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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / April 2008Normal, my foot!
and here I was, thinkin' I'd play through on Normal after two turns on Easy. I don't want to imagine what Hard is like. Some 'o you folks must have nerves of steel and a very high tolerance for repetition! I think if I'd tried to play through on Normal the first time I wouldn't have kept the game! The Manhacks in particular are much nastier! Thank goodness you can change the difficulty as you go! Dave S. > and here I was, thinkin' I'd play through on Normal after two turns on > Easy. I don't want to imagine what Hard is like. Some 'o you folks [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thank goodness you can change the difficulty as you go! You play it how you best enjoy it. Personally I play on hard and find it too easy... which is a little frustrating in itself. >> and here I was, thinkin' I'd play through on Normal after two turns on >> Easy. I don't want to imagine what Hard is like. Some 'o you folks [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >You play it how you best enjoy it. Personally I play on hard and find >it too easy... which is a little frustrating in itself. Yes - I find it not well balanced - I play on hard and find that 99% is too easy - with the odd V tough bit. Ep1 was easy but I found the bit towards end in the underground carpark with the lights out - fighting off all the "zombies" till the lift arrived - and keeping Alex out of trouble tough. Took a fair few goes to get that right. I would prefer it more evenly tough. Cheers >>> and here I was, thinkin' I'd play through on Normal after two turns on >>> Easy. I don't want to imagine what Hard is like. Some 'o you folks [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > I would prefer it more evenly tough. I'm a fairly recent addict of the HL series and have played on Normal all the way through, which has worked for me - I've got by, by the skin of my teeth on more than several occasions, but any harder and I might have been stuffed! As I'm currently working my way through the series in order (on HL2 Ep1 right now) I could be tempted to go through the lot again on hard, but for me nothing has been as hard as trying to defeat the end-of-game baddy on HL1! I'm a tough(ish) kinda gal ;) I'm *loving* it, that's main - play however hard or easy works for you dude! And manhacks? Nothing compared to the might of the good old grav gun! My worst foe around here at the mo is those sodding zombines! Be strong, the Free-Man is nails :D G. > As I'm currently working my way through the series in order (on HL2 Ep1 > right now) I could be tempted to go through the lot again on hard, but > for me nothing has been as hard as trying to defeat the end-of-game > baddy on HL1! One of those things, if you know how to kill him it's easy, but it's not exactly obvious. I know it took me most of a weekend just to kill him when I first played HL1 because I didn't know how to do it, had virtually no health or ammo. Once I realised, it took 5 mins the next time. It's an example of flawed design, which is a shame in such a great game, there's no really obvious cues as to what to do... Civilian_Target > You play it how you best enjoy it. Personally I play on hard and find > it too easy... which is a little frustrating in itself. My god! How do you stay alive? I'd love some tips for dealing with the manhacks! Even with the crowbar, they are tearin' me up! Dave S. >> You play it how you best enjoy it. Personally I play on hard and find >> it too easy... which is a little frustrating in itself. > My god! How do you stay alive? I'd love some tips for dealing with > the manhacks! Even with the crowbar, they are tearin' me up! Two words: Accuracy. Headshots.  Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". >> You play it how you best enjoy it. Personally I play on hard and find >> it too easy... which is a little frustrating in itself. > > My god! How do you stay alive? I'd love some tips for dealing with > the manhacks! Even with the crowbar, they are tearin' me up! Back to the wall my friend. Don't let the buggers get behind you and time that swing just right - becomes natural after a short while. 'Swing away Merrill' Once you have the gravity gun of course it becomes very easy... catch them and them shoot them against a wall... or another manhack You'll find that if you keep playing it'll become more simple. If you get used to headshots, finding cover etc in games like Stalker you'll find it becomes too easy. Have fun ;-) > Back to the wall my friend. Don't let the buggers get behind you and > time that swing just right - becomes natural after a short while. