Half Life 1 vs Half Life 2 vs Episodes - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 29th Jun 2007, 14:08

Short and sweet poll here, but I put it to you anyway:

Gordon the first, gordon the second or Gor....Don the little bitty pieces?

Discuss, NOW!

Cabe64 · 29th Jun 2007, 14:14

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Wont let me vote

I would have voted for the original, it made so much more of an impact that the second and I've never been to into the Episodes.

steveo_mcg · 29th Jun 2007, 14:18

Yeah the poll seems to be slightly broken. Any my vote for HL2 episodes are cool but they're just taking too damn long!

Hells_Bliss · 29th Jun 2007, 14:25

since poll is broke, hl2 was uber cool. one of the few games i've finished more than once

Amon · 29th Jun 2007, 14:44

Half-Life 1 was some truly ground-breaking stuff: top-quality visuals and sound. But the story, scripting and voice acting (for a first-person shooter) were where the game truly took off and differentiated itself from the rest. Half-Life 2 gets honorable recognition for raising the ante for story-driven first-person adventurers--striking home an unprecedented level of cinematography elements.

My vote was for HL1, if that was not clear.

z3rb · 29th Jun 2007, 14:51

HL2; It was what got me into PC gaming.
The episodes are looking awesome, but I don't think they're long enough to stand out as classics.

ElZog · 29th Jun 2007, 15:08

I choose Half Life 2 since it was the one I played first, I can see Half Life is an awesome game, but it just feels odd playing it after HL2. I had the same problem with trying out FFVII after playing FFX first.

CardJoe · 29th Jun 2007, 15:11

Poll fixed.

Personally, I voted for two, but I'd much rather see Adrian Shephard return as a vocal character than wait around for Ep 3 for another two years. Shpehard was much more interesting.

Ghys · 29th Jun 2007, 16:18

HL1 was pretty cool but unfortunately i couldn't play it a lot because my PC was terrible and I had to play on my dad's celeron 300mhz laptop...

HL2 was incredible though. It is one of the very rare single player game that I finished in the last 3-4 years. The only other ones I can think of are Metroid Prime, Zero Mission and Fusion, as well as Zelda - Wind Waker and currently Psychonauts that I am working on

Single Player has been boring for years now beside those few exceptions

Mankz · 29th Jun 2007, 16:47

HL1 was around when I was too young too appriciate it. HL2 was and still is an imense piece of gaming p*rn, and I've never played any of the Episiodes.

So, HL2 has my vote!

Ghys · 29th Jun 2007, 16:54

episode 1 is pretty cool as well. Only problem is it keeps crashing on my pc for some reason, when all the other HL2 engine games work fine

CardJoe · 29th Jun 2007, 16:58

I'm actually a big supporter of singleplayer, I love the way stories can be targetted more and still have strong replayability, but I take your point of view. Those games you list are unilaterally fantastic, though there are others out there (beyond good and evil, fahrenheit) which are still excellent singleplayer games.

Psychonauts is an ace game, though I never actually finished it because I got stuck in the last levels. Its very very rare that that happens to me with singleplayer games - especially when I've purposely followed a game as I did with Psychonauts, but I found the gameplay just got a bit samey and the controls/camera really hampered the last few levels. Still an excellent and hilarious game though.

FIBRE+ · 29th Jun 2007, 17:05

I like both, but I thought HL1 was a big breaktrough for FPS games. Instead of just blowing the crap out of stuff you had a story to go with it, as well as amazing graphics, sound and gameplay. Oh and it was a decent length of play, unlike some newer games you end up finishing in a day or so.

I'm Playing HL2 for the umpteenth time, would of thought hard mode would have been a harder though

If you haven't played HL1 throughout then make sure you do, especially if you've played HL2... Yes you!

Ghys · 29th Jun 2007, 17:08

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Originally Posted by CardJoe

I'm actually a big supporter of singleplayer, I love the way stories can be targetted more and still have strong replayability, but I take your point of view. Those games you list are unilaterally fantastic, though there are others out there (beyond good and evil, fahrenheit) which are still excellent singleplayer games.

Psychonauts is an ace game, though I never actually finished it because I got stuck in the last levels. Its very very rare that that happens to me with singleplayer games - especially when I've purposely followed a game as I did with Psychonauts, but I found the gameplay just got a bit samey and the controls/camera really hampered the last few levels. Still an excellent and hilarious game though.

I get your point. As an old school gamer, I have played a lot of single player games, mostly adventure ones, on classic consoles like the nes and snes.

