Half-life 2 fans?

[Robert****]

I just love Half-life 2! I am almost finished now, looking forward to starting the Orange Box.

Any other Half-life 2 fans? It's my favorite game in this genre. Beats any Halo game, hands down!

[marnold***]

I bought Half-Life 2 for the PC and played it through Cedega in Linux even though my box wasn't up to the Windows specs. Let's just call the framerates "puke inducing." I picked up Orange Box for my PS3 for my birthday. I played through Half-Life 2 again, Episode 1, and Portal. Portal is a blast--that's where the quote in my sig comes from. I began Episode 2, but haven't finished it yet.

[stingx]

Robert I just finished Episode 2. Great game. I enjoy playing Counter-Strike: Source and Team Fortress 2 nightly for an hour or two to vent.

[Tone2TheBone]

Can you get Half Life for Windows XP? Halo 2 doesn't work on XP unless you download some crazy patch for it somewhere and I want a new game.

[Tone2TheBone]

Just looked at some info on this game. I'M GETTING IT TODAY!

[Robert****]

You gotta get Half-life and Half-life 2! Some of the best games I've ever played. The storytelling aspect is awesome. It's interesting to play these games - they are huge worlds and so much cool stuff to do. These games will do a good job of keeping you away from your guitars and amps....

[Tone2TheBone]

You gotta get Half-life and Half-life 2! Some of the best games I've ever played. The storytelling aspect is awesome. It's interesting to play these games - they are huge worlds and so much cool stuff to do. These games will do a good job of keeping you away from your guitars and amps....

I have to have some kind of balance in my life. A little guitar here and there...a little gaming...a little hunting and fishing. I must balance Robertsan!

I haven't read up on Half Life...only the second one. The second one looks like a good one to start with. I don't have a problem breaking into a story like that and then going back to revisit the beginning. Kinda like Star Wars.

[Robert****]

Yeah, Half-life2 is fine to start with. It looks better than the 1st one of course. I am getting the new ones that come with Orange Box. Awesome stuff dude!

[Tone2TheBone]

I'm considering trying X-box 360 this year if the price drops a little.

[Danzego]

I was playing Half Life 2 for a bit, until I got stuck on it. It wasn't really far into the game and I hit a point where I could get no further without backtracking. Mind you, that seems to happen frequently in the game and I just need to find where to go next, but I just couldn't in this one spot. So, being a man of a million games that still need to be played, I stopped. I intend to pick it back up some day, but not until I finish the original Half Life.

The Orange Box is a great deal, though, and (as mentioned) Portal is a great game. I also really enjoy Team Fortress 2. I've played other titles with Capture the Flag and Attack and Defend type multiplayer games, but each character is so different and specialized in Team Fortress 2 that it really makes the game interesting and gives it a ton of character.

[Tone2TheBone]

I'm gonna look into the games you're talking about DZ thanks.

[Tone2TheBone]

Ok wait a second. The Orange Box is a compilation of 5 Half Life games? Is this the one to get instead?

Has anyone played any of the F.E.A.R. games?

[Jampy]

The Orange box is by far one of the best PC game values out there.

TF2 - been playing alot and they have added new features
http://pc.ign.com/articles/866/866930p1.html

Love all of the HL series.
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[Tone2TheBone]

Half Life Episode pack is in da house!

[SuperSwede]

Half Life Episode pack is in da house!

Whoho.. your in for a treat brother !

[Tone2TheBone]

Ok I got a question though. On the install it doesn't seem to be installing from the DVD...it set up a "Steam" account and I'm assuming that application downloads the game on your PC. Right?

[pes_laul]

I bought Half-Life 2 for the PC and played it through Cedega in Linux even though my box wasn't up to the Windows specs. Let's just call the framerates "puke inducing." I picked up Orange Box for my PS3 for my birthday. I played through Half-Life 2 again, Episode 1, and Portal. Portal is a blast--that's where the quote in my sig comes from. I began Episode 2, but haven't finished it yet.

i love portal! MAkes you think alot in that game. (and yes that song at the end is kinda of creepy, kinda of catchy though)

[Tone2TheBone]

Ok update. I did 2 installs today on 2 different PCs. The first update I messed up and had to uninstall the whole thing and start over. When I loaded the first episode of HL2 it took all of 4 hours to load! It loaded the game online. Thinking this was "normal" I allowed it to finish. The second install on another computer only took 15 minutes to load the first episode.



On the second install I noticed that the install menu showed that it was loading "off the DVD" and was loading batched or archived files or something. Same DVD...different computers. Maybe I screwed up the install on the first PC.

First install on PC #1 yielded excellent results. The game graphics are indescribable. It blows Halo: Combat Evolved away. I started the first level just to see if it worked and well yeah it does...and very well. Only thing is that I can't climb out of that dang hole at the beginning. Newbies happen. The controls are similar to Halo and other PC FP games on the keyboard. Figured out how to get out of the hole but the question is why does the weapon only fire on something that you're "supposed" to fire on? Can you change that or is that part of the gaming engine? I'm currently running PC #2 which is a dog compared to #1 so I don't care to venture further than the hole until I get back to PC #1.

Second install went fast but I found that the video card is way obsolete for this game. Game runs but the characters are missing their skins (PC #2).

I'll be pm'ing some of you on tips and walkthrough info. :

[Naz Nomad]

I'm not a console user, and have played the entire Half-Life collection to death.

Got HL1 when it was released ... (must be 10 years ago) ... it still remains my No.2 all-time favourite game, just below HL2 on the list. :