• Joe@lemmy.knocknet.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    21
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    If you haven’t played half life 2 you should stop what you’re doing right now and do that.

    • Black AOC
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Iunno, man. I am an old-school FPS head; but I’d never recommend a playthrough of HL2 to anyone who hadn’t before because it really just feels like a tech demo with bare connective tissue for story. HL1? Black Mesa? Yeah, sure; but not 2.

    • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      8
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Not a fan of AAA and don’t like FPS. Played 20 mins of Halo and it wasn’t for me.

      Edit: wrong game, still point stands.

      • 676@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        My brother. They are no where near the same game. I understand not liking first person but halo and half life are not comparable past first person.

        There’s a reason Valve can’t make a third and it’s because 2 can’t be topped.

          • HerzogVonWiesel@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            7
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            I mean if you want to simplify those two, lets go a step further: Its no different from the games you actually like to play: click, see flashy lights!

            • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              1 year ago

              RTS, survival or factory games are very different. I get that AAA went nuts on FPS and it made money, but it doesn’t mean it is all of gaming. Fortunately indie games companies are killing it right now.

            • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              7
              ·
              1 year ago

              No. You do realise there is lots of gaming genres? I understand it isn’t obvious if you have been gaming 10 years and only play AAA.

                  • myersguy@lemmy.simpl.website
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    4
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    1 year ago

                    We’re 2024 already?

                    So we are. That kind of makes the 10 year statement a little more silly, no?

                    Half Life 2 is just shy of being 20 years old.

                    Anyways, I enjoyed how old you made me feel with this comment 😅

                • CrypticCoffee@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  arrow-down
                  5
                  ·
                  1 year ago

                  Absolutely not. You call me a troll and then call me rude? Getting bashed for not knowing a FPS game then getting bashed for it is really something. Check my first post, it was positive despite not knowing the reference.

                  If you don’t expect there to be frustration when franchises like Bullfrog got swallowed and killed and folk don’t want to play the only types of genres being pushed?

                  Are we not free to like what we like?

                  Can we not have a different opinion…

                  Oh gosh, is this reddit again?

                  • 676@lemmy.ca
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    4
                    arrow-down
                    3
                    ·
                    1 year ago

                    Ok troll, calm down or maybe follow your own words and go back to Reddit. Never did I bash you for not knowing the game, I bashed you for comparing it to halo and then subsequently saying all fps are the same.

                    We can have different opinions you’re the one attempting to attack me bud. All I am telling you is halo and half-life shouldn’t be compared past the fact that they are played in first person. Which is what I said in my first comment.

                    And yes you are fucking rude as shit assuming a bunch of bullshit. Condescending little troll baby

          • poVoq@slrpnk.net
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            Rarely. Most of the time you have some sci-fi gravity contraption to throw objects at alien monsters.

      • Joe@lemmy.knocknet.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        To each their own! The story and design of HL2 still holds up for me, but at it’s core the mechanics are indeed FPS. If that’s a no-go, it’s unfortunate, but understandable.