Hello /v/! Today I am going to be showing you a glitch in Half-Life

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Now, the first step is to grab this crate, right here.

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Go ahead and throw it on top of the transformers closest to the door to the next area, and on the right.

HL3 is dead, who cares

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The next step is going to be gathering two of these barrels. The third will come into play in a few steps.

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Before we go any further, its worth noting that you should have the door to the next area OPEN

>>388397626
On the edge of my seat, OP

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Go ahead and grab that last barrel, climb your barrel staircase and place your last barrel on top of the crate. Be sure that the hole on the barrel is facing UP, as you will not be able to grab it in the next part if its not facing up

>>388397626
Aren't these kind of door handles exclusively used for the indoors?

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Using the barrel you placed on top of the crate, climb up onto the metal truss just above you. Once on it be sure to grab the barrel you used to climb up.

>>388397739
Isn't your mother exclusively used for back rooms?

WHERE ARE THE FERN MODELS

Why am I invested in this thread? This is stupid. I don't care. Why do I want to know how it ends so badly

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After placing the barrel in the position indicated in the last picture, use the barrel to jump onto the truss on your left, then climb on top of the energy pylon pictured here.

>>388397906
Why do I feel like this is going nowhere?

>>388397893
This
I wanna go to bed but I need to see this through first.

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i'm intrigued

Thank your for caring about our safety OP, maybe you just discovered the way to deal against the Combine Dyson Sphere.

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Now you're going to want to jump onto this ledge pictured here.
This is a tricky jump, and also leads you out of map bounds, so be careful!

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Now after you've landed safely out of map bounds, you can walk over to the ledge where Barney spawns.

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fuck

I like where this is going.

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Later you are going to want to make sure this door is open before continuing.

This thread is making me think of removable motherboard trays for some reason

>gain infinite crowbars
>Melt them down into rebars for crossbow

Is this what you call harvesting infinite energy?

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>>388398108

What next??!??!

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Now you can jump down and turn the corner where you usually come from to load the next map.
Take note of these boxes.

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>>388398108
>Door opens up to the void

>>388398205
Noted

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>>388398205

>>388398218

I've seen the void in so many source maps I don't even notice it anymore.

CMON OUT WITH IT

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Now barney will spawn and drop you your crowbar. To get infinite crowbars, you only have to backtrack to the transformers and (while destroying and wood in your path), and repeat the climb. Most of the props should remain, with the exception of the top barrel, so you will have to grab one each time

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>>388398409

>>388398409
I guess I can go to sleep now

>>388398409
Thanks, OP

Can someone please throw together a sloppily edited image of Gordon carrying like fifteen crowbars

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>>388398409
>SM64 helped us discover the science of parallel universes
>half-life 2 gave us the answer to cloning

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>>388398409
Now I gotta try it.

>>388398409

we get infinite barnies out of this too

DEEPEST LORE

>>388398409
I have to do this shit for each crowbar?
Man, I'm going to bed.

>>388398409
What can I do with infinite crowbars? Can the balcony contain hundreds of Barneys?

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good thread op

>>388398409
How many Barney's have you had up there at once, OP?

I love you /v/

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Now, I've been collecting crowbars for a while.
After a while there get to be a bit too many barneys on the top ledge, and they get a bit too hard to manage, but it IS doable.
Now, if you do this enough times, you'll have enough crowbars to beat every valve employee into submission!

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>>388398660

>>388398660
>samefag.jpg

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>>388398660

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>>388398660

HUEHUE

Also, I don't know if I mentioned it earlier, but the props like to respawn with each map load, so be sure to break all the boxes and palettes, as well as throwing extra barrels out of range.

Best thread I've seen in quite some time.

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>>388398660
About that cat...

please put me in the final thread image

>>388398660
Freeman's gonna be getting a lot of beers

>>388398660
>Half-Life 3 final scene (2024, downscaled)

>>388398660
Crisis on Infinite Barneys

>>388398823
>I'll see you when I see you

>>388398660
Does he also repeats the same dialogue everytime?

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>>388398792
Woops! I forgot my picture

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>When you just use the console to spawn a bunch of Barney NPCs and make a shitpost thread on /v/

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>>388398660

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>>388398660

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>>388398660

>>388398660
Use all those crowbars to upgrade the Borealis and give one to Mossman
Gordon might have a chance to defeat the combine that way

>>388398823
Well there was a lot of barney's in HL1, so maybe they were all just hiding and came out when gordon started doing some weird shit.

