Half-Life 2, best opening of all time?

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KarishBHR

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Best opening 30 mins ever? I just got done, Im on the root canal save... this is unreal, I wanna keep playing but I must watch the Lions! This game is sick, the graphics are nuts!!!
 
The announcer in the opening did it for me. Welcome to City17. It's safer here. You have chosen, or been chosen?
 
Half-Life has a brilliant opening and the game only gets better as you progress. Half-Life 2 easily goes down as one of the best games of all-time.
 
The opening is really great. I was actually expecting a slightly longer train ride that gave you a wider view of the city coming in, but the pacing is better the way they have it. What's cool is if you noclip (I've already beaten the game so I'm basically fucking around now) you can see the black mesa test chamber and citadel outside of the regular map area. Even the elaborate stuff is done entirely in real time.
 
Does anyone have MP3s of the intro? Like the from GMan and the opening announcer etc. I didn't listen to all of it the first time.
 
actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.

i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.

OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!

its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.

damn this game sucks.

peace
 
first two hours are just amazing.

its had such an effect I cant even be bothered to complete halo 2 anymore ! :lol
 
Fixed2BeBroken said:
actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.

i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.

OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!

its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.

damn this game sucks.

peace
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:lol
 
Mooreberg said:
The opening is really great. I was actually expecting a slightly longer train ride that gave you a wider view of the city coming in, but the pacing is better the way they have it. What's cool is if you noclip (I've already beaten the game so I'm basically fucking around now) you can see the black mesa test chamber and citadel outside of the regular map area. Even the elaborate stuff is done entirely in real time.
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If you read Rasing the Bar it shows an altrenative opening. It seems closer to the first HLby showing different parts of City 17. I'm happy how it is now though, HL opening became tedious after awhile. BTW, you can see half of Breen's body in noclip during the opening.
 
Fixed2BeBroken said:
actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.

i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.

OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!

its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.

damn this game sucks.

peace
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wtf?
 
CrimsonSkies said:
The game is great, but I didn't like the opening. I was a bit lost as to what was going on.
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That's the intention. :P

I agree the intro is great. Actually I think the whole curve the game puts you on until it goes full force is fantastic.
 
i'm sure the intro train ride was considerably shortened to throw everyone's expectations off. i was surprised, anyway.

the ride in chapter 13 makes up for it.

the original intro, detailed in raising the bar, is much more explicit in explaining what happened to earth after half-life 1. i prefer the final version, as you can dig for clues throughout the game, but the picture is never entirely clear.
 
I spent the first hour and a half of the game listing to the administrator and just admiring the view... really nice art direction.

Oh and just dinking around witht eh physics engine which is unmatched in games today.
 
Fixed2BeBroken said:
actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.

i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.

OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!

its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.

damn this game sucks.

peace
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This could quite possibly be the worst troll ever.
 
Fixed2BeBroken said:
actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.

i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.

OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!

its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.

damn this game sucks.

peace
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what
 
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Fixed2BeBroken said:
actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.

i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.

OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!

its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.

damn this game sucks.

peace
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:lol
 
Actually, you're wrong. The first hour or so (anything before and including the hovercraft) is boring filler crap. Valve really should have cut out the hovercraft because it's just boring as hell. The game AFTER that point, though, is stunning. Half Life 2 is one of my all time favourite games. The last few hours are amazing.
 
Fixed2BeBroken said:
i also hate how they have a complete rip off of the wartog in halo 2 on the first level of half life 2.
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I must have missed that part.

God's Hand said:
Actually, you're wrong. The first hour or so (anything before and including the hovercraft) is boring filler crap. Valve really should have cut out the hovercraft because it's just boring as hell.
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Although I disagree that the hovercraft part was "boring as hell," I do think it went on for a little too long.
 
Hovercraft seemed only ok, but....it's just the feel of the game. When you're outside and that recorded voice is going off and you're in some empty area outside the sewers...fucking christ, there's a bunch of science fiction conventions going on but it's one of the most real environments in a game. It's creepy and exhilirating.
 
"actually id say munch's oddysse has a much better opening.
i dont see how half life 2 is a good game.
OH WE GIVE U A GRAVITY GUN SO NO aMMO FOR YOU!
its pretty boring. the controls dont work right either. it says left mouse button to shoot, but when i click it my character jumps.
damn this game sucks.
peace"

you owe me a new keyboard!

very funny.
 
God's Hand said:
Actually, you're wrong. The first hour or so (anything before and including the hovercraft) is boring filler crap. Valve really should have cut out the hovercraft because it's just boring as hell. The game AFTER that point, though, is stunning. Half Life 2 is one of my all time favourite games. The last few hours are amazing.
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What what, that part of the game was golden. Traversing the canal in high speed with the collapsing chimney and various chopper chases was ace.
 
To be perfectly honest, I think part of the reason the Half-Life 2 opening was so good for me was the reunion feeling you get meeting up with Barney and the two scientists from Black Mesa. They did well to establish a link with the first game but also creating a world that's entirely new and unique to the first game.
 
The Shadow said:
To be perfectly honest, I think part of the reason the Half-Life 2 opening was so good for me was the reunion feeling you get meeting up with Barney and the two scientists from Black Mesa. They did well to establish a link with the first game but also creating a world that's entirely new and unique to the first game.
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Yet another reason why everyone should play HL1 before HL2. :D
 
Mooreberg said:
The opening is really great. I was actually expecting a slightly longer train ride that gave you a wider view of the city coming in, but the pacing is better the way they have it. What's cool is if you noclip (I've already beaten the game so I'm basically fucking around now) you can see the black mesa test chamber and citadel outside of the regular map area. Even the elaborate stuff is done entirely in real time.
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spoilers next time you jerk.
 
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