However when multiplayer game invaded the PC World, they took over. The fun of dominating real people at a game is huge ! I guess it is this part that made it so hard for me to play multiplayer again. But it might also be the very crappy gameplay of some game that could have been awesome. The first two i can think of are Farcry and Stalker. Both have huge potential (or had), but both have very poor gameplay and weapons, which takes all the fun away...at least it does for me.

I was also stuck in psychonauts. During the boss battle of the Milkman conspiracy, she makes you blind and everything turns to black. You have to get into her view so you can see yourself run. But after a while even the floor turns black and you can't really know where to go. I thought it was a bug in my game and searched the web for a while before I found I simply had to run 'downward' (is that even a word?) not to fall. Then I just spammed her and killed her

CardJoe · 29th Jun 2007, 17:21

Ugh, I loved/hated the milkman level. Like many levels of Psychonauts, it was very clever, very funny, very interesting and original but ultimately not fun to play as the gameplay was too different to anything else in the game. It was like having to play a whole new game every hour at some points.

Plus, I kept getting lost.

oddball walking · 29th Jun 2007, 18:14

I voted for the original as it was the best game ever when it came out, and also I can't wait for black messa source.

Veles · 29th Jun 2007, 19:01

I prefer half life 2, didn't really get into Half Life 1 when it was out because I didn't have a PC, and when I did finally play it a few years after it's release I got frustrated with tring to use a keyboard/mouse and didn't really see anything special about it.

I voted for two, but I did really enjoy episode 1. If there was an option I'd do a split vote between 2 and episodes.

Ghys · 29th Jun 2007, 19:39

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Originally Posted by CardJoe

Ugh, I loved/hated the milkman level. Like many levels of Psychonauts, it was very clever, very funny, very interesting and original but ultimately not fun to play as the gameplay was too different to anything else in the game. It was like having to play a whole new game every hour at some points.

Plus, I kept getting lost.

it was weird alright but incredibly good looking

Neogumbercules · 29th Jun 2007, 20:03

As awesome as Half-Life 1 was, Half-Life 2 gets my vote.

heir flick · 29th Jun 2007, 21:39

half life 1 is a classic but 2 took it to another level so its half life 2 for me

View Poll Results: Which Half-Life game do you prefer?
Half-Life 1 is a classic and the best.	28	32.18%
Half-Life 2 was way better than the others.	43	49.43%
Half-Life Episodes are looking pretty good.	14	16.09%
I hate Gordon, bring back Adrian Shephard or get out.	2	2.30%
Voters: 87. You may not vote on this poll

29th Jun 2007, 14:08	#1
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	Half Life 1 vs Half Life 2 vs Episodes Short and sweet poll here, but I put it to you anyway: Gordon the first, gordon the second or Gor....Don the little bitty pieces? Discuss, NOW! __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

29th Jun 2007, 14:18	#3
steveo_mcg What owl? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,990	Yeah the poll seems to be slightly broken. Any my vote for HL2 episodes are cool but they're just taking too damn long! __________________ No boom today, boom tomorrow... there's always a boom tomorrow.

29th Jun 2007, 14:25	#4
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29th Jun 2007, 14:44	#5
Amon inch-perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cannoning into the reds, Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,456	Half-Life 1 was some truly ground-breaking stuff: top-quality visuals and sound. But the story, scripting and voice acting (for a first-person shooter) were where the game truly took off and differentiated itself from the rest. Half-Life 2 gets honorable recognition for raising the ante for story-driven first-person adventurers--striking home an unprecedented level of cinematography elements. My vote was for HL1, if that was not clear. __________________ Defunct Socket 939 San Diego 4000+::2GB PC3200::Radeon 9600 SE 128MB::200GB HDD::24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP x64/x86 dual boot Dell Vostro 1500 laptop::Socket P Merom T7100::2GB PC5400::Go 8600m GT 256MB::660GB HDD::15.4" WXGA+, 24" Dell 2407WFP-HC::WinXP::Fanatec 911 Wheel+Pedals Last edited by Amon; 29th Jun 2007 at 15:00.

