Hello

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?  (Read 1624 times)

Offline Viper_Fujax

  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4927
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« on: July 08, 2006, 02:29:46 PM »
Iv tried out all three of them, mainly demo\'s. But i only want to get one (dont want to spend a bunch, but i feel like having a new game)

Quake 4: I loved the single player demo, and the multiplayer was fun but i could see getting tired of it. Anyone know how the rest of the maps are? I\'d mainly buy it for single player, but single player doesnt last forever like multiplayer can. Im actually leaning towards quake 4, seeing as it is 20 bucks. I also never got into quake, so i know the multiplayer is probably the same as always but i rarely played the other quakes...so its not beaten to death for me

F.E.A.R.: Im probably going to re-download the demo, because it looked like sh*t on my last setup, but i think the only difference was I had one gig of ram instead of two..wasnt really a bad setup but it just looked really jaggy and laggy for some reason so i didnt really try it out. Main thing that drags my computer down is the geforce 6600 128mb.

Half-Life 2: Looks awesome. That boss-ish guy that looks like a huge spider looks great. My brother has the full game, but i got bored with it. I only got to the part where ur on that craft that drives on water (cant remember the name) but it was just too slow. Does the pace pick up? Never tried multiplayer out, but it looked like it feels like quake 4 but with weaker guns.
« Last Edit: July 08, 2006, 02:43:45 PM by Viper_Fujax »
Logged
You\'re never too old to burn to death in a fire
Offline Coredweller
  • The War on Error
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5654
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2006, 03:12:35 PM »
HL2 single player was one of the most enjoyable games I\'ve ever experienced.  I have a hard time seeing the other two games coming close to HL2.  If you only got to the hydrofoil, then you missed a lot of cool stuff.  Once you get inside the alien portion of the city, and use the gravity gun in full charged up mode, it gets pretty crazy.  In addition, you get Counter-Strike for free with HL2.  That is the best multiplayer game of all time, period.
Logged
ZmÒëĎwåCęЯ
Let the Eagle Soar!
\"The American Dream: You have to be asleep to believe it.\"  - George Carlin

Offline Viper_Fujax

  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4927
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2006, 03:27:46 PM »
Quote from: Coredweller
HL2 single player was one of the most enjoyable games I\'ve ever experienced.  I have a hard time seeing the other two games coming close to HL2.  If you only got to the hydrofoil, then you missed a lot of cool stuff.  Once you get inside the alien portion of the city, and use the gravity gun in full charged up mode, it gets pretty crazy.  In addition, you get Counter-Strike for free with HL2.  That is the best multiplayer game of all time, period.


see now you had me going till the last sentence,lol. sounds good though...

i re-downloaded fear..graphics are a lot better, but i suck balls at the game..probably not going to get it.
« Last Edit: July 08, 2006, 04:04:02 PM by Viper_Fujax »
Logged
You\'re never too old to burn to death in a fire
Offline JBean
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 2535
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2006, 06:39:04 PM »
I enjoyed fear, but HL2 was amazing.  I couldn\'t stop playing it until I finished it.  I was actually thinking of going through it again but I just dont\' have any damn time to game anymore.
Logged
Offline THX
  • nigstick
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 8158
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2006, 07:57:36 PM »
HL2 numba 1!

Try these places for good prices on games:

http://www.half.com
http://www.gogamer.com
http://www.pricegrabber.com

Anandtech F/S forums is a great place too, if you don\'t mind dealing P2P-style.
Logged

\"i thought america alreay had been in the usa??? i know it was in australia and stuff.\" -koppy *MEMBER KOPKING FANCLUB*
\"I thought japaneses where less idiot than americans....\" -Adan
\"When we can press a button to transport our poops from our colon to the toilet, I\'ll be impressed.\" -Gman

Offline Viper_Fujax

  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 4927
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2006, 08:24:00 PM »
does HL2 have starforce/need a cd key to play single player?

Because my brother has it, but i think i remember not being able to install it. Usually games just need a cd-key to play multiplayer, but i think HL2 was more strict with that kind of thing. Would be nice if it wasnt since i doubt id play much multiplayer on it..havent really been in the multiplayer mood for a while now.
Logged
You\'re never too old to burn to death in a fire

Offline Living-In-Clip

  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 15131
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2006, 11:04:38 PM »
None of the above?
:)
Logged

Offline Bobs_Hardware

  • The ULTIMATE Badass
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 9363
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2006, 11:37:21 PM »
Half-Life 2 requires you to have a steam account.

I also vote for Half-Life 2. Yes, it does start a bit slow (a harsh criticism) but it gains more and more momentum as you progress. Basically every-time you get a new gun, the game gets taken up a notch. The second half of the game is nothing short of amazing. Running through the streets and ruins alternating between machine gun(s) to take out soldiers, and bazooka to take out the spiders and helicopters (forget what they\'re called) with three team-mates at your side is absolutely heart-stopping.

Best game of this generation.

The low points of the game are definately the vehicle runs, which are fun, but they simply drag on too long.
Logged
Offline Samwise
  • Moderator
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 12129
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://151.200.3.8/~vze29k6v/you.html
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2006, 11:46:52 PM »
HL2 fo sho. It has the best mix of gameplay, graphics and "mod-ability".
Logged
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAPETIME!
(thanks Chizzy!)

Offline Living-In-Clip

  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 15131
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2006, 02:18:57 PM »
Quote
The low points of the game are definately the vehicle runs, which are fun, but they simply drag on too long.

Understatement. The vehicle levels are the reason I never finished the game. I made it to the second one and lost any interest I had in the game. It sat like that for a few months and then I finally un-installed it.

Quake 4 suffered the same problem as Doom 3, a piss-poor engine that brings most systems to their knees.

F.E.A.R, never played that. Never had any interest.
Logged
Offline Blade
  • Executive Officer
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 2665
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2006, 07:47:49 PM »
HL2 was the 2004 GOTY IMO, hands down.

Does that answer your question?
Logged
Blade
What is up, buttercup? Down is the new up.
Offline JBean
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 2535
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2006, 04:20:57 AM »
heteros everywhere love HL2!

;)


I agree though, the vehicle levels do drag on too long.  Just do what you have to do to get past them and get the gravity gun.
« Last Edit: July 10, 2006, 04:22:31 AM by JBean »
Logged

Offline Living-In-Clip

  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 15131
  • Karma: +10/-0
    • http://
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2006, 05:47:02 AM »
Quote from: Blade
HL2 was the 2004 GOTY IMO, hands down.

Does that answer your question?


Not saying a lot, I can\'t think of any other game that was worth mentioning.
Logged

Offline Bobs_Hardware

  • The ULTIMATE Badass
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 9363
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2006, 06:06:52 AM »
Aww, LICky, you missed out. The second half of that game is poetry-in-motion.


Considering I\'m not the most avid FPS fan, I think that\'s fairly high praise.
Logged
Offline Blade
  • Executive Officer
  • Legendary Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 2665
  • Karma: +10/-0
HL2, F.E.A.R. or Quake 4?
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2006, 01:03:53 PM »
That, and the vehicular parts (while weaker than certain other sections) are still among the best vehicular segments to appear in the genre.

2004 brought a lot of great games and a lot of competition in the FPS genre. Far Cry, Doom 3, Metroid Prime 2, and Halo 2, among other FPSs. (yes, D3 sucked... but still!)
Logged
Blade
What is up, buttercup? Down is the new up.
Pages: [1] 2
« previous next »
 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk