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Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...

From Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004...
Date 2024-11-22 01:06 -0600
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candycanearter07 wrote:
> Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> wrote at 00:35 this Thursday (GMT):
>> candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 18:38 this Wednesday (GMT):
>>>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:50:05 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
>>>> <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>>> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 03:31 this Saturday (GMT):
>>>>
>>>>>> Since HL2 will be/is 20 yrs. old and we're all getting nostalgia! Let's
>>>>>> talk about those days!
>>>>
>>>>> I got it in the modern day, and I remember enjoying it but not fully
>>>>> seeing why people adore it so much?
>>>>
>>>> If the comments here are anything to go on, most people --even the
>>>> ones who bought it back in 2004-- feel the same way.
>>>>
>>>> The original "Half Life" really was revolutionary; its success
>>>> transformed the FPS genre. "Half Life 2"? It was an okay game but
>>>> hardly a match for its predecessor.
>>
>> Maybe it's better if HL2 is the beginning of the series for you.
>> Stepping into HL2 with no prior experience it's who am I some kind of
>> celebrity or national hero; everybody knows my name.
>>
>> It was enough to draw me in.  I played until I was stuck and then went
>> back a few times (got a little further).
> 
> Same. Nova Prospekt really confused me.
> 
>> obgameExperience: Really like that pipe.  I played Rainbow 6: Raven
>> Shield for 400 hours and never once scored a knife kill.
> 
> What?
> 

The HL2 melee weapon, a piece of pipe, has a good range that it reaches. 
  The Raven Shield knife covers an inappreciable distance.  Same with 
the Call of Duty knife.  HL2 is more "Skyrim-like".

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1st HL2 game memories from 2004... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-16 03:31 +0000
  Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> - 2024-11-16 06:11 -0800
    Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-16 11:04 -0500
      Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-16 12:01 -0500
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-17 01:03 +0000
          Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-17 10:42 -0500
            Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-18 01:06 +0000
              Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-18 10:43 -0500
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-19 02:42 +0000
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-18 22:33 -0800
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-19 12:35 -0500
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-20 17:50 +0000
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 13:36 -0500
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-22 03:02 +0000
    Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-17 11:46 +0000
    Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-17 11:45 +0000
  Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-20 17:50 +0000
    Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 13:38 -0500
      Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-20 22:00 +0000
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2024-11-20 18:35 -0600
          Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-21 22:00 +0000
            Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2024-11-22 01:06 -0600
              Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-22 20:50 +0000
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2024-11-25 14:03 -0600
      Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-21 09:15 +0000
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Jhulian Waldby <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2024-11-21 05:15 -0600
  Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-22 15:34 -0600
    Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-23 11:42 +0000
      Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-23 11:36 -0500
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-23 13:26 -0600
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-25 10:09 +0000
          Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-25 13:22 -0600
            Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-26 08:27 +0000
              Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-26 07:25 -0800
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-27 09:59 +0000
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-27 07:30 -0800
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-27 16:53 -0500
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-27 18:25 -0800
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 10:51 -0500
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2024-11-28 09:22 -0800
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-28 09:20 +0000
                Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-28 09:17 +0000
    Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-11-23 07:02 -0500
      Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-23 13:59 -0600
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-23 17:50 -0500
          Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-23 20:03 -0600
        Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2024-11-24 17:22 -0500
          Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-25 13:56 -0600
            Re: 1st HL2 game memories from 2004... JAB <noway@nochance.com> - 2024-11-26 08:49 +0000

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