I don't like Half Life :C

[FernandoV]

None of the people in this thread are special flowers.(/jk) Everyone hates/loves different things.

Thread contribution: I did not enjoy Half Life 2, I found the game play to be boring and the story wasn't enough to pull me in. I also had a lot of trouble finding ammo and ended up using the crowbar most of the time.

I don't care for the "realistic" FPSs like the Call of Duty series. It think they glorify war and violence in a way that I find distasteful. I don't get the same feeling from more cartoony games like TF2.

I think there's a place for games like these if the material is treated well, I just don't enjoy them.

I've been thinking about this recently too. There's so much violence in the world and it's become a medium within itself for enjoyment. Not to say I'm some hippie, but you'd think by now considering all of our advancements, that our society wouldn't be promoting it to the extent it does.

I don't think we'll ever advance past war ^.^ It's always been a part of the human experience.

 

[Rooster893]

Meh, RPGs could have done better in my department, but they never interest me.

 

[thatstheguy]

Yeah. I'm one of those rare, rare, rare individuals who just doesn't get the hype around the Half Life games.

It's funny because of the amount of threads the Escapist gets daily on this subject makes me believe 99.9% of the Escapist hates Half-Life.

You are nothing special my good man. Apologies. D:

 

[Ekonk]

* FAN BOYS DO NOT READ*
I played HF2 (the orange box) Having not played the first one I was hoping the game wood recap me on the story so far, but it didn't. So begun the most boring game start ever to which I said "please tell me what the fuck is going on" At the start their was this police guy checking people in a line, "ok, my turn now" I thought but as soon as I walk near him he starts bashing my head in with an lightning baton, 30 minutes later I discover I was meant to run past him thanks for the help there half life.

later on after teleporting out the dam window I began being chased by people who I think are the police who are likely working for some evil corporation. After a while I get my hands on a pistol which I yelled "finally!" BUT as soon as I aim at someone I noticed that the cross hairs were bloody useless then ... well I had enough by then and found starring at the wall more fun.

All and all confusing as hell to a noob like me getting lost every 3 minutes and getting shot at by things I cant seem to find, BUT I might still go back to it after I finish with my plate of games at the minute so I will attack the rest of half life after shadow of the colossus
playstation 3 version coming out soon.

There is no evil corporation, they are working for an alien race (or a coalition of assimilated and weaponized races, really) that is attempting to turn earth into a police state while they suck out our resources. The people work for them or even get themselves brainwashed in return for food or even the right for procreation.

With Half-Life the story isn't dished out for you like in, say, Mass Effect, you'll have to examine your surroundings and draw your own conclusions. With old newspaper clippings all over the place saying EARTH SURRENDERS, etc it's not really that subtle, but I do think it's one of the best ways to tell a story ever. But it evidently isn't for everyone.

 

[Katana314]

I just couldn't stand Super Meat Boy. I love the soundtrack, but the game itself is nothing but frustrating.

 

[Blitzwarp]

Yeah. I'm one of those rare, rare, rare individuals who just doesn't get the hype around the Half Life games.

It's funny because of the amount of threads the Escapist gets daily on this subject makes me believe 99.9% of the Escapist hates Half-Life.

You are nothing special my good man. Apologies. D:

Ach, sorry dude. Guess I haven't been around long enough to see the spamming of threads. :C

(Also I'm a girl. x_x)

 

[loc978]

Too many to list, though I'm with you on choices of late-90s shooters.

For a pertinent example, though... I dislike every online FPS I've tried since Unreal Tournament and its million mods became less than insanely popular.

 

[run_forrest_run]

Loved Half life, hated Half Life 2. Archaic shooting, terrible vehicle sections and a story that went nowhere although I admittedly didn't finish it.
Bioshock 2 is one of the worst games I've ever played. It failed at every single aspect the original succeeded in.
Black Ops campaign is utter bullshit. There's no variety, it's just all shooting all the time.

Those three games almost made me fall asleep during them.

 

[AetherWolf]

Final Fantasy X, Fallout 3, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (though apparently the sequel is way better, so I might need to sit through this frustrating piece of junk), the Persona games, Disgaea, and, I can't believe I'm saying this knowing how much of a DC fangirl I am... Batman: Arkham Asylum. I dunno why exactly. It just didn't "click" with me, I guess. It's a good game and all, just not LIEK SUPER DUPER GOTY BEST GAME THIS GENERATION.

