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[bil2k]

Is Half Life 2's multiplayer any good?

 

[SViper]

I thoroughly enjoyed Tribes: Vengeance for a long time. Even got into a squad for a little bit. My interest in that game abruptly died when I saw that the developer decided to drop support for it.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: bil2k
Is Half Life 2's multiplayer any good?

Yes, CS: Source is one of the best MP games ever IMO. I have played HL2 deathmatch a few times, but never really got into it

 

[DanTMWTMP]

COMPANY OF HEROES! GET IT!

 

[alent1234]

good games out now, but unlike 10 years ago there is less quantity

used to be there was a barrage of games in the holiday season, most of them junk. these days there is a lot less but better choices.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: bil2k
Any good online FPS games recently? I used to thouroughly enjoy Unreal Tournament with the Tactical Ops mod.

UT2k4, UT2k7 coming next year

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
You don't have Riddick Escape from butcher but you do have the sitty Half life 2 / Farcry/FEAR :! you ashame the Real PC player ;

Movie-based games usually don't appeal to me, but the fact that you like Deus Ex (best game ever), The Marathon Trilogy (#6, #2, and #1x respectively), and System Shock 2 (#4) makes me want to check it out. What's it like?

EDIT: There's nothing wrong with Far Cry, aside from a couple really hard levels.

I had a great time playing Butcher Bay, made all the sweeter since I only payed $4 for it at a closeout store.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm getting Dark Messiah free with my GFX card. It looks like it'll be pretty fun, and a good bit different than what I'm used to.

 

[erikistired]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
Wow... you guys are big on Riddick. I found it to be rather tedious and boring and never finished it. Same with Oblivion. After playing WoW I just found Oblivion simply boring... and spare me the speeches about how the two are different types of games, I realize this. I just kept finding myself wishing there were other other real human players in the world to interact with.

i never did get riddick to work. the last message i got from <insert company name i can't remember here> was to roll back my video card drivers because the new ones wouldn't work and i just couldn't be bothered.

i played oblivion on the xbox 360, got bored after awhile. i played it long enough to get all the achievements then traded it in (the main quest line was good, but everything else just got repetative). neat game, but anyone who plays it for 10930293402394 hours must not get out much.

 

[marmasatt]

Strictly FPS guy here. My tops:

Riddick, HL2, Farcry, FEAR, Condemned, Painkiller, Thief 3 (thanks Appopin), Quake 4

 

[LandRover]

For the crowd that can appreciate a good sim, Silent Hunter III is top notch.

 

[0roo0roo]

you are just older, your time is more valuable and you have a lower tolerance for repetitive unoriginal bullsh*t. nothing wrong with it. and you've learned over countless repetitions that reaching the end of a game is generally dissapointing and unrewarding.

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

The Total War series... I imagine that would be difficult with a controller.

 

[Shadowknight]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
So I picked up Oblivion hoping for a good single player experience somewhat similar to WoW. Yeah, the fighting is different, but you still go around and pick up quests to complete... Oblivion even makes a similar sound when you pick up a new quest... LOL. The problem was I just quickly found myself bored. The world felt so empty without the hundreds of human players running around. I guess I just really like the interaction with other players... makes the world more "alive" than just having NPCs with all their scripted speech. There's also that added element of danger when questing in neutral or enemy territory knowing that you could be attacked by the other faction at any time. I'm also a big fan of co-op games in any genre, and I missed not being able to take on quests with other players.

That pretty much sums up why I found Oblivion to be a disappointment. It doesn't have the heavy action of the normal genres I play and it doesn't have many of the elements that drew me into the WoW world.

It's pretty obvious that "single player" is going to be different from "MMO." Aside from that, at least you don't have to worry about being backstabbed by people who join your party to kill you and loot your corpse, or being slaughtered by sadistic higher-level players.

 

[Phobic9]

Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
The Total War series... I imagine that would be difficult with a controller.