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>>388398851
It seems to be pretty random.
Sometimes, the barney that grabs the ledge will also do the dialogue.
Other times, he will just grab the ledge while another barney does the dialogue.
And often, one barney grabs the ledge, one says "Hey Gordon!" and another finishes the dialogue. The ledge barney will always drop the crowbar, even if he doesn't do the animations

this has been a good thread
tyvm op <3

>>388397893
dyson sphere

Quality thread

>>388398991
They even finish each other's--

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>>388398660
You are a hero anon.

Can someone remind me how baby doll skip exactly called? I know there's some speedrunfags around here.

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>>388398991

>>388398660

>Now, if you do this enough times, you'll have enough crowbars to beat every valve employee into submission!

only 360 times then, which at two minutes per run means about 720 minutes or 12 hours of crowbar grinding

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>>388398660

>>388398991
that's interesting, I'm wondering what determines which Barney does what. Kind of strange how the actions don't all just come from the one that just spawned

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>>388398991
Oh man, somebody needs to make a webm and post on /wsg/.

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>>388398991

>thread devolves into fags posting images in hopes of being posted in /r 4chan

>>388399120
>three hundred and sixty barneys

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>>388398660
>you'll have enough crowbars to beat every valve employee into submission!

>>388399185
Epic for the win!

neat, is it possible to do similar tricks with events that spawn NPCs OP like say, Father Grigori or even the G-Man?

>>388399185
>anon does something to amuse us
>we show our approval through reaction images
>redditors get mad that we do this

>half life 3 brings out all the quality posts and threats
shame it isnt always like this

>>388399057
-sentences!

>>388399057
dicks?

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>>388398991
>ledge barney silenty staring

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Sometimes, though, the process doesn't work out as planned, and a random barney just grabs the ledge and hogs it. It has to be the barney that comes out of the door, or else nothing happens at all.
>>388399258
If there is a level transition nearby, I wouldn't doubt it.

>>388399258
i need op to explain how the process glitches the trigger to keep spawning barney's, i know my Hammer, and am pretty familiar with source, it just doesn't make sense.

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>>388399438
I don't think the other barneys appreciate it when one steals the spotlight.

No wonder Barney was way behind on his beating quota, his shadow clones kept giving away his entire stock of crowbars.

>>388398874
https://youtu.be/UWd73eIuoRI

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>>388399495
I'm pretty sure each time you go through the level transition from the transformer yard to the barney ledge it resets the trigger that brings barney out.
It also helps that you are avoiding the regular level transition.
On a side note, barney 2 is sad barney 1 stole the ledge.

>>388399438
>>388399505

>When you're performing a school play and one kid forgets his line

>>388399646
This video doesn't show that you have to run back through the door just as barney drops the crowbar to keep him from despawning.

>Blue Shift Barney was not fucked with by G-Man
>or so we thought
>suddenly, infinite Barneys
or perhaps Gordon's trip to stasis has made him a walking time anomaly that causes time anomalies

>>388399647
But the game keeps info about triggers and props between transitions, in case someone would try and go back.

>>388399740
teleporting creates duplicates, just like there's HL 2 freeman and the one who got dropped in the woods and might've died in the 7 hour war

>>388397424
What a ride

>>388399786
I think it has to do with you not using the original level transition, since you are using one closer to barney than the door. Something is afoot by the fact that the palettes, boxes, and barrels keep respawning

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Nice glitch OP
Will Valve be autistic enough to patch it?

good thread

>>388400034
well it doesn't break the game, you can only pick up one crowbar anyway, and it's too complicated for anyone to notice it on their first playtrough.

can you fill that area with spawned barrels and shit before the game crashes?

>>388399185
FUCK
FUN

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>>388400198
Yeah, but I'd recommend you throw them out of the area the engine saves items between transitions.

This is actually quality content, OP doesn't deserve to be here

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Its amazing to me that HL2 still looks pretty fucking good.

Maybe its years of seeing those textures and characters used in everything but I think it holds up quite well.