 

[Shotzey]

Half-Life: Not that I find it bad, just not "Z0mg best gameh EVAH!!!!"

Call of Duty after WaW, Played MW2 for a few months just to play with friends and found out I reaallly hate it. Black Ops is no better.

Mass Effect: Visiting planets and generally ignoring most of my crew while fighting with same-y weapons against same-y enemies. I played for close to 8 hours without having fun only to find out that apparently the endgame is what makes it good. Endgame =\= 50= hours of boredom. The sequel also made it too, shooterish for my liking.

 

[ultrachicken]

I love how everyone is saying Call of Duty, as if they were being original. Pretty much everyone on this site hates Call of Duty.

OT: I dislike the vast majority of Valve's games. The only one that I find tolerable is TF2, but valve's servers don't seem to work whenever I try to use them.

 

[Marik Bentusi]

Lots of stuff, but if I had to take a pick, I'd probably say Bioware's writing. Especially the romance. Oh god, the horrible romance.

 

[Lexodus]

Any turn based combat is about as immersive as pong.

Have you tried Fire Emblem?

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

For me it would probably be the total war series. I just don't get it, and I don't understand why it has such a huge following. There's so many better rts's.

 

[Penguinness]

Yup, I don't like Half-life, nor Bioshock. Infact I'm not that keen on Super Smash Bros, though I did used to love the N64 version.

 

[Magicman10893]

I never really got into Bioshock. The game just got annoying and boring to me.

 

[thatstheguy]

Yeah. I'm one of those rare, rare, rare individuals who just doesn't get the hype around the Half Life games.

It's funny because of the amount of threads the Escapist gets daily on this subject makes me believe 99.9% of the Escapist hates Half-Life.

You are nothing special my good man. Apologies. D:

Ach, sorry dude. Guess I haven't been around long enough to see the spamming of threads. :C

(Also I'm a girl. x_x)

Oh. Um, good woman?

Anyway, yeah kinda sounded like a dick in the OP, but then again I'm pretty much the stubborn old man of the Escapist.

 

[00slash00]

i dont know how far into the story you got, but it really doesnt come together until late in the game. the first one, you dont even really know whats going on, until near the end of the game. but when i did learn who i was and what was going on, it was a big moment. if you arent a d&d fan then it might be more difficult to get into the games. i love d&d and baldurs gate 1 and 2 are not only two of my favorite rpgs, they are two of my favorite games.

oh and ps-it makes me happy to see someone who appreciates the awesome that was fallout 1 and 2 (though i thought fallout 1 was by far the best of the series

Like I said, the game really just didn't get me interested.. I don't know, maybe I'll give it another shot I didn't play it for more then I dunno 3... 4 hours maybe, I know that's a very small amount of time to get in to a rpg I know that much but it just didn't grasp my attention for some reason, it bored me really.. I don't know how to explain it.

As far as being a fan of d&d, well... I'm not a fan of the pen&paper d&d since I never even tried it for whatever reasons, but I do like crpgs that feature the d&d and ad&d system, in fact most of my favorites use them KotOR 1&2, NWN 1&2( for the first nwn didn't like the campaign at all but the gameplay was solid and the great amounts of quality mods really made it one of the games that I always have installed ), The Temple of Elemental Evil, etc.

the temple of elemental evil is a good example. its pretty much a pen and paper d&d game, in video game form. baldurs gate isnt for everyone but if you only play for 4 hours, i dont think youre going to have a different opinion. i thought it had a fantastic story and i loved the gameplay, but i do think it was meant for fans of pen and paper rpgs

 

[Asuka Soryu]

I don't like the colour grey.

 

[WOPR]

Ummm... so what do you like?

I really hate that question... it's so sterotypical...

here's a list of the games I've been playing a lot of recently

Killer Instinct
Marvel vs Capcom 3
Magicka
TF2
Monday Night Combat
Armored Core 4
KotOR 1+2
StarCraft 2
No More Heroes (I'm still not bored with it!)
Monster Lab
and I actually picked up Crazy Taxi and Resident Evil 2 on my Dreamcast recently

and a lot of online Flash games
namely RPG/RTS ones