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Barudak's getting a lot of poo poo...but who among us--upon learning that our finest dinner plans have been rendered nominally more inconvenient--do not occasionally find ourselves scuttling plans wholesale and instead dining upon the cold french fries we threw out the night before??
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:https://twitter.com/GunshipMarkII/status/1630918054539411459 MMod for HL2 was great. I need to do the Episodes with that at some point. If I didn't already play through Black Mesa fairly recently I'd give this a shot.
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Mar 1, 2023 23:00
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Barudak posted:I would like all of the expansions in a single, complete package that does not require me to install another program on top of it to run them. how have you made 34 pages of posts in this thread and you don't want to unzip a zip file and drop some data files in there. are you playing all of these games in dos
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Mar 1, 2023 23:17
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Barudak's getting a lot of poo poo...but who among us--upon learning that our finest dinner plans have been rendered nominally more inconvenient--do not occasionally find ourselves scuttling plans wholesale and instead dining upon the cold french fries we threw out the night before?? I resent any accusations of the like. I've never thrown out french fries! Al Cu Ad Solte posted:https://twitter.com/GunshipMarkII/status/1630918054539411459 I just about made it all the way through HL2+Episodes with MMOD and I couldn't get over how inaccurate all the guns were. I haven't played vanilla HL2 in a long time so maybe that was true in the original but wow it was frustrating.
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Mar 2, 2023 00:06
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Witchaven 2 has an adorable little Jump Scare animation built into the game that does nothing. Couldnt include in the manual all the weapon damage values or fix the bugged items, but could make a little face pop up sometimes on the screen.
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Mar 2, 2023 00:23
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Barudak posted:I would like all of the expansions in a single, complete package that does not require me to install another program on top of it to run them. *brow furrowed, finger hovering over the probate button*
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Mar 2, 2023 01:05
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Mode 7 posted:*brow furrowed, finger hovering over the probate button* haha i was wondering if you actually read this thread. hi mod
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Mar 2, 2023 01:12
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I’m just an IK! I genuinely try and read everything in Retro Games though, somewhat helped by the fact that it’s not a super fast moving sub forum. I just don’t have complex opinions on retro FPS or boomer shooter stuff that seem worth posting about beyond “Amid Evil owns and everyone should play it.”
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Mar 2, 2023 01:35
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Barudak posted:Witchaven 2 has an adorable little Jump Scare animation built into the game that does nothing. So it's a Capstone game
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Mar 2, 2023 01:38
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Mode 7 posted:I’m just an IK! I genuinely try and read everything in Retro Games though, somewhat helped by the fact that it’s not a super fast moving sub forum. you should join us in the doom wad thread and just completely ignore all other games forever now only doom
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Mar 2, 2023 01:39
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Mode 7 posted:“Amid Evil owns and everyone should play it.” Agreed and tbh at this point if Black Labyrinth isn't nearly a full blown sequel I'm gonna be disappointed
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Mar 2, 2023 01:39
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I was talking up how good New Blood FPS games were to my friend and he seemed kinda interested in amid evil after I told him about the planet launcher but when we watched the trailer he snickered at it and was like it looks lovely and unpolished and I didn't even know how to respond
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Mar 2, 2023 02:05
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MMF Freeway posted:Agreed and tbh at this point if Black Labyrinth isn't nearly a full blown sequel I'm gonna be disappointed Same. I thirst for it.
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Mar 2, 2023 02:06
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MMF Freeway posted:Agreed and tbh at this point if Black Labyrinth isn't nearly a full blown sequel I'm gonna be disappointed Have they ever said anything about the scale of Black Labyrinth beyond “it’s another episode”? If it’s only the size of the base game episodes I’m kind of surprised it’s taken this long. Steam desc says it’s a “full prequel”. Sounds like more than one episode? skasion fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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Mar 2, 2023 02:07
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It looks rad as hell but I'm gonna miss that axe. One of the best FPS melee weapons ever
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Mar 2, 2023 02:30
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Milo and POTUS posted:It looks rad as hell but I'm gonna miss that axe. One of the best FPS melee weapons ever What about the entire arsenal of Witchaven????? Im kidding, all the melee weapons are trash
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Mar 2, 2023 02:36
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Milo and POTUS posted:It looks rad as hell but I'm gonna miss that axe. One of the best FPS melee weapons ever CLONGCLONGCLONGCLONGCLONGCLONG Functionally I have nothing against it. but that poo poo hurts my ears
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Mar 2, 2023 02:37
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MMF Freeway posted:Agreed and tbh at this point if Black Labyrinth isn't nearly a full blown sequel I'm gonna be disappointed skasion posted:Have they ever said anything about the scale of Black Labyrinth beyond “it’s another episode”? If it’s only the size of the base game episodes I’m kind of surprised it’s taken this long.  )Milo and POTUS posted:It looks rad as hell but I'm gonna miss that axe. One of the best FPS melee weapons ever
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Mar 2, 2023 02:53
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I installed FAKK2 the other day, I can't blame someone for playing Witchhaven
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Mar 2, 2023 03:07
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bbcisdabomb posted:I resent any accusations of the like. I've never thrown out french fries! In the gameplay options menu there's a setting for weapon accuracy. IIRC there's the original HL2, where every weapon just has a flat spread. There's MMOD, where the longer you fire the more innacurate the shots get, encouraging short controlled bursts. Then there's an option that mixes them. There's also an option to have actual simulated projectiles, which while neat absolutely should be turned off.