HL2:Update also helps

>>388400813
would you recommend this for someone's first full playthrough of the game? I never got around to finishing it, always stopped around maybe the 1/3 point

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>>388400858
just play it vanilla, it looks fine

>>388400858
I'd say that it holds up maintaining the atmosphere pretty well. It's mostly a lighting update that makes use of source 2013 features, as well as a few other minor tweaks.
It actually preserves the atmosphere pretty well, compared to cinematic mod 2013.

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>>388400858
>>388400940

I mean, all it does is make the game look better.
I think its free if you own HL2 as well so theres no reason not to

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>>388398218
>door leads you to the Dyson sphere

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>>388400940
>it looks fine
But it doesn't look GREAT

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>>388400940
Hard to believe this room impressed me back in the day.

>>388400858
>>388400940
HL2: Update is fine for a first playthrough, it doesn't even touch the textures, it just adds modern lighting effects to game and other minor goodies

>>388399057
Sandwiches!

>>388399120
>you have to build up crowbars for 12 hours

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI9aSFHJRO0

Heres the HL2 comparison if you want

>>388401156
Kill yourself.

>>388399120
>building up crowbars for twelve hours
Will it allow Gordon to cross parallel universes to reach our world so we can murder everyone at Valve from the comfort of our own homes?

but why do you need more than one crowbar?

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>>388400970
>>388401141
Enhanced grafix.

>>388401345
>Will this run on my 486?

>>388401337
>>388398660
>enough crowbars to beat every valve employee into submission!

>>388401345
WOW
Check out those GRAPHIX

>>388401337
You need to leave, immediately

>>388401345
Thought that was a flying saucer for a second

>>388401345
god I love just how configurable the source engine is

>>388400034
I think valve no longer works on games any more, this does not concern micro-transactions.

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>>388401345
What Minecraft mod is this?

>>388400034
>patching a game that came out 13 years ago because of one really obscure bug
Yeah, Im sure thats worth someones time

Nice out of bounds, anon. I love doing this shit. I always climb to the top of the laboratories when they're doing the "cutscenes" to pass the time too.

Pick up that can!

>>388401890
>when the whole squad is behind on their beating quota

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OP here
I just managed to crash the game by closing about 15 doors on a barney, so I think I'm done posting for the night.
Goodnight everyone!

>>388402317
Good job non-fag OP

>>388402231
>>>/twitter/

>>388402317
Good work, OP.

>>388402317
Thanks op

>>388402317
Based OP.

>>388400970
>Better
>Update light ignores the walkway completely

>>388402317
You're the best

>>388403115
Eh?

nice glitch, desu. this game has some fun glitches. d-do you guys like sp-speedrunning?

https://wiki.sourceruns.org/wiki/Category:Half-Life_2

>>388402412
>>388402423
>>388402552
>>388402926
>>388403419
Thanks, anons.

>>388402317
Godspeed anon

>>388400034
When was the last patch they did on any half life game?

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>>388398660

>>388402317
so this ... is truly the power of the source engine

>>388401376
underrated

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>>388398660
>Now, if you do this enough times, you'll have enough crowbars to beat every valve employee into submission!

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>>388401376
>that was 14 years ago

HL2 is so overrated. i mean it isn't a very good game. It's drags on and is incredibly boring. The argument that it was innovative in its time doesn't work either. That might be true of HL1 but for HL2 it isn't true.

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Daily Reminder that Cubbage is an accident:

In the playable Half-Life 2 Beta, a generic citizen named "RPGGuy" appears at New Little Odessa. Interestingly, three extremely early voice clips for Odessa can be found in the sound/vo/coast/ folder, but there is no model for him. In these clips, he has a much younger, nasal voice.

Originally, Odessa Cubbage was to pick up the RPG when the gunship arrived, show the player how to fight it, before being killed. But this proved to be a sticky tangle, and the team instead decided to have him remain in the basement the entire sequence. However in the game files, there is still a sound path called: cubdeath1.wav

Series' writer Marc Laidlaw originally found the name Odessa Cubbage in his spam filter, and thought that it carried quite a character with it, leading him to replace the RPG guy with a standalone character named Odessa Cubbage. He also stated that Cubbage exists solely to give the player a rocket launcher.

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why is half-life everywhere now, what happened
i just woke up

>>388404409
What a lad.

>>388404446
Go back to sleep, save yourself.

