"The Freeman Returns" with The Official Orange Box Thread
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Hitler Stole My Potato
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bengraven said:
1) The framerate is fine to the point where it's not even an issue. It's like a completely different world compared to the original Xbox1 port. Graphically, HL2 on the 360 is a mixed bag. The orginal game is showing its age and the textures could be a little sharper but with epsiode 1 Valve did their homework and visuals are substantially improved -textures, lighting, facial animation...you name it. Episode 2 is even better and infact it's downright gorgeous to look at. Seriously, there are moments in that game that are just stunning.
The loading (both in length and frequency) is on par with the PC version.
3) I haven't played TF2 since the patch but before that...um...yeah. Not that great. But again, Valve did release a patch that supposedly corrected alot of the lag issues.
bengraven said:
1) The framerate is really solid. I never noticed any slowdown during my 20+ hours of gameplay. And yes, it is indeed 'miles' ahead of the Xbox port, it's so good. It has a few low resolution textures here and there, but overall it looks great.
2) Pretty bad. Two out of the three matches I played today had lag to the point where it was unplayable. (moving all over the place, not shooting when you pull the right trigger, etc.)
ToyMachine228
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So seriously depending on how well The Orange Box sells on 360...Giving gamers HL2: Episode Three makes sense. And we're getting Left 4 Dead at some point...Deliver us Episode 3, Left 4 Dead, Portal 2, and CS or DoD: Source! Zomg full of win package two.
Oh and I have to comment on my love for the HL2 soundtrack. It's a lot different from other games and it really gets the atmosphere across and always gets your blood pumping. Great stuff.
Oh and I have to comment on my love for the HL2 soundtrack. It's a lot different from other games and it really gets the atmosphere across and always gets your blood pumping. Great stuff.
I bought the game on thursday. It is probably the best video game i have ever purchased. I finished portal and it was amazing, not what i expected at all. I also just finished half life 2 for the first time and it was so good. Way better then i ever expected. I would always hear pc gamers talk about how good it was and how halo always overshadows it, but this is way better then halo campaign. The characters are so good. i cant stop playing it.
Haha, I just finished Portal! This package just keeps on giving! How wrong I was about this game. Credits made the game, I don't know if thats even possible 
This was just right amount of portal making goodness. If the game would have been 6 hours, I think it would have gotten boring... maybe
This was just right amount of portal making goodness. If the game would have been 6 hours, I think it would have gotten boring... maybe
Ninja Scooter
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the Team Fortress lag issues seem to have been worked out. I played some last night and again today and had no problems whatsoever. Now that i played it its a blast. Just wish there was a bit more variety to the maps. Maybe a map pack down the road?
I'm playing through the entire Half-Life series right now, so far I finished HL1 Source, Opposing Forces, and Blue Shift. Gearbox did a pretty damn good job, especially with OF. I also enjoy all the little touches from HL1 like seeing Gordon riding by in the tram, or seeing him being dragged off by the 2 soldiers in Blue Shift. I hope we see another game with Adrian Shephard one day, the forgotten Half-Life hero.
Now time to replay HL2!
Now time to replay HL2!
Oni Link 666
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Has anyone done the "Little Rocket Man" achievement in Ep2? You gotta get the lawn gnome from the beginning of the game onto the rocket.
FrenchMovieTheme
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i just got through ravenholm, how are into the game am i? that damn level was survival horror! kept running out of bullets and those monsters who throw the super head leeches are bullshit. if they bite you, you die!? come on!
FrenchMovieTheme said:
You're about a third in.
You have to utilize your environment (read: the gravity gun) quite a bit. I had no trouble with bullet management in that level.
But yeah, those venom headcrab/zombies were ridiculously annoying. Be sure to maintain plenty of space between you and it.
FrenchMovieTheme
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well i beat the level but i died a few times and it was tough. also it took me about 10 mins to figure out how to flip that car on highway 17 :lol
WHOAguitarninja
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FrenchMovieTheme said:
No...if they bite you you go down to 1 health from a neuro toxin and quickly regenerate as your suit heals you. They're not nearly as unforgiving as it seems, since you never have to fight anybody with projectile weapons when you see one of those things.
