Thread 725150667

Which parts are the good parts? And don't you dare say
>the whole thing :^)
because stating that Water Hazard is good is retarded.

>>725150667 (OP)
half of it

>>725150723
This, the last half.

>>725150667 (OP)
All of it.
Water Hazard and Highway 17 are the BEST parts of HL2.

>>725150667 (OP)
How the hell are some people filtered by the absolute ludo of water hazard?
There are so many good moments in it, from simple things like the caches along the way, the first time you're blocked, the final helicopter fight, and the transition to life outside city 17.
The only time I've seen some legitimate complain was someone that got motion sickness from moving fast in the source engine which sucks I guess.

>>725150667 (OP)
Nova Prospect and Ravenholm

>Which parts are the good parts?

When you play it in VR unironically

>>725151510
>How the hell are some people filtered by the absolute ludo of water hazard?
Do not underestimate how low the zoom zoom's attention span is.

>>725151437
Highway 17 is Kino especially under the train bridge.

>>725151510
>The only time I've seen some legitimate complain was someone that got motion sickness from moving fast in the source engine which sucks I guess.

Wasn't that in the dev commentary?

I liked water hazard.

>>725150667 (OP)
Honestly all of it is good

>>725151696
I meant in internet discussion, it was a common complaint even on release, common enough they mention it in the dev commentary. Apparently the wireframe look of the vehicles was to mitigate the motion sickness of playtesters.

the whole thing :^)

>>725151691
Under that bridge was the first time I felt uneasy with heights in a video game.

>>725150667 (OP)
You had to be there. I replayed it last year when the anniversary patch dropped. It's still an alright game. But when it was released it was magical due to the stuff Source could do.

>>725151510
The good parts of Water Hazard are when you aren't in the airboat. Spotting Gman and trying to catch up only to find zombies in the red building, the grenade introduction area, the magnum introduction area, that quiet abandoned camp with the wind chimes. I find On a Rail is the same way. Every part that isn't sitting on the train is great.

>>725150667 (OP)
Kino Tier
>Surface Tension
>"We Don't Go To Ravenholm..."
>On A Rail
>Highway 17

Great Tier
>"We've Got Hostiles"
>Office Complex
>Water Hazard
>Sandtraps
>Questionable Ethics

Good Tier
>"Forget About Freeman!"
>Nova Prospekt
>Entanglement
>"Follow Freeman!"
>Power Up
>Blast Pit
>Lambda Core
>Anticitizen One
>Route Kanal
>Interloper
>Nihilanth
>Dark Energy

Meh Tier
>Our Benefactors
>Apprehension
>Unforeseen Consequences
>Gonarch's Lair

Bad Tier
>Xen

Shit Tier
>Residue Processing (it's in the name!)

Story Tier
>Point Insertion
>Anomalous Materials
>Black Mesa East
>"A Red Letter Day"

Cutscene Tier
>Black Mesa Inbound
>Endgame
>Credits

I like all of it except the beginning of ep 1. Way too many cutscenes and easy puzzles.
Also after replaying it the zombie section was nowhere near as good as I remember.

>>725150667 (OP)
>Point Insertion
Great for atmosphere, but not much else
>Red Letter Day
Boring story chapter
>Route Kanal
A highly mixed bag of good and bad segments
>Black Mesa East
Another boring story chapter
>Ravenholm
The peak of the game, start here if anywhere.
>Highway 17
Another mixed bag but one that skews more good than bad
>Sandtraps
Annoying first half, fun second half
>Nove Prospekt
Mostly good with only one spot thats particularly bad
>Entanglement
Barely a chapter, half of which is boring story stuff
>Anticitizen One
A more annoying version of leading the antlions.
>Follow Freeman
One more mixed bag but this one skew more bad than good
>Our Benefactors
Fun little victory lap
>Dark Energy
Part boring story chapter and part boring gameplay section.

Man I miss when valve made real games instead of multiplayer lootbox shit.

>>725155010
Anon, they just made Half-Life Alyx. You're not trying to perhaps imply that they had ulterior motives for releasing this software, are you? Not implying that they did so to give people a reason to spend $1,000 on a VR headset that they themselves produce and sell on the digital storefront that they themselves own and control, are you? I don't think you would do that, as that would be silly.

>>725150667 (OP)
Water Hazard is good. Everything from the start to the beginning of Highway 17 is good.

every time I get in the boat I just imagine I'm playing a hoverboard level in diddy kong racing and I have fun

>>725151646
wtf I never knew you could open those lockers

>>725155416
>just made Alyx
We're five months short of being as far from its release as the time between the releases of HL1 and HL2.

>>725150667 (OP)
ravenholm is the only good part

>>725150667 (OP)
I don't remember any of it except it being boring. it's probably the most overrated game ever

>>725159975
here's your (you) for a weak bait