Half Life thread - Discussions about Valve's FPS magnum opus(es) and any related content (spin offs, expansions and etc)

[Coolio55]

Times where this logo didnt install a sense of fucking dread whenever it came on.

I hate how everyone's just copied EA's homework.
remember when buying up classic studios and killing them wasn't the norm?
Remember when wage-theft wasn't the norm?

 

[NSJAP]

 

[30+GameOvers]

Ahh, times where shit took an eternity to install stuff but there was an earnest feel to it all.

Times where this logo didnt install a sense of fucking dread whenever it came on.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPYkOMj-3iI

I still associate this specific logo variant with Need For Speed: Underground 2. Gotta miss the days of buy-once-keep-forever and zero in-game transactions to distract you from the game itself.

EA and Ubisoft had great logos and games back in the day. Horrible companies that completely ruined these same studios down the line and completely ruined their own logos, but hey, at least there was a time when they had a little bit of soul in them. Too many EA games with this logo I liked to count, EA BIG sports games also had a great title drop.

 

[Nameless One]

EA and Ubisoft had great logos and games back in the day. Horrible companies that completely ruined these same studios down the line and completely ruined their own logos, but hey, at least there was a time when they had a little bit of soul in them. Too many EA games with this logo I liked to count, EA BIG sports games also had a great title drop.

Logo design doesn't mean you have a soul you fucking retarded donkey. You remind me of an actual monkey with these drooling tranny tier "feels" takes. EA still has a mass collection of graves, they still killed Bullfrog under a prettier logo, Ubisoft have always been shit too. There is no reason to imply they had a soul over having a good graphic designer behind a logo lmao.

The management at these studios have always been dogshit and they hold back gaming. Just look at fucking THQ and Interplay.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Logo design doesn't mean you have a soul you fucking retarded donkey. You remind me of an actual monkey with these drooling tranny tier "feels" takes. EA still has a mass collection of graves, they still killed Bullfrog under a prettier logo, Ubisoft have always been shit too. There is no reason to imply they had a soul over having a good graphic designer behind a logo lmao.

The management at these studios have always been dogshit and they hold back gaming. Just look at fucking THQ and Interplay.

Just because EA has always been shit doesn't mean they didn't release some of their best games around that time, coincidentally when they used that logo. You could call it an era when gaming still wasn't complete dogshit and you could at least enjoy the games these studios released, which funnily enough ended about the time they switched to a more sterile, corporate logo. Take that broomstick out of your arse, just because gaming is irreversibly ruined now doesn't mean I can't be nostalgic for a minute to the time it wasn't, you fucking nigger. What, you're going to cry about people who like the aesthetics of the Dreamcast next because that period of time also signified the downfall of Sega?
And yes, this is peak aesthetic and graphic design, thank you very much. Modern day studios could learn a thing or two from EA, which isn't something you're going to hear often.

 

[Nameless One]

Autistic faggot and shit nobody cares enthusiast melts down, more at 11.

You're easily one of the most insufferable dipshits on gaming threads (go look at his fucking Fallout/Elder Scrolls history to see what I mean). Go outside and get a girlfriend or job who can whip you out of this shit man. We are out here, talking about CROWBARS. You aren't supposed to be this assblasted over me going "lol no" at your retarded principles of what qualifies as SOVL at a company.

What, you're going to cry about people who like the aesthetics of the Dreamcast next because that period of time also signified the downfall of Sega? (I am a tranny obsessed with nostalgia because I can't grow up)

Yes! You overthink it all. What is this sophistry bullshit headcanon you have? You view games like some oriental fantasy. And yes! God, YES. Dreamcast is just a shiny polished turd tech that was abandoned! The only games to come out of it was Berserk, Code Veronica and Shenmue, and all 3 are mediocre to say the least! It was all graphics and no flair. Enjoy a game of SEAMAN or something.


Graphic Designers that were paid by EA in the 2000s ≠ EA;
What do you not fucking understand about this? Credit is to the artists not the company. The company paid for it to be "pretty". The artists did the bulk. EA has always been a cunt who kills studios and releases shovelware. Just because they've published some good games doesn't mean they're any better, nor do they deserve the credit that should go to the individuals behind the games. They are everything wrong with gaming companies.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Autistic faggot and shit nobody cares enthusiast melts down, more at 11.

You're easily one of the most insufferable dipshits on gaming threads (go look at his fucking Fallout/Elder Scrolls history to see what I mean). Go outside and get a girlfriend or job who can whip you out of this shit man. We are out here, talking about CROWBARS. You aren't supposed to be this assblasted over me going "lol no" at your retarded principles of what qualifies as SOVL at a company.

