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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / October 2003Get a taste of Half-Life 2 with Max Payne 2.
The Havoc Physics Engine is used to great effect in this game and provides a taste of what will be coming with Half-Life 2. Getting into a "Bullet Time" firefight with multiple baddies in a room full of breakable and movable object is a sight to behold. It is a little something to hold us over until HL2 comes out.  Signature________________________________ James A. Cooley Learn all about Texas politics: www.lonestarreport.org >The Havoc Physics Engine is used to great effect in this game and provides a >taste of what will be coming with Half-Life 2. Getting into a "Bullet Time" >firefight with multiple baddies in a room full of breakable and movable >object is a sight to behold. > >It is a little something to hold us over until HL2 comes out. True, true. It is very good indeed. A bit too similar to the first one and way too short to warrant full price, though. IMO. ----- Anders "Roshin" Simonsson http://hemsida.semera.se/xav2557 Happy, happy, happy... All the f.cking time. > >The Havoc Physics Engine is used to great effect in this game and provides a > >taste of what will be coming with Half-Life 2. Getting into a "Bullet Time" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > True, true. It is very good indeed. A bit too similar to the first one > and way too short to warrant full price, though. SNIP I was not bothered too much by the length, probably due to the intesity of the gaming experiance. I also guestimate that it takes me around 14-16 hours in total to get through. But then, i look around, plan attacks, let my bullet time recharge, etc., so I may take longer that is typical. The people that are claiming to cruise through it in four hours remind me of the old "par" times in Doom -- where you simply run as fast as you can through the whole level. I never ever got close to par! I also got the game on sale at Fry's for $33.95 or so. My advice to anyone wht buys games is to look for a sale. NEVER pay full price, if you can help it. >I was not bothered too much by the length, probably due to the intesity of >the gaming experiance. A friend of mine finished it in just over 6 hours, but he does admittedly have mad skillz. >I also guestimate that it takes me around 14-16 hours >in total to get through. I think it will take longer than that before HL2 is released... ;) ----- Anders "Roshin" Simonsson http://hemsida.semera.se/xav2557 Happy, happy, happy... All the f.cking time. Anders Simonsson proclaimed... > A friend of mine finished it in just over 6 hours, but he does > admittedly have mad skillz. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I think it will take longer than that before HL2 is released... ;) I just finished it again myself. Oh, and yes, Xen is annoying. Mind the baby was a lot easier than I remember. Took my about a week, about 6 sittings of about 3 hours I'd guess. SignatureEmail - scott @ stri dot tk Site - www.stri.tk Forum - www.stri-forum.tk -- Strider, denizen of the blue nowhere... > The people that are claiming to cruise through it in four hours remind me of > the old "par" times in Doom -- where you simply run as fast as you can > through the whole level. I never ever got close to par! Yeah, I don't even know why anyone would play a game like that. I have a buddy who just whizzes through levels as fast as he can, completely reactionary. He's good at it, but it's really the "deathmatch style" of play. Then he complains the game is too short. ;) I think when you're playing a single-player experience, you should take your time and explore. There's no hurry, and you don't get points for speed. There's a lot to be said for being cautious in any FPS game, because it's the best way to preserve your health and armor. It's a totally different style than multi-player, where preserving your health isn't as important (and is generally a futile exercise anyway). Mike > > The people that are claiming to cruise through it in four hours remind me > of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > reactionary. He's good at it, but it's really the "deathmatch style" of > play. Then he complains the game is too short. ;) Sounds like the Quake Done Quick video I saw way back when. Quake2 Start to finish... 12 minutes. http://www.planetquake.com/qdq/ SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Pinger Phat Clan: http://phats.clanpages.com Reply Email: jeff (at) tibben (dot) ca > I think when you're playing a single-player experience, you should take your > time and explore. There's no hurry, and you don't get points for speed. > There's a lot to be said for being cautious in any FPS game, because it's > the best way to preserve your health and armor. It's a totally different > style than multi-player, where preserving your health isn't as important > (and is generally a futile exercise anyway). When you've played a game several times, why not try to get through it as fast as you can? Adds a new challenge to it when you know it all the way through. To me, it's on par with a crowbar run. You should try it sometime. -- David davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com > > I think when you're playing a single-player experience, you should take > your [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > fast as you can? Adds a new challenge to it when you know it all the way > through. To me, it's on par with a crowbar run. You should try it sometime. True, and I can't say I haven't gone back to an old game and "ran" through it. I guess I didn't realize that was an actual activity people do (see Quake Done Quick link in other response). Cool. :) Mike > The Havoc Physics Engine is used to great effect in this game and provides a > taste of what will be coming with Half-Life 2. Getting into a "Bullet Time" > firefight with multiple baddies in a room full of breakable and movable > object is a sight to behold. > > It is a little something to hold us over until HL2 comes out. Does MP2 have a first person view? If not, I'll pass. > > The Havoc Physics Engine is used to great effect in this game and provides > a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > Does MP2 have a first person view? If not, I'll pass. You *did* play MP1, didn't you? 3rd person view is the whole point of the experience. ___ Neil AKA HighVis Neil Jones proclaimed... > You *did* play MP1, didn't you? 3rd person view is the whole point of > the experience. Well I agree. Mind, 3rd person is going through some what of a renaissance at the minute what with Max Payne and Jedi Knight, no harm in giving the user an opinion I guess... SignatureEmail - scott @ stri dot tk Site - www.stri.tk Forum - www.stri-forum.tk -- Strider, denizen of the blue nowhere... > Neil Jones proclaimed... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > renaissance at the minute what with Max Payne and Jedi Knight, no harm > in giving the user an opinion I guess... SNIP The irony here is that I skipped Max Payne when it first came out because I didn't want to play a game that wasn't viewed in first-person perspective. Now I may have to find a cheap copy to get all the back-story for Max Payne 2. I guess it was light saber battling in Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy that convinced me to try an over-the-shoulder viewpoint. For Max Payne 2 you just can't appreciate the coolness of bullet time and the Havoc physics engine unless you can see it from third person. Doing a shootout and speed reload in a room full of bad guys and breakable/movable objects is simply like being in an action movie. James A. Cooley proclaimed... > The irony here is that I skipped Max Payne when it first came out because I > didn't want to play a game that wasn't viewed in first-person perspective. > Now I may have to find a cheap copy to get all the back-story for Max Payne > 2. Well Max Payne is a good game in it's own right and well worth a few quid but you needn't buy it for the back story, Maxy Payne 2 stands up on it's own. > I guess it was light saber battling in Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy that > convinced me to try an over-the-shoulder viewpoint. For Max Payne 2 you just > can't appreciate the coolness of bullet time and the Havoc physics engine > unless you can see it from third person. Doing a shootout and speed reload > in a room full of bad guys and breakable/movable objects is simply like > being in an action movie. Some friends of mine (who are big tarts) and don't play fps used to sit and watch me play half-life whilst doing whatever they were doing at LAN's if the LAN options used to break down. They used to say how much it was like watching a movie. And that was 3-4 years ago. SignatureEmail - scott @ stri dot tk Site - www.stri.tk Forum - www.stri-forum.tk -- Strider, denizen of the blue nowhere... James A. Cooley proclaimed... > The Havoc Physics Engine is used to great effect in this game and provides a > taste of what will be coming with Half-Life 2. Getting into a "Bullet Time" > firefight with multiple baddies in a room full of breakable and movable > object is a sight to behold. > > It is a little something to hold us over until HL2 comes out. Yes but will it let me stick my tongue down Carrie-anne moss's throat? SignatureEmail - scott @ stri dot tk Site - www.stri.tk Forum - www.stri-forum.tk -- Strider, denizen of the blue nowhere... > James A. Cooley proclaimed... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Yes but will it let me stick my tongue down Carrie-anne moss's throat? Nope.... but you can play as a nude (and very fit) Mona. Nice. Shawk. Shawk proclaimed... > Nope.... but you can play as a nude (and very fit) Mona. Nice. Shawk. Hmm, that's not really the same. SignatureEmail - scott @ stri dot tk Site - www.stri.tk Forum - www.stri-forum.tk -- Strider, denizen of the blue nowhere... > Shawk proclaimed... > > > Nope.... but you can play as a nude (and very fit) Mona. Nice. Shawk. > > Hmm, that's not really the same. I know....sigh. > James A. Cooley proclaimed... > > It is a little something to hold us over until HL2 comes out. > > Yes but will it let me stick my tongue down Carrie-anne moss's throat? HL2 is going to let you do that? Cool.... ___ Neil AKA HighVis |
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