Episode 2 = Stupid. - Page 2

SoBe Green · 10-21-2007, 07:38 PM

Yes I've read that way back when Episode One was the only one out. If you want to tell me HL3 will not be one day released I'll laugh and when HL3 does come out I'll be right. Until then you can't prove or disprove that.

The only way it becomes 100% true is if Episode 3 ends the Half-Life storyline.

Credge · 10-21-2007, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SoBe Green

The only way it becomes 100% true is if Episode 3 ends the Half-Life storyline.

I bet they'll pull an M. Night Shamalan on everyone and when you think it's over they'll say the G-Man is actually a tentacle monster and you have to fight him using your newly aquired DBZ moves.

GeoKill-----> · 10-21-2007, 07:58 PM

So where's the Gnome in Hl2 Ep. 2?

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Found him

CatzEyes93 · 10-23-2007, 02:52 PM

anyone else attempting the gnome thing? I am attempting it, but I am starting to quake in my boots cuz of the car thing.

Also, I just had to restart the game again cuz I missed 9 of the 333 grubs. how the hell am I gonna know if I missed one... the place is so huge?

BinaryLife · 10-23-2007, 03:22 PM

Catz, you can play it multiple times. I just played through once so far and to get the rest you can just go back and start a new game/restart a level.

Dr.Uudge · 10-23-2007, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ginger Lord

I thought it was pretty much obvious that being the middle episode it would never have a clear beginning and end?

Valve has been getting off the norm train a lot lately.

Often times, aren't the middle episodes used to get in-depth information about the plot and characters? I thought thats how books/magazine-newspaper short stories/novels/comics/tv episodes/mini movie series/6+ hours movie ala matrix, normally approached mid episodes: to provide depth and flesh everything out?

CatzEyes93 · 10-23-2007, 08:39 PM

Well... I went back to the beginning of the mines where all those grubs are, and my ratio reset from 324/333 back to 0/333. So I guess I will want to play that part over and over and over till I finally complete the grub challenge by getting all 333. Once I complete it though, is it hard locked? can I then go back yet again to the beginning of the mines again without loosing the 333 challenge?

Lost · 10-24-2007, 12:02 AM

I missed 10.

CatzEyes93 · 10-24-2007, 03:02 PM

On the steam forums there is a wonderful post that details how many grubs are in what section. I would link you to it but the steam forums are blocked to me here at work. Go look for it though and you will find it. I am using it as a guage. One grub was hiding in a locker at the beginning of the area. BAH! that was a dirty trick!

Oh... and it looks like once you complete a challenge and you have it locked in, it wont erase simply by going back and redoing the game from the beginning. :whew!: I was unsure up till last night. However anything that was not completed yet WILL get reverted back. Example, I went back to work on my grubbing again, and my "kill by throwing things at your enemies" went from 25 of 30 back to 3 of 30.

BinaryLife · 10-24-2007, 03:31 PM

Does anyone find the achievements that are realllllly simple a little bit of an insult? Like, "survive the hunter attack"

I mean, you kind of HAVE to survive the hunter attack in order to finish the game. You don't really have a choice unless you just give up and stop playing when you see them. There are a lot of these.

10-24-2007, 04:35 PM

Yeah a lot of the achievements are like that, where it's something that's part of the story and you get it automatically. I definitely don't think Episode 2 was pointless, closing that portal was pretty important. I missed 2 damn grubs on my first run through.

CatzEyes93 · 10-24-2007, 09:44 PM

One is in the locker at the beginning of when you first start to deal with grubs, and the last one is hiding behind a wooden wall (that a big bad antlion mommy tries to break through) just after you alyx and the vort leave the mine shafts.

barronofhellion · 10-25-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Credge

That math doesn't make sense.

well i think you guys are all wrong
h1 = great game worth money spent
hl2 = great game worth money spent
hl2: ep1 & ep2 = not worth money spent = all models and most textures already reused from hl2 so = no effort on product produced = paying for extra maps with no plot and bad acting

BinaryLife · 10-25-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by barronofhellion

well i think you guys are all wrong
h1 = great game worth money spent
hl2 = great game worth money spent
hl2: ep1 & ep2 = not worth money spent = all models and most textures already reused from hl2 so = no effort on product produced = paying for extra maps with no plot and bad acting

How you can say that all your paying for is extra maps with no plot.

There is in fact a plot. There is also a storyline, and a premise which is independant from HL2 and Ep1.

There are also, in fact, new textures, lighting effects, shadow effects, and other other graphical abilities that were not in the original game.

That's not opinion by the way, those points are solid, true, facts. So to ignore them is like ignoring the ground. To say they are not true, is wrong. You're either lying or indredibly stupid. Anyone can have acess to these facts simply by opening their eyes and reading. Or just looking at the damn game while you play. Soft shadows, self shadows multiple light sources, I mean come on they're everywhere.

I'm not trying to be rude, but I see this argument all the time. You've got every right to your opinion, but don't make up truths to justify it. Tell us what it's really based on. Because if you're saying that the only reason you don't think it's worth the money is because "all your paying for is new maps" then you've gotta rethink that, and change it, because it's just flat out factualy not true.

barronofhellion · 10-25-2007, 02:57 PM

mm how much dev work have you done ?