>>388404446
Half-Life 3 finally got a release date, NEVER

>>388404446
dude
Combine Dyson Spheres
lmao

>>388401345
>hl2 for nintendo switch

>>388403783
Half Life 1, 26 days ago

>>388404552
ayy lmao

>>388402317
Good thread

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>>388398660
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

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One thing I think a lot of people overlook is how much Barney changes between HL2 and Ep1.

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>>388406753
His change between Ep1 and Ep2 is what really administers morphine

>>388401917
You can't stay in character as Gordon for a few minutes? I mean like what do you get out of a game like this if you don't care about the story?

>>388407007
Did he died?

>>388398991
>>388398660
Thread went from 5 to 10/10. Good buildup, OP.

>>388407034
Most likely not. He made it out of City 17 long before Gordon. Hes probably just off doing something else.

Most of Ep2 White Forest is science and Barney is a more ground level fighter

>>388406753
What do you mean? He looks the same to me, apart from the lighting.

>>388407016
When you've been through it a hundred times I don't think there's a problem

>>388407131
His hair is a bit unkempt, that's all I the difference I can find

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>>388407131
No?

>>388407219
They just changed his face texture a bit to make him look grubbier.

>>388407282
Hes also noticeably more tired and just DONE when you speak to him

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>>388398660

>>388407134
You're right, though I don't play it very often so every time I'm back in the story rather than wandering around.

>>388399786
That probably only applies to triggers that are accessible by backtracking. Hence the hoops you have to jump through to trigger this.

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>>388398660

>>388404406

The whole physics thing didn't take off and everything is still glued to the floor these days which makes HL2 surprisingly unique in that regard. Sure, you've got your share of samey seesaw puzzles but you can also throw toilets at people and the whole Sandtraps section is absolute kino. Also, most of its physics gameplay imitators just did not do a very good job at it.

The pacing and general level variety is superb. Combined with trademark Half-Life "you are Freeman and you never ever see the world outside of his perspective" approach, it really makes it feel like a long journey. I heard the game being compared to a road movie and I think it's a pretty sensible way to look at it. Compare it to games like Butcher Bay or TNO. They're great and similar in many ways but the pacing is often just off and the way the game wants you to believe you've been travelling, for example, around many places in Europe just isn't very convincing since the travelling process is done in cutscenes.

Also, the sound design is great except for weapons, what the fuck happened there? and so is Viktor Antonov's art direction. The world feels plausible and the clash between old architecture and grey, black and blue sharp-angled Combine installations works very well.

I also really like how the music is handled with short but well done tracks that only start playing at specific moments during the gameplay. The moment when you finally exit the Ravenholm mines and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ErPil7jWxE starts playing is absolutely priceless.

I swear, "HL2 is overrated/not good/did not age well" is "Sonic was never good" of FPS games. It might not be the absolute 10/10 masterpiece many people claim it is but it's a very good and unique game with a lot of details put into it. There's a fucking reason it's still held so highly and people wanted that fat fuck to finally continue the series for so long.

>>388408307
I'm far more of a fan of Halo's "the music begins and continues to play until the player reaches a certain point."

>>388408307
I think you mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYW4tJdEao

>>388398065
Who's this semen demon?

>>388408307
Honestly, the way the guns feel is amazing and really what keeps me coming back to HL2.
I love the gunplay. The Pistol and SMG are by far the best feeling weapons in any FPS I have ever played

>>388408584
I personally like Requiem for Ravenholm better but yes, that is my point. Half-Life 2 has a lot of memorable moments when music kicks in.

>>388408307
>trademark Half-Life "you are Freeman and you never ever see the world outside of his perspective" approach
This was one of it's greatest strengths, for a lot of people this was the first game series like this that they played, where every event and scene takes place during gameplay or from the gameplay perspective of Gordon's point of view.
Some people even used to use the term "Half-Life moments" to describe events in a game (Dead Space was a pretty good example) that happened seamlessly while playing where they would be a cutscene that pulled control away from you in another game.

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>>388408635
>getting the Colt Python for the first time and smoking Combine shits left and right

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>>388398660
I'm impressed.

>>388408619
Korwa from Granblue Fantasy.

