I should have known better. . .

[David Simmons]

than to purchase Episode 1 and 2. When I first played through HL2, I
enjoyed the experience overall, but was ultimately underwhelmed by the
shift in gameplay style. The heavy focus on urban warfare over
exploration and problem solving was not at all like the original game,
which struck a perfect balance between these two (focusing most of the
gameplay on the latter). I'd asked about the expansion packs and was
warned that I probably wouldn't like them.

Fast forward a year (which, I guess, is just long enough for me to
forgot those warnings) and I thought I'd give the expansion packs a
try, since I'd just played through Fallout 3 for the second time and
was looking for a change. I purchased both online, and after trouble-
free downloads I was ready to dive back into the HL2 world.

Unfortunately, nothing has changed. While there are a few simple
puzzles that are momentarily entertaining, the gameplay is still the
same. Extremely tedious and nerve-wracking urban combat with nary a
whiff of sci-fi allure. Tedious because almost EVERY action sequence
requires the player to absorb extremely noisy and unpleasant waves of
virtual abuse in order to advance, health nearly shattered and ammo
depleted, to the next arena of assault.

While I enjoyed the whole sequence involving the Dark Matter reactor
from overloading, the elevator ride down to it was a tortuous exercise
in repetition. I must've reloaded at least a dozen times to keep the
falling debris from shattering the elevator. I'M NOT A FUCKING POODLE
AND I DON'T LIKE JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS OVER & OVER & OVER & OVER &
OVER & OVER ANnd, Well, you get the message! Do you hear me, Valve, I
don't wanna be your monkey!

I've never cursed more often and more colorfully playing any other
game. There's just no room to breathe! It kinda reminds me of the
Mario franchise. The graphics keep getting better, but the gameplay
is the same old run-and-jump, button-pounding panic.

I'm completely flabbergasted that people enjoy this kind of gaming.
The poison spitting Ant Lions are melting me like ice cream on a
frying pan and the endless reloads from earlier saves are quickly
killing any lingering enthusiasm I might have had. It's such a
constant barrage of noise, confusion and frustration that I'm not
certain I'll be willing to finish.

Maybe if I watched television for a few hours a day, I'd be more
desensitized to being blasted with such a frenetic, unnecessary and
irritating miasma of visual chaos. I prefer my games to provide a
combination of excitement and relaxation, but HL2 Ep 1 & 2 are just
stress tests disguised with pretty dresses.

Oh well!

Dave

[David Simmons]

On Sep 18, 7:11 pm, Legion <Leg...@Invalid.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:32:43 -0700 (PDT), David Simmons

>  you must really suck at fps games!

Oh, my, such a sparkling and original wit you are! C'mon, you slack-
jawed, nose-picking 'tard, can't you do better than that?! You could
have really thrown some gasoline on the fire like a true troll, but I
guess you're just too fucking lazy and/or stupid to come up with
something more clever.

I'd rather suck as fps games and be good at life than the other way
around. Go fuck a dog.

Dave

[Shawk]

Oh I don't know... what he came up with seems to have worked just fine..

[Stri]

> Maybe if I watched television for a few hours a day, I'd be more
> desensitized to being blasted with such a frenetic, unnecessary and
> irritating miasma of visual chaos.  I prefer my games to provide a
> combination of excitement and relaxation, but HL2 Ep 1 & 2 are just
> stress tests disguised with pretty dresses.
>
> Oh well!
>
> Dave

Well you either:

A. Don't like Half-life which is a shame as it does tend to underpin
your utter lack of knowledge in what is and what is not a good game.
or
B. You're a troll. I hope it's the second as it appears you just got
reverse trolled.

" I'M NOT A FUCKING POODLE
AND I DON'T LIKE JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS OVER & OVER & OVER & OVER &
OVER & OVER ANnd, Well, you get the message! Do you hear me, Valve, I
don't wanna be your monkey!"

How odd. Half-life is perhaps one of the more thoughtful FPS's. If you
want to do things over and over, perhaps something like Dead Space or
Doom 3 would be best for you. No hoops. Not a great deal of anything
except pretty graphics.

Yes, yes. I know I need to go fuck a dog. Again, you should read more.
Where I come from it's very much like mandatory military service.

[Civilian_Target]

Stri wrote:

> Yes, yes. I know I need to go fuck a dog. Again, you should read more.
> Where I come from it's very much like mandatory military service.

You talking about reading or fucking dogs here Stri? :)

Civilian_Target