No counter argument to anything I said, I guess that broom isn't coming out of that ass anytime soon. I was just responding to a post from the last page, if you have anything to actually say about Half-Life instead of just seething randomly, frothing at the mouth, by all means enlighten us. I could talk about the graphic design/aritistic direction of the franchise, but something tells me that, too, would fly right over your head.

 

[Nameless One]

I could talk about the graphic design/aritistic direction of the franchise, but something tells me that, too, would fly right over your head.

I just got owned REDDIT style with that last quip.

The art style change from 1 to 2 was done better than anyone ITT could have done. Come fight me about this and prove you could have done better at the time.

 

[Coolio55]

Betting pool for how long it'll take for someone to make the Krystal mod for HL3.
Seeing as HL3 is going to be focusing on squadmates, I wonder what other characters we're going to see...

 

[Would]

To be fair, surface tension/forget about freeman kind of apply to this.

But that's motherfucking Surface Tension. Peak Half-Life. "Another Brick In The Wall", part 2.

 

[Star Classic]

But that's motherfucking Surface Tension. Peak Half-Life. "Another Brick In The Wall", part 2.

Wasn't a knock against it, just stating how I felt his problem could apply to those two chapters in HL1

Though to be honest FaF is unfortunately one of the more underwhelming chapters. I wont spare the rod from it because it's technically separate from the second best chapter in the game, Surface Tension.

OaR, the real best chapter, is funnily enough like ST, another great chapter followed by an underwhelming one. Though Apprehension and Residue Processing are far worse then FaF.

the best PF album is The Final Cut.

 

[Forklift Certified]

>HL3
>Looks inside
>Its ALL xen

 

[Kofi Drinka]

What games live up to the Half life style and are worth playing today? There's got to be HL clones and modern boomer shooters borrowing from black mesa and City 17.

 

[The handsome tard]

>HL3
>Looks inside
>Its ALL xen

Xen


ITS ALL FUCKING XEN! ITS ALL OF IT ! ALL OF IT! AND ALL OF IT SUCKS!!

 

[StacticShock]

There's got to be HL clones and modern boomer shooters borrowing from black mesa and City 17.

good guess but actually no.
i haven't a single game trying to ape HL or HL2 for that regard, at best mods for these games but at the end of the day, they're mods.

 

[Star Classic]

What games live up to the Half life style and are worth playing today? There's got to be HL clones and modern boomer shooters borrowing from black mesa and City 17.

Only ones I can think of right are Doom 3 & Return to Castle Wolfenstein. But those ones take more after HL1 than 2. I also think the first two wolfenreboots (TNO & TOB) are good half-likes.

 

[30+GameOvers]

What games live up to the Half life style and are worth playing today? There's got to be HL clones and modern boomer shooters borrowing from black mesa and City 17.

There is a new game out that came out this year(or maybe last year) that is essentially just Russian Half-Life 2. I forgot the name of it, but it looks pretty cool.

 

[Pumpkin_Spice_Bastard]

Autistic faggot and shit nobody cares enthusiast melts down, more at 11.

You're easily one of the most insufferable dipshits on gaming threads (go look at his fucking Fallout/Elder Scrolls history to see what I mean). Go outside and get a girlfriend or job who can whip you out of this shit man. We are out here, talking about CROWBARS. You aren't supposed to be this assblasted over me going "lol no" at your retarded principles of what qualifies as SOVL at a company.


Yes! You overthink it all. What is this sophistry bullshit headcanon you have? You view games like some oriental fantasy. And yes! God, YES. Dreamcast is just a shiny polished turd tech that was abandoned! The only games to come out of it was Berserk, Code Veronica and Shenmue, and all 3 are mediocre to say the least! It was all graphics and no flair. Enjoy a game of SEAMAN or something.


Graphic Designers that were paid by EA in the 2000s ≠ EA;
What do you not fucking understand about this? Credit is to the artists not the company. The company paid for it to be "pretty". The artists did the bulk. EA has always been a cunt who kills studios and releases shovelware. Just because they've published some good games doesn't mean they're any better, nor do they deserve the credit that should go to the individuals behind the games. They are everything wrong with gaming companies.

Not to be that fag, but way to shit on people having some good memories.
Oh, and the furst 3 Harry Potter PC games are dope and still fun.

 

[Pumpkin_Spice_Bastard]

Betting pool for how long it'll take for someone to make the Krystal mod for HL3.
Seeing as HL3 is going to be focusing on squadmates, I wonder what other characters we're going to see...

This reminds me, in the HL2 leak the squad mechanics were more fleshed out than in the release.

 

[Pumpkin_Spice_Bastard]

What games live up to the Half life style and are worth playing today? There's got to be HL clones and modern boomer shooters borrowing from black mesa and City 17.

Industrial and Vladik Brutal

There is a new game out that came out this year(or maybe last year) that is essentially just Russian Half-Life 2. I forgot the name of it, but it looks pretty cool.

That's Vladik Brutal