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I bought Half-Life 2 for the PC and played it through Cedega in Linux even though my box wasn't up to the Windows specs. Let's just call the framerates "puke inducing." I picked up Orange Box for my PS3 for my birthday. I played through Half-Life 2 again, Episode 1, and Portal. Portal is a blast--that's where the quote in my sig comes from. I began Episode 2, but haven't finished it yet.
 
Robert I just finished Episode 2. Great game. I enjoy playing Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 nightly for an hour or two to vent.

 
You gotta get Half-life and Half-life 2! Some of the best games I've ever played. The storytelling aspect is awesome. It's interesting to play these games - they are huge worlds and so much cool stuff to do. These games will do a good job of keeping you away from your guitars and amps.... :)
 
Robert said:
You gotta get Half-life and Half-life 2! Some of the best games I've ever played. The storytelling aspect is awesome. It's interesting to play these games - they are huge worlds and so much cool stuff to do. These games will do a good job of keeping you away from your guitars and amps.... :)
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I have to have some kind of balance in my life. A little guitar here and there...a little gaming...a little hunting and fishing. I must balance Robertsan!

I haven't read up on Half Life...only the second one. The second one looks like a good one to start with. I don't have a problem breaking into a story like that and then going back to revisit the beginning. Kinda like Star Wars. ;)
 
I was playing Half Life 2 for a bit, until I got stuck on it. It wasn't really far into the game and I hit a point where I could get no further without backtracking. Mind you, that seems to happen frequently in the game and I just need to find where to go next, but I just couldn't in this one spot. So, being a man of a million games that still need to be played, I stopped. I intend to pick it back up some day, but not until I finish the original Half Life.

The Orange Box is a great deal, though, and (as mentioned) Portal is a great game. I also really enjoy Team Fortress 2. I've played other titles with Capture the Flag and Attack and Defend type multiplayer games, but each character is so different and specialized in Team Fortress 2 that it really makes the game interesting and gives it a ton of character. :)
 
Ok I got a question though. On the install it doesn't seem to be installing from the DVD...it set up a "Steam" account and I'm assuming that application downloads the game on your PC. Right?
 
marnold said:
I bought Half-Life 2 for the PC and played it through Cedega in Linux even though my box wasn't up to the Windows specs. Let's just call the framerates "puke inducing." I picked up Orange Box for my PS3 for my birthday. I played through Half-Life 2 again, Episode 1, and Portal. Portal is a blast--that's where the quote in my sig comes from. I began Episode 2, but haven't finished it yet.
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i love portal! MAkes you think alot in that game. (and yes that song at the end is kinda of creepy, kinda of catchy though)
 
Ok update. I did 2 installs today on 2 different PCs. The first update I messed up and had to uninstall the whole thing and start over. When I loaded the first episode of HL2 it took all of 4 hours to load! It loaded the game online. Thinking this was "normal" I allowed it to finish. The second install on another computer only took 15 minutes to load the first episode.

:confused:

On the second install I noticed that the install menu showed that it was loading "off the DVD" and was loading batched or archived files or something. Same DVD...different computers. Maybe I screwed up the install on the first PC.

First install on PC #1 yielded excellent results. The game graphics are indescribable. It blows Halo: Combat Evolved away. I started the first level just to see if it worked and well yeah it does...and very well. Only thing is that I can't climb out of that dang hole at the beginning. :D Newbies happen. The controls are similar to Halo and other PC FP games on the keyboard. Figured out how to get out of the hole but the question is why does the weapon only fire on something that you're "supposed" to fire on? Can you change that or is that part of the gaming engine? I'm currently running PC #2 which is a dog compared to #1 so I don't care to venture further than the hole until I get back to PC #1.

Second install went fast but I found that the video card is way obsolete for this game. Game runs but the characters are missing their skins (PC #2). :rotflmao:

I'll be pm'ing some of you on tips and walkthrough info. :AOK:
 
I'm not a console user, and have played the entire Half-Life collection to death.

