Making a non-FPS game out of HL2 engine?

[Alau]

Does anyone think it would be possible to create a GOOD non-FPS game using the HL2 engine? By GOOD I mean not all glitchy.

It would be amazing to see a top-down or third-person shooter game using the HL2 engine. The idea came to me when I saw Max Payne 2, and thought, wow wouldn't the character models look so much more believable with the facial features from HL2? (The body models look better in MP2 IMO)

Just wondering

 

[XtAkm4p]

what, like making a fps from a flight sim engine? yeah its been done before.... but why?

its more likely seeing a non fps MOD for hl2.... considering the physics etc.... like a tennis game or sumthin, ya know?

 

[Alau]

Yeah mod, that's what I'm talking about .

It would be funny making a top-down minigame where gordon jumps from boxes or something to stomp on headcrabs. Kind of like whack-a-mole haha.

 

[Zyphria]

Someone made an RTS with the UT2k3 engine.

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by Alau
Does anyone think it would be possible to create a GOOD non-FPS game using the HL2 engine? By GOOD I mean not all glitchy.

It would be amazing to see a top-down or third-person shooter game using the HL2 engine. The idea came to me when I saw Max Payne 2, and thought, wow wouldn't the character models look so much more believable with the facial features from HL2? (The body models look better in MP2 IMO)

Just wondering

Everything is possible with an engine... All you need is [the] Source
Unaimed is gonna be 3rd person as only option (not 100% certain though, only 99%), though its not quite a shooter...

 

[3rd Impact]

I think I remember Gabe saying something in the Valve info thread about making a driving sim with Source...

 

[Majestic XII]

Malin will be a singleplayer, 3:rd person view, cel-shaded adventure mod.

You can read more about it here:

http://w1.302.telia.com/~u30208335/malin/

 

[dawdler]

Originally posted by 3rd Impact
I think I remember Gabe saying something in the Valve info thread about making a driving sim with Source...

Someone asked if one could make a GTA3 game of it over the irc chat, and they started explaining how, so you could probably do it

 

[MadGuy]

Originally posted by 3rd Impact
I think I remember Gabe saying something in the Valve info thread about making a driving sim with Source...

well, there are vehicles in HL2 anwyay!

 

[MoJo|Night]

There is already a full price RPG coming out using source in early 2004. vampire the WhatchaMaCallIt. Not sure if that's a firsrt person view or not though.

I'm certain many other types of game will be able to be created with source. I still want my fps manipulator gun tetris.

 

[RoyGBiv]

i always wanted to make a realistic zelda game... like what the cdi version tried to be

http://www.tmsword.com/cdi/zaimages.shtml

and with the water effects and everything else inbetween.

 

[worldspawn]

theres a mod for hl called hlrally... it's a driving game, ofcourse it's possible, it just needs people interested in making the hl2 mod, and people with talent/ideas.

 

[Xei]

Almost anything is possible, it's just easier to make a FPS mod from an FPS game
btw, that vampire game is first person, looks like it's got quite a few shooter elements too.