>>388408307

HL2 set so many bars at the same time that most games even today can't reach the same level. Physics, music, characters, graphics (still holds up today IMO), level design and so on were all at least 8/10. Most games can only reach that level on a few things, graphics mostly.

>>388399140
Different triggers and a race condition?

>>388408654
>This was one of it's greatest strengths
It still is. I honestly cannot remember other games which actually followed this approach down to a T. At the very least loading screen transitions still happen outside of the character's point of view.

>>388408635
The pistol is fine but SMG is so inaccurate it's ridiculous. Other weapons are consistently good, though.

>>388408870
If you think the SMG is inaccurate then you ain't burst firing son

>>388398660
Is this Evangelion?

>>388408870
Apart from loading screens, Crysis takes place entirely in first person.

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>>388408307
>a well-thought-out post that isn't attacking anybody, by an anon who seems to actually like video games

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>>388408720
>getting the dark energy gravity gun and tearing into the combines asshole in the citadel

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>>388408307
I always fucking loved the journey esque feeling the game gives. Especially in The coastal highway level with the jeep. Just you, your guns, and a dunebuggy on a one way road filled with combine
>the bridge

>>388408635

Totally! The Pistol and SMG have pretty weak sounds, but the Pulse Rifle, Grav Gun, Shotgun and Revolver are awesome. I also like that each gun is special. People complain that there arent as many guns in HL2 as in HL1 and I get that, but every gun in HL2 has a specific use and I think that might be a better approach than gun glut.

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>>388398660
Amazing.

>>388398660
So this is how the combine got enough material for their dyson sphere

>>388408307
Despite all that, I've replayed plenty games in my life, countless times, but I never even felt the need to replay any Half-Life game.

Maybe they're good, but they're the "never again" variety of good.

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>>388409176
Well, that's just you, bud. I've felt the need to replay HL2 plenty of times. And I've yet to meet an NPC I've liked more than this Father right here.

>>388408307
>The whole physics thing didn't take off and everything is still glued to the floor these days which makes HL2 surprisingly unique in that regard.

Are you fucking kidding me.
Every single physics puzzle in half-life 2 was ridiculously easy precisely because everything that was needed was exactly what wasn't glued to the floor.

>>388399185
>hurr durr im retarded

>>388409176
I've replayed HL2 at least 6 times. I play it at last twice a year

>>388404446
HL2:E3 plot leaked out by main writer.

>>388409176
>He didn't do a crowbar+gravity only run
Pleb

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>>388409252
Sounds to me like you simply didn't play many video games.

>>388402317
Thanks OP!

>>388399340
>>388409039
It makes sense Half-Life would draw out of the woodwork people who are older now and hardly ever bother posting

>>388409052
>>388408720

>Kill and destroy countless Combine soldiers and synths using captured and homemade weaponry
>Destroy the only working local teleporter the Combine has, destroying a massive research and prison complex at the same time
>Destroy not only a Citadel, but the Citadel HQ on Earth stranding all Combine forces on Earth (and in our universe?)
>Clean up some of the Xen aliens infesting Earths ecosystem
>Saves humanity and Earth from extinction

Is Gorden Freeman the most important human person in Earths history?

Also, does anyone else love the game for its guerilla-like gameplay? Hardly any game has ever even come close to the feeling I get when playing HL2 in that regard.

>>388399140
It probably looks for an Actor called "Barney" and attaches the voice to the first one it finds. However, since there are now multiple actors with the same name, it ends up picking one at random. Rinse and repeat for all the scripted actions.

>>388409391
That's one ugly model.

>>388398409
That was pretty awesome

>>388409391
Is vtmb worth playing? My dick says yes but if it's aged like milk I don't want to bother

>>388398991
>And often, one barney grabs the ledge, one says "Hey Gordon!" and another finishes the dialogue
This sounds terrifying for some reason

>>388409262
I think they're saying the game made an attempt at physics in the world, which didn't catch on and most games don't bother to attempt so everything or almost everything is glued to the floor.

>>388407219
why didn't he lose these threads? From behind he could easily be mistaken for any metrocop

>>388409108
Fuckin' ay, man. People give a lot of flak to the vehicle sections, but fuck me I loved them so much. Just you alone, especially the majority of Highway 17.

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>>388400034
Considering this typographical error has existed from day one, I doubt it.

