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Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: duherman on November 16, 2004, 05:02:37 PM: Post you greatest moments here!
I felt that when Barney hands over your trusty crowbar was a good part and when you put on the hev suit...

Added the spoilers description. Don't want people to unknowingly wander into this and have the plot given away. ~GrayDuck
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Malevolent on November 16, 2004, 06:15:37 PM: I thought, "Don't tell me he has already beat it." I plan on starting it a little later tonight, but I already new about Barney giving you a crowbar. I think I saw the pic in the little book that comes with the collector's edition.
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: X-S-Z on November 16, 2004, 06:27:34 PM: Playing fetch with Alxy's "dog"

Water Hazard, Jeebus Chriznist that was a blast!

The horror show that is Ravenholm

STRIDER ATTACK! :o
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: duherman on November 16, 2004, 06:48:36 PM: Lol your that far already am still at water hazard. I cant wait to get those Alien Pherephone things
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Post by: Diablus on November 16, 2004, 07:46:56 PM: Damn you all and your fancy shmanshy computers to run HL2 without lagging up whenever you see an enemy :angry:
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Post by: Isamil on November 16, 2004, 07:52:13 PM: I loved Water Hazard.

I killed a zombie with a cardboard box in Ravenholm.
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Post by: Anarki3x6 on November 16, 2004, 08:42:49 PM: dudes, the dog robot was the coolest thing ever, i so want one.

AND slicing zombies or setting zombies on fire in ravenholm and watching em run around screaming is oh so satisfying >:D
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: duherman on November 16, 2004, 08:47:17 PM: Quote
Damn you all and your fancy shmanshy computers to run HL2 without lagging up whenever you see an enemy :angry:
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Infact my computer isnt fancy. I lag whenever a enemy pops up. I dont mind the lag but it could be better without it!...Anyways i just got to middle of ravenholm. I want one of those Dog robots too. It seems like it lifts it arms with a string lol
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: confused! on November 16, 2004, 09:30:00 PM: I really enjoy the radio chatter from the combine troops.

Also, the bridge scene rules with awesomeness.

i think that if i slowed down for a bit from my curent pace there is a level of depth here that i have rarely seen, for example did any one read the clip board in black mesa east? huge backstory help right there.
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Post by: Leaderz0rz on November 17, 2004, 04:31:19 AM: i've completed the game, in 1 sitting since it was avaible VIA steam.

my favorite parts are the city17 battles, with your squad and you fight against striders and what not, it REALLY brings the feel that your in the game, and with everyone being like "with gordon we can win" it makes you alittle cocky when taking the striders on :)

I auctaly love the whole part where your in the body casket thing, and traveling through the citadel, its really amazing.

and of course dog owns
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: X-S-Z on November 17, 2004, 09:42:32 AM: Was this bloody gunship supposed to come down on the road? I had a hell of a time moving that damn carcass.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/358867/d2_coast_040004.jpg)

And yes, the Citadel was great. It was just... damn, something else eh?
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Evangelion_2 on November 17, 2004, 10:05:46 AM: Mine would be throwing phermones up on a ledge with 2 combines and the next minute see 2 bodys drop down a hill...the bodys being the combines :D

Also in one of the secret storage places with merchy water a zomb0 pops out..so awesome.
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Post by: Malevolent on November 17, 2004, 07:54:30 PM: Well when you were playing fetch with the dog was pretty cool. I accidentally threw it out of the place (don't know if it does this on purpose though), and then Alyx said, "Sweet." Pretty funny.
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: SgtFury on November 18, 2004, 01:58:44 AM: x-s-z that happened to me too but I found it easier to move the cars rather than the ship :-) Those electric balls in that area are annoying I just found myself punting them into the sea all the time with the gravity gun.

I only tend to play every Tuesday and Thursdays so I`m not rushing through it and I`m on highway 17 at moment.

Darkholm was great though. That vicar was spooky but I`m sure he was invincible.

