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  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoGames@lemmy.world•Ubisoft target audience when they play a good gameEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I first played half life 2 seven years after release (2011).

    It absolutely holds up compared to modern games, and is superior to many modern games in some aspects.

    I really enjoy shooters which don’t rely on ADS, its like a fusion of arcade shooters and COD clones.

    The storytelling is completely fine, it’s very standard for scripted scenes to play out as you have free movement.

    I think whether you think the gameplay is good compared to modern games is what you value.

    I think what half-life 2 gets right is the the uniqueness. Think of all the different types of enemies, the different guns, the different levels.

    What does it lack? Not much honestly. What more could you want from it? Maybe improve the movement mechanics to make climbing a bit easier?

    Apart from that, it’s just missing “features”. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want half-life 2 to feature weapon mods, crafting, open world exploration, bloat…

  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoGames@lemmy.world•Ubisoft target audience when they play a good gameEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m with you on principle, and the airboat section sucks ass (sorry Valve).

    However, the rest of the game is great, and still holds up.

    Some of the complaint is “the game spends too much time jerking off its physics engine”. Yes. It does. That’s the core appeal my dude.

    The way the physics interact with the level design is great, allow me to jog everyone’s memory.

    Ravenholm is amazing, using the gravity gun and sawblades is great, as is the use of environmental traps. The ragdolls are hilarious.

    Playing ‘the floor is lava’ with the antlions is great, and the moments where you realise you may need to touch sand for a second too long is thrilling.

    Storming the prison with the pheromones is great, and having endless minions to throw at turrets satisfies my latent psychopathy.

    Supercharging the gravity gun is great, and pulling those energy orbs out and richochetting them off the walls to disintegrate the combine is unique and fun.

    And of course, the crème de la creme, playing basketball with Dog.

  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoGames@lemmy.world•What challenge from a game isn't worth completing and what challenge from a game is worth completing?English
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    2 days ago

    I’m an achievement hunter, I have 115 perfect games on Steam. Many of the games I’ve completed 100% are extremely difficult; ::: spoiler spoiler Shovel Knight, Offspring Fling, Dead Cells, all 3 Dark Souls, Hotline Miami 1+2, Binding of Isaac 1+2, etc. :::

    I have two points to make:

    First, the Achievement Hunting community is autistic as fuck. I don’t mean that as an insult (I believe I’m on the spectrum myself), but rather, I’m convinced there is a correlation.

    Second, it’s like the difference between playing sports for fun, or playing sports competitively. The challenge of 100% is occasionally so far beyond whatever ‘difficulty setting’ the game has.

    I believe some blend of these two factors is the impetus for achievement hunting (in most cases).