Nuk3m · 10-25-2007, 03:51 PM

Half-Life has a player cound of 1600 for deathmatch, want to see old graphics? play that lol. brings back tons of memories on gasworks.

Surrealistik · 10-27-2007, 01:48 PM

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IN SUMMARY, THEY RUINED THE COMBINE'S SHIT. SOME BLACK GUY DIED AND THEN BOOOM, EPISODE 3.

True say.

SoBe Green · 10-27-2007, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by BinaryLife

Does anyone find the achievements that are realllllly simple a little bit of an insult? Like, "survive the hunter attack"

I mean, you kind of HAVE to survive the hunter attack in order to finish the game. You don't really have a choice unless you just give up and stop playing when you see them. There are a lot of these.

Nah they are there for bragging rights. By looking at those you can see if a person has completed that part of the game or not. More "bookmarks" than achievements or thats how I see them.

Surrealistik · 10-27-2007, 04:27 PM

Lol. What's worse is the 'acid reflux' so called 'achievement'. Kill an antlion worker. Hilarious.

BinaryLife · 10-27-2007, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Surrealistik

Lol. What's worse is the 'acid reflux' so called 'achievement'. Kill an antlion worker. Hilarious.

Too many of them are laughable. They may as well give you an achievement every 20 seconds for not dying.

10-21-2007, 07:58 PM	#23
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10-23-2007, 02:52 PM	#24
CatzEyes93 Black Mesa Voice Actor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	anyone else attempting the gnome thing? I am attempting it, but I am starting to quake in my boots cuz of the car thing. Also, I just had to restart the game again cuz I missed 9 of the 333 grubs. how the hell am I gonna know if I missed one... the place is so huge? __________________ ___________________ Random Thoughts Only CatzEyes93.com

10-23-2007, 08:39 PM	#27
CatzEyes93 Black Mesa Voice Actor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	Well... I went back to the beginning of the mines where all those grubs are, and my ratio reset from 324/333 back to 0/333. So I guess I will want to play that part over and over and over till I finally complete the grub challenge by getting all 333. Once I complete it though, is it hard locked? can I then go back yet again to the beginning of the mines again without loosing the 333 challenge? __________________ ___________________ Random Thoughts Only CatzEyes93.com

10-24-2007, 12:02 AM	#28
Lost Fear teh crowbar. Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oklahoma Gametype: CTF ftw, yeh Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	I missed 10. __________________ Do what you want cuz a pirate is free! You are a pirate!

10-24-2007, 03:02 PM	#29
CatzEyes93 Black Mesa Voice Actor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	On the steam forums there is a wonderful post that details how many grubs are in what section. I would link you to it but the steam forums are blocked to me here at work. Go look for it though and you will find it. I am using it as a guage. One grub was hiding in a locker at the beginning of the area. BAH! that was a dirty trick! Oh... and it looks like once you complete a challenge and you have it locked in, it wont erase simply by going back and redoing the game from the beginning. :whew!: I was unsure up till last night. However anything that was not completed yet WILL get reverted back. Example, I went back to work on my grubbing again, and my "kill by throwing things at your enemies" went from 25 of 30 back to 3 of 30. __________________ ___________________ Random Thoughts Only CatzEyes93.com

10-21-2007, 07:38 PM	#21
SoBe Green SoBe Yourself Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Russellville, AR Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Yes I've read that way back when Episode One was the only one out. If you want to tell me HL3 will not be one day released I'll laugh and when HL3 does come out I'll be right. Until then you can't prove or disprove that. The only way it becomes 100% true is if Episode 3 ends the Half-Life storyline.

10-23-2007, 03:22 PM	#25
BinaryLife Posts: 1 bajillion D&A Member Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Gametype: CTF Posts Rated Helpful 5 Times	Catz, you can play it multiple times. I just played through once so far and to get the rest you can just go back and start a new game/restart a level.

10-24-2007, 03:31 PM	#30
BinaryLife Posts: 1 bajillion D&A Member Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Gametype: CTF Posts Rated Helpful 5 Times	Does anyone find the achievements that are realllllly simple a little bit of an insult? Like, "survive the hunter attack" I mean, you kind of HAVE to survive the hunter attack in order to finish the game. You don't really have a choice unless you just give up and stop playing when you see them. There are a lot of these.

10-24-2007, 04:35 PM	#31
Tranquil Guest Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Yeah a lot of the achievements are like that, where it's something that's part of the story and you get it automatically. I definitely don't think Episode 2 was pointless, closing that portal was pretty important. I missed 2 damn grubs on my first run through.

10-24-2007, 09:44 PM	#32
CatzEyes93 Black Mesa Voice Actor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	One is in the locker at the beginning of when you first start to deal with grubs, and the last one is hiding behind a wooden wall (that a big bad antlion mommy tries to break through) just after you alyx and the vort leave the mine shafts. __________________ ___________________ Random Thoughts Only CatzEyes93.com

10-25-2007, 02:57 PM	#35
barronofhellion Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	mm how much dev work have you done ?

10-25-2007, 03:51 PM	#36
Nuk3m Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA! Class/Position: Scout / Offense Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: :e0: Founder Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Half-Life has a player cound of 1600 for deathmatch, want to see old graphics? play that lol. brings back tons of memories on gasworks.

10-27-2007, 04:27 PM	#39
Surrealistik Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Lol. What's worse is the 'acid reflux' so called 'achievement'. Kill an antlion worker. Hilarious.

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