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The Orange Box discussion thread (possible spoilers)
Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 17 Dec 2007, 23:31 ---In fact, it's a much better narrative than what I've played of Half-Life 2 at this point.
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I can't get behind this.
ME has a beautifully realized universe, but the story itself is nothing compared to the HL saga's narrative. It can't be just by its format.
Also, Kid, man. My roommate plays through HL2 once a month at least. I've played through Half-Life 1 at least 20 times by now. Probably way more. It's pretty amazing to go through multiple times, because it is different every time because of how dynamic the games are. ME's different every time because of the choices you make, but it's a very static difference. One choice leads to one path. The sum of all choices leads to your play through that game. Making those choices again leads to the same game.
Half-Life 2's big fights are never the same every time.
Johnny C:
At the very least the dev commentary should be a strong motivation for playing through each episode a second time. Plus, the fights in Episode 2 are so much different every time you play it. I've gone through the fight at the White Forest Inn three times now and it didn't play out remotely the same.
I also really want to play Mass Effect and have no doubt that it's awesome! But seriously Half-Life 2 is brilliant and I don't want this to become the thread about The Great Gatsby.
Storm Rider:
Well, I admit, I'm not very far in Half-Life 2 at all, so maybe it picks up later. But mostly I just find the almost complete lack of direction given to the player in Half-Life 2 sort of irritating, especially since occasionally the solution to how to move on is so obtuse.
Basically Johnny, I am saying that I will play Half-Life 2 when you play Mass Effect.
Stryc9Fuego:
This is all well and good, but Mass Effect should probably have its own discussion thread. So far this thread has just featured comparisons (and honestly I'm pleasently surprised that it hasn't quite degraded into people posting simple posts that are purely insulting and offensive [along the lines of "HL2 iz t3h suXX0r!"]), but I'm concerned about either a threadjack, or worse yet, an Internet Argument.
Remember, in an Internet Argumnet, everybody loses.
:mrgreen:
Johnny C:
I should warn everyone that playing through The Orange Box in its entirety may lead to tiring out of shooters. I'm actually lending BioShock to a friend because I need some time away from games where I fire at enemies from a first-person perspective and my character remains ghostly silent.
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