I'm not really a hardcore strategy guy since I suck pretty bad at them but Rome:Total War is an amazing game.

 

[Slickone]

Originally posted by: LandRover
For the crowd that can appreciate a good sim, Silent Hunter III is top notch.

Yep. So is Lock On: Modern Air Combat.
You might like to read this article, if you haven't.

 

[skace]

FPS: Doom3, Quake4, UT2K4 (And it's countless mods), Tribes:Vengeance, HL2, SiN:E, Prey, Tomb Raider Legend, Thief3, Chronicles of Riddick, FEAR, Call of Duty 2, Hitman: Blood Money, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Condemned, Gun, Serious Sam 2

Multiplayer FPS: Battlefield 2, Counterstrike:Source, UT2K4, DoD:Source, ETF (And soon TF2), Quake4 RA4

MMORPG: WoW, City of Villains, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Auto Assault

RPG: Oblivion, KoToR, Guild Wars, Titan Quest, Dungeon Siege 2

Strategy: Civ4, GalCiv2, Darwinia, Battle for Middle Earth 2, Rise of Legends, Rome Total War, Star Wars Empire at War, Heroes of Might and Magic 5, Earth 2160, Black and White 2

Adventure: Dreamfall, Indigo Prophecy

Action: Prince of Persia 2 and 3, Shadowgrounds

Space Sim: X3, Darkstar One

Racing: Need for Speed Most Wanted, GT Legends

Wtf happened? I don't know, you tell me.

 

[Regs]

Quake 4(25 dollars), Company of Heroes, Hitman Blood Contracts, and Fear to name the recent I've played.

 

[KeithTalent]

Just finished COD2 single player last night; I really enjoyed it...lots of fun! I like the way it was set up and how there was some teamwork involved, good stuff!

Have not really gotten into the multiplayer yet, but I only payed for a bit, so we shall see.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Just finished COD2 single player last night; I really enjoyed it...lots of fun! I like the way it was set up and how there was some teamwork involved, good stuff!

Have not really gotten into the multiplayer yet, but I only payed for a bit, so we shall see.

How does COD2 compare with COD. I liked COD well enough, but I enjoyed MOHAA more. The COD missions felt a little disjointed to me. They seemed to end abruptly or something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the MOHAA maps seemed more complete to me. I did like the shell shock effects, and the limit to what weapons could be carried in COD.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Just finished COD2 single player last night; I really enjoyed it...lots of fun! I like the way it was set up and how there was some teamwork involved, good stuff!

Have not really gotten into the multiplayer yet, but I only payed for a bit, so we shall see.

How does COD2 compare with COD. I liked COD well enough, but I enjoyed MOHAA more. The COD missions felt a little disjointed to me. They seemed to end abruptly or something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the MOHAA maps seemed more complete to me. I did like the shell shock effects, and the limit to what weapons could be carried in COD.

I have not played COD yet (I'll probably pop it in at some point as it is part of the COD2 collector's edition I have), but I did not find the maps disjointed or anything. I actually felt it flowed pretty well and the missions were well laid out.

I must admit I did not realize I had finished the game until it told me, as in I did not feel the last mission was the climax of the game, but that did not really bother me much, except for the fact it was over, I wanted it to keep going

I noticed you have an X-Fi card in your rig; this completely changed the game for me. I started it on integrated, but once I got my X-Fi card and bumped the sound to EAX & high quality...just wow!

 

[skace]

CoD1 had better missions. But I'm not sure if they were from an expansion pack or the default missions. I recall one of them where you actually started out helping man a plane. CoD2 looked better, but I think the mission selection suffered.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Just finished COD2 single player last night; I really enjoyed it...lots of fun! I like the way it was set up and how there was some teamwork involved, good stuff!

Have not really gotten into the multiplayer yet, but I only payed for a bit, so we shall see.

How does COD2 compare with COD. I liked COD well enough, but I enjoyed MOHAA more. The COD missions felt a little disjointed to me. They seemed to end abruptly or something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the MOHAA maps seemed more complete to me. I did like the shell shock effects, and the limit to what weapons could be carried in COD.

