It’s time. Half-life 1 is 10 times better than 2. 2 is average compared
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The VR title is a HL2 prequel I think. So if Valve can push enough indexes...
Is this a joke post?
Half-Life 1 is amazing, and I'll forever have fond memories of it.
But Half-Life 2 is revolutionary. The game-play and physics engine is still better than most modern shooters.
Half-Life 1 is amazing, and I'll forever have fond memories of it.
But Half-Life 2 is revolutionary. The game-play and physics engine is still better than most modern shooters.
I fully agree. I played them both for the first time recently and enjoyed HL1 a hell of a lot more than 2.
Ya, Half-Life has weird jumping mechanics like that. You have to hold crouch while jumping to platform properly.
Blue grav gun is one of the most satisfying weapons in any game, ever.
They're both great, but yeah there's a lot that Half-Life 1 did that even at the time* I was quite disappointed I couldn't feel coming through in Half-Life 2.
* Whilst still reeling from picking up a soda can and dropping it in the trash, haha
* Whilst still reeling from picking up a soda can and dropping it in the trash, haha
This is one of the most reductive comparisons I've ever seen, and you barely remember either game. That tentacle boss was in Half Life 1.
Half-Life one was a revolution. HL2 a continuity. In the end, i didnt bother finishing HL2 multiple time like i did with HL, and multiplayer of HL1 was just more fun.
10 time better? Na. Id say 3 time better, but it doesnt make HL2 bad, not just as great as original.
10 time better? Na. Id say 3 time better, but it doesnt make HL2 bad, not just as great as original.
HL1 is a pretty amazing game, I don't agree with HL2 being average in comparison but 1 is definitely the stronger experience. Even playing it today via Black Mesa you can appreciate the great level design and how it slowly unravels it's mystery using in-world methods.
Probably the most influential FPS for single player campaigns ever also.
Probably the most influential FPS for single player campaigns ever also.
I would sooner replay half life over half life 2. Enemy encounters (even in the highest difficulty) just isn't fun in 2 and i feel like it's miles better in the first game
Half-life 2 has better artstyle and (most importantly) unrivaled sound design. Other than that I enjoyed the tight expierence of 1 more.
Agreed. HL2 isn't one of the best games of all time, it isn't even the best FPS of 2004. That award goes to Far Cry.
Oh man, the first Far Cry was so good. (until the end from what I remember)
Do note that Black Mesa takes a lot of liberties with HL1's design to make a stronger experience. It's not an exact replica with shinier graphics.
It's a 100 times better.
The pacing, the atmosphere, the sense of mystery, the impact of the weapon all felt so much better in HL1. The only problem is Xen levels.
I remember playing HL2 at launch and hated it.... what is up with those shitty pew pew pew handgun and sub-machine guns? On an FPS no less?
I even rated HL1 expensions over HL2.
The pacing, the atmosphere, the sense of mystery, the impact of the weapon all felt so much better in HL1. The only problem is Xen levels.
I remember playing HL2 at launch and hated it.... what is up with those shitty pew pew pew handgun and sub-machine guns? On an FPS no less?
I even rated HL1 expensions over HL2.
I don't want to go on another lengthy rant. Just wanted to chime in and say I think they're both masterpieces that have aged like fine wine. I adore Half-Life, but I honestly think Half-Life 2 + Episode 1 + Episode 2 is some of the finest gaming ever that still provides some of the most world class shooter pacing and presentation in the medium.
I finally played HL2 last year and, yeah I agree OP. I liked 1's art, gunplay, movement, narrative, and level design much more. I thought the gravity gun was tedious to use, and that's something so many raved about. I enjoyed the watercraft section, but that's about it.
Was it ever explained how a theoretical physicist going about doing daily scientist things suddenly became a Gear of War dudebro taking down reams of aliens, the army, black ops and ninjas all by himself? Late 90's was a weird time.
Let's also not forget the expansion featuring Barney the rent a cop security guard doing the same.
Let's also not forget the expansion featuring Barney the rent a cop security guard doing the same.
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Never played blueshaft, but opposing forces was one of the best FPS expansions of all time too.
Played both when they came out. I was 14 and ... 19?
Played them both again, back to back, about 3 years ago:
Half Life 2 was great but felt incomplete, the vehicle sections were not needed, focused too much in the physics instead of the environment storytelling of 1, and the guns felt "meh".
The gravity super powered gun at the end was great though.
Played them both again, back to back, about 3 years ago:
- HL 1 = 95/100
- HL 2 = 78/100
Half Life 2 was great but felt incomplete, the vehicle sections were not needed, focused too much in the physics instead of the environment storytelling of 1, and the guns felt "meh".
The gravity super powered gun at the end was great though.
Half-Life 1 has a couple dull environmental puzzles, whereas I've found those immensely more satisfying in HL2. Both have parts that in 2019 are a bit boring to be honest. To me, Half-Life 2 was more of a groundbreaking and memorable experience, plus the last part of HL2 doesn't suck so there's that.
HL1 is good the whole way through while 2 has some seriously slow parts
Id say 2 has both higher highs and much lower lows
Id say 2 has both higher highs and much lower lows
I dunno if I can appropriately argue the important of the vehicle segments in HL2, but man, Half-Life 2 has more environmental storytelling in a single chapter than HL1 has in any 3. Don't let the fact that it also has more explicit storytelling make you think otherwise.
Gotta agree with you OP. I enjoyed 2 a lot more when I first played it, but it has fallen the more I replay it while I end up enjoying HL1 more every time I replay it. HL2 just slows to a crawl a lot of the time, gameplay-wise.
Great post! The first Half Life is still up there amongst my top 5 gaming experiences of all time. I had just moved from console to PC gamer back when Half Life released and there's been very few gaming experiences that jarring and immersive as what I felt at the time.
Half Life 2 was a technical marvel when it came out but I actually believe if both were remade to tune gameplay and visuals but left everything else the same, Half Life holds up better. In hindsight Half Life 2 is a corridor shooter which had a neat gimmick for its time.