This is the machine Alyx interacts with to reveal Dr Kleiner's hidden lab. Everyone is going to look at it.

>>388409656
Thats what its meant to say
The cans say ">Breen" on them

>>388409570
The girls are hot but it's not about women per se. The writing is great, the atmosphere is amazing and completely unique and there are many ways (not THAT many, though) to approach your quests. It does vampires as close to perfect as it can possibly get.

However, it's unfinished and unofficial patches are mandatory. They fix pretty much all the bugs but the final part of the game is basically all combat (and combat isn't very good here).

>>388409480
>guerilla-like gameplay

Guerilla tactics don't usually involve a one man army steamrolling over everything that gets in his way.

>>388409570
It aged like fine wine desu. Everything is so high quality, the music, the animations, the sound design, the writing... it can only age well.

Just remember two things:
>1. Don't buy it, because publisher fucked the devs over and released a buggy and downright unplayable game. Just pirate.
>2. Install unofficial patch, because as mentioned in previous point, release version is unplayable: http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/4647/7/

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>tfw just to late to save them

>>388398660
>ctrl + f
>no mention of a Barney Jamboree
What the fuck are we even doing here?

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>mfw we'll never be able to storm the arctic to get to the borealis fighting hundreds of combines along the way

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>>388401910
Took them 7 years to fix this, but they did it though.

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>>388402159

i wonder what they're talking about

>>388409732

I didn't know what else to call it. Inferior resistance fighting against a superior force, you being a guy who is really good at surviving and killing. That itself isn't very uncommon but the game makes it feel and seem like you aren't just steamrolling through waves of enemies but rather fighting a dirty war against the occupation force. Taking out smaller outposts, destroying their infrastructure and equipment (especially in the early game) and being a thorn in their side rather than an outright one man army is a good feel.

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>>388402231

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>>388398660

>>388408307
>so is Viktor Antonov's art direction

dude did a masterful job and i'd give him a large share of the credit for HL2's success

>>388398660
Include me in the screenshot

>>388410232
Kill yourself.

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>>388409829
>>388398660
What an ABSOLUTE lad

good thread OP, proud of you

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>>388398660

>>388410584
cuck

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>>388398660

>>388400858
It's the way you should play HL2 at this point. Valve broke HL2 with Steam Pipe update. This "Update" fixes the game and adds some newer subtle effects from EP2.

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>>388398660
Put me in the screen cap pls

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>>388398660

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>>388398660

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>>388398660
>Now, about that beer I owed you!

>>388408307
Great post in a great thread.
I'm from eastern europe and I still remember the moment I walked around city 17 buildings I felt right at home, like never before

>>388409697
>The cans say ">Breen" on them
What are the cans implying aboutBreen?

>>388412671
is this why slavs love hl2 beta so much?

https://vk com/beta_project

>>388397626
>push bar style door
>hinges are backwards
valve has always been shit, you can't deny that.

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>>388398660

>>388401910
They realeased a patch for the first Half-Life 19 years after launch, in the middle of july

>>388401273
Still looks like shit.

>>388399045
>>388397893

Buttslut

>>388401376
*laughter*

>>388409697
i think 'breens' instead of 'breen's' is what he was getting at

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>>388398660
good thread OP

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What is the best level in HL2?

I'm a big fan of Highway 17 and Nova Prospekt myself.

Sandtraps is a bit of a letdown but at least it isn't too long.

When I think of HL2 I always think in my mind that I hate Sandtraps or Route Canal or The Citadel but when I play them again I am always like "Huh, that was fun"

I don't know why they are always registered as bad in my mind. I think its because Highway 17 is so good and everything after it seems like a lowpoint.

Any HL level in a fucking mine is terrible though. Fucking get rid of Mine levels

>>388414585

It's not my favourite level but I always look forward to the levels right after Nova Prospekt. Urban warfare is my drug.

What's the difference between Xash3D and Xash3D FWGS?
I decided to replay original HL with expansions, but which version is the best? Both seem run the game just fine.

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>>388414585
Nova Prospect or Entanglement easily

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>>388414585
A Red Letter Day

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>>388398660
>Now, I've been collecting crowbars for a while.
> to beat every valve employee into submission!

