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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / February 2004OT: Halo Combat Evolved
Have we had a Halo thread recently? Dunno..here's one anyway. I bought it on Saturday (SUPASHOPPA ALERT) for under ?20 from Tesco's and have seen it since in two other places for over thirty quid!! So get your club card out and get down there cos it's really quite cool. I'm up to level four so far, The Silent Cartogropher, and am having a blast! Downpoints I have to admit to, include, the lack of a quicksave by having to rely on checkpoints, the very linear aspect of the game with only one route to the next objective, it's hunger for system resources, the HUD aim cursor and lack of objects/npc's to interact with... or am I asking too much? On the upside, I've had hours of great fun zapping the evil Covenant horde, tho I do have to keep stopping cos I don't think my Ti 4200 can quite keep up with it and it does my head in. But even with everything turned to low or minimum, the graphics are great. That said, it is great fun, honest. Current kicks are being got by ramming the aliens with the driveable Warthog instead of getting out and shooting them. I think what provides a lot of the enjoyment tho is the pure deathmatch scenario that takes over whenever a shootout with the aliens is required. Oh hell... I like it...and i cant be arsed to write anymore. 8/10 ;-) rat >Have we had a Halo thread recently? Dunno..here's one anyway. Not that I recall. >Downpoints I have to admit to, include, the lack of a quicksave by having to >rely on checkpoints, the very linear aspect of the game with only one route >to the next objective, it's hunger for system resources, the HUD aim cursor >and lack of objects/npc's to interact with... or am I asking too much? I purchased it a couple of months ago in the USA and spent probably four evenings going through it. At first it was quite fun, the graphics quite nice, the plotline somewhat lacking but the challenge quite intense. By day 3, I was bored. OK, I turn this corner and there's thirty enemy to kill. Finish with them, another 20 will be waiting beyond that corner, and I *have* to go around it. By day 4 I was just bored as hell and completed the game only because if I didn't I'd have wasted four evenings of my life on this spinning mudball with nothing to show for it. It's not as varied as Half-Life was. There's no transition from aliens to marines to Zen and all the fun of meeting new creatures with different weapons and tactics. It's two sets of critters, a lot of walking around killing them, and a final scripted ending. The best part was the first level, where you run around without a weapon to the sounds of firing within the ship. That was tense. After that, it was run and gun for three more days. -- * Dan Sorenson DoD #1066 a.shole #35 BOTY 1997 viking@svtv.com * * Vikings? There ain't no vikings here. Just us honest farmers. * * The town was burning, the villagers were dead. They didn't need * * those sheep anyway. That's our story and we're sticking to it. * > I purchased it a couple of months ago in the USA and spent > probably four evenings going through it. Four days? f.ck me...the demo bored me to tears and ran like a pig. Linear, outdated, basically, shite. Had it come out when it was actually made, maybe things would of been different. > > I purchased it a couple of months ago in the USA and spent > > probably four evenings going through it. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Had it come out when it was actually made, maybe things would of been > different. I played the first level, got out of the ship, got into the second level, got as far as going down into the tunnel. Then quit playing the sp game. I play mostly Blood Gulch online with a clientside server I run, occasionally Death Island and rarely Sidewinder, Infinity and Danger Canyon. That's it. The game is exactly what you guys said, repetitious, needlessly linear and difficult. Challenging yes, fun no. 8 to 10 folks in Blood Gulch with all vehicles and weaps, no time limit, Team, unlimited grenades, and this can be fun. But it looks like UT2004 may take the FUN honors with the Onslaught team game :) Even the botmatch in Onslaught is fun. Gotta get this one! McG. Oh I didnt try MP (think was an option on the demo, uninstalled before I bothered checking :P) > Oh I didnt try MP (think was an option on the demo, uninstalled before I > bothered checking :P) Don't bother 16 players max Limited Maps (bad mappers?) huge outdoor enviroment - compared to HL Lots of nice eyecandy - explosions etc Fun to drive the warhog over players though But in all playing HL DM or actually any HL MP is above and beyond in experience - imho - Peter > > Oh I didnt try MP (think was an option on the demo, uninstalled before I > > bothered checking :P) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > - Peter Halos outdoor maps are not that big. There is very little open space in any of them except Sidewinder. And that's all ice. I can think of a lot of HL levels that are bigger and more fun. It just didn't play as well MP and doesn't have the vehicles. McG. > Halos outdoor maps are not that big. Compared to HL they are imho > There is very little open space I can't recall the map names now (haven't got Halo on my laptop) But there's one with a fortress in both ends, the area is enclosed within high mountains I don't HL can cope with a setup like that > I can think of a lot of HL levels that are bigger and more fun. Yep that's another story :-) - Peter. rat proclaimed... <snip> or am I asking too much? I don't think so. > 8/10 4/10 Some nice touches but standard Deathmatch fair.  