Windows HL2: Ravenholm

and do u really wanna kno the sad fact.......i aint touched the game since i got up to ravenholm......

 

I'm surprised people thought ravenholm was tedious... Compared to the endless drive-alomg-a-road/speed-down-the-rivers sections it was a breath of fresh air.

And there was a lot of mood to it too.

 

ravenholm wasn't as good in the game as it looked in the teaser videos

 

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Hello lacuna

 

Ravenholm was good, but those poisonous head crabs got me really annoyed.

Seemed a little short too.

 

I was kinda dissappointed what with the big video of TRAPTOWN.... I wanted to crush someone with the swinging pipes!!!

 

The only thing I really hated was the poison headcrab/spider things (the black ones). And of course falling off of some high tower or whatever and hearing my suit saying "major impact detected, administering treatment" or something to that effect and watching my health stay at 17. At least it went back up after the poison things.

Though as far as sheer irritation goes, the #1 for me would probably be that bridge area, just because you have to go SO far out of your way to undo that one power thing, and then go ALL the way back, taking care not to fall, and having to sit through two chunks of level loads.

 

Meh, I'm with Firehed. I don't like those spiders, they keep you on your toes though. I normally run round frantically when my HP goes to 1 for a few seconds

Gota admit that guy with the rifle/ shotgun is pretty cool

 

For me, the driving bit = massivly boring, lasted far far too long for it to be fun
The boat bit was boring aswell,lasted far too long. Seemed to me they just extended it to make the game seem longer.
Ravenholm was deffonatly where the game came into its own, As soon as the level loaded i knew it was going to be differnt from the others, So with the surround sound turned up, and the lights off i slowly crept through the level. At times i was absolutly shitting myself when the heachcrabs jumped out running franticaly to avoid them trying to reload before i was bitten. On the roof near the end when your waiting for the cable car thing and your getting attacked by the big-climby-moster-things i was shitting myself, Knowing exactly what was coming for me after the first one and being able to hear the "Clank" as they climbed up, truly an awesome level IMHO.
The city bits was good fun aswell, especially the more built-up running through batterd old buildings fighting the combine. running backwards and forwards across that square nearer the end trying to fight off the attacking Stryker things was another good part, really made me feel part of the game trying to save my team and seeing as they svaed my ass a few times..
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the highlight of HL2 for me was the powerboat thing section at the start. i thought it was brilliant to have to work out haw to get you AND the vehicle over and through the terrain. very well put together and great to do.

 

i loved ravenholm it was great and it looked awsome...i loved just chopping up zombies with the circular saw blade and using the shotgun to shoot birds out of the sky...and anyway its a nice rest for ya comp after having been made to render sooo much water for ages then the driving.

I'm with Firehead also i didn't see the point in having to go all the way across and then back i'm sure there's a more imaginative way of doing it....like shooting down one of the hunter killer and it crashes into the control room where you go disabling the stupid energy barrier......and also the ending oh my god what an anticlimax....the aftermath add on better make up for it

 

Thanks alot you guys, I still haven't got to getting HL2 yet but now you've scared me!! t3h headcrabs re t3h comming!!11oneone!11

I actually get pretty jumpy in fps, but i'll get it anyway! I'll probably end up like atanum!

 

I liked it, the bit when you turn the corner and the 1st fast zombie comes towards you is awesome.

 

I didn't like the level, dunno why, just didn't go well with the feel of the game. That said I didn't really like any of it.

 

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ravenholm was awsome. There was so much atmosphere, it was scary, and the traps were sickening and awesomed. Slicing zombies in half with circular saw blades, and setting them on fire with gas canisters was cool and disturbing. The way they scream and moan as they burn... Not to mention it introduced 4 more enemies, fast-headcrab, poisen-headcrab, poisen-zombie, and fast-zombie. It only got tedious when you and father gregory go pwning in the graveyard, tbh that does seem a little unrealistic, but its fun to play with gravgun and explosives.

edit: probably because you lamewads were playing it on easy

 

You're supposed to fear Ravenholm, didn't you hear what she said before you went through those doors? The whole atmosphere and situation was great. It was like the city projects taken over by zombies and people had set up traps to protect themselves/kill zombies. I got a kick out of turning the "fan" on and just watching zombies decapitate themselves. That's entertainment.