Incoming zombie games...

[capncnut]

The next time I play this, I'm gonna use the gravity gun more. I ignored it the first time and I had the cheek to accuse the designers of not placing enough ammo in the game. Man, there's ammo EVERYWHERE! I just wasn't looking in the right places.

[Danny]

really?, it was the gun i used the most, it was freakin' legendary fun, did you just fun across the desert form the antlions instead of using the gun to build a path?

[capncnut]

really?, it was the gun i used the most, it was freakin' legendary fun, did you just fun across the desert form the antlions instead of using the gun to build a path? Actually, I got frustrated with that bit really quick - bored the granny out of me so I started running halfway through that level. Them squidgey ball things certainly helped out a lot later on.

[Danny]

....to those of you saying "squidy ball things?" right now, no i dont have a clue either.

[capncnut]

You know the thing that attracts the Antlions when you throw 'em. I don't know the technical word for it I'm afraid.

[MinionZombie]

Geez, how can you be a HL2 fan and not know what "squidgy ball things" mean, what else could it mean?! Great vid there Capn, suddenly Ravenholm isn't scary at all ... thanks to Benny Hill.

[capncnut]

I'm still reeling at how long that level was, seriously epic stuff. The thing is, you're having so much fun while you play it the time factor goes out of the window. Still, it ain't as long as that level on the bike - that seemed to go on for years.

[MinionZombie]

Bike? Whatchu sniffing? You mean the buggy? Or the boat? Yes, that goes on for ages, that's my main gripe with HL2, it's really long chunks stuck together, and you get really sick of the area about 3/4 of the way through, then finally get a change. Like: *loads of set up *loads of canals *loads of roads *loads of prison *loads of city In no particular order there, but you get my point, it can get a bit samey after a while like I said, and you get tired of the area, and some areas aren't sh*t hot, like the canals go on a bit long because there's a lot of parts where you're just boating through storm drains and there isn't much running around shooting going on, so that can get the most tedious out of all the parts in the game (aside from all the lead-up after a bit, but first time round it's fine because it's new, but after that you just wanna skip to the action, unless you're a completist who wants to replay it all the way through start to finish).

[Tricky]

Aye nova prospekt seemed to go on forever!i loved it for a while but it got a bit tedious...

[MinionZombie]

Indeed, Nova Prospekt is a great area, but it suffers like all the other areas in HL2 suffer - going on too long and getting a bit samey after the 3/4 mark when you're tired of that setting and looking for something new. So really, they needed to add a little bit more level/area variety in HL2 to make it perfect. Therefore I'm really looking forward to Ep2's woodland/countryside area - it's a whole new ball game, baby!

[CoinReturn]

HL2 had one of the best ending levels ever. Once you get that super-powered gravity gun, its over. Its like you're the angel of death descending upon the citadel.

[MinionZombie]

Really, you liked the final zone? I wasn't a fan, I have to say, some of it was good, but again, went on too long and you're all kinda tuckered out as it's the end of the game. Then of course there's more of that zone at the start of Ep1, so that was annoying for me personally, beyond that Ep1 gets good - despite just being more of the same city 17 stuff...bring on Ep2 and the NEW zone-age fun times.

[CoinReturn]

Here is a new video interview with Doug Lombardi, marketing director at Valve. He talks about Portal, the evolution of the Source engine, Half Life 2:Episode 2, and the new consoles. Pretty interesting stuff: http://www.gametrailers.com/player.p...17767&type=mov If you don't have Quicktime, replace "mov" with "wmv".

[Danny]

damn i know i finished it on the xbox, but i cant friggin wait for the high end 360 version of this, its gonna be awesome.

[capncnut]

Bike? Whatchu sniffing? You know what I mean - it had handlebars... Aye nova prospekt seemed to go on forever! i loved it for a while but it got a bit tedious... ...and that's the exact level I'm prattling on about. The bit when the bombs were dropping from the sky, man when you play that on a massive widescreen tv with all the speakers blaring - it's like world war three. Absolutely epic. Did anyone else have any trouble with that jump? Took me about 20 attempts.