Davidion said:
I think they're supposed to be high energy strings. HL2 came out around the time that string theory was gaining some mainstream notoriety(Mossman even gave a little quip about how their teleportation worked that sounded like it was right out of The Elegant Universe). Also, they're the same as what are shot from the combine rifle and the image for the alternate fire looks like a tiny little loop of string. So....
Nizz
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Tony Todd FTMFW. Also, I remarked earlier in the thread that while playing Episode 2, there was a part where the frame rate chugged a bitMojovonio said:
during the Strider attack on the rocket where you have to take them out with the Strider busters
ToyMachine228
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Just finished Episode Two. So now I've finished HL2, Episode One, and Episode Two consecutively. Through the first few hours of HL2 I wasn't enjoying myself that much but after things pick up, they never slow down. Awesome stuff. Both gameplay wise, atmosphere wise, storyline wise, and definitely plot wise and character development wise.
My only complain is
Now onto Portal!
My only complain is
the way Episode Two ended. Didn't exactly leave me feeling good for finishing it. Regardless looking forward to Episode Three now quite a bit and I've gained a lot more respect for the Half-Life series.
Now onto Portal!
gray_fox224
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Should I have finished Half Life 2 to play this? Story wise
gray_fox224
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Ravager61 said:
Oh shiza, sorry, I was talking about Portal. Thank you bro, gonna hop on it now. I thought they were connected some how in terms of story
Oni Link 666
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There is a story connection but, you don't get to see it until Episode 2 in the HL games.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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gray_fox224 said:
Portal is connected to HL2 in that there's a plot point about Apeture Science in Episode 2. It looks like it'll play a much bigger role in the HL storyline in Episode 3 and the subsequent Portal games (according to the director commentary).
Hitler Stole My Potato
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Coop said:
Yeah, I second that. I'd definitely recommend playing Portal before Episode 2 as well.
Oni Link 666
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GDJustin said:
Probably equal length for you. Ep 1 is about 4 hours and Ep 2 is about 6 hours.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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GDJustin said:
Shorter. Episode 1 just kind of flys by and while Episode 2 is longer it's still probably only 5-7hrs, depending on how good you are. I found ep 2 to be alot harder. Infact, imo it contains the hardest parts in any HL game so far.
wormstrangler
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Ep1 is 3 hours. Ep2 is 5 hours.
Ep2 is miles better.
Ep2 is miles better.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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Firestorm said:
You really don't need to play the original HL to understand what's going on in HL2 'cause it's not like the first one explains a hell of alot. You'd probably be better off just reading a brief snyopsis of it online.
adamsappel
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Finished Portal. Fantastic game. Great game mechanics and story humor. Unfortunately, I had a glitch in Puzzle 19, which kept me running around in confusion for hours. I was in a hallway that dead-ended, so I just wandered around looking for what I'd missed doing. Finally, I reloaded an old save and when I went to that same cul-de-sac, it now opened up into another room!
I love the song at the end. Any of the cheesy/popular bands the kids today listen to (Good Charlotte, Fallout Boy, and their ilk) couldn't hurt themselves by releasing a cover version.
I love the song at the end. Any of the cheesy/popular bands the kids today listen to (Good Charlotte, Fallout Boy, and their ilk) couldn't hurt themselves by releasing a cover version.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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adamsappel said:
I've found several glitches in the game, all during the last level as well. I played it yesterday and created a portal near a vent that I needed to crawl into (right after you meet the first rocket turret) and I ended up falling out of the level entirely. I just kept falling in a loop so I had to reload an old save.
BravoSuperStar
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Hitler Stole My Potato said:
Agreed. I beat Ep1 in 2hr 52min, and Ep2 in 4hr 22min. Episode 2 was by far more enjoyable, and challenging. Not to mention Ep2 has enough plot points to make your head spin.
Have any of you attempted the "advanced" stages on Portal yet? Jesus, some of these are pretty damn hard. I'm finding the momentum ones to be the most troublesome for me, because while I may be looking one way on my first portal, I get completely flipped around backwards when I go through the receiving portal and my sense of where I'm looking at is completely gone. When you're trying to move a portal you're going through at a super fast speed to a higher spot to advance through the level, it's extremely difficult to move it when you don't really know where you're looking. :lol
fistfulofmetal
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Mojovonio said:
Do you really think that will ever happen?