What're you playing? 2/12/10

[Thundergod]

about 2 months ago i played all 3 half life 2 games on the orange box.  i thought the game was way overrated, kinda boring and slow, and graphically AND engine-wise behind the times.  it had a decent story and a lot more potential, and i thought that the episodes got progressively better as time went on.

Totally agree. The game was ok, certainly not the "best game ever" tag that many have given it, IMO. For the time though, ('04), the graphics were very nice, at least on the PC. Each expansion uses the exact same Source engine, so nothing really ever did improve graphically. Same with the game "Portal".

[TonyB0D]

Just wondering, am I the only the only who plays a musical instrument here? 

no, i've been playing piano, and a lot of other instruments since i was a little kid. i also DJ too.  i have sme piano stuff up on facebook, but you have to be my friend to see it.

[Dave Gray]

I also play piano, but that's not really what I meant when I made this thread.

[dolphins4life]

^^^

I know, but why limit it?

edited to add:  Maybe you should start a thread for musical performances.  Nobody ever does, so I include mine in here. 

[Dave Gray]

^^^

I know, but why limit it?

Because it's a thread about video games...  I don't understand what the confusion is.

Just because the action verb "play" is a homonym for musical instruments and video games, it doesn't mean they're related subjects.

[Philly Fin Fan]

^^^

I know, but why limit it?

edited to add:  Maybe you should start a thread for musical performances.  Nobody ever does, so I include mine in here. 

Guess what? You can start threads too!

[Pats2006]

about 2 months ago i played all 3 half life 2 games on the orange box.  i thought the game was way overrated, kinda boring and slow, and graphically AND engine-wise behind the times.  it had a decent story and a lot more potential, and i thought that the episodes got progressively better as time went on.

Counter Strike is the shit.

[TonyB0D]

Counter Strike is the shit.

we weren't talking about that....

[Dave Gray]

we weren't talking about that....

Counter Strike was a mod that came with Half Life.

Half-Life 2 is one of the best games ever.  The game is still completely relevant today, and it was released 6 years ago.  That's incredibly rare.

[TonyB0D]

Counter Strike was a mod that came with Half Life.

Half-Life 2 is one of the best games ever.  The game is still completely relevant today, and it was released 6 years ago.  That's incredibly rare.

i forgot about that.....i was addicted to counterstrike for a solid semester in college.

i just thought the gameplay sucked.  it was just so boring, and there was NO variety of enemies.  it was really slow-paced as well.  I mean i see the great potential, and the story was very good, but it was just too lacking in too many key areas to be involved in a discussion of "best games".

[David Fulcher]

BioShock 2.

It rocks.

Bioshock 2. Everything else, like Assassin's Creed 2, and Patapon 2 I've put on hold.

I just got this game yesterday but haven't gotten (or at least taken  ) the time to play it yet.  I loved-loved-LOVED the first game (quite possibly my favorite XBox 360 game ever) and was really pumped for this game up to just a few weeks ago, but for whatever reason, I'm almost scared to play it, as lame as that may sound, for fear it will be a colossal disappointment.  I guess I can't live life that way, even if sequels typically don't live up to their epic predecessors in the video game world, either....hell, I already paid $64.79 for it, might as well crack it open.   

Is it spectacular also, Maine and Stink?

[stinkfish]

^ Spectacular. It looks, and feels like the original with a few great new additions such as new, kick ass weapons, enemies, and challenges. I guess the one thing that I have come across so far that I'm disappointed with is the new hacking system, which isn't as challenging as in the original Bioshock. But so what? Play the damn game    

[Dave Gray]

Half Life 2 was the first "physics based" shooter.  It didn't have scripted events, yet had puzzles that used things like weight and different materials.  It also introduced the gravity gun.

Those things have been borrowed again and again, but it started at Half Life 2.  It's probably like someone watching a movie like The Godfather and not getting what the big deal is, since it's been copied so many times.