After that bit where he lets you through thegateI watched him for a while. He blew up some tanks near him and I thought " O hes dead" next thing hes laughing and still shooting away at the zombies. :blink:

I could go on and on about parts of this game that were superb, it just seems my kind of game. Plus when you see people going on boards at Steampowered saying they are stuck and knowing you figured it out without asking feels good too. :-)
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: duherman on November 18, 2004, 03:27:25 AM: Quote
Was this bloody gunship supposed to come down on the road? I had a hell of a time moving that damn carcass.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-8/358867/d2_coast_040004.jpg)

And yes, the Citadel was great. It was just... damn, something else eh?
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haha thats hilarious! Only thing that happened to me was I didint know you were supposed to open a gate to get passed this part on Highway 17. I saw a small opening so i tried blasting the car through with my gravity gun and it fell into the sea...
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Post by: devicenull on November 18, 2004, 04:54:40 PM: Citadel.

Skip over this if you haven't gotten there

Highlight below to read (This is such an awesome thing, I really don't want to spoil it for anyone)
Throwing bodies at other people with the gravity gun.. is just awesome. Getting rides in those things is another cool thing ;) That last battle was the coolest thing also. :)

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The entire game gets better and better as you go :)
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Post by: Vinegar Ninja on November 18, 2004, 05:08:06 PM: devnub, I spend literally half an hour at that first place playing with that item :D
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Post by: Mr.Bill on November 19, 2004, 03:01:09 PM: After the weaps strip is when I had the most fun. Just busted up EVERYTHING

"Hopper? wtf is a hopp- *BOOM!* Never mind..."

I found it funny to see the sniper take down the zombies, as they fall to the ground.

I think the grav gun was the funnest though, yuo could do ANYTHING with that sucker!
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: duherman on November 19, 2004, 07:08:30 PM: you could pick up bodies with the gravity gun? i cant pick up bodies!
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Jefe on November 20, 2004, 02:18:30 AM: Quote
you could pick up bodies with the gravity gun? i cant pick up bodies!
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Patience. You'll see.

I have to be one of the few who, really, REALLY loved the ending.
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Post by: Mr.Bill on November 20, 2004, 10:16:16 AM: I loved the fact you could break everything.
When you say hl2 credits is when I was like "Wait! what happened!? it tells you nothing!"

so, I actually had to THINK FOR MYSELF to figure out the ENTIRE story line with some sort of backround information. Wasnt THAT bad
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Post by: DruBo on November 20, 2004, 01:16:53 PM: Nailing combine soldiers to the wall with the crossbow.
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Btw, what the hell does that thing fire anyway? It looks like hot rebar.
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Post by: Clashen on November 20, 2004, 02:14:38 PM: Quote
Btw, what the hell does that thing fire anyway? It looks like hot rebar.
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Candy.
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Post by: Diablus on November 20, 2004, 04:17:29 PM: Since im only up to the mines... my greatest moment was in the hovar craft running over those stupid silly combine soldiers airdroping from a line in front of you, or getting off the crazy transport ship and jumping into your area and shooting at you..

And for some reason i had much fun beating dead bodies with my crowbar off ledges and whatnot and watch them fall :p... hmm also throwing grenades next to a corpse is ultra fun to watch >:D

I also must add a depressing, sad part of the game is hearing those poor souls being zombified scream, brought chills down my back. But then you light them on fire and laugh your arse off at them running around in flames
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Post by: Anarki3x6 on November 20, 2004, 09:05:39 PM: The end rocked. hard.
especially tearing up tons of combine so fast *drools*
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Malevolent on November 20, 2004, 11:35:21 PM: Quote
Nailing combine soldiers to the wall with the crossbow.
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Btw, what the hell does that thing fire anyway? It looks like hot rebar.
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Nice. I should use the crossbow more since it is so strong. Yeah but it does look like a hot iron rod. But that couldn't be safe to reload. :p
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: SwiftSpear on November 21, 2004, 04:32:17 PM: Quote
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you could pick up bodies with the gravity gun? i cant pick up bodies!
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Patience. You'll see.

