Comments on: Video Game Club: “Half-Life” and “Halo” http://www.vgconvos.com/2009/01/12/half-life-and-halo/ Conversations from three friends that grew up playing games and love talking about them. Engaging topics and Top 10 lists every episode. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:00:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SonGoharotto http://www.vgconvos.com/2009/01/12/half-life-and-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-431 SonGoharotto Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:05:51 +0000 http://www.vgconvos.com/?p=164#comment-431 Everyone struggles with the Warthog the first time around. It is power-slide-tastic like few video game vehicles are in these days of "realistic physics." Learn to love the handbrake. After a while, I found myself forgoing a more logical or efficient tactic just for the sake of grinding some Covie's face under my wheels. Everyone struggles with the Warthog the first time around. It is power-slide-tastic like few video game vehicles are in these days of “realistic physics.” Learn to love the handbrake. After a while, I found myself forgoing a more logical or efficient tactic just for the sake of grinding some Covie’s face under my wheels.

]]> By: Mune http://www.vgconvos.com/2009/01/12/half-life-and-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Mune Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:30:29 +0000 http://www.vgconvos.com/?p=164#comment-430 You are me in terms of FPS about a year ago, not joking. Totally hated them, sucked at them, controls felt too hard to get used to, etcetera. But then I decided it was about time I destroyed my dislike of the genre, and did so with Portal. Since then, I've played through (almost game for game) just about everything you've talked about here. Halo, all of the Half-Life series (other than HL1 expansions, which feel archaic in comparison to the newer shooters I've played), the first Halo, and, finally, I just finished BioShock yesterday. The one thing I can't really agree with you on is keyboard and mouse controls. Maybe I'm just too comfortable with a controller, but I love console FPS far more than FPS on the PC. You are me in terms of FPS about a year ago, not joking. Totally hated them, sucked at them, controls felt too hard to get used to, etcetera. But then I decided it was about time I destroyed my dislike of the genre, and did so with Portal. Since then, I’ve played through (almost game for game) just about everything you’ve talked about here. Halo, all of the Half-Life series (other than HL1 expansions, which feel archaic in comparison to the newer shooters I’ve played), the first Halo, and, finally, I just finished BioShock yesterday.

The one thing I can’t really agree with you on is keyboard and mouse controls. Maybe I’m just too comfortable with a controller, but I love console FPS far more than FPS on the PC.

]]> By: Joey B http://www.vgconvos.com/2009/01/12/half-life-and-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Joey B Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:42:15 +0000 http://www.vgconvos.com/?p=164#comment-429 I totally agree on the short-comings of Half-Life. I was loving the game, but just got to a point in which the gameplay made it unbearable. Fortunately, Half-Life 2 is nowhere near as difficult to play (you still have ladders and jumping and the like, but it's no where near as obnoxious as in it's predecessor), and the story and characters blow the original away. I have The Orange Box on the 360, and have never really had any issues. I finished Portal just fine, and Half-Life 2 and it's first episode were no sweat. I did experience some issues in Half-Life 2 Episode Two, however, but I think that has more to do with me sucking at first person shooters than the controls themselves. And, since you mentioned it in passing, I'll just say that I finished Bioshock just this afternoon, and that it may be my favorite 360 game I've played since I've gotten the system (weird ending and all). I totally agree on the short-comings of Half-Life. I was loving the game, but just got to a point in which the gameplay made it unbearable.

Fortunately, Half-Life 2 is nowhere near as difficult to play (you still have ladders and jumping and the like, but it’s no where near as obnoxious as in it’s predecessor), and the story and characters blow the original away.

I have The Orange Box on the 360, and have never really had any issues. I finished Portal just fine, and Half-Life 2 and it’s first episode were no sweat. I did experience some issues in Half-Life 2 Episode Two, however, but I think that has more to do with me sucking at first person shooters than the controls themselves.

And, since you mentioned it in passing, I’ll just say that I finished Bioshock just this afternoon, and that it may be my favorite 360 game I’ve played since I’ve gotten the system (weird ending and all).

]]> By: Suberunker http://www.vgconvos.com/2009/01/12/half-life-and-halo/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Suberunker Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:29:17 +0000 http://www.vgconvos.com/?p=164#comment-427 This makes me want to go back and play Half-Life again. I really loved a lot of the narrative perks, especially the fact that this is the first time we see Valve's infamous graffiti narrative (you'll see it in a few levels) and the atmosphere just those words generate is chilling enough to increase the tension. This makes me want to go back and play Half-Life again. I really loved a lot of the narrative perks, especially the fact that this is the first time we see Valve’s infamous graffiti narrative (you’ll see it in a few levels) and the atmosphere just those words generate is chilling enough to increase the tension.

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