Am i seriously the only one who thinks Half-Life is an extremely over-rated game? I bought the game, thinking "gamers can't be this wrong, it's almost got perfect scores all around, it's the 2nd highest rated game on Steam!" and after playing through almost all of it in a short amount of time, i am incredibly disappointed by this Quake rip-off.
this game has no quality what so ever. it is incredibly buggy. I've had to restart whole levels due to glitches with doors and dialogue, I wasn't able to continue during some of these glitches. no choice but to restart a level? how does this shit get over looked?The movement just isn't right here either. If it's anything i hate, it's First Person Platforming. You walk too fast to be jumping off of narrow/thin platforms and it always feels like your slipping on ice when you land. Timing and landing a jump is difficult as well. These sections feel so random, as if they've been thrown together for no real reason at all. It's a ton of shooting, than outta nowhere, it's jumping on pipes and ducking under electrical wires. The combat is flawed as well. There isn't a lot of ammo but there are a ton of soldiers. Man that was random. at first it was a scary horror themed game where you're killing monster/aliens and than it's a shootemup with Tanks and shit. I'm gonna pin this up as being outdated. Standards have changed. Half Life came out in 1998 and was made on the Quake engine. Valve was still young and they have defiantly improved over the years. Maybe people back in 1998 thought this game had great graphics or presentation, it was also back when FPS games were still blooming. Nowadays we've got way too many of them and so people get a little picky about their shooters.Do keep in mind, i'm talking about Half Life only, not Half Life 2, or any of the episodic games or spin offs. Since i bought the whole collection (it was on sale so no big loss) I still have to play the other HL games. HOPEFULLY Half Life 2 is better... but i have been fooled before…p.s. Bioshock sucks too. [/ranting]Holy shit 10 days left! I'm ……………………… not sure if i can finish in time [-_-]EDIT: also i feel i should say, i'm not completely bashing the game, i'm just stating that it's not a masterpiece at all. it's not even what i would consider great (imo) but it's also not the worst game ever. I can play it but i'm not enjoying it much.
*Inset comment about GoldSrc being a Quake engine mod here.* o.o
Can't peg Half-Life as responsible for kick-starting -everything-, but it did do a ton.
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I think he meant first fps game. Also, cutscenes and live action go completely against "entirely within the first-person perspective"Just tossing this in there, but I thought, and still think, that the AI in HL2 was just horrible and almost non-existent. It was like, don't even think of sneaking up to an enemy: he knows you're there, he's just playing dumb, prepare to take a shower in bullets and get gangbanged by the homies.
Ugh."Original" isn't a thing that exists.
Every idea ever conceived is the product of other ideas, inspiration from other sources, actual events, etc. The thought that anything exists by its own virtue is just stupid; you can't make something out of nothing.I think a better term would be "new." Which would be ideas derived of the combination of other ideas in a way that has yet to be done, or in a way that isn't yet popularized.At the end of the day you're entitled to your opinion, but the arguments you brought forward aren't convincing. You really thought "lack of ammo" was a good criticism?
Anyway. You're entitled to your opinion, but your last paragraph is just plain wrong. It is not up to you to decide whether or not Half-Life is a masterpiece. Half-Life is a masterpiece, just like World of Warcraft is a masterpiece, even though I'd rather boil my own head than play that game.Half-Life has been given almost unanimous praise from established game critics. It is often cited as one of the greatest games of all time. It's one of the bestselling PC games of all time. It has had an astounding influence on the games industry as a whole. It is a masterpiece, whether you like it or not.