Half-life 2 fans?

[Tone2TheBone]

My favorite part of Episode 1 was after you get to a safe house when you've been listening to the scientist's broadcast. Alyx said something to the effect of, "Did he really just encourage people to get busy?"

Gotta love those little comments. I had a hard time killing (and trying to stay away from) the monster in the street. I lucked out and got rammed up to the balcony that Alyx was firing from so I didn't sustain any more attacks and between the two of us we finally killed that thing. So if anyone else can't get past that point...try to get rammed up that ledge.

[SuperSwede]

Gotta love those little comments. I had a hard time killing (and trying to stay away from) the monster in the street. I lucked out and got rammed up to the balcony that Alyx was firing from so I didn't sustain any more attacks and between the two of us we finally killed that thing. So if anyone else can't get past that point...try to get rammed up that ledge.

Sounds like you are having a lot of fun with HL2!
I really need to buy the orange box for my X360!

[Tone2TheBone]

Sounds like you are having a lot of fun with HL2!
I really need to buy the orange box for my X360!

Yeah this is pretty cool stuff. I'm almost done with Episode 1. I started E2 the other day but just played it a little to make sure it worked. I'm gonna pick out a few more games soon too. I love PC gaming.

[Robert****]

It's a pretty addictive game, isn't it Tone? I love Half-Life 2. I don't understand how you can be almost done it already! You must have spent a lot of time with it. Bet your guitars are getting dusty.

[SuperSwede]

Yeah this is pretty cool stuff. I'm almost done with Episode 1. I started E2 the other day but just played it a little to make sure it worked. I'm gonna pick out a few more games soon too. I love PC gaming.

You really need to get Gears of War! Nothing like berzerking the enemy with a chainsaw!

[Tone2TheBone]

You really need to get Gears of War! Nothing like berzerking the enemy with a chainsaw!

Could have used that chainsaw on the street monster in HL2!

[Robert****]

I just finished Half-Life 2! What a sweet game. I guess it's Orange Box next.

[Tone2TheBone]

I just finished Half-Life 2! What a sweet game. I guess it's Orange Box next.

How long did it take you to finish it? I don't go through levels really fast but I do play it everyday. Some kids say Episode 1 is short and say you can do it in a couple of hours. HA! Yeah right if you're a kid or something you could. I just blasted the gunship in E1 so that's where I'm at now.

[Robert****]

Well, for me it took months! It's a HUGE game, in my experience.

Where are you at in the game, what is the level called?

[Tone2TheBone]

Well, for me it took months! It's a HUGE game, in my experience.

Where are you at in the game, what is the level called?

Blasted the gunship at the top of that building on Urban Fight. Now I joined up with the rest of the gang in the square near the big blue blocked off tunnel...level Exit 17.

[Robert****]

I guess you are playing a different game than me? I have been playing Half-Life 2, the older games. These are the levels in it:

Point Insertion
A Red Letter Day
Route Kanal (Part One)
Route Kanal (Part Two)
Water Hazard (Part One)
Water Hazard (Part Two)
Black Mesa East
We Don't Go To Ravenholm (Part One)
We Don't Go To Ravenholm (Part Two)
Highway 17
Sandtraps
Nova Prospekt
Entanglement
Anticitizen One (Part One)
Anticitizen One (Part Two)
Follow Freeman (Part One)
Follow Freeman (Part Two)
Our Benefactors
Dark Energy

[Tone2TheBone]

I guess you are playing a different game than me? I have been playing Half-Life 2, the older games. These are the levels in it:

Point Insertion
A Red Letter Day
Route Kanal (Part One)
Route Kanal (Part Two)
Water Hazard (Part One)
Water Hazard (Part Two)
Black Mesa East
We Don't Go To Ravenholm (Part One)
We Don't Go To Ravenholm (Part Two)
Highway 17
Sandtraps
Nova Prospekt
Entanglement
Anticitizen One (Part One)
Anticitizen One (Part Two)
Follow Freeman (Part One)
Follow Freeman (Part Two)
Our Benefactors
Dark Energy

We have different games then. I don't know what yours is but my game is Half Life 2: Episode Pack which has both Episode 1 and 2. I'm almost done with Episode one which had these levels...

1: Undue Alarm

2: Direct intervention

3: Lowlife

4: Urban Fight

5: Exit 17


Episode 2 which I'm almost about to start has these levels...

1: To The White Forest

2: This Vortal Coil

3: Freeman Pontifex

4: Riding Shotgun

5: Under The Radar

6: Our Mutual Friend

7: T-Minus One

My game case looks like this...



After doing a Wiki search you have Half Life 2 stand alone. It's an entirely different game. Go to the link and read the expansions and modifications paragraph to see the timeline in the games and how they differ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2

[marnold***]

In the game chronology:
Half-Life 2 is first
Then Episode 1
Then Episode 2

Technically, the original Half-Life predates them all. The Orange Box is not a game per se, it is a compilation of HL2, Episodes 1 & 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.

[Tone2TheBone]

Well now Half Life 2 Episode 2 crashes when I try to play it. I've updated video drivers, changed video settings, defragged computer, defragged game cache, validated game integrity etc. etc. and it still don't work. Episode 1 and Lost Coast work perfectly but I notice they're using the same engine (Havoc) while Episode 2 is using "Source".

[Robert****]

You need Xbox 360.

[Tone2TheBone]

You need Xbox 360.

Well that doesn't help!

[Robert****]

It would help, if you had one, wouldn't it!
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[Tone2TheBone]

It would help, if you had one, wouldn't it!
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So you played your version of HL2 on X-Box then? I thought you played it on a PC? BTW how is your Macbook Pro doing? You can run Windows XP on it right?

[Robert****]

I run HL2 on the Xbox 360 yes. No PC gaming for me. Stopped doing that about 11 years ago...

The MacBook Pro is doing DANDY! It's a little power horse of beauty and elegance. I have no desire to put XP on it (why infect the Mac with crapware?), but it is possible, yes.