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TwiLekJedi
Title: Classic Trilogy & YJCC Manager
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12/31/07 11:05am
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RE: The Orange Box
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Hammurabi posted:
I also didn't really enjoy HL2. And don't try the 'it was good for 2003' argument. There's plenty of games that came out around the same time (like Far Cry) or even years earlier (like Deux Ex) that I enjoy far more then HL2. It has a good engine and fine graphics and all, but I just don't like the gameplay.
I hated Far Cry when I played the demo, I hated Far Cry when I played more of it at a friend's and I hated Far Cry earlier this year when it was available for free on one of the gaming sites. The open space island concept is neat, but pretty much everything else annoyed me to no end.
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Darth_Pogey
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Well I just finished Half Life 2. Loved it when the gravity gun was repowered. The story confused me even more with its ending but I cant wait to jump into the episodes now.
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The_Crow
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTGrjcgSeAA
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JediKnight20043
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1/2 12:18pm
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Darth_Pogey posted:
Well I just finished Half Life 2. Loved it when the gravity gun was repowered. The story confused me even more with its ending but I cant wait to jump into the episodes now.
Explain to me which bit confused you, ill try to explain.
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Jedi Ben
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1/2 12:56pm
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Just tried getting a bit further in Ravenholm and it's all quite, quite clear: HL2 is irredeemable crap created by a bunch of over-intellectual idiots who forgot that games are supposed to be fun! There's no consistentcy to the range of explosions, there's tons of sodding zombies, the head crabs don't ever die despite shooting them in the head, oh and look! You have to use the gravity gun because we're giving you no ammo! Never mind that you can't aim with the sodding thing because you can't see crap! In terms of world-building it's all very clever but clever isn't fun.
Still, it has one use left: To be traded in for Burnout Paradise. As for the sequels - I have bugger all interest in what is likely to over-rated rubbish. As for Portal, I really couldn't care - HL2 has obliterated any interest I had in this.
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moosemousse
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1/2 1:50pm
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There's a load of ammo on top of one of the buildings. You actually go over this building to continue. I can't remember how much ammo there is but there's enough to go on to the next bit. As for the gravity gun, use smaller objects, it's that simple. Head crabs not dying? I've never had that happen. I've had to shoot a few lots of times because I kept missing, but that doesn't really count.
As for it being fun? Yeah, it is a lot of fun.
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TwiLekJedi
Title: Classic Trilogy & YJCC Manager
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1/2 5:48pm
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unless he is at the place where the zombies respawn until you leave and he insists on killing them all, thus trapping himself there indefinitely
at least he's unique, seeing how everyone else usually gives Ravenholm an extra mention among all the awesomeness that is HL2 
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JediKnight20043
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1/2 7:31pm
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Jedi Ben posted:
Just tried getting a bit further in Ravenholm and it's all quite, quite clear: HL2 is irredeemable crap created by a bunch of over-intellectual idiots who forgot that games are supposed to be fun! There's no consistentcy to the range of explosions, there's tons of sodding zombies, the head crabs don't ever die despite shooting them in the head, oh and look! You have to use the gravity gun because we're giving you no ammo! Never mind that you can't aim with the sodding thing because you can't see crap! In terms of world-building it's all very clever but clever isn't fun.
Still, it has one use left: To be traded in for Burnout Paradise. As for the sequels - I have bugger all interest in what is likely to over-rated rubbish. As for Portal, I really couldn't care - HL2 has obliterated any interest I had in this.
Dude your just a crap gamer tbh. Iv done ravenholm on the hardest level plenty of times, and never had a problem with running out of ammo. Plus theres always the crowbar, you can take zombies and headcrabs out easy with it.
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Jedi Ben
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1/3 2:22pm
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TwiLekJedi posted:
unless he is at the place where the zombies respawn until you leave and he insists on killing them all, thus trapping himself there indefinitely
at least he's unique, seeing how everyone else usually gives Ravenholm an extra mention among all the awesomeness that is HL2
You obviously missed my earlier post where I gave it due credit for the sawblades! The traps are quite good too. As to the section in question, it's the graveyard with the evangelical nutcase. Now I'll grant if you've got good co-ordination skills, it probably isn't that bad but I don't therefore I'm not going to find it that great.
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TwiLekJedi
Title: Classic Trilogy & YJCC Manager
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Date Posted:
1/3 5:33pm
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... it took me like 27 play-throughs to even discover that that place spawns zombies indefinitely. I'm usually much quicker through the gate to notice. o_O Don't just stand there
TF2Today: Wow, today was the first time I actually had fun on Well. Played Spy the whole time, got a new (though still meager) high on backstabs, took out a few buildings, prevented the other team from pushing forward a number of times, even co-captures the central CP. Unfortunately, it still wasn't enough to win in time, though it was close. In Sudden Death I switched to Scout, took the topside detour to the last CP and captured it while they tried to push back everyone else.
One of the few truly deserved wins I was involved in 
TF2News: Medic gets new Achievements and apparently a new skill soon. Don't have an English source, though (apparently it's somewhere on the Steam forums)
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1/3 6:23pm
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Jedi Ben posted:
Just tried getting a bit further in Ravenholm and it's all quite, quite clear: HL2 is irredeemable crap created by a bunch of over-intellectual idiots who forgot that games are supposed to be fun! There's no consistentcy to the range of explosions, there's tons of sodding zombies, the head crabs don't ever die despite shooting them in the head, oh and look! You have to use the gravity gun because we're giving you no ammo! Never mind that you can't aim with the sodding thing because you can't see crap! In terms of world-building it's all very clever but clever isn't fun.
Still, it has one use left: To be traded in for Burnout Paradise. As for the sequels - I have bugger all interest in what is likely to over-rated rubbish. As for Portal, I really couldn't care - HL2 has obliterated any interest I had in this.
Haha. You suck dude.
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1/3 6:31pm
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TwiLekJedi posted:
TF2News: Medic gets new Achievements and apparently a new skill soon. Don't have an English source, though (apparently it's somewhere on the Steam forums)
Sam that news has been out for ages. Lol, my best mate is always on steam forums he told me, but yes. I cant wait for the acheivements.
On another note, lol why did it take you 27 runthroughs, surely you would realise after like 5 mins. Or did you keep dying??
Also we have to have another event sometime, when are people free?
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Is there anyway (that's legal) other than Steam to get this stuff? Is The Black Box truely over?
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TwiLekJedi
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Date Posted:
1/4 4:29am
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JediKnight20043 posted:
TwiLekJedi posted:
TF2News: Medic gets new Achievements and apparently a new skill soon. Don't have an English source, though (apparently it's somewhere on the Steam forums)
Sam that news has been out for ages. Lol, my best mate is always on steam forums he told me, but yes. I cant wait for the acheivements.
this one (German) is from the 3rd. The pic are supposedly which achievements it is. Yes, that there will be any at all is older. Badly phrased, then 
as for the Zombies, no I just killed everything in sight and then Grigori advances, we kill more, he opens the gate, I slip through. Never had to linger long enough to notice. Except when playing with SMOD because I couldn't decide on a silly weapon
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1/6 3:02pm
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JediKnight20043 posted:
Also we have to have another event sometime, when are people free?
Indeed. I think I can play tomorrow night.
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