Comments on: Wake Up, Mr. Freeman http://www.aelon.net/2004/11/wake-up-mr-freeman/ Random babblings from a few digitally inclined people Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:33:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: intelli http://www.aelon.net/2004/11/wake-up-mr-freeman/#comment-372 Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:07:57 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/11/wake-up-mr-freeman/#comment-372 Urgh, mentioning vorsprungdurchtechnik* fps games such as Far Cry in the same sentence as Half Life is borderline heresy. I'm coming home to HL2 tomorrow, so here's an interesting email from my frankly awesome father: " Finished Half Life 2 yesterday - Game of the Year? Yep. Better than the original? Yep. Better than Deus Ex? Mmmmm. It's got so many great ideas that it comes close to being "Best Game Ever" material - much of the design is staggering and there has never been a game with so many different ways to dispose of your enemies - ever thought of killing a Zombie with a bed? But you'll get bored to tears by one section near the beginning and be so pissed off over the load times and the stupid installation process that you might just forget what a good game it is. The new multi player mode is a laugh though so I might forgive them." *There's something about German games, be it Generic FPS Clone 4, Generic Cutesy Strategy Game 1693AD or Generic Forgotten Realms Clone, especially compared to their crazy French and Belgian cousins, who never cease to amuse me with their Outcasts and their Little Big Adventures. Urgh, mentioning vorsprungdurchtechnik* fps games such as Far Cry in the same sentence as Half Life is borderline heresy.

I’m coming home to HL2 tomorrow, so here’s an interesting email from my frankly awesome father:

”
Finished Half Life 2 yesterday - Game of the Year? Yep. Better than the
original? Yep. Better than Deus Ex? Mmmmm. It’s got so many great ideas
that it comes close to being “Best Game Ever” material - much of the
design is staggering and there has never been a game with so many
different ways to dispose of your enemies - ever thought of killing a
Zombie with a bed? But you’ll get bored to tears by one section near the
beginning and be so pissed off over the load times and the stupid
installation process that you might just forget what a good game it is.
The new multi player mode is a laugh though so I might forgive them.”

*There’s something about German games, be it Generic FPS Clone 4, Generic Cutesy Strategy Game 1693AD or Generic Forgotten Realms Clone, especially compared to their crazy French and Belgian cousins, who never cease to amuse me with their Outcasts and their Little Big Adventures.

]]> by: Cyrris http://www.aelon.net/2004/11/wake-up-mr-freeman/#comment-329 Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:26:19 +0000 http://www.aelon.net/2004/11/wake-up-mr-freeman/#comment-329 I've only played the first couple of minutes, as I'm currently in exam period, but despite the poor framerates I sometimes experienced, the train station alone impressed me. Being able to listen to a couple of guys talking as they survey the combine soldiers a few metres away behind the fence, throwing bottles and what not. This could well be the first singleplayer FPS I'll actually finish, if it stays this gripping. The first Half-Life, Far Cry, and infact any other FPS just didn't do it for me unless I was playing multiplayer. I’ve only played the first couple of minutes, as I’m currently in exam period, but despite the poor framerates I sometimes experienced, the train station alone impressed me. Being able to listen to a couple of guys talking as they survey the combine soldiers a few metres away behind the fence, throwing bottles and what not. This could well be the first singleplayer FPS I’ll actually finish, if it stays this gripping.

The first Half-Life, Far Cry, and infact any other FPS just didn’t do it for me unless I was playing multiplayer.

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