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Have fun ;-) That's true actually, some games on Hard are much harder than Hard HL2. I remember trying to play Deus Ex on hard and I just gave up half way through, the enemies were too sharp and too hard to sneak past, and you were too weak to stand and fight. Not to mention System Shock II, on medium that game had me beat! But I wouldn't say HL2 on hard is easy by any stretch of the imagination, still took me a long time to get though! To be fair, David played through the game very quickly indeed. Civilian_Target >> Back to the wall my friend. Don't let the buggers get behind you and >> time that swing just right - becomes natural after a short while. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > imagination, still took me a long time to get though! To be fair, David > played through the game very quickly indeed. Nowhere in my posts did I attempt to knock David so if that is how it came across then my apologies to him. I think if he takes to his FPS games like he seems to be he'll soon be head-shotting everything in sight and looking for more challenges... >> But I wouldn't say HL2 on hard is easy by any stretch of the >> imagination, still took me a long time to get though! To be fair, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > games like he seems to be he'll soon be head-shotting everything in > sight and looking for more challenges... ?! I didn't intend to imply that if that's what you read... in the same way that beginners don't go skiing black pistes, I didn't find HL2 on hard to be easy (so *I* wouldn't say it's easy). I wasn't suggesting you were being condescending... some people play more FPS's than others! Civilian_Target >>> But I wouldn't say HL2 on hard is easy by any stretch of the >>> imagination, still took me a long time to get though! To be fair, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > hard to be easy (so *I* wouldn't say it's easy). I wasn't suggesting you > were being condescending... some people play more FPS's than others! Written comms are always susceptible to the moods of the reader unfortunately... I was taking a rest from deciding whether to throw up into a bucket or sit on it when I read that post :-) > I remember trying to play Deus Ex on hard and I just gave up half way > through, the enemies were too sharp and too hard to sneak past, and you > were too weak to stand and fight. > > Not to mention System Shock II, on medium that game had me beat! > Civilian_Target /wistfully/ Ah, the memories... Fine games, indeed. Actually, I "cheated" in System Shock II. I found a tip (tho' it was probably common knowledge amongst the more savvy gaming ranks) to edit one of the config files to minimize enemy respawning. That's always been a minor pet peeve of mine, but it was particularly annoying to me in SS II, for some reason I probably couldn't even explain if I tried. IIRC, you could also dial back another SS II annoyance: the damnable weapons degradation which caused your guns to wear out and break after a while. Wasn't thrilled with that particular gameplay dynamic, either. After all, if I wanted to do maintenance I'd turn the damn game off and go do my laundry, or wash the kitchen floor, or something, no? :-D With almost absolute certainty, we hereby testify that StreetMedic <zhyvaxxeSPAMMERJAMMER@Comcast.net> said: > IIRC, you could also dial back another SS II annoyance: the > damnable [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > :-D Or even... [WARNING! DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT!] | ...spend some time with family. | |_______________________________________________________________________ >> I remember trying to play Deus Ex on hard and I just gave up half way >> through, the enemies were too sharp and too hard to sneak past, and you [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > :-D The Configuration File... (SS2) Create a notepad document called "user.cfg". All the configuration variables listed in the readme should be added to the user.cfg (unless otherwise noted) exactly as written, each on a line of its own. Monster Spawning If you've killed everything in a given area, and you wait around long enough, you'll notice that more monsters are spawned to keep you busy. To minimize respawning, use the configuration variable: no_spawn Gun degradation The config variable: gun_degrade_rate <n> is a multiplier for the rate at which your weapons degrade. For example, to completely eliminate weapon degradation & breakage, set the value to 0. To tone it down, set it somewhere between 1 and 0. <g> Legion 'K Back to the wall for Manhacks and headshot everything with a head! On my first and second games in Easy, I wondered why there was so many health packs around that I never used. After playing more on Normal I understand that you really can't avoid taking more than a little damage. Now that I know that, it'll be easier to continue. Thanks all! Dave S. After playing H-L and HL2 through more times than I can count....ya look for ways to make it interesting :) Nightmare?! McG. > and here I was, thinkin' I'd play through on Normal after two turns on > Easy. I don't want to imagine what Hard is like. Some 'o you folks [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dave S. |
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