Got HL1 when it was released ... (must be 10 years ago) ... it still remains my No.2 all-time favourite game, just below HL2 on the list. :dude:
 
I killed 3 hours playing Crysis last night. That game is just amazing. I'm looking forward to Farcry 2 being released this fall. Love realistic FPS games!
 
I got both versions of HalfLife laying around here someplace.. never finished either as offline games...
I really enjoyed the counterstrike online play when it was first made for a few years..

Nothing beats Rainbow Six series though (IMHO) and Vegas 2 has just come out for it..


Anyone playing R6 Online?


Farcry is pretty good too.. will probaly get FC2 also.'

As far as a 360.. I already have the PS2 recently purchased collecting dust..
I think I will stick with PC gaming.. for full effect!

Back to the original question
HalfLife is a must if you never played it...
 
stingx said:
...I'm looking forward to Farcry 2 being released this fall.
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The original Far Cry was one of my favorite FPS games, and was visually just stunning. I also found it to be one of the hardest games I every played. The last couple of levels were just brutal. I almost quit at one point--something that has NEVER happened to me in a PC game before. (I refuse to use cheats.)

An FPS that I really enjoyed was Painkiller. Really unusual levels & weapons (I loved pinning zombies to walls with the stake gun!), and great secrets and bonuses to be found. And the "tarot card" feature was quite unique, allowing you to modify your player's abilities.

For humor content in an FPS, the Serious Sam games were great, particularly the first two. "It's all fun & games until somebody loses an eye!" LOL!! :rotflmao:
 
This talk of HalfLife2 reminded me..
they always have had a good Mod community.

Here are a few I liked..

Revoluntionary War Mod.. looks pretty good
Battlegrounds 2

http://www.bgmod.com/

And

Fistfull of Frags for a Western taste

http://www.fistful-of-frags.com/

I use to enjoy an old Western Game called OUTLAWS by Microsoft..1997

The last year or so Ubisoft released a Polish made game from Techland
called Call of Juarez

http://www.callofjuarez.com/

It released for 50.00 bucks but can be had for as little as
$20.00 brand new on E-Bay.. Pretty good story line for Single Player mode.
Playing one of two roles..
Also, pretty good for Online play.. well worth 20.00 but probably not 50!
There is also a Single Player and MultiPlayer Demo to check it out.
if'n ya feel like playin in the Old West.
 
Robert said:
How does this game Mod stuff work? Do people have access the to game code from Valve and can use it to make a different game?
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Exactly... then there is usually an install doc with the mod to walk you thru it.

CounterStrike actually was a mod before Valve took over.. or did they?

it's all free..it's all fun.. and you are already use to the controls.
 
So who did the original code development then? I still don't understand how all this stuff works. Making all the graphics and scenes and engaging levels of playing the game, etc is no small feat. It's still pretty much a whole new game anyway, isn't it? So why do they call it a Mod? Because they are reusing the code framework from the original game? And what people are doing these Mods? Not just anyone would have enough brains to make a new "Mod" - I imagine you would need a whole team of skilled programmers and designers to get anywhere with it.
 
it's very time consuming Robert.. A whole team would be very helpful.
But then everyone has to have the same goal..

Most is just scripts..like your cgi, perl and plain text.. and changing them..

the makers of the games usually release tools to help you along.
Or Some nice smart student someplace makes them..:)
Skin programs..Map editors.. etc etc..
Alot of games come with Map editors to help you make your own maps for local or Online play.
Hmmm Maybe a Fretnet Map hosted by Robert is in order? :)
I use to enjoy making maps for RainbowSix series and S.W.A.T.3 4 ,
but again.. time consuming...

If a game is Modable.. there will be tools for it or created for it by someone.

Here is some links to show what goes into making mods..well partly..

Source engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_engine
Valve Map Editor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Hammer_Editor
 
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