Does anyone remember the movie Contact? Where Ellie goes through the wormhole and sees the universe around her and says “No - no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should’ve sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful… I had no idea.”? That’s how I feel when I try to explain how amazingly great Half-Life 2 is.
I could bring up the facial programming Valve worked on that allows each character to express emotion. I could talk about how they’ve continued the incredible immersion of the original Half-Life by causing everything to stay in first-person rather than cutting to a “Loading” screen that shows something other than what you’re currently looking at. I could talk about the amazing physics, the ragdoll animation, the enemy AI, the incredible graphics and the holy-fucking-shit amazing world they’ve created to set the game in.
But it still wouldn’t be enough to express Half-Life 2’s greatness.
I guess it’s like The Matrix — nobody can be told how truly great Half-Life 2 is, they have to play it for themselves. (Um, and yes, there is a crowbar in Half-Life 2 — I was just making another Matrix allusion. A crappy one, I’m guessing)
Can’t comment. Playing Half Life (2).
Heyo Puck, Ibby
I wish I could play Half Life 2… my poor sad little computer wouldn’t stand a chance.
But when I do get a new one… whoo boy!
I guess I’ll just have to wait patiently until then. And play games on my consoles.
Just finished it. Best game, ever. Period.
I’ll not give the extremely excellent ending away, but man, I can hardly wait for HL3…