Signaturewww.stri.tk irc.gamesurge.net #AGHL "By law, anyone who has been drinking is 'sober' until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground" "Strider" wrote in a message > or am I asking too much? Nahhhh > I don't think so. Right on > > 8/10 > > 4/10 > > Some nice touches but standard Deathmatch fair. Ocasionally idiotic AI Btw if one has a decent machinery you could set up some Slayer But the limit is on 16 players - Peter Peter Lykkegaard proclaimed... > Ocasionally idiotic AI > > Btw if one has a decent machinery you could set up some Slayer > But the limit is on 16 players Oh and I meant standard shoot-em-up fair. The Deathmatch was actually quite good. Signaturewww.stri.tk irc.gamesurge.net #AGHL "By law, anyone who has been drinking is 'sober' until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground" > "Strider" wrote in a message > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > - Peter But the decent maps are small enough that 16 can be a crowd :) McG. > Current kicks are being got by ramming > the aliens with the driveable Warthog Don't you mean the Puma? SignatureCapt - come on, someone had to say it... :) > > Current kicks are being got by ramming > > the aliens with the driveable Warthog > > Don't you mean the Puma? There's no such creature! And yes, we have had a few threads on Halo, with feelings running pretty high. Strider, Frode and especially Marlin hated it; I loved it and I think Anders did too. If you don't like shooting, why buy a game subtitled 'Combat evolved'? ;) Neil > > > Current kicks are being got by ramming > > > the aliens with the driveable Warthog [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ;) Who..me or Farrell? I love it, didn't say I didn't. It just makes for a refreshing change to run them over, because some of 'em are nimble little critters and the chase is often challenging!! Just gives my trigger finger a well deserved rest! I really do like the game so far. (level 5 now!!) ;-) rat > > Farrell <ask_me_in_the_newsgroup@tfhl.net> wrote in message > news:<c0seic$1afskd$1@ID-47035.news.uni-berlin.de>... [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > ;-) > rat I can't wait till someone mods it so you can shoot the gatling gun or RL while driving :) McG. > I can't wait till someone mods it so you can shoot the gatling gun or > RL while driving :) There is a mod out where you can drive in the gunner's seat Check eg fileplanet - Peter Looking, hope it works in MP without getting my IP banned! Again :( McG. > > I can't wait till someone mods it so you can shoot the gatling gun or > > RL while driving :) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > - Peter Neil proclaimed... > And yes, we have had a few threads on Halo, with feelings running > pretty high. Strider, Frode and especially Marlin hated it; I loved it [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > ;) Not entirely true. Continuing my trend for fence-sitting I think Halo has many nice features. Unfortunately very few of those in the single player game. Maybe you're more likely to like the multi player game if you like the single player? Signaturewww.stri.tk irc.gamesurge.net #AGHL "By law, anyone who has been drinking is 'sober' until he or she "cannot hold onto the ground" > There's no such creature! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Neil Halo... >:( Signature--Marlin-- ________________________________________________________ My artwork & mIRC scripts: http://marlin.squareegg.net Your gaming & geek news source: http://cybear.net/ >And yes, we have had a few threads on Halo, with feelings running >pretty high. Strider, Frode and especially Marlin hated it; I loved it >and I think Anders did too. I did, but it was a brief affair and I'm over it now. If they had released the mod tools, like they promised, then I would probably still be playing it, but with HL2 and UT2K4 on the way, it's pretty dead. ----- Anders "Roshin" Simonsson http://hemsida.semera.se/xav2557 "Beware the past. Fight the present. Fear the future." > > Current kicks are being got by ramming > > the aliens with the driveable Warthog [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > -- > Capt - come on, someone had to say it... :) What Puma? Warthog, Rocket hog, Banshee, ghost, Scorpion. McG. >>>Current kicks are being got by ramming >>>the aliens with the driveable Warthog [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > What Puma? Warthog, Rocket hog, Banshee, ghost, Scorpion. > McG. It's a joke - comes from Red Vs Blue - http://www.redvsblue.com It's when they're discussing the name of the Warthog in episode 2... SignatureCapt - because RvB rules > Have we had a Halo thread recently? Dunno..here's one anyway. > I bought it on Saturday (SUPASHOPPA ALERT) for under ?20 from Tesco's and [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > ;-) > rat You haven't played online multiplayer yet? For shame! McG. ;) |
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