29th Jun 2007, 14:51	#6
z3rb +4 str +4 stam Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 299	HL2; It was what got me into PC gaming. The episodes are looking awesome, but I don't think they're long enough to stand out as classics. __________________ o hay

29th Jun 2007, 15:08	#7
ElZog Defeater of Satan's Transformo Sofa Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Green Fields Posts: 233	I choose Half Life 2 since it was the one I played first, I can see Half Life is an awesome game, but it just feels odd playing it after HL2. I had the same problem with trying out FFVII after playing FFX first. __________________ All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

29th Jun 2007, 15:11	#8
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	Poll fixed. Personally, I voted for two, but I'd much rather see Adrian Shephard return as a vocal character than wait around for Ep 3 for another two years. Shpehard was much more interesting. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

29th Jun 2007, 16:18	#9
Ghys DUHHHH Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,589	HL1 was pretty cool but unfortunately i couldn't play it a lot because my PC was terrible and I had to play on my dad's celeron 300mhz laptop... HL2 was incredible though. It is one of the very rare single player game that I finished in the last 3-4 years. The only other ones I can think of are Metroid Prime, Zero Mission and Fusion, as well as Zelda - Wind Waker and currently Psychonauts that I am working on Single Player has been boring for years now beside those few exceptions __________________ Phenom X3 720 Black Edition @ 3.4Ghz - Asus M3N72-D SLI - 4GB PC6400 - MSI GTX260 216 - RAID0 37gb Raptors - 2x 500GB - Corsair TX850 - Samsung 2233RZ 120hz cheesecake - Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bits Kids ! The Samsung 2233RZ is the solution to all your problems in life ! That is, of course, if your biggest concern is not sucking at FPS games

29th Jun 2007, 16:54	#11
Ghys DUHHHH Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,589	episode 1 is pretty cool as well. Only problem is it keeps crashing on my pc for some reason, when all the other HL2 engine games work fine __________________ Phenom X3 720 Black Edition @ 3.4Ghz - Asus M3N72-D SLI - 4GB PC6400 - MSI GTX260 216 - RAID0 37gb Raptors - 2x 500GB - Corsair TX850 - Samsung 2233RZ 120hz cheesecake - Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bits Kids ! The Samsung 2233RZ is the solution to all your problems in life ! That is, of course, if your biggest concern is not sucking at FPS games

29th Jun 2007, 16:58	#12
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	I'm actually a big supporter of singleplayer, I love the way stories can be targetted more and still have strong replayability, but I take your point of view. Those games you list are unilaterally fantastic, though there are others out there (beyond good and evil, fahrenheit) which are still excellent singleplayer games. Psychonauts is an ace game, though I never actually finished it because I got stuck in the last levels. Its very very rare that that happens to me with singleplayer games - especially when I've purposely followed a game as I did with Psychonauts, but I found the gameplay just got a bit samey and the controls/camera really hampered the last few levels. Still an excellent and hilarious game though. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

29th Jun 2007, 17:05	#13
FIBRE+ Ultramodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Oxford Posts: 1,306	I like both, but I thought HL1 was a big breaktrough for FPS games. Instead of just blowing the crap out of stuff you had a story to go with it, as well as amazing graphics, sound and gameplay. Oh and it was a decent length of play, unlike some newer games you end up finishing in a day or so. I'm Playing HL2 for the umpteenth time, would of thought hard mode would have been a harder though If you haven't played HL1 throughout then make sure you do, especially if you've played HL2... Yes you! __________________ ++ASUS SLI Premium \| X2 3800 @ 2.6ghz \| XP-120 \| 2GB Mushkin \| 8800 GT \| XFI Music \| Seagate 320GB \ Samsung F1 1TB \| 520W Corsair HX \| 23" Dell S2309W ++ ++Zotac 9300 Mini ITX \| Intel E5200 \| Scythe Shuriken \| 2GB Corsair \| 8600 GTS (Passive) \| WD Black 2.5" 320GB \ Samsung F2 Eco 1TB \| Corsair VX 450W \| 42" Panasonic Viera++ ++Canon 400D \| Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 \| Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 \| Sandisk Extreme III 4GB++My Ebay++

29th Jun 2007, 17:21	#15
CardJoe Player Character bit-tech Staff Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,988	Ugh, I loved/hated the milkman level. Like many levels of Psychonauts, it was very clever, very funny, very interesting and original but ultimately not fun to play as the gameplay was too different to anything else in the game. It was like having to play a whole new game every hour at some points. Plus, I kept getting lost. __________________ this is joe's non-bit-tech blog

29th Jun 2007, 18:14	#16
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29th Jun 2007, 20:03	#19
Neogumbercules Ultramodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,494	As awesome as Half-Life 1 was, Half-Life 2 gets my vote. __________________ Abit AB9 Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU, 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400, nVidia 8800GT, Seagate 160 GB HDD.

29th Jun 2007, 21:39	#20
heir flick Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: bristol Posts: 458	half life 1 is a classic but 2 took it to another level so its half life 2 for me