I have not played COD yet (I'll probably pop it in at some point as it is part of the COD2 collector's edition I have), but I did not find the maps disjointed or anything. I actually felt it flowed pretty well and the missions were well laid out.

I must admit I did not realize I had finished the game until it told me, as in I did not feel the last mission was the climax of the game, but that did not really bother me much, except for the fact it was over, I wanted it to keep going

I noticed you have an X-Fi card in your rig; this completely changed the game for me. I started it on integrated, but once I got my X-Fi card and bumped the sound to EAX & high quality...just wow!

I've been digging the Xfi. I had an Audigy2 ZS, and for normal games I don't notice much difference. When a game is patched to specifically use the Xfi though the sound really rocks. I'm thinking of the UT2k4 Xfi patch in particular. I really like the new weapon sounds.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Just finished COD2 single player last night; I really enjoyed it...lots of fun! I like the way it was set up and how there was some teamwork involved, good stuff!

Have not really gotten into the multiplayer yet, but I only payed for a bit, so we shall see.

How does COD2 compare with COD. I liked COD well enough, but I enjoyed MOHAA more. The COD missions felt a little disjointed to me. They seemed to end abruptly or something. I can't quite put my finger on it, but the MOHAA maps seemed more complete to me. I did like the shell shock effects, and the limit to what weapons could be carried in COD.

I have not played COD yet (I'll probably pop it in at some point as it is part of the COD2 collector's edition I have), but I did not find the maps disjointed or anything. I actually felt it flowed pretty well and the missions were well laid out.

I must admit I did not realize I had finished the game until it told me, as in I did not feel the last mission was the climax of the game, but that did not really bother me much, except for the fact it was over, I wanted it to keep going

I noticed you have an X-Fi card in your rig; this completely changed the game for me. I started it on integrated, but once I got my X-Fi card and bumped the sound to EAX & high quality...just wow!

I've been digging the Xfi. I had an Audigy2 ZS, and for normal games I don't notice much difference. When a game is patched to specifically use the Xfi though the sound really rocks. I'm thinking of the UT2k4 Xfi patch in particular. I really like the new weapon sounds.

Yeah I'm amazed at what a difference great sound can make, it definitely increases the immersion IMO.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: SViper
I thoroughly enjoyed Tribes: Vengeance for a long time. Even got into a squad for a little bit. My interest in that game abruptly died when I saw that the developer decided to drop support for it.

If there was a category for "Greatest game of all time that nobody knows about" then tribes (1/2/Vengance - multiplayer) would win, hands down.

It just never got popular, but Gawd does that game rocks.

All the latest multiplayer technology that other games sport these days came from Tribes.

Tribes was doing Vehicles back in the Quake2 days. Tribes 2 had built in voice communication. Player classes ala battlefied/Team fortress, etc? Had it in Tribes 1. "Commander modes"? ... yea that whole Tribes franchise is unbelievable. I wish it would become more popular.

It is SO brutal on newbies though. Like no other game. IMHO the Tribes veterans are some of the best twitch shooter guys out there. Many of them got started shortly after the they mastered deathmatch in quake 1.

Ah the memories...

I remember the awe I felt when watching this one well coordinated Tribes 2 team play...

Some gunship comes flying up out of a valley below radar with two fighter escorts beside it. Tailgunner chucking flares while missles spiral up at it. The light-armor guy in front is laser targetting stuff for the heavies chucking mortars.. A bomber crew comes flying through the lz FAST and blows the living sh1t out of everything just before the gunship feathers for a near-landing and six dudes jump out and head through the base door towards the generator...


damnit see what you've done.

I haven't put Tribes Vengeance back on my box since the hardware upgrades. Looks like I'll be doing that tonight... geez the butt kickings I'm going to get for a while are gonna be bad until I get back in the groove.