Wannabe G33K question . . . . . .

[Roadkill]

I've just completed Half Life 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it.

My question is, as I'm not a natural Gamer/Geek, what other games are like this ?



That said after completing HL2 I had no Idea what I'd done, what the story was about or what I was doing while playing it !

It was good though.   It's a cheap way of killing my time over winter so I want more !!!

[Cunning Plan]

Log onto steam and download Counter-Strike Source (CS:S) - it is a free add-on for the HL2 game and is a great multiplayer FPS. It's the game that started it all!

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[Incursus]

Quoting: Roadkill

I've just completed Half Life 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it. My question is, as I'm not a natural Gamer/Geek, what other games are like this ?

HL2 Episode 1 & 2

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Incursus

HL2 Episode 1 & 2

Quoting: Roadkill

I had no Idea what I'd done, what the story was about or what I was doing while playing it !

I dunno.

[FUBAR]

Quoting: Incursus

HL2 Episode 1 & 2

Yes

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Incursus

HL2 Episode 1 & 2

[Roadkill]

So.

Back to my original question . . . . . . .

[ianjpage]

Erm, HL episode 1 & 2 should be avail in the steam store?

Other than that........... possibly the new(er) wolfenstein on SP mode (slightly different but much the same vein)

[Roadkill]

What Half Life was I playing then ?

And in what order do they go ?

[Incursus]

Quoting: Roadkill

What Half Life was I playing then ?

Half Life 2

Quoting: Roadkill

And in what order do they go ?

Half Life 2
Half Life 2: Episode 1
Half Life 2: Episode 2....


Well that's my guess anyway

[ianjpage]

[Titsy]

portal

[Incursus]

Quoting: Titsy

portal

Yeah give that ago.  You wont be disappointed.

It's on Steam.

The cake is a lie!!

[Pod]

It might be worth going back to the original half-life.

The single player storyline and gameplay are excellent in all the half life games. Can't think of anything else anywhere near as good of the top of my head.

Bad Company 2 (BFBC2) had a decent single player mode, but seemed very short.

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Incursus

Half Life 2
Half Life 2: Episode 1
Half Life 2: Episode 2....

Quoting: Pod

It might be worth going back to the original half-life.

So

Half Life
Half Life 2
Half Life 2: Episode 1
Half Life 2: Episode 2



Tis all very confusing.

[Cunning Plan]

Quoting: Roadkill

Half Life

FYI. From this came Counter Strike and DOD as 'mods' to the game which was basically modifying the skins, models, guns etc to make a whole new game. This was started by a couple of 17 year olds who produced possibly the greatest multiplayer FPS - it defined a lot of online game play which we see today across all platforms - from PC to PS3.

Quoting: Roadkill

Half Life 2

This bought Counter Strike Source (CSS) and DOD:S along with Portal, Team Fortress etc.

All downloadable through steam

(CS:S will be a free download as you have HL2 - unless it is a 'shared' version).

[Roadkill]

Quoting: Roadkill

Tis all very confusing.

[Roadkill]

So.

In less than three words - what would be a sensible next step for me, then ?

[Pod]

Buy HL1

[Incursus]

and portal

[Pod]

Slightly longer version:

This is assuming you mean single player games. There are *lots* more options for multiplayer.

There are four main Half Life (HL) games.
HL
HL2
HL2: episode 1
HL2: episode 2

Read the box of the game you just played.
Find out what you have of the four above (eg the 'orange box' contains all three HL2 games).
Obtain the games you don't already have.

[Cunning Plan]

Download Steam.

[HardRockCamaro]

I liked the original Unreal.

Quake and Doom are also v good.

[ianjpage]

Quoting: Roadkill

So.

In less than three words - what would be a sensible next step for me, then ?

Half Life EP1&2 (ok i know that more than 3 but meh!!)

[FUBAR]

Its not entirely HL2 like because its a RPG(Role playing game)-FPS(First person shooter) crossover, but you could try Fallout 3.

Its a similarly apocalyptic setting (this time being Nuclear war rather than industrial accident/science & aliens) but is set in a VERY USA 1950's type setting/mentality which may well appeal to you, imagine that the 1950s mentality & ideology never ended until a nuclear war 90 years later (2041 to be exact)

Points to note:

- It is NOT a linear storyline like HL2, your actions have consequences that affect what you can do / who you can speak too or deal with etc.
- It takes a fair bit of time to level up & play (which over winter is ok)
- The story is very good (bear in mind there's been 2 previous games but knowledge of these is not 100% necessary to get engrossed in this games setting & story)
- The majority is "run & gun" but it depends how you play the game, with it being 50% RPG there are way to talk your way out of most situations without resorting to blowing everyone's heads off. each way has its benefits & drawbacks. It can be a 'thinking mans game' for these reasons.
- It will happily run on your new PC
- The "Broken Steel" add-on pack is recommended to complete the 'full' story of this episode of the series. (the other add-on packs are glorified side-quests and not 100% necessary)

This game was my first foray into the RPG genre and I like it, mainly due to its heavy FPS influences. So much so I bought the sequal, Fallout: New Vegas, which i'm still playing my way through.