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5/21/2012 7:08:24 AM
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What makes Half-Life good?
[b]the point that you should all understand is that just because you like something, doesn't mean that it is good.[/b]
I personally enjoy Half Life, and find it quite fun to play. Does this make it a good game? No.
I emplore you to [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-3gcVICiCs]watch this video before posting.[/url]
Is Transformers 2 a good movie because my 12 year old brother likes it? Is rubarb pie bad because I don't personally like it?
Does dog crap taste good if a homeless crazy person enjoys it?
is Half-life a good game just because you like it?
Let's see,
Level design? Sure, it's alright I guess, if you like on-rails shooters.
Story? Sure, it's fine if you like scripted setpieces that you have no control over, you never cause, and never do anything about.
Characters? Sure, if you like Mary-Sues with absolutely 0 flaws.
Gameplay? Sure, if you like fighting enemies that just stand still and shoot (or run up to you as fast as they can in Half Life 1).
Physics? If physics are the best part of your gae, then your game really frigging sucks.
TL;DR, Half-Life isn't actually good, and people just like to -blam!- because they're expected to like it. it's like high school all over again. (Also, if you're a college student, don't bother posting, because I know that you have nothing to contribute.)
[Edited on 05.21.2012 9:40 AM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] forriedude A Mary Sue is a character with aboslutely no flaws, and exists solely for the purpose of wish-fufulment (Also, the only character that dies other than the player is Eli Vance, and that's in an expansion pack, not the vanilla game). Bella from Twilight is a Mary Sue. She exists for the single purpose of letting teenage girls imagine what it would be like to have 2 arcane beasts fighting over her. Wesley Crusher in Star-Trek exists for the sole purpose of letting early-teen Star-Trek fans know what it would be like to be on a spaceship like the Enterprise. Not someone who is all powerful, but a character who's only role is to be the very model of a human being that everyone wants to be.[/quote]But yet all the characters are filled with fault. Characters can be captured, deceived, and killed. The beginning moments in Half-Life 2 show the mistake Dr. Kleiner made of keeping the headcrab, and it makes the experiment run awry. Also, to say that Eli Vance is the only character that dies in the Half Life series is plainly mistaken. If you had played the orginal Half-Life games, which I'm more and more convinced you didn't, you would have noticed the majority of your coworkers killed in almost every manner. While you may consider these characters inconsequential, many people die throughout the Half Life series.