I have to be one of the few who, really, REALLY loved the ending.
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Except that that applies to everyone, since the ending is the friggin funnest part of the game.
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Diablus on November 21, 2004, 04:32:31 PM: Quote
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Nailing combine soldiers to the wall with the crossbow.
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Btw, what the hell does that thing fire anyway? It looks like hot rebar.
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Nice. I should use the crossbow more since it is so strong. Yeah but it does look like a hot iron rod. But that couldn't be safe to reload. :p
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It makes a heating up sizzling noise AFTEER you place the rod in ;)
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Post by: Cheez on November 21, 2004, 04:38:20 PM: Apparently its a peice of one of those industrial iron cables they stick inside cement walls. That's gotta be painfull to have one of those heated come screaming at you...ouch.

I love how the cross-bow is made out of junk entierly...even the ammo! Just goes to show what kind of weaponry the rebels have to work with...well..besides the stuff they steal from the combine.

I love how the rebels pick up the pulse rifles the combine drop and go "Nice!", rofl.
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Post by: Malevolent on November 21, 2004, 08:19:35 PM: So far my favorite part is riding around in the pod at the beginning of the citadel. It was awesome watching everything. And it makes you wonder how Gordon could do it seeing all those soldiers, striders, gunships, etc.
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Ulatoh on November 21, 2004, 08:35:31 PM: "Gordon" is a dramatis personae
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Post by: duherman on November 21, 2004, 08:56:25 PM: I'm up to the part where Dr.breen tries to escape but am stuck. Anyways I liked the part where dog helps you into the citadel, Then barney says. If you see Dr.Breen Tell him i said F---ck You....and what were those white creatures i saw in the citadel.
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Anarki3x6 on November 21, 2004, 09:49:09 PM: HEY YEAH

you bring up a good point intensity, what WERE those lil slave type things? and and, there was that one part where they show a couple diff vehicles moving down assembly lines or something in the citadel? new weird vehicles...

guess we'll have to wait for hl3 to find that out ^_^
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Keyser59 on November 21, 2004, 10:23:39 PM: Quote
HEY YEAH

you bring up a good point intensity, what WERE those lil slave type things? and and, there was that one part where they show a couple diff vehicles moving down assembly lines or something in the citadel? new weird vehicles...

guess we'll have to wait for hl3 to find that out ^_^
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Those were humans who applied for the soldier program of the combine but failed to meet the specifications or failed the tests, so they were genetically altered to become slave workers instead.
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Post by: Cheez on November 21, 2004, 10:23:47 PM: Personally from what Dr. Breen is always going on about, evolution and such, i think those white creatures were humans. They've been altered somehow in some sick twisted way to become "trans-humans". They may very well be the same thing that is inside those combine uniforms. After all, breen calls them the "trans-human forces" in nova prospekt.

Also, in some parts of the game you can see a painting on walls that depicts a monkey evolving into a human, and a human evolving into a combine soldier. This means that Breen's and whoever that big white blob thing he was talking to in that screen before he attempts to make his getaway are intent on converting humans into those...things...whatever they were. The process may very well be why they are sucking the planet dry of resources. I guess we'll find out how this myserious force Breen answers to reacts in hl3. Personally i'd like to see valve fit our good buddy Corpral Shepard into all this too, that'd be awesome.

DAMN i love this game, it makes you think so much every time you uncover some little detail!!
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Post by: Mr.Bill on November 22, 2004, 09:39:13 AM: I just hope Shepard is brought back in an expansion to kick even more ass then the first time! There's more story then meats the eye in hl2!

Oh, btw.. those vehicles on the assembly line, you usually see those on those big transport flying ship things, their probably where the combine go inside of to get moved around
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Post by: Diablus on November 22, 2004, 01:39:25 PM: The high pitched, low quality gunfire in the prison from the combine soldiers when you were watching them get tossed and mauled by the giant antlions on the security cameras freakin rocked, especially when it was happening down a hall or two so you hear the feedback from the camera AND the echos of the gunfire down the hallway :D .

And also the echoed gunfire and explosions in City 17 are cool.
Title: Greatest Moments Of Hl2
Post by: Ulatoh on November 22, 2004, 10:04:40 PM: controling ant lions = teh pwn.