Although most of those weapons weren't entirely unexpected.

ONCE AGAIN TO ALL YOU BETA-HEADS: NO SPOILERS!

 

[Deadlor]

Here's a spoiler for ya!







The game revolves around Gordon going to Texas and getting abducted and anally probed by the Alien Grunts.

 

[Dalamari]

MP5, I would perfer it without the nade launcher, it was a great weapon because it was a all around weapon, and was used most of the game, I would also like the glock to make a comeback simply because its my favorite weapon

 

[gantrithor_5]

eh.... glock is friggin ugly as hell.. I sure would like to see a USP Match .45 (oh yea... they're already using that) or a 92FS.

 

[Cheetarah654]

i was a huge fan of the mahcine gun w/ grenade launcher. i used that as much as possible. and the ****in revolver. man did i love shootin alien slaves with that

 

[Brian Damage]

I've been thinking... definately the Spore Launcher! That little thing was so cuuuuute!

 

[junkie]

The crossbow in multi-player is the sweetest ever. In single-player, blew.

 

[Mr. Redundant]

gimme an Egon gun with like a secondary fire that shoots like a erm... magnetic pin into something, so that the beam locks onto it.
and make some cool visual effects from its damage...

ooh ooh make them bubble!! mwahhaha AND SCREAM OH GOD, IT BURNS OH GOD PLEASE STOP AAAARGH
*cough*
I mean yeah egon gun

 

[OCV]

Hi Folks, the crossbow was great in the first half life game, was brilliant for making quiet take downs when you were faced with a large group of grunts.

I know they are not really guns, but I'd also like to see the return of the satchel bombs and the lasertrip wire bombs as well.
They were good as you were able to use the environment against your enemy and set up traps where enemies could come through. I remember on the level "Power Up" in the first game there was a great section where you were faced with a team of soldiers who had established a base at the top of an elevator that takes you to the power switch.

I used to enjoy replaying that section in different ways, one of the most enjoyable was setting up loads of trip wires and dropping loads of satchel bombs, then open a vent where loads of headcrabs would escape. The soldiers inside would panic about the headcrabs and sometimes run into a tripwire and boom!! a few less enemies to deal with.

My two cents anyway (and my first post!)

 

[BreathE]

the new rpg in hl2...damn its good

 

[groovy]

the spore gun that was so cool, you'd jam apples into the animals face ahhaha

 

[Deadlor]

The worst was the hornet gun, mostly cause it recharged too slowly and did too little damage. I'd have to say the best gun was the Gluon/Egon gun, man that thing could kick serious ass. It was a constant stream of death.

 

[OCV]

I agree with you Deadlor, the hornet gun was a good idea in principle (nevers runs out of ammo, shoots around corners) but I ended up not using it much as it wasn't very powerful and took long to load. The shock insect (what was it's name?) gun in Opfor was much better and much more powerful. Was still funny the first time I used it in the water though!

As for the gluon gun, it's a good weapon, but when I used it I tended to use all the ammo far too quickly but it was very cool for instant gibbing action!

 

[Brian Damage]

The little insect that you capture and use as a weapon was called the shock roach, I believe. You can only have one (maybe it forms a symbiotic relationship of some kind?), after which, any other shock roaches will attack you.

Did anyone else think that all the living alien weapons were kinda cute?

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Originally posted by Brian Damage
Did anyone else think that all the living alien weapons were kinda cute?

Spore Launcher? maybe.. Shock Roach? no way man! that thing was one evil ****** heh

 

[Brian Damage]

The Spore Launcher was so *cool*. I can just imagine Shepherd stranded wherever the G-man left him, with only that little fella for company.

"BURP!"

*BOOM!*

"Houndeye for dinner!"

Gotta love the snarks, though.

 

[OCV]

Yes you are right, Brian, it was the Shock Roach, thanks for reminding me - couldn't quite remember the name then.

Though it definitely wasn't cute, I found it really strange how it used to survive the Race X trooper being killed. Several times I used loads of explosives to destroy those new alien dudes in OpFor only to wander through the empty area and have one of the little beastie roaches attack me!

As for the spore launcher, perhaps we will see a similar weapon appear in HL2. Of the Weapons revealed by Valve (i.e. not leaked) I think I've only seen one alien weapon with those spore grenades you throw to attract the antlions, but I don't think they are related to that gun in OpFor.