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| ====== Half-Life ====== | ====== Half-Life ====== | ||
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| **Half-Life** is an FPS game franchise created by [[lb: | **Half-Life** is an FPS game franchise created by [[lb: | ||
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| The Quake-like style involves entering a room and then quickly eliminating everything inside it...as in, running and gunning. Pretty self-explanatory.\\ | The Quake-like style involves entering a room and then quickly eliminating everything inside it...as in, running and gunning. Pretty self-explanatory.\\ | ||
| The slow-and-steady style involves carefully maneuvering thru the environment and then out-thinking your opponents...like sneaking up on them, or dispatching them in an otherwise clever way.\\ | The slow-and-steady style involves carefully maneuvering thru the environment and then out-thinking your opponents...like sneaking up on them, or dispatching them in an otherwise clever way.\\ | ||
| - | The former approach is encouraged with the fast movement, the fact it's in a modified Quake engine and...that' | + | The former approach is encouraged with the fast movement, the fact it's in a modified Quake engine and...that' |
| Originally, I believed that the slow-and-steady playstyle was the intended gameplay style and Valve simply failed to nudge player psychology in that direction...but since I've learned just how...// | Originally, I believed that the slow-and-steady playstyle was the intended gameplay style and Valve simply failed to nudge player psychology in that direction...but since I've learned just how...// | ||
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| I say this because Half-Life 2 is //too radical// a departure from what Half-Life originally was and I see no reason why it had to be this way. Actually, I think Half-Life 2 goes out of its way to be different from the first game, to its detriment.\\ | I say this because Half-Life 2 is //too radical// a departure from what Half-Life originally was and I see no reason why it had to be this way. Actually, I think Half-Life 2 goes out of its way to be different from the first game, to its detriment.\\ | ||
| - | The other big issue is the chaotic development. Valve is filled with geniuses, yes, but they' | + | The other big issue is the chaotic development. Valve is filled with geniuses, yes, but they' |
| Major proof that Valve didn't really know what they were doing is with the Combine. The Combine are the main enemies you face thruout Half-Life 2 and there isn't a lot of enemy variety: most Combine Overwatch look, sound and act the same way. Comparatively, | Major proof that Valve didn't really know what they were doing is with the Combine. The Combine are the main enemies you face thruout Half-Life 2 and there isn't a lot of enemy variety: most Combine Overwatch look, sound and act the same way. Comparatively, | ||
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