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Mar 2, 2023 03:14
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:In the gameplay options menu there's a setting for weapon accuracy. IIRC there's the original HL2, where every weapon just has a flat spread. There's MMOD, where the longer you fire the more innacurate the shots get, encouraging short controlled bursts. Then there's an option that mixes them. There's also an option to have actual simulated projectiles, which while neat absolutely should be turned off. Strong disagree, getting rid of hitscan in MMod suddenly turned HL2 into a best-in-class shooter.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:In the gameplay options menu there's a setting for weapon accuracy. IIRC there's the original HL2, where every weapon just has a flat spread. There's MMOD, where the longer you fire the more innacurate the shots get, encouraging short controlled bursts. Then there's an option that mixes them. There's also an option to have actual simulated projectiles, which while neat absolutely should be turned off. I'm going to see how high I can turn up the accuracy and see if that helps me make it through the Strider fights at the end of Ep 2
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Milo and POTUS posted:I was talking up how good New Blood FPS games were to my friend and he seemed kinda interested in amid evil after I told him about the planet launcher but when we watched the trailer he snickered at it and was like it looks lovely and unpolished and I didn't even know how to respond Put a collector's edition of Forspoken through his front window with a potato cannon.
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Mar 2, 2023 04:24
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bbcisdabomb posted:I'm going to see how high I can turn up the accuracy and see if that helps me make it through the Strider fights at the end of Ep 2 Do note that MMOD really ups the accuracy and damage of the Striders, and that stuff is hardcoded and can't be changed. One of the few changes that the mod makes that I hate (that and the Combine soldiers using the MP7's grenade launcher. EAUGH.)
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Mar 2, 2023 04:39
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Honestly Half-Life 2 isn't actually a very good shooter from a gameplay perspective
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It's a good shooter as long as you're not shooting bullets.
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when is dusk 2. or even just an ep 4. ultimate dusk. please, my crops are dying
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my opinion after a recent replay of all of em became firmly cemented as hl2 < hl1 < black mesa/opposing force dunno where to place blue shift since a lot of it is very similar to normal hl1, so I guess it's just an addendum of "if you liked hl1 enough to want to replay it, might as well play this to shake things up a bit". opposing force is just great and black mesa, for the most part, makes hl1 feel better and includes some great new setpieces. the smg feels so much better to use in particular, running around mowing down hgrunts in the early firefights with it is so good
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An Actual Princess posted:when is dusk 2. or even just an ep 4. ultimate dusk. please, my crops are dying Current Dusk development is primarily focused on PS4/Xbox ports and finishing the mod support/SDK, while David's well and truly off in Gloomwood world.
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HL2 is the best bludgeon someone to death with a hypersonic toilet game I've ever played.
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Put a collector's edition of Forspoken through his front window with a potato cannon. I think he's low key a graphics uh you know what. He also doesn't like quake 3 because it looks "cartoony" Honestly with some of his opinions I've heard I don't know why I even bothered SCheeseman posted:It's a good shooter as long as you're not shooting bullets. I like the crossbow still  But yeah the basic weapons are dull as hell IronicDongz posted:my opinion after a recent replay of all of em became firmly cemented as I bounced off of Black mesa so hard. I get weird graphical glitches where I can't see poo poo and I don't know it just doesn't work for me. It's loving beautiful though. Not just technically but they really nailed the vibe while updating it. I also just preferred the weapons in HL1. Not being able to shoot the shotty mid reload isn't quite a dealbreaker but I did not care for that. And the SMG losing 40% of its ammo too, plus the recoil... I'll still buy the BM op4 and blue shift because I'm not insane Milo and POTUS fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Mar 2, 2023 |
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But where do you put the HL2 episodes in the HL continuum.
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Witchaven 2 has a magic spell that can open up doors, including ones you need keys to progress. This seems like a very useless spell, until you realize sometimes the keys just don't spawn in a level and this is like a built in debug. Thanks Capstone!
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Sorry you are playing that awful game
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Sorry you are playing that awful game Its growing on me, like mushroom colony. The item which is supposed to automatically level you up uses the XP tables from the first game and as such can actually de-level you in the sequel. This is offset by the enemy that can level drain you no longer being able to do so, but still being able to make the word "shocked" appear on your screen which otherwise does nothing.
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It's like watching someone decide to get really into CBT
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As long as it's between consenting adults and doesn't cause permanent harm I don't care what people do. Though Witchaven probably constitutes permanent harm
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Turin Turambar posted:But where do you put the HL2 episodes in the HL continuum. Honestly HL2 feels like the weakest of the episodes, so EP2<EP1<HL2. Episode 2 spends so much time fighting not-combine in some very pretty but rather dull environments when I'd rather just be shooting some dudes with actual tactics and guns. Episode 1 spends a lot of its time in the dark but starts you off with the super gravity gun, so you at least start on a high note. I will say the White Forest gauntlet in Ep2 is some of the best Half-Lifing you can get. There's a real sense of urgency you get from trying to run to the Combine-occupied sections of the base while you slaughter everything and try to find the switch to stem the tide of reinforcements, and when you hit that switch you find out it's not over, the Striders are coming.
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