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>>388398660

glad i found this thread

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>not playing the best version of half life 2

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>>388415525

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maximum immersion

>>388415580
It's fine with the original models

>>388415627
Who is this? Can someone give me a quick rundown?

Don't do this.

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>>388415679
I think it's better with more ferns

>>388415627

FULLY

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>>388398660
QUALITY THREAD?

ON /v/ ???

>>388415525
>>388415580
>>388415627
>>388415763
WOW, THATS THE MOST CINEMATIC THING I'VE EVER SEEN!

>>388414585
I dont remember whether its from ep2 or not but the part where you hold off against the ant lions in the mine like a scene from fucking aliens was top tier.

Also the ending to ep2 felt like a true final boss kind of level. It was like half life distilled down to it's purest form and injected in to one level.

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>>388415679

>>388415814
I hated the end of Ep2 desu
It felt like it went on for far too long and the Hunters were just annoying

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Daily reminder that there will never be a Half-Life movie with Dennis Hopper as Breen.

>>388415525
That's not Half-Life 2: Substance where you can play as the Snakes and Gray Fox with a campaign that adds new enemies as well as new events and shit. SMOD before SMOD was SMOD.

>>388415857
It felt like a desperate last push all the way through and i loved it. The hunters were actually a challenge to beat and scooting around the map, using cabins/abandoned buildings as cover and luring the hunters around the back of them and blasting them with the shotgun through the window will be a memory ill never forget.

>>388409262
When I play half life 2 the amount of interactable objects astonishes me compared to modern games. When I throw a nade into a room and objects go flying everywhere it's just something that doesn't happen in other games

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>ywn play some half life mods/synergy/obsidian conflict
>ywn finish HL2 coop
and we just got to sand traps or whatever that chapter is called where yo first get the buggy

>>388409176
I absolutely disagree

>>388409640
because he fools the combine while helping the resistance

>several hour old post
just helping the tards missing the point

>>388397626
That door triggers me like what the fuck valve

>>388416221
consoles can't handle physics

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>>388398660

OUTBREAK OUTBREAK OUTBREAK!

>>388416626
anti-citizen one

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>>388398660
BARNEYZINGA

>>388413293
Never heard of it, but HL2 living blocks look just like the blocks that ex-communist countries are full of

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>Aesthetic beta

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>>388398660

>>388418462
The ideas for Beta HL2 were so good Valve should have made another game about it

But i guess they can't sell hats that way

>>388415715
That is a 40 year old German's rendition of Adriana Lima.

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>>388398660
Wouldn't the crowbars just disappear inside you?

>>388398660
What a stupid thread. Thanks for making it.

>>388418147
Welcome to 13 years ago.

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>>388398660
All those Barneys and you still will never get that beer.

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>>388399154
>he goes on /wsg/

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>>388399665

fuck you that shit was terrifying

also i got good at public speaking and banter

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>once read a post where someone was making a HL2 mod where everything was Highway 17 and had you driving though the country and stop off at random buildings and your goal was to drive to the citadel in a cross country roadtrip
>never heard from it again

>>388408635
If you want good gun (and sword) feel check out EYE Divine Cybermancy, you only need to download the demo to try them out

>>388419583
>Spawn 100 Barney's
>One throws you a beer instead of a crowbar

>>388419983
Damn that sounds like fun, I unironically enjoyed Highway 17, the wide open road, would have been neat to have a open world mod like that, probably too ambitious for the modder to finish though.

>>388419965
Haunted Bioware? How could that even happen by accident

>>388414585
Ravenholm
It did a better job of being scary than Doom 3's entirety.

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>>388398660
That was a very nice thread, anon! Come see me when you've collected enough crowbars.

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What a comfy thread, nice to see HL2 getting the love it deserves on here for a change

>>388398660
OK I BURST LAFFIN RIGHT NOW

>>388421171
>Come see me when you've collected enough crowbars.

he's moved on to collecting barneys

can you imagine if he had the toy factory mod and started collecting FULLY MODELED VAGINAS

>>388398660
wew

We might not ever get Half Life 3, but at least we live in the universe where we got both HL2 and this thread.

also what kind of a fucking person hasn't played HL1 and HL2 by now, Orange Box released like ten fucking years ago jesus

>>388399185

t. put me in the screencap samefagger every time a post gets more than 5 replies

>>388420913
